Soulfool Selection #2: Lord Creator with Determinations

A nice collaboration between Jamaican Artist Lord Creator & Determinations (Japan) with this sweet Ska tune.. Enjoy!

11/11: ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE

Memphis at the Santora Presents ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE!!!

Featuring Live Reggae Music with The Esencia Verde Band. Also featuring Deejays Selecting the best in Jamaican music for your listening and dancing pleasure. Ska Rocksteady Jamaican Oldies Roots Dub and Dancehall
Strictly Vinyl Only No Serato Or Computer Ting, Original Stylee Always!

Jah Faith [ Dub Club LA ]
Ras SaL
DJ Chinne
MC Junor Francis [ The Reggae Show - KXLU Radio ]
Technician vs Melooh Selector [ Live Dub Performance ]
Esencia Verde (Live Band) Featuring Ruben [ Badfish ]
Special Guest Garth Dennis [ Black Uhuru / Wailing Souls ]

All Jamaican Vinyl!

No Cover! $3 Red Stripe. Jamaican food.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170568946365727

11/17 Downtown Soul in Santa Ana

Top Selectors/DJs.. playing top tunes, check it out!

Location:
400 W. Fourth Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701

About:
Monthly Soul and Reggae Club in Santa Ana, CA

Bringing Northen Soul, Vintage Reggae, Motown, Traditional Ska, and Rock Steady to Orange County, this latest club features DJ Selectors spinning vinyl records the last Thursday of the month.

The Bistro 400 bar hosts this monthly club with an open dance floor, beautiful outdoor lounge, and drink specials. Come join us for this special night of great tunes!

21+ $5 cover 9pm-2am
Free parking in the structure behind the restaurant.

http://www.facebook.com/soulsantaana

11/12 INTENSIFIED! Benefit Show, SATURDAY!

Grand Star Jazz cafe (Upstairs)

Doors open @ 9pm
$5 Before 10pm $8 after ( if you like to donate more to the cause, it will be much appreciated)
21+ Full Bar/Outside Smoking Patio
$ 3 Tecate/Tsingtao beer And Vodka Well Drinks before 11pm

Djs All night Playing (Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dancehall)

The Bohunks @ 10:30pm
The Allentons @ 11:45pm


THIS IS A BENEFIT SHOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLE....ALL PROCEEDS GO TO OPARC ,Enabling People with Disabilities to Achieve Their Full Potential....So come out and show some Love for folks that need all the love a person could want!

THE ALLENTONS:
Since 1994 Los Angeles' very own "The Allentons" have been soulfully jamming out traditional Ska for their loyal fans and spectators. They've also artistically backed the likes of Jamaica's Eric Monty Morris with songs (Penny Reel, Sampson, Solomon Gundie), RICO RODRIGUEZ of Rico & the Rudies, hits like "Africa", "Scarface", He was also Trombonist for The Skatalites after Don Drummond. The Allentons have also had huge events with other L.A. artists such as Hepcat, See Spot, Mobtown, Irie Beats, Ocean 11, and many others. No deaf ears here! Their recorded music can be heard via cd through Steady Beat Records, & various compilation CD's. It doesn't end there! Today, The Allentons continue to perform to loving Ska crowds throughout the country and outside our borders, so If you want to Skank till the soles on your shoes melt! Then, The Allentons are the one's to bring it to you! Ska, Ska, Ska...! THEY MAKE PARTY!
http://www.reverbnation.com/theallentons
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Allentons/113779691969682


THE BOHUNKS:
The Bohunks began in late 2007 when Zeke, Germ and Ex-Drummer Alex (Current drummer for The Aggrolites) came together to write some tunes and play some shows. Though the band has gone through a few line up changes, the mission has always been the same: make kick ass, soulful ska,reggae and rocksteady music that sounds great. Have a listen to the tunes!
http://www.reverbnation.com/thebohunks
http://www.facebook.com/TheBohunks


