Exuma - Self Titled, Vinyl LP

Exuma - Self Titled, Vinyl LP

Exuma is the debut studio album by Bahamian folk musician Exuma.

In the early 1960s, Exuma (born Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey) had moved to Greenwich Village, New York and started playing guitar and singing in the cultivating folk rock scene developing in that area. Finding some measured success playing calypso with his friends as Tony McKay and the Islanders, he then was approached in 1969 by Blues Magoos producer Bob Wyld offering a record deal; he chose to adopt "Exuma, the Obeah Man" as his name. The pseudonym draws from memories of Junkanoo festivals from his childhood. Production Wyld adopted the pseudonym "Daddy Ya Ya" and recruited a few musicians for the album, including Peppy Castro of the Blues Magoos (who was credited under the pseudonym "Spy Boy Thielheim"). During recording sessions, Exuma would often turn off the lights and set up candles, recalling songs from his dreams. The album cover was painted by Exuma himself.

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