.gif)
Exuma (musician)
Encyclopedia
Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey, who recorded as Exuma (18 February 1942 – 25 January 1997) was a Bahamian musician, known for his almost unclassifiable music; a strong mixture of carnival, junkanoo, calypso and ballad. In his early days in New York's Greenwich Village, Tony McKay (his self-given name) performed in small clubs and bars. Later, along with his then-partner and lifelong friend, Sally O'Brien, and several musician friends, Tony launched EXUMA - a 7-person group that toured and recorded albums, starting with Exuma: The Obeah Man in 1970 and ending with Rude Boy in 1986. His songs invoke influences from calypso, junkanoo
, reggae
, African and folk music
with his lyrics dealing heavily with Obeah
. His backing band known only as the Junk Band has included names such as Sally O'Brien, Bogie, Lord Wellington, Villy, Mildred Vaney, Frankie Gearing, Diana Claudia Bunea, and his good friend Peppy Castro.
folk scene McKay often found himself performing with such greats as Bob Dylan
, Richie Havens
, Jimi Hendrix
, and Barbra Streisand
among others.
He soon gained the attention of Blues Magoos
manager Bob Wyld. Wyld brought MacKay to Mercury Records
and convinced them to sign him. In 1970 McKay, now redubbed Exuma, released the albums Exuma and Exuma II. From those albums he released the singles "Exuma, The Obeah Man", "Junkanoo", "Damn Fool", and "Zandoo". Exuma also garnered recognition for his song "You Don't Know What's Going On", which was featured on the soundtrack to John G. Avilsen's 1970 film Joe
starring Peter Boyle
, Susan Sarandon
, and Dennis Patrick
.
Exuma left Mercury in 1971 to sign with the Kama Sutra
label, where he released the albums Do Wah Nanny (1971), Snake (1972), Reincarnation (1972), and Life (1973). From these albums he released the singles "Do Wah Nanny", "The Bowery", "Brown Girl", "Rushing Through the Crowd", and a cover of Paul McCartney's
"Monkberry Moon Delight". After low sales and seeking the freedom of independence, Exuma was no longer featured on a major record label for the rest of his career. He released Penny Sausage, Going to Cat Island, Universal Exuma and Street Life in the early 1980s, but none of these albums received much exposure.By this time, Exuma was enjoying his greatest recognition. In the Bahamas, he even scored two hit singles, "Shirlene" and "Rose Mary Smith." He had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. He performed regularly at the Old Absinthe Bar. These nights could become jam sessions, as he had a habit of starting songs that were not in the set list and he still attracted great musicians, such as Bill Wyman and Bob Dylan's backing band. In 1986 under the ROIR label, Exuma released Rude Boy, which garnered slightly more attention and featured songs from some of his previous 1980s releases.
Over the years Exuma has played and/or toured with Patti LaBelle
, Curtis Mayfield
, Rita Marley
, Peter Tosh
, Toots & the Maytals
, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf
, Black Flag
and the Neville Brothers. Exuma was even recognised by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 when she awarded him the British Empire Medal
for his contributions to Bahamian culture
.
In the late 80s, Exuma suffered a mild heart attack, and thus devoted much more of his time to painting, his other great talent. His paintings have been exhibited several times and collected by many art lovers. Never abandoning his music however, Tony still wrote and performed his original music. He continued to perform at the New Orleans Jazz Festival until 1991. The last years of his life saw him splitting his time between Miami, FL and Nassau, in a house that his mother had left him. He was happy, if not horribly rich from three decades in the music business. Away from the Bahamas he spent much time in Florida
living a life without luxury. He died in his sleep in the late nineties just as he was shopping around for a label to release a new album.
Perhaps Professor and fellow Bahamian, Alfred M. Sears said it best when stated that Exuma was, "A Bahamian visionary, humanistic philosopher and people's poet. Exuma gives expression to the beauty and power of the cultural life of the Bahamas - the people's every day experiences, folklore, myths, stories, junkanoo
, rake and scrape, pain, joy, struggle and survival. His life and art reflect the wonderful cultural heritage and personality of Bahamians, drawing on the roots of Africa and the branches of the Amerindians, Europeans and Americans."
