Exuma (musician)

Exuma McFarlane Anthony McKay real name ( born February 18, 1942 Cat Iceland, Bahamas, † January 25, 1997 in Nassau, Bahamas) was a musician from the Bahamas.

Exuma grew up in Nassau, Bahamas, but left the Bahamas in the early 60s and went to New York to study architecture. After he was out of money, Exuma began in the area around New York to appear and to protest against the war in Vietnam. After this time, Exuma entered into the folk scene in Greenwich Village on using rhythmic structures of the Bahamas. There he studied with the performances also Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Peter, Paul and Mary, Jimi Hendrix and Barbra Streisand, with whom he had joint appearances.

Exuma completed his first recording contract with Mercury Records. There he produced two albums: Exuma, the Obeah Man and Exuma II

He later graduated with a record label Budda / Kama Sutra Records a contract where he created four more albums: Reincarnation, Snake, Life, Do Wah Nanny. To become independent of record companies, Exuma founded his own label (Nassau Record ) on which he released Rude Boy and Cat Going to Iceland. In the early 1970s, its title " You do not know what's going on " was used as the soundtrack of the film Joe with the main actors Peter Boyle and Susan Sarandon.

Over the years, had Exuma performances and tours with Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag and the Neville Brothers.

Exumas close connection to the music of the Bahamas and the Caribbean was also recognized by the British Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 with the award of the British Empire Medal.

Discography

• Bahamian musicians
• Born in 1942
• Died in 1997
• Man
• Bahamians