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Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (18 February 1942 – 25 January 1997), known professionally as Tony McKay and Exuma, was a Bahamian musician, artist, playwright, and author best known for his music that blends folk, carnival, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and African music stylings.

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  • Exuma, bürgerlicher Name McFarlane Anthony McKay (* 18. Februar 1942 auf Cat Island, Bahamas; † 25. Januar 1997 in Nassau, Bahamas) war ein Musiker von den Bahamas. Exuma wuchs in Nassau, Bahamas auf, verließ aber die Bahamas in den frühen 60er Jahren und ging nach New York, um Architektur zu studieren. Nachdem ihm das Geld ausgegangen war, begann Exuma damit, in der Gegend um New York aufzutreten und gegen den Krieg in Vietnam zu protestieren. Nach dieser Zeit trat Exuma in der Folkszene im Greenwich Village unter Verwendung von Rhythmusstrukturen von den Bahamas auf. Dort lernte er bei den Auftritten auch Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Peter, Paul and Mary, Jimi Hendrix und Barbra Streisand kennen, mit denen er gemeinsame Auftritte hatte. Exuma schloss seinen ersten Plattenvertrag mit Mercury Records ab. Dort produzierte er zwei Alben: Exuma, the Obeah Man und Exuma II. Später schloss er mit dem Plattenlabel Buddah/Kama Sutra Records einen Vertrag und schuf dort weitere vier Alben: Reincarnation, Snake, Life, Do Wah Nanny. Um unabhängig von Plattenfirmen zu werden, gründete Exuma sein eigenes Label, auf dem er Rude Boy und Going to Cat Island veröffentlichte. In den frühen 1970er Jahren wurde sein Titel You Don’t Know What’s Going On als Soundtrack des Filmes (Joe, 1970) mit den Hauptdarstellern Peter Boyle und Susan Sarandon verwendet. Über die Jahre hinweg hatte Exuma Auftritte und Tourneen mit Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, Sly & the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag und den Neville Brothers. Exumas enge Verbindung zur Musik der Bahamas und der Karibik wurde auch von der britischen Königin Elisabeth II. im Jahre 1978 mit der Verleihung der British-Empire-Medaille anerkannt. (de)
  • Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (18 February 1942 – 25 January 1997), known professionally as Tony McKay and Exuma, was a Bahamian musician, artist, playwright, and author best known for his music that blends folk, carnival, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and African music stylings. His Exuma persona, as well as his lyrics, were influenced by the West African and Bahamian tradition of Obeah, a system of spiritual and healing practices developed among enslaved West Africans in the West Indies, practiced by many on the islands of The Bahamas. He himself was also a practitioner of herbal medicine. Reviewers have often identified McKay's music as containing or invoking voodoo-related imagery, and have compared his music to that of New Orleans-born musician Dr. John (and vice versa). However, McKay clarified against the association between the imagery of his music and the popular concept of voodoo as depicted in Hollywood-produced films, stressing that his music is instead based on the healing practices of Obeah: "It isn't voodoo or witchcraft [...] not in the way that the man goes home at night and makes a secret potion." Exuma's self-titled debut album was released in 1970 through Mercury Records, and was followed by Exuma II later that same year. His next four albums, Do Wah Nanny (1971), Snake, Reincarnation (both 1972), and Life (1973), were issued by Kama Sutra Records. In 1977, he created a musical stage production titled Junkanoo Drums that incorporated a number of his songs; the success of the show led to Exuma becoming a regular performer at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. By the 1980s, McKay had founded his own record label, Inagua Records, and moved to New Orleans. After moving to Colorado in 1994, he spent time living in Miami, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas, and died in his sleep in the latter city in 1997. In a 1970 interview, McKay, as Exuma, said the "'electrical part' of his being 'came from beyond Mars; down to Earth on a lightning bolt'". He described his music as "all music that has ever been written and all music not yet written. It's feeling, emotion, the sound of man, the sound of day creatures, night creatures and electrical forces". (en)
  • Exuma, geboren als McFarlane Anthony McKay, (Cat Island, 18 februari 1942 – 25 januari 1997) is een van de Bahama's afkomstige muzikant. (nl)
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  • Exuma, circa 1971 (en)
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  • Exuma, geboren als McFarlane Anthony McKay, (Cat Island, 18 februari 1942 – 25 januari 1997) is een van de Bahama's afkomstige muzikant. (nl)
  • Exuma, bürgerlicher Name McFarlane Anthony McKay (* 18. Februar 1942 auf Cat Island, Bahamas; † 25. Januar 1997 in Nassau, Bahamas) war ein Musiker von den Bahamas. Exuma wuchs in Nassau, Bahamas auf, verließ aber die Bahamas in den frühen 60er Jahren und ging nach New York, um Architektur zu studieren. Nachdem ihm das Geld ausgegangen war, begann Exuma damit, in der Gegend um New York aufzutreten und gegen den Krieg in Vietnam zu protestieren. Nach dieser Zeit trat Exuma in der Folkszene im Greenwich Village unter Verwendung von Rhythmusstrukturen von den Bahamas auf. Dort lernte er bei den Auftritten auch Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Peter, Paul and Mary, Jimi Hendrix und Barbra Streisand kennen, mit denen er gemeinsame Auftritte hatte. (de)
  • Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (18 February 1942 – 25 January 1997), known professionally as Tony McKay and Exuma, was a Bahamian musician, artist, playwright, and author best known for his music that blends folk, carnival, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and African music stylings. (en)
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