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Larry McDonald

perc, *1939 JM, Port Maria
Musician of Reggae

Larry McDonald is a Caribbean percussionist, born in Port Maria in Jamaica in 1939. Larry first started to play congas with Carlos Malcolm band in the 1960s and also with Toots Hibbert of the Grammy Award winning band Toots and the Maytals as well as the Count Ossie Band. He plays a wide variety of traditional percussion instruments.

     
Instruments
  • Percussion
  • Congas
  • Bongos
Genres
  • Reggae
  • R&B/Soul
  • Jazz
Plays With
Gil Scott-Heron And His Amnesia Express
The Crystalites
The Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7
The Lennie Hibbert Combo
The Monty Alexander 7
The Supersonics
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Wrigglers
Robbie Gordon
Wiss
Subatomic Sound System
Dub Is A Weapon
Caz Gardiner
The S.P.M's
Mr. T-Bone & The Young Lions
Ras Tesfa
Safi Allah Abdullah
The Brooklyn Attractors
Sir J & The Kinkylab Allstars
Daddy Willo
Malik & The O.G's
The Badasonics
Popular Tracks   
Sally's Song on Sally's Song by Anant Pradhan & Larry McDonald
Jamaican Jazz Roll Call on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
It Had Better Be Tonight on It Had Better Be Tonight by Anant Pradhan & Larry McDonald
I Fe Layo on Kingston Town by Clancy Eccles & Friends
Got Jazz? on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
Drumquestra (Dawn Always Comes) on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
Crime or Music on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
Peace of Mind on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
Head Over Heels on Drumquestra by Larry McDonald
Pounds Fe Pounds on 5 Borough Fire by Various Artists

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
DrumfusionLarry McDonald2009Album
DrumquestraLarry McDonald2009Album
African HomeLarry McDonald & Bongo Herman1972Single
Name Of The GameLarry McDonald / Denzil Laing1971Single
Ife L'Ayo (The Name Of The Game)Clancy Eccles, Larry McDonald & Denzil Laing / The Fabulous FlamesSingle
White Liver Mabel / ReubenMr. X And Sweetie / Winston Wright & Larry McDonaldSingle
Suki Suki / The Dragon's NetDenzil Laing & Larry McDonaldSingle
Heart Of Africa / Lots Of Loving BabyLarry McDonald & Mudies All Stars / The Jolly BoysSingle
External Links
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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