They not only toured with Tribal Seeds earlier this year, but they are rising fast in popularity with the release of their latest album Irie State of Mind. The band also announced they were giving away a pair of tickets to the Tribal Seeds stop in Las Vegas, Nevada for those who stopped by their booth.įortunate Youth is a band from the South Bay of Los Angeles. HaleAmanO sang songs off their CD House Of Sharks, including “Recession,” “Temptationz,” and “Jah Soljah.” HaleAmano had a guest vocalist from Hawai’i named Shaggamon, and Eric Hirschhorn, the saxophone player of Sono Vero also performed the band’s final song with them. These seven guys bring an island sound to the desert area. HaleAmanO is a reggae band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Songs included, “Imagine Peace,” “I Know It’s True,” and “Warriors.” It is interesting to note that E.N Young also helped produce Tribal Seeds latest EP, Soundwaves. E.N Young sang songs off his solo CD called Luck And Chance No More.
There was also a saxophone player from the band Sono Vero, and a drummer. For this reggae show, E.N Young was backed by a well-known guitarist by the name of Jerome Cruz, who has played with Big Mountain and recently played with Quinazo.
It was quite a show with Californian musicians, and guests from Las Vegas, Nevada.Į.N Young is a solo artist whom also plays with a popular San Diego band called Stranger. Playing not only for a crowd at an outdoor beach club, the band also played for people along the boardwalk who stopped, listened and watched the band blast their music into the coastal atmosphere. Tribal Seeds, a home favorite of raw reggae music in San Diego, played at the Wavehouse located right next to the boardwalk of Mission Beach on Saturday, September 10th. Tony-Ray, said his brother sings in this Caribbean lilt “because it seems natural given the Jamaican roots of the music.”Īnd despite the complex Afro-Caribbean polyrhythms at the base of reggae, “it wasn’t particularly hard for a band made up of Southern California kids to pick up.Line up: Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, HaleAmanO, E.N Young Patois is defined as a language of broken English, commonly known to have originated from, but not limited to, the island of Jamaica. It might seem a bit odd, a group of kids who grew up in San Diego, successfully becoming such a popular reggae band, and when lead singer Steve Rene Jacobo starts singing in a strong West Indian patois, it seems even odder. “It was our first real tour, and we feel it launched us to be able to get into the scene and in front of reggae fans in other parts of the country,” he said. Tony-Ray said Rebelution took Tribal Seeds on its first big tour in 2009, which gave them some great exposure. The tour included one show in their hometown of San Diego, where they performed in front of 15,000 people. in July and August on the “Kickin’ Up Dust” tour, opening for indie rapper Atmosphere and rockers Slightly Stoopid and Rebelution. It’s not easy to do in today’s ever-evolving music industry, but they’ve built a path that’s allowed them to share stages with the Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Julian and Stephen Marley, Pretty Lights and Steel Pulse, with whom they played shows in New Mexico and Arizona this summer. They took music lessons on and off, and soon enough, they were doing what they set out to do: pursuing music as a career. Tribal Seeds started as a high school band when Tony-Ray was a senior and Steven Rene was a sophomore. Learning to play reggae music was more about letting the music inside of us be expressed.” “Reggae rhythms have a feel and a melody.
My mom and dad used to blast it in the house and the strong message in the music was inspiring to us. “We came to reggae under the influence of our parents. “It’s the only band my brother and I have been in,” Tony-Ray said. Originally started by Tony-Ray and his brother, Steven Rene Jacobo (lyrics, lead vocals, rhythm guitar), the group is currently made up of: Carlos Verdugo (drums), Victor Navarro (bass), E.N Young (keyboards, back up vocals) and Ryan Gonzo (guitar). With heavy influence from Bob Marley, Steel Pulse and Midnite, they bring an authentic roots sound that reaches a broad demographic and an energy that gets crowds moving to their infectious rhythms.
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