Winston Spark aka King Stitt is in critical condition, but alive!

Yesterday was on the internet spreading rumor saying that The Big legend of Reggae and Ska Jamaican music, Winston Spark aka KING STITT had died! Fortunately it was only the scuttlebutt. True is that Thi King Stitt was till last Saturday in critical condition in hospital. This saturday was released form hospital and according to Clement ‚Coxson‘ Dodd, who seen him at that time, was King Stitt „waked and not talking much“. More you can find at http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120110/ent/ent2.html#.TwwY_2vPuwF.twitter

His discography is huga over the styles of Reggae and Ska. His voice is possible hear on various compilations and albums. Sparkes was given the nickname Stitt as a boy because of his stuttering and decided to use it as his stage name, becoming King Stitt when he was crowned ‚king of the deejays‘. He began deejaying on Coxsone Dodd’s Sir Coxsone’s Downbeat Sound System in 1956 or 1957, influenced by American DJs heard on radio broadcasts from Miami and New Orleans. Count Machuki, the original Jamaican deejay, noticed him for his dancing and offered him to try his hand on the mic. Born with a facial malformation, King Stitt took advantage of it and called himself The Ugly One, in reference to the Sergio Leone western movie The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
For more informations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Stitt

Rest and live King Stitt!

Vojta