Arthur Lancelot Bonner (Lance) Plunkett was a civil engineer involved in the design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Between 1924 and 1926, on behalf of Sir Douglas Fox and Partners, Consulting Engineers, he took charge of the office in which the designs and erection schemes for Dorman Long & Co's bridge contracts were prepared and prepared 3 preliminary designs for the bridge.
By the time it was under construction, Plunkett was involved in civil projects in the Nassau Bahamas. Plunkett never actually visited the bridge for he died in London of throat cancer on 13th August 1937.
Both of these recordings showcase Plunkett's warm, husky vocals to great advantage, and prove that he was at least as talented standing at a microphone as he was sitting behind the drums.
In 2000, Plunkett appeared as part of a tribute to his former employer Howling Wolf on the Chicago Blues Festival, but it was around this time that it became clear that something was wrong with his voice, which had been reduced to a raspy whisper.
Plunkett was buried at Homewood Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.
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