Dwight Pinkney OD (born 1945), also known as Brother Dee, is a Jamaican guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of Zap Pow and the Roots Radics, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist.
[1][2] One of Pinkney's most successful songs, written in 1967 while a member of The Sharks, is "How Could I Live", which was originally released as the b-side of Jeff Dixon and Marcia Griffiths' "Words" single, and has since been recorded by artists including Myrna Hague, The Heptones, Richie Stephens, George Nooks, and Dennis Brown (as "How Could I Leave").
[3][4] Pinkney moved on along with Michael Williams to form Zap Pow in 1969, a band with members later included Beres Hammond, David Madden, and Glen DaCosta.
[1] In the early 1980s he joined the Roots Radics, replacing Sowell Radics, and he also worked on dozens of albums by artists including Barry Brown, Bunny Wailer, Culture, Frankie Paul, The Itals, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs, Lee Scratch Perry, Israel Vibration, Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths, Freddie McGregor, Toots, Charlie Chaplin and many others.
[8] In 2016, Pinkney released the album Reggae Christmas Hits, including contributions from Bob Andy, Ken Boothe, Boris Gardiner, Pam Hall, Ansel Collins, and Dean Fraser.