KING STEADY BEAT:
Started Djing in backyard parties in 1983 with DJ Sky, before hip hop was hip hop, it was called electro boogie, ended up spinning high energy and "New Wave" in 87 and moved to house music in 88, discovered the Manchester scene in '89, I went Shoegazer, then started up in back yard parties with an outfit called the Blackpool in So. cal. in 1992, the ska period. Started producing shows in 1993 @ The Hong Kong cafe in China Town, introduced fresh new Ska acts such as YESKA, SEESPOT, OCEAN 11, Mobtown, King Willy.
I started Steady Beat Recordings in 1993 to produce some of the great bands that had no music out at the time. I produces various Records and Cd's. took a break in 2003 because the "scene" was dying, Chris Murray took over the Ska torch and started the Blue Beat lounge. I came back like a phoenix from the ashes in 2008. and I'm back with a vengeance.
http://www.steadybeat.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/KING-Steady-BEAT/173175882719240


Special thanks to George Acevedo for the Art work on this Flyer,check him out At
www.georgeacevedo.com

11/23: The Debonaires @ The Mission Tobacco Lounge

THE DEBONAIRES will be playing in Riverside at The Mission Tobacco Lounge on Wed. Nov 23rd for our annual Thanksgiving Eve Bash!! Joining us are special guests The Revivers, and Queen P with The Delirians, both celebrating the release of their new 45's on Moondust Records. This show is 21+, starts at 9pm, and is only $5 before 10pm, and $10 after (early arrival suggested!) $6 32 oz domestic super steins til 11pm!!!

11/18: The California Honeydrops & The Expanders in L.A.!!

Expanders Sound System Presents

An Old-School Night of New Orleans R&B and Roots Reggae.

Co-headlining bill featuring:

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS
(New Orleans R&B & Soul from Oakland)
www.CaHoneydrops.com/

and

THE EXPANDERS
(Roots Reggae from Los Angeles)
www.TheExpanders.net
along with

Expanders Sound System spinning vintage Jamaican tunes all night
www.expanderssound.podomatic.com

Also, special opening set by THE VIBROMETERS. L.A. based funk & afrobeat.
www.themintla.com/artists/detail/the-vibrometers.

$10
21+

Buy tickets in advance:
www.themintla.com/show/detail/51304

11/23 Trojan Lounge presents " THANKSGIVING REGGAE EXPLOSION "

Soulside Productions| Trojan Lounge Presents

" Thanksgiving Reggae Explosion "

SOUNDCLASH II - JESSE TREJO ( LONGBEACH SOUND SOCIETY ) VS LORD AGGRO.

**** NO TROJAN LOUNGE THE FRIDAY OF THE WEEK - THIS IS IT! ******

Dj's playing the best of Vintage reggae, Jamaican oldies & ska!

Marv Mack , Ted Morris

CLUB FAIS DO - DO
5257 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 931-4636

18+ | DOORS OPEN @ 9:30PM | $10
Sponsored by Ben Sherman , Posers of Hollywood, Warrior Clothing

www.soulsideproductionsent.com

11/23: Dub Club meets Angel City Soul Club @ The Echoplex

Yes friends this will be a night to remember....with 2 rooms of music all night...still FREE before 10pm, $5 after
in The Echoplex: Dub Club with selectors Tom Chasteen, Boss Harmony, Roy Corduroy, and Dungeonmaster spinning the best in reggae, dancehall, dub and rocksteady...plus on the microphone Jah Faith, Chicho Don, Ras Benjy, Woes, and special guests...
In The Echo : Angel City Soul Club with DJs Mark Morales, George Rodriguez, and Dave Bywell spinning the finest soul music from the heavy Motown sound to the rarest of the rare Northern soul, 1960s R+B classics, all on original 45 magic...
This will be a serious 2 room dance party meltdown...see YOU there!

The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, California

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128774293897222

11/9: Expanders Sound System @ Commonwealth, Fullerton

This Wednesday. ACOUSTIC Expanders performance at Commonwealth in Fullerton. Also, Expanders Sound System will be warming up the night, with Man-Like-Devi spinning Jamaican scorchers on vinyl.



