Bunny “Striker” Lee, a towering determine in reggae music, left an indelible mark at his Burns Avenue recording studio in Duhaney Park, St Andrew. On July 1, celebrated globally as Worldwide Reggae Day, a museum commemorating the legendary producer’s legacy had its comfortable launch at this historic web site.
The museum is brimming with artifacts from Lee’s 60-year profession, together with his iconic sailor hats, flamboyant fits, and the recording tools used to create quite a few hit songs. The partitions are adorned with work of Lee and his contemporaries—fellow producers Clement Dodd, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Leslie Kong, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Lloyd “King Jammy” James, and Chris Blackwell.
Guests may also see devices belonging to notable musicians like bass guitarist Robbie Shakespeare of Lee’s Aggrovators band, guitarist Jerome “Jah Jerry” Haynes of The Skatalites, and keyboardist Jackie Mittoo.
Bunny Lee Jr, the producer’s son, introduced that the museum will formally open subsequent February, which is widely known as Reggae Month.
Bunny “Striker” Lee, who handed away in October 2020 on the age of 79 after battling kidney issues, was a seminal determine within the reggae scene. He started his profession in 1962 as a report plugger for Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label in Kingston.
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Lee’s affect on reggae music is profound. He produced basic hits like Eric Donaldson’s “Cherry Oh Child,” Delroy Wilson’s “Higher Should Come,” and John Holt’s “Stick By Me.” He performed a pivotal position in the UK’s reggae market, licensing his productions to the Palmer Brothers (Pama) and Trojan Information within the early Seventies.
Within the realm of dub music, Lee was a pioneer, collaborating together with his buddy and dub innovator King Tubby within the early Seventies. Collectively, they experimented with new manufacturing methods, which Lee described as “implements of sound,” creating tracks primarily consisting of rhythm elements combined with distorted or altered variations of songs.
For his outstanding contributions to Jamaican music, Bunny “Striker” Lee was awarded the Order of Distinction by the Jamaican authorities in 2008.
