Jonathon Ebanks

David Jonathan Ebanks Jr., the firstborn and only son of Virginia Lovella and David Jonathan Ebanks Sr., was born in the Cayman Islands Hospital on June 1, 1960. His father was a seaman and, like most Caymanian fathers at that time, he would be away for long months, sometimes years of his son’s childhood. His mother, Virginia, was a hard-working woman and a live-in cook at her employer’s home on Seven Mile Beach. Eighteen months after Jon was born, he was joined by a little girl, Emma Lou. “EmmLou” as he called her, would be his only sibling and close companion for life. Regarded as one of the most influential individuals in the Cayman music scene, legendary guitarist Jonathan Ebanks died Wednesday at the age of 58, he passed away at Cayman Islands Hospital on November 14, 2018.