{"id":29790,"date":"2020-10-07T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/2020\/10\/07\/in-memoriam-bunny-striker-lee-1941-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:56:40","slug":"in-memoriam-bunny-striker-lee-1941-2020","status":"publish","type":"dossiers","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/dossiers-360\/in-memoriam-bunny-striker-lee-1941-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Bunny \u201cStriker\u201d Lee (1941-2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cGorgon\u201d died of kidney problems at the age of 79, on October 6. Born in 1941 in Kingston, he made his debut in the music industry in 1962, thanks to his brother-in-law, the singer Derrick Morgan, as a promotional agent for Duke Reid&#8217;s Treasure Isle label, then for Leslie Kong (Beverly\u2019s). His first big hit, Roy Shirley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_DAURkeWmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cMusical Field\u201d<\/strong><\/a> (1967), in the midst of the rocksteady explosion, led him to found his own label, Lee, with which he would become a major player in this golden age. Then, with the advent of the new early reggae sound, he put on the huge hits of Slim Smith (\u201cEverybody Needs Love\u201d), The Uniques (\u201cMy Conversation\u201d), Max Romeo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C79spWeuakU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cWet Dream\u201d<\/strong><\/a>), Delroy Wilson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UhoWYMJR0jk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cBetter Must Come\u201d<\/strong><\/a>), Eric Donaldson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WT4iJ2jZv7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cCherry O Baby\u201d<\/strong><\/a>), John Holt (\u201cStick By Me\u201d), and many other titles by Stranger Cole, Derrick Morgan, Pat Kelly and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KIAQTD7U0DQ\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the dawn of the 1970s, he became one of the pioneers in the development of reggae in the U.K. by signing licences with the Palmer brothers (Pama) and Trojan Records. Between 1969 and 1977, he released over a thousand productions on his various labels \u2013\u00a0 Jackpot, Third World, Lee\u2019s and Striker Lee! But it wasn\u2019t until 1974 that Bunny Lee, with the help of Lee Perry, broke the monopoly held by Coxsone Dodd (Studio One) and Duke Reid (Treasure Isle) with productions such as \u201cRockers\u201d by Johnny Clarke, Owen Grey and Cornell Campbell. That same year, at the suggestion of Bunny Lee, drummer Santa Davis developed the \u201cflying cymbals\u201d style, influenced by the drumming of the American band T.S.O.P., with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9995bf8dxHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cNone Shall Escape the Judgment\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, performed by Johnny Clarke. From the beginning of the \u201970s, Lee experimented with dub with his friend King Tubby, a new style&#8230; born of a goof at the console. Moreover, in the studio, he keeps everything, even mistakes. In an interview, he explained that \u201cevery spoil a style, man!\u201d, that the biggest hits, the new sounds, often come from technical mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BjensgkVogw\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, since he never owned his own studio, with the advent of multitrack consoles, he quickly understood how to maximize his investments. In a day or two, he recorded a dozen rhythms with Sly &amp; Robbie&#8217;s Aggrovators. On the third day, he brought in singers and DJs to record the vocals. On the fourth, he went on to mix, producing three albums \u2013 one of the singers\u2019 versions, one of the DJs\u2019 versions, and a dub version \u2013 all of which would be released the following Monday! After 1976, he turned to Tubby\u2019s apprentices Prince Jammy and Phillip Smart to mix his albums. He then helped to put DJs on the charts with productions by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0EukkU09bNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>U-Roy<\/strong><\/a>, I-Roy, U-Brown, Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo, Jah Stitch, Trinity, and Tappa Zukie, among others, for whom \u201cStriker\u201d had no qualms about picking up the classic rhythms of Studio One or Treasure Isle. Towards the end of the decade, his favourite artists would become Linval Thompson, Leroy Smart, and Barry Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wqXr-YmqJfw\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, the Jamaican government awarded Lee the Order of Distinction in recognition of his immense contribution to the music industry. In 2013, a documentary, <em>I Am the Gorgon &#8211; Bunny Striker Lee and The Roots of Reggae<\/em>, directed by Diggory Kenrick, was released. It tells the story of his life through interviews with the artists he helped make popular, such as U-Roy, Alcapone and Lee Perry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People were beginning to think he was immortal&#8230; A jovial man, a businessman above all, never lacking in superlatives about himself, but who was said to be very close to his artists, just like King Tubby, another legend who profited from the genius of the Striker. Lee is survived by a son, Errol, born in 1968, whom he had with the singer Marlene Webber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Don&#8217;t miss our journalist Richard Lafrance&#8217;s Basses Fr\u00e9quences special on Bunny Lee, Sunday, October 11th, from 4pm to 6pm on <a href=\"http:\/\/cism893.ca\/\">cism893.ca<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bVWm6geSn0Y\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cGorgon\u201d died of kidney problems at the age of 79, on October 6. Born in 1941 in Kingston, he made his debut in the music industry in 1962, thanks to his brother-in-law, the singer Derrick Morgan, as a promotional agent for Duke Reid&#8217;s Treasure Isle label, then for Leslie Kong (Beverly\u2019s). 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