Dapperly wearing a burgundy swimsuit, topped by a sailor’s hat, Edward O’Sullivan Lee Jr was the picture of his well-known father on the opening of the Bunny Lee Museum in Kingston on February 12.
The ability is a homage to the legendary producer often called Striker, a vibrant character who helped form reggae.
Leisure minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange, producer Lloyd “King Jammy” James, and former finance minister Omar Davies had been a number of the well-known people who attended the launch, together with Lee’s spouse Annette, daughter Bonnie, and son Kirk.
“That is deeply private. My father was greater than a legendary producer, he was a mentor, a pioneer, and a person who poured his coronary heart into the music. He’s additionally my hero and my idol,” mentioned Lee Jr. “For my household, this museum is a approach to hold his spirit alive; to let individuals step into his world, hear his sounds, and perceive the eagerness that drove him. It means the world to us to have the ability to share his story in an area that displays who he was, not simply as a musical icon, however as a person who cherished his household, his nation, and his tradition.”
The museum is Lee’s former recording studio in Duhaney Park. It’s stocked with memorabilia; from his flamboyant outfits and hats to murals of fellow producers Clement Dodd, Prince Buster and Duke Reid, and devices that belonged to musicians who developed his Greenwich Farm sound, reminiscent of Robbie Shakespeare’s bass.
Grange saluted Lee,who died in October 2020 at age 79, describing him as a “severe music man” who contributed considerably to Jamaican tradition.
“After they made Bunny Lee they broke the mould. I feel what Edward Jr and his household have performed is wonderful and a becoming tribute to him,” she informed the Jamaica Observer.
Born and raised in Greenwich Farm, Bunny Lee produced a variety of hit songs throughout the late Nineteen Sixties, together with Bangarang by Lester Sterling and Stranger Cole, Let Me Go Lady (Slim Smith and The Uniques), and Music Discipline by Roy Shirley.
Within the Seventies, his Striker label flourished by hits by Johnny Clarke (None Shall Escape The Judgement, Rock With Me Child), Max Romeo (Let The Energy Fall on I), Stick by Me (John Holt),
Higher Should Come (Delroy Wilson), Zion Gate (Horace Andy), and I Am The Gorgon by Cornel Campbell.
Additionally attending the opening had been govt director for Jamaica Cultural Growth Fee (JCDC) Lenford Salmon, Michelle Williams of VP Data, musicologist and music trade insider Clyde McKenzie, singer Craigy T, percussionist Bongo Herman, singer/producer Keeling Beckford, producer Trevor “Leggo” Douglas, and artiste supervisor Bridgett Anderson.