112 E Commonwealth Ave
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 525-8888

11/9: Rockers Wedsnesdays with The Hashishans

The Anarchy Library
13250 woodruff ave
Downey, CA

This wednesday we give you live Reggae music from The Hashishans!!! And always Family Promotion S.S continues to bring you the best Roots Rock Reggae selections all night long....Stay blessed Reggae Massive!!!!!

Check out The Hashishans original music,
sweet Reggae..


Band Members are:

MIKEY THE WOP - GUITAR
AUGUSTUS NACHO - DRUMS
BLACKBEARD - BASS
AZUMI - KEYS/MELODICA
CREEPY- VOCALS


Record Label
MIKEY THE WOP STUDIO

About
EL MONTE ROOTS REGGAE

Current Location
EL MONTE CA. S.G.V.

Artists We Also Like
JACOB MILLER & INNER CIRCLE, KING TUBBY, AUGUSTUS PABLO, THE AGGROVATORS, ORIGINAL ROCKERS, THE ABBYSINIANS, THE CRYSTALLITES, DENNIS BROWN ,U-ROY...

Influences:
ROOTS REGGAE, DUB REGGAE

Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-HASHISHANS/132169782266?sk=app_2405167945
http://www.myspace.com/thehashishans

11/9: The Ska Parade 20th Anniversary Tour!!

Event's FB:

Hey SKA fans... The Ska Parade 20th Anniversary Tour continues
@ the historic U.C. Riverside's The Barn - Wed., Nov. 9th, 2011 -

featuring:

Rude Boys Outta Jail

(*it's an all-star 2 Tone review...so Imagine seeing all the legends of the "2 Tone" ska movement of the late 1970s / early 1980s Britain - Madness, The Specials, Bad Manners, The Selecter, English Beat, and The Bodysnatchers - all on the same stage at once! This band includes members of See Spot / The Aggrolites / Mobtown / etc. RBOJ are absolutely SKAmazing!);

Queen P & The Delirians

(*it's the lead singer of Ocean 11
with her fantastic new band that will be performing some Ocean 11 classics);



Tuesday After School

(an incredible 3rd Wave Ska from Las Vegas that is fronted by two girl singers);

and your's truly... MC Tazy Phyllipz!

Each band will be performing significant historical ska songs within their sets!

Tickets are $12 for non-UCR students, and $5 for UCR students! Doors 7:30pm' All Ages!

Buy your tickets now via:
ticketmaster.com or at the UCR Theater Ticket Office!

Please attend & spread the good word to your fellow Ska fans - this show is gonna rule!!!
See u there! Much Thanks & Cheers! - T

more info:
http://www.facebook.com/SkaParade
or http://rside.ucr.edu/barnseries/

9/24 The Original UPSETTER, Lee Perry @ The Roxy (Hollywood)

"Lee "Scratch" Perry will be performing at The Roxy this Saturday, also performing this night are LA's all star bands The Lions and The Expanders. Don't miss this All Star line up @ The ROXY!

Tickets:http://www.ticketmaster.com/Lee-Scratch-Perry-tickets/artist/1005608

In-depth Biography
Some call him a genius, others claim he's certifiably insane, a madman. Truth is, he's both, but more importantly, Lee Perry is a towering figure in reggae -- a producer, mixer, and songwriter who, along with King Tubby, helped shape the sound of dub and made reggae music such a powerful part of the pop music world. Along with producing some of the most influential acts (Bob Marley & the Wailers and the Congos to name but two) in reggae history, Perry's approach to production and dub mixing was breathtakingly innovative and audacious -- no one else sounds like him -- and while many claim that King Tubby invented dub, there are just as many who would argue that no one experimented with it or took it further than did Lee Perry.

