Eric Lamont (23 September 1955 - 31 December 1993), better known as Bingy Bunny, was a Jamaicanguitarist and singer who recorded with the Roots Radics and The Morwells as well as recording solo material. He is regarded as one of Jamaica's most important and innovative guitarists.[1]
Biography
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Lamont began his career as half of a duo with Bongo Herman, recording "Know Fari" in the early 1970s for producer Derrick Harriott.[2] In 1973 he joined Maurice Wellington in the Morwells, Lamont and Wellington also forming a production team, and at the same he time worked as a session musician.[2] Productions from the duo included Jah Lloyd's Black Lion and Prince Hammer's Bible.[2] When the Morwells disbanded in 1981, Lamont joined up with Lincoln Valentine "Style" Scott and Noel "Sowell" Bailey to form the Roots Radics.[2] The Roots Radics soon became Jamaica's most in-demand session band, working with the likes of Mikey Dread, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy and Bunny Wailer.[2]
Lamont also recorded as a singer while with the Morwells and released two solo albums in 1982, Me & Jane and Bingy Bunny & Morwells as well as a string of singles.
Lamont died in December 1993 from prostate cancer.[3] The album Kingston 12 Toughie (A Tribute To Bingy Bunny) was released by RAS Records in 1996.
Discography
Me & Jane (1982) Cha Cha
Bingy Bunny & Morwells (1982) Park Heights
References
^Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, ISBN0-313-33158-8, p.32
^ abcdeLarkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, London, ISBN0-7535-0242-9, p. 26-27