Tony McKay had many children including Gavin, Kenyatta, Acklins and Jahleena. His first son, Shaw and his mother, "Sammy" were murdered in the early 1970s in New York's Lower East Side. Both Acklins and Kenyatta Alisha are gifted vocal artists, carrying on the tradition of their father through their individual genres.
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Exuma
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Mercury Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1970
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Exuma, The Obeah Man (6:20)
2. Dambala (5:40)
3. Mama Loi, Papa Loi (4:36)
4. Junkanoo (3:24)
5. Seance In The Sixth Fret (7:15)
6. You Don't Know What's Going On (3:31)
7. The Vision (7:58)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Exuma II
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Mercury Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1970
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Damn Fool (4:17)
2. Baal (6:37)
3. Paul Simon Nontooth (7:02)
4. Fire In The Hole (7:02)
5. A Place Called Earth (6:32)
6. We Got To Go (2:59)
7. African Rhythm (4:47)
8. Zandoo (4:49
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Do Wah Nanny
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1971
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Do Wah Nanny (16:39)
2. Oh Silver Sleigh (6:27)
3. You Shouldn't Scheem (2:54)
4. Mine (3:35)
5. Roweena (4:45)
6. Salty Water (3:23)
7. 22nd Century (8:18)
8. Do Wah Nanny II (2:47)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Snake
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1972
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Obeah, Obeah, Obeah (3:49)
2. Snake (2:45)
3. Don't Let Go (2:32)
4. Attica Part 1 (6:58)
5. Thirteenth Sunday (3:26)
6. Subway Bound For Hell (3:39)
7. Happiness And Sunshine (5:52)
8. Summertime In New York (3:36)
9. Andros Is Atlantis Rising (3:37)
10. Exuma's Reincarnation (3:21)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Reincarnation
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1972
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Brown Girl (2:40)
2. Monkberry Moon Delight (3:28)
3. Metastophaliese (2:12)
4. Obeah Man Come Back (2:27)
5. Baby, Let Me In (2:18)
6. Pay Me What You Owe Me (2:21)
7. Empty Barrels (2:12)
8. Walking Home (2:50)
9. Rushing Through The Crowd (2:30)
10. Ballad For Sammy (2:57)
11. Exuma's Reincarnation (2:50)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Life
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1973
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. If It Feels Good, Do It (2:29)
2. Paint It Black (2:47)
3. Love Is Strange
(2:49)
4. The Jumping Dance (2:00)
5. Iko Iko (1:55)
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want (4:00)
7. Night Time People (2:51)
8. Hayride (2:14)
9. Oh! Lovey (2:12)
10. Sodom And Gomorrah (2:22)
11. Kenyatta Alisha (2:14)
12. Viva El Matador (2:25)
|}
|}
|-
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Penny Sausage
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Inagua Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1980
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Exuma The Obeah Man Returns (4:09)
2. Penny Sausage (5:05)
3. Africa (4:28)
4. Rasta (2:54)
5. Black Hawk (7:16)
6. Southern Comfort (4:20)
7. Soul Conga Line (4:20)
8. Joanna (3:00)
9. Pretty Woman (3:33)
10. Beware (2:57)
11. Armageddon (7:32)
|}
|}
|-
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Universal
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Cat Island Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1982
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Guy Fawkes (4:05)
2. Fame Is The Name Of The Game (4:12)
3. Roller Reggae (4:03)
4. Rose Mary Smith (4:39)
5. Cat Island Rake & Scrape Band (4:02)
6. Get It (Good Feeling) (3:59)
7. Super Star Who Do You Think You Are? (4:06)
8. Alowis Plant (Aloe Plant) (3:03)
9. Maasai (3:55)
10. Praise Jesus Tonight (3:56)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Rude Boy
|-
|valign="top"|Label: ROIR Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1986
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Rude Boy (4:10)
2. Clean On the Outside, Dirty On The Inside (4:31)
3. The Coming "Junkanoo" (4:00)
4. Shirlene (4:33)
5. Dready (3:56)
6. Fishing On The Rock (5:13)
7. Saint James Road Slim (5:50)
8. Soca 'Bite Me On My Belly (3:37)
9. Dream (4:14)
10. Bam Bam (2:43)
11. Armageddon (7:32)
|}
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Street Music
