Lord Intruder (born Winston O'Conner) was a calypsonian from Tobago who was active in the 1950s.Music historian and broadcasting Ray Funk, in the "Musical Traditions" web journal [1]
He is known to have performed with the calypso tent group The Original Young Brigade (OYB), whose ranks included The Mighty Sparrow, Lord Melody and The Mighty Bomber.Regis, Louis; The Political Calypso: True Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago, 1962-1987, University Press of Florida, 1998;
He is credited with originating one of the most famous calypso standards, "Jumbie Jamberee", variously recorded as "Zombie Jamboree" and "Back to Back." Funk, Ray; "The Kaiso Newsletters" He performed "Jumbie Jamboree" at the Old Brigade Calypso Tent in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1953. "Zombie Jamboree", Folkstuff, 24 August 2008.
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