He became famous in Rhodesia during the Bush War with his album Troopiesongs. After his military service was up, Edmond went to England to study computers and moved to South Africa during the mid-1960s.
The group was a success among its peers and progressed into cabaret and rock 'n' roll. After learning to play the guitar with Coleman, Edmond formed the Bushcats Skiffle Group in 1958 along with two friends from the army, Eugene van der Watt and Ian Kerr. During this time, he bought a guitar at a trading store and met Bill Coleman while in the army. He served with the 3rd Battalion on the Congo border, in Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. After college, Edmond was employed at the Roan Antelope copper mine.Īfter some time there, Edmond joined Southern Rhodesia's Royal Rhodesia Regiment at Bulawayo. He went on to win the South African Junior drumming championships at the Royal Scottish gathering at Wembley in 1953. Edmond was lead drummer in the college's pipe band. He was regularly featured in lead roles at Christian Brothers College in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. While at school in Edinburgh, he was chosen to sing in the famous St John's boys choir.
As a Boy Scout, he played the bugle and was in the local Scout bugle band. John mastered the instrument within half an hour. He displayed a natural talent for music at an early age when he was given a mouth organ as a birthday gift from his grandmother at age three. He went to school in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia, Edinburgh, Scotland, and in South Africa at Christian Brothers College in Pretoria. He reached the height of his fame during the Rhodesian Bush War where he was sometimes known as the "Bush Cat".Įdmond was born on 18 November 1936 in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (modern day Zambia) to a family of Scottish descent during his childhood, he and his parents moved between Scotland and Central Africa. John Edmond (born 18 November 1936) is a Rhodesian folk singer and retired soldier who became popular in the 1970s for his Rhodesian patriotic songs.
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