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Nassau Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1987
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Rude Boy (4:01)
2. Clean On the Outside, Dirty On The Inside (4:26)
3. The Coming "Junkanoo" (3:56)
4. Shirlene (4:26)
5. Dready (3:50)
6. Fishing On The Rock (5:08)
7. Saint James Road Slim (5:48)
8. Soca "Bite Me On My Belly" (3:33)
9. Dream (4:10)
10. Bam Bam (2:38)
|}
|}
|}
Junkanoo
Junkanoo is a street parade with music, which occurs in many towns across The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands every Boxing Day , New Year's Day and, more recently, in the summer on the island of Grand Bahama. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in Nassau, the capital...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, African and folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
with his lyrics dealing heavily with Obeah
Obeah
Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic, sorcery, and religious practices derived from West African, and specifically Igbo origin. Obeah is similar to other African derived religions including Palo, Voodoo, Santería, rootwork, and most of all hoodoo...
. His backing band known only as the Junk Band has included names such as Sally O'Brien, Bogie, Lord Wellington, Villy, Mildred Vaney, Frankie Gearing, Diana Claudia Bunea, and his good friend Peppy Castro.
Life and recordings
After growing up on Cat Island, Tony McKay moved to New York City at age 17 to study architecture. However, he did not complete his studies and soon entered the music industry in a group called Tony McKay and the Islanders. In New York's 1960s Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
folk scene McKay often found himself performing with such greats as Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
among others.
He soon gained the attention of Blues Magoos
Blues Magoos
The Blues Magoos was a rock music group from the The Bronx, New York. They were at the forefront of the psychedelic music trend, beginning as early as 1966.-1964 - 1971:The band was formed in 1964 as "The Trenchcoats"...
manager Bob Wyld. Wyld brought MacKay to Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
and convinced them to sign him. In 1970 McKay, now redubbed Exuma, released the albums Exuma and Exuma II. From those albums he released the singles "Exuma, The Obeah Man", "Junkanoo", "Damn Fool", and "Zandoo". Exuma also garnered recognition for his song "You Don't Know What's Going On", which was featured on the soundtrack to John G. Avilsen's 1970 film Joe
Joe (film)
Joe is a 1970 drama film starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and Susan Sarandon in her film debut. The film was directed by John G. Avildsen.-Plot:...
starring Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein ....
, Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her...
, and Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick
Dennis Patrick was a well-respected American character actor best known for his works in television shows such as Jason McGuire and Paul Stoddard in Dark Shadows, Somerset, Vaughn Leland in Dallas, movies such as Joe...
.
Exuma left Mercury in 1971 to sign with the Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The word "Kama Sutra" is a Sanskrit terminology....
label, where he released the albums Do Wah Nanny (1971), Snake (1972), Reincarnation (1972), and Life (1973). From these albums he released the singles "Do Wah Nanny", "The Bowery", "Brown Girl", "Rushing Through the Crowd", and a cover of Paul McCartney's
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
"Monkberry Moon Delight". After low sales and seeking the freedom of independence, Exuma was no longer featured on a major record label for the rest of his career. He released Penny Sausage, Going to Cat Island, Universal Exuma and Street Life in the early 1980s, but none of these albums received much exposure.By this time, Exuma was enjoying his greatest recognition. In the Bahamas, he even scored two hit singles, "Shirlene" and "Rose Mary Smith." He had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. He performed regularly at the Old Absinthe Bar. These nights could become jam sessions, as he had a habit of starting songs that were not in the set list and he still attracted great musicians, such as Bill Wyman and Bob Dylan's backing band. In 1986 under the ROIR label, Exuma released Rude Boy, which garnered slightly more attention and featured songs from some of his previous 1980s releases.