Born in the rural Jamaican village of St. Mary's in 1936, Perry began his surrealistic musical odyssey in the late '50s, working with ska man Prince Buster selling records for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat Sound System. Called "Little" Perry because of his diminutive stature (Perry stands 4'11"), he was soon producing and recording for Dodd at the center of the Jamaican music industry, Studio One. After a falling out with Dodd (throughout his career, Perry has a tendency to burn his bridges after he stopped working with someone), Perry went to work at Wirl Records with Joe Gibbs. Perry and Gibbs never really saw eye to eye on anything, and in 1968, Perry left to form his own label, called Upsetter. Not surprisingly, Perry's first release on Upsetter was a single entitled "People Funny Boy," which was a direct attack upon Gibbs. What is important about the record is that, along with selling extremely well in Jamaica, it was the first Jamaican pop record to use the loping, lazy, bass-driven beat that would soon become identified as the reggae "riddim" and signal the shift from the hyperkinetically upbeat ska to the pulsing, throbbing languor of "roots" reggae.

From this point through the 1970s, Perry released an astonishing amount of work under his name and numerous, extremely creative pseudonyms: Jah Lion, Pipecock Jakxon, Super Ape, the Upsetter, and his most famous nom de plume, Scratch. Many of the singles released during this period were significant Jamaican (and U.K.) hits, instrumental tracks like "The Return of Django," "Clint Eastwood," and "The Vampire," which cemented Perry's growing reputation as a major force in reggae music. Becoming more and more outrageous in his pronouncements and personal appearance (when it comes to clothing, only Sun Ra can hold a candle to Perry's thrift-store outfits), Perry and his remarkable house band, also named the Upsetters, worked with just about every performer in Jamaica. It was in the early '70s after hearing some of King Tubby's early dub experiments that Perry also became interested in this form of aural manipulation. He quickly released a mind-boggling number of dub releases and eventually, in a fit of creative independence, opened his own studio, Black Ark.

It was at Black Ark that Perry recorded and produced some of the early, seminal Bob Marley tracks. Using the Upsetters rhythm section of bassist Aston "Familyman" Barrett and his drummer brother Carlton Barrett, Perry guided the Wailers through some of their finest moments, recording such powerful songs as "Duppy Conqueror" and "Small Axe." The good times, however, were not long, especially after Perry, unbeknown to Marley and company, sold the tapes to Trojan Records and pocketed the cash. Island Records head Chris Blackwell quickly moved in and signed the Wailers to an exclusive contract, leaving Perry with virtually nothing. Perry accused Blackwell (a white Englishman) of cultural imperialism and Marley of being an accomplice. For years, Perry referred to Blackwell as a vampire, and accused Marley of having curried favor with politicians in order to make a fast buck. These setbacks did not stem the tide of Perry releases, be they of new material or one of a seemingly endless collection of anthologies. Perry was also expanding his range of influence, working with the Clash, who were huge Perry fans, having covered the Perry-produced version of Junior Murvin's classic "Police and Thieves." Perry was brought in to produce some tracks for the Clash, but the results were remixed more to the band's liking.

All this hard work was wreaking havoc with Perry's already fragile mental state, leading to a breakdown. The stories of his mental instability were exacerbated by tales of massive substance abuse (despite his public stance against all drugs except sacramental ganja), which reportedly included regular ingestion of cocaine and LSD; one potentially apocryphal story even had Perry drinking bottles of tape head-cleaning fluid. But these stories, as with much surrounding Perry, blur fact and fiction. One story that was true was that Black Ark, and everything in it, burned to the ground. Perry claims bad wiring as the culprit, but the more familiar and commonly accepted story is that Perry burned the studio down in a fit of acid-inspired madness, convinced that Satan had made Black Ark his home. Whatever the case, the site of Perry's greatest moments as a producer had been reduced to (and remains) a pile of rubble and ash. Soon after the fire that consumed Black Ark, Perry, increasingly fed up with the music business in Jamaica (which by all accounts is corruption personified), decided to leave Jamaica.

Despite the considerable lows in his career, Perry remained busy and, so it seemed, reasonably happy. Although he was less in demand as a producer, his solo work remained very strong, and his continuing influence could be felt in the contemporary dub music of the Mad Professor (another former Perry protégé