Larry McDonald (percussionist)

McDonald has over a half century history of recording and performing with a wide variety of artists,^[5] such as Gil Scott-Heron,^[6][7] Taj Mahal (musician),^[8][9] Lee "Scratch" Perry^[10] and The Skatalites.^[11]

In 2009, McDonald released his first solo album^[12] "Drumquestra," which features many of his former collaborators, including Sly Dunbar,^[5] Uziah Thompson of Bob Marley and the Wailers and the former Count Ossie drummers known as the "Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari".^[13] in an orchestra of drummers.

Drumquestra also featured former frontmen from bands Larry performed and recorded with,^[5] including Toots Hibbert, Bob Andy, Mutabaruka, Stranger Cole and Dollarman. The album was recorded at a live session at Harry J Studios in Kingston Jamaica by Steel Pulse producer Sidney Mills for Malik Al Nasir's MCPR label in the UAE, who released the album in 2009. MCRP also released two singles off the album the same year, "Head Over Heels" Featuring Dollarman and Sly Dunbar and "Set The Children Free" Featuring Toots Hibbert, the latter of which was subsequently re-mixed for dance-floors by Lenny B.^[14]

Shortly after the album was released, Larry was honoured^[15] in July 2011, at the 14th annual 'Tributes to the Greats'^[16] award ceremony in Jamaica, with a lifetime achievement award for his 50-year contribution to Jamaican music.

From 2011 through 2020, Larry McDonald has been one of the core members of Subatomic Sound System touring and recording both independently and as the band for Lee "Scratch" Perry throughout the US as well as at select performances in Europe at France's 2016 Télérama Dub Festival #14 and Hungary's 2017 Ozora Festival, the UK's 2018 Positive Vibration Festival and Dubai's 2019 Sole Dxb festival.

On Friday 22 March 2013 Larry performed at the United Nations General Assembly with Steel Pulse as part of the UNESCO's International Slavery Remembrance Day event.^{[citation needed]}

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