Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

Genre : Band
Principal country concerned : Column : Music

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires (known as Byron Lee's Dragonaires since Lee's death) are a Jamaican ska, calypso and soca band. The band played a crucial pioneering role in bringing Caribbean music to the world. Byron Lee died on 4 November 2008, after a long battle with cancer.

The band was originally formed around 1950 by Byron Lee and his friend Carl Brady, taking its name from the St. George's College football team that they played for (...)

Read the whole group's presentation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Lee_and_the_Dragonaires]

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