Lone Ranger | |
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 Lone Ranger in concert in Chartres (France) on 21 October 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anthony Alphanso Waldron |
| Born | November 2, 1958 |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae, dancehall |
| Years active | late 1970s - mid-1980s, late 1990s-present |
Lone Ranger (born Anthony Alphanso Waldron, 2 November 1958) is a Jamaican reggae deejay who recorded nine albums between the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
Waldron spent much of his youth in Tottenham,[1] United Kingdom, before returning to Jamaica in 1971. He began his recording career with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label.[2] He initially worked as a duo with Welton Irie, but soon began recording solo, having a big hit in Jamaica with "Love Bump".[2] He also worked on the Virgo Sound sound system. He had a number one UK reggae chart album in 1980 with Barnabas Collins.[2] He is regarded as one of the most lyrically inventive deejays of his era, and was a major influence on British deejays of the early 1980s.[2] He relocated to the United States in the mid-1980s, but returned to Jamaica in 1998, and began performing on sound systems once again.[3]
