Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, born Robert Anthony Brammer, is a Jamaican reggae musician best known for his work as a solo deejay in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later as part of the duo Clint Eastwood & General Saint. He is the younger brother of fellow deejay Trinity and adopted the stage name “Clint Eastwood” as part of a trend among Jamaican artists to take names from Spaghetti Western films. As a solo artist, Eastwood recorded multiple albums in 1978, including African Youth and Step It In a Zion with producer Bunny Lee, and Death In The Arena for Channel One. He was also part of a wave of deejays transitioning from “cultural” chants to dancehall-style chat and slackness, exemplified by his 1979–1980 albums, including Sex Education for Greensleeves Records. In 1981, Eastwood began collaborating with UK deejay General Saint. Their first release, Tribute to General Echo, honored the recently killed slack deejay General Echo. The duo later achieved commercial success in the UK with their hit cover of Stop That Train, and both of their albums reached the top 5 on the UK Independent Chart. Their partnership helped bridge Jamaican deejay culture with the growing UK reggae scene.