Winston Jarrett, born on September 14, 1940, in Lime Tree Gardens, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter. After relocating to the Jones Town area of Kingston at age five, he learned to play guitar from Jimmy Cliff and Alton Ellis. In the early 1960s, he joined Alton Ellis's backing group, The Flames, and wrote the songs “Sunday Coming” and “True Born African”. In 1967, he formed The Righteous Flames with Edgar “Egga” Gardner and Junior Green, recording for the labels Treasure Isle and Studio One. The trio also recorded the single “Zion I Love You” (1969) for producer Lee “Scratch” Perry. His subsequent album releases include the collaborative split album The Kingston Rock (1974) with Horace Andy, and the solo albums Wise Man (1979) and Rocking Vibration (1984). He later re-formed the Flames to release the album Jonestown (1989), and recorded the tribute album Sings Tribute to Bob Marley (1994), which featured contributions from Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. His compilation releases include Survival Is the Game (2005).
