Eternal Flame

"I don't know," he says, laughing. "Leave it to the people who are gonna be doin' that."

Instead, Rodney sums up his ongoing relationship with Burning bandmembers and aficionados alike as if it were a simple recipe handed down through the ages.

Burning man: Winston Rodney is Burning Spear.

Details

Burning Spear with Jimmy Cliff, the Wailers, Israel Vibration and others
2 p.m. Saturday, August 23, $38.25
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison
303-830-8497

Burning Spear, with Judge Roughneck,
9 p.m. Sunday, August 24, $25
Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder
303-786-7030

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"These people, these reggae fans, light a fire for me to cook," he says. "Same thing with the musicians. I am the pot, and they are the fire. What I want the people to do? Keep the Spear burnin'!"