Lord Intruder Explained

Lord Intruder (born Winston O'Conner) was a calypsonian from Tobago who was active in the 1950s.^[1]

He is known to have performed with the Trinidadian calypso tent group The Original Young Brigade (OYB), whose ranks included The Mighty Sparrow, Lord Melody and The Mighty Bomber.^[2]

He is credited with originating one of the most famous calypso standards, "Jumbie Jamberie", variously recorded as "Zombie Jamboree" and "Back to Back."^[3] He performed "Jumbie Jamboree" at the Old Brigade Calypso Tent in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1953.^[4]

Partial discography

• "Annual Walking Race," b/w "Is by Animal Motor Car was Invented" (c. 1953)
• "Disaster with the Police," b/w "Jumbie Jamberie" (1953)
• "Good Friday Happenings," b/w "Ah Can't Bear the Torture" (1954)
• "Ashe's Experience in a Walking Race," b/w "Some People Does Get to Resemble They Work" (1954)
• "Advantage in Room Renting" (with OYB, 1955)
• "Destruction of Hurricane Janet", b/w "Doctor Shop Scandal" (1956)

References

1. Music historian and broadcaster Ray Funk, in the "Musical Traditions" web journal http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/kaiso03.htm
2. Regis, Louis; The Political Calypso: True Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago, 1962-1987, University Press of Florida, 1998;
3. http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/kaiso31.htm Funk, Ray; "The Kaiso Newsletters"
4. http://google.com/search?q=cache:Jxsi3KOKnvEJ:folksongstuff.blogspot.com/2008/08/zombie-jamboree.html+%22Lord+Intruder%22+%22jumbie+jamboree%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a "Zombie Jamboree", Folkstuff, 24 August 2008.