Bunny Rugs

William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, OD (6 February 1948 – 2 February 2014), also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Third World as well as a solo artist. He began his career in the mid-1960s and was also at one time a member of Inner Circle and half of the duo Bunny & Ricky.
Born in Mandeville and raised on John's Lane in Kingston, Clarke's father was an Anglican preacher. He joined Charlie Hackett and the Souvenirs, the resident band at the Kittymat Club on Maxfield Avenue, in the mid-1960s before leading the early line-up of Inner Circle in 1969. A spell living in New York City followed from 1971 where he was a member of the dance band Hugh Hendricks and the Buccaneers, and later the Bluegrass Experience with Glen Adams, Eric Frater and Sparrow Martin.He returned to Jamaica in 1974 and recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry at the Black Ark, initially as a backing singer, then with Leslie Kong's nephew Ricky Grant as the duo Bunny & Ricky, releasing singles such as "Freedom Fighter" and "Bushweed Corntrash", and also recording the solo album To Love Somebody (1975, credited as Bunny Scott). He was also a member of The Wild Bunch before returning to New York and taking over as lead singer of Third World from Milton "Prilly" Hamilton in 1976. With Third World he recorded the successful 96° in the Shade album, and was with the band until his death in early 2014 He returned to the Black Ark in 1977, contributing backing vocals (with Earl 16) to Yabby You's "Chant Down Babylon Kingdom".
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played many of Bunny Rugs' records including those with Inner Circle and his collaborations with Ricky Grant. Many of his records were played by Peel during the 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's.
==Shows Played==
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*20 November 1975: Freedom Fighter (single) Locks
*J P D18 (1976): Bushweed Corntrash (shared 7" with Upsetters - Bushweed Corntrash / Cally Butt) Orchid
*04 February 1980: Bushweed Corntrash (v/a LP - Creation Rockers Volume 3) Trojan
*06 September 1980 (BFBS): Bush Weed Corn Trash (v/a album - Scratch And Company - Chapter 1 The Upsetters) Clocktower 
*24 September 1980: Bush Weed Corn Trash (Various LP - Scratch & Company - Chapter 1 The Upsetters) Clocktower
*24 June 1985: Freedom Fighter (7" split single with Upsetters) Black Art
*04 April 1992: Freedom Fighter (split 7" with Upsetters - Freedom Fighter / Iron Wolf) Locks 
*12 April 1992 (BFBS): Freedom Fighter (Split 7") (Black Art (UK))
*18 December 1997: Bushwood Contrash (7" - Bushwood Contrash / Callying Butt) Attack 
*12 February 1998: Freedom Fighter (split 7" with Upsetters - Freedom Fighter / Iron Wolf) Locks 
*21 May 2002: Bushweed Corntrash (10” single) Trojan reissue
*23 May 2002: Freedom Fighter (7” single) Locks
*30 May 2002 (Radio Eins): Bushwood Contrash (7" - Bushwood Contrash / Callying Butt) Attack
*30 May 2002 (Radio Mafia): Bushwood Contrash (7" - Bushwood Contrash / Callying Butt) Attack
*06 June 2002 (BBC World Service): Bushwood Contrash (7" - Bushwood Contrash / Callying Butt) Attack
*19 June 2003 (Radio Eins): Bushwood Contrash (7" - Bushwood Contrash / Callying Butt) Attack
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*Peel July August September 1982: I've Never Had It So Good (v/a LP - Lee Scratch Perry - Heart Of The Ark) Seven Leaves
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*14 March 1985 (Radio Bremen): Land Of Africa (7") Music Is Life
*17 March 1985 (BFBS): Land of Africa (12") Music Is Life
*12 June 1985: Land Of Africa (7") Music Is Life
*23 March 1991: Here Comes Rudi (single) Exterminator
*02 June 1991: Warning (v/a album - One Man One Vote) Greensleeves
*08 June 1991: One Man One Vote (v/a album - One Man One Vote) Greensleeves
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*08 April 2001 (BBC World Service): Woman's Dub (Woman's Gotta Have It Version) (v/a album - Dub / Original Bass Culture) Metro
==External Links==
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