Over the years Exuma has played and/or toured with Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
, Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
, Rita Marley
Rita Marley
Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...
, Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
, Toots & the Maytals
Toots & the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and reggae vocal groups. According to Sandra Brennan at Allmusic, "The Maytals were key figures in reggae music...
, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (band)
Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
, Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...
and the Neville Brothers. Exuma was even recognised by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 when she awarded him the British Empire Medal
British Empire Medal
The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service, usually known as the British Empire Medal , is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown...
for his contributions to Bahamian culture
Culture of the Bahamas
Bahamian culture is a hybrid of African, European, and other cultures. During the past thirty years the culture has become increasingly influenced by the Hip-Hop culture of United States....
.
In the late 80s, Exuma suffered a mild heart attack, and thus devoted much more of his time to painting, his other great talent. His paintings have been exhibited several times and collected by many art lovers. Never abandoning his music however, Tony still wrote and performed his original music. He continued to perform at the New Orleans Jazz Festival until 1991. The last years of his life saw him splitting his time between Miami, FL and Nassau, in a house that his mother had left him. He was happy, if not horribly rich from three decades in the music business. Away from the Bahamas he spent much time in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
living a life without luxury. He died in his sleep in the late nineties just as he was shopping around for a label to release a new album.
Perhaps Professor and fellow Bahamian, Alfred M. Sears said it best when stated that Exuma was, "A Bahamian visionary, humanistic philosopher and people's poet. Exuma gives expression to the beauty and power of the cultural life of the Bahamas - the people's every day experiences, folklore, myths, stories, junkanoo
Junkanoo
Junkanoo is a street parade with music, which occurs in many towns across The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands every Boxing Day , New Year's Day and, more recently, in the summer on the island of Grand Bahama. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in Nassau, the capital...
, rake and scrape, pain, joy, struggle and survival. His life and art reflect the wonderful cultural heritage and personality of Bahamians, drawing on the roots of Africa and the branches of the Amerindians, Europeans and Americans."
Tony McKay had many children including Gavin, Kenyatta, Acklins and Jahleena. His first son, Shaw and his mother, "Sammy" were murdered in the early 1970s in New York's Lower East Side. Both Acklins and Kenyatta Alisha are gifted vocal artists, carrying on the tradition of their father through their individual genres.
Discography
{||-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Exuma
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1970
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Exuma, The Obeah Man (6:20)
2. Dambala (5:40)
3. Mama Loi, Papa Loi (4:36)
4. Junkanoo (3:24)
5. Seance In The Sixth Fret (7:15)
6. You Don't Know What's Going On (3:31)
7. The Vision (7:58)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Exuma II
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1970
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Damn Fool (4:17)
2. Baal (6:37)
3. Paul Simon Nontooth (7:02)
4. Fire In The Hole (7:02)
5. A Place Called Earth (6:32)
6. We Got To Go (2:59)
7. African Rhythm (4:47)
8. Zandoo (4:49
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Do Wah Nanny
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The word "Kama Sutra" is a Sanskrit terminology....
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1971
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Do Wah Nanny (16:39)
2. Oh Silver Sleigh (6:27)
3. You Shouldn't Scheem (2:54)
4. Mine (3:35)
5. Roweena (4:45)
6. Salty Water (3:23)
7. 22nd Century (8:18)
8. Do Wah Nanny II (2:47)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Snake
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The word "Kama Sutra" is a Sanskrit terminology....
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1972
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Obeah, Obeah, Obeah (3:49)
2. Snake (2:45)
3. Don't Let Go (2:32)
4. Attica Part 1 (6:58)
5. Thirteenth Sunday (3:26)
6. Subway Bound For Hell (3:39)
7. Happiness And Sunshine (5:52)
8. Summertime In New York (3:36)
9. Andros Is Atlantis Rising (3:37)
10. Exuma's Reincarnation (3:21)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Reincarnation
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The word "Kama Sutra" is a Sanskrit terminology....
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1972
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Brown Girl (2:40)
2. Monkberry Moon Delight (3:28)
3. Metastophaliese (2:12)
4. Obeah Man Come Back (2:27)
5. Baby, Let Me In (2:18)
6. Pay Me What You Owe Me (2:21)
7. Empty Barrels (2:12)
8. Walking Home (2:50)
9. Rushing Through The Crowd (2:30)
10. Ballad For Sammy (2:57)
11. Exuma's Reincarnation (2:50)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Life
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records
Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The word "Kama Sutra" is a Sanskrit terminology....
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1973
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. If It Feels Good, Do It (2:29)
2. Paint It Black (2:47)
3. Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
"Love Is Strange" was a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label.The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams. The co-writers of the song are of some dispute...
(2:49)
4. The Jumping Dance (2:00)
5. Iko Iko (1:55)
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want (4:00)
7. Night Time People (2:51)
8. Hayride (2:14)
9. Oh! Lovey (2:12)
10. Sodom And Gomorrah (2:22)
11. Kenyatta Alisha (2:14)
12. Viva El Matador (2:25)
|}
|}
|-
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Penny Sausage
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Inagua Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1980
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Exuma The Obeah Man Returns (4:09)
2. Penny Sausage (5:05)
3. Africa (4:28)
4. Rasta (2:54)
5. Black Hawk (7:16)
6. Southern Comfort (4:20)
7. Soul Conga Line (4:20)
8. Joanna (3:00)
9. Pretty Woman (3:33)
10. Beware (2:57)
11. Armageddon (7:32)
|}
|}
|-
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Universal
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Cat Island Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1982
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Guy Fawkes (4:05)
2. Fame Is The Name Of The Game (4:12)
3. Roller Reggae (4:03)
4. Rose Mary Smith (4:39)
5. Cat Island Rake & Scrape Band (4:02)
6. Get It (Good Feeling) (3:59)
7. Super Star Who Do You Think You Are? (4:06)
8. Alowis Plant (Aloe Plant) (3:03)
9. Maasai (3:55)
10. Praise Jesus Tonight (3:56)
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Rude Boy
|-
|valign="top"|Label: ROIR Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1986
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Rude Boy (4:10)
2. Clean On the Outside, Dirty On The Inside (4:31)
3. The Coming "Junkanoo" (4:00)
4. Shirlene (4:33)
5. Dready (3:56)
6. Fishing On The Rock (5:13)
7. Saint James Road Slim (5:50)
8. Soca 'Bite Me On My Belly (3:37)
9. Dream (4:14)
10. Bam Bam (2:43)
11. Armageddon (7:32)
|}
|}
|}
|-
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
|valign="top"|
{|
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|Street Music
|-
|valign="top"|Label: Nassau Records
|-
|valign="top"|Released: 1987
|-
|valign="top" colspan="1"|
{|
|-
|Track listing:
|-
|valign="top"|1. Rude Boy (4:01)
2. Clean On the Outside, Dirty On The Inside (4:26)
3. The Coming "Junkanoo" (3:56)
4. Shirlene (4:26)
5. Dready (3:50)
6. Fishing On The Rock (5:08)
7. Saint James Road Slim (5:48)
8. Soca "Bite Me On My Belly" (3:33)
9. Dream (4:10)
10. Bam Bam (2:38)
|}
|}
|}
- In the early 1980s Exuma also released several very rare albums entitled Going to Cat Island and Street Life. Tracks from Street Life were later included in ROIR's release of Exuma's Rude Boy Album. Exuma's music appeared on various compilations throughout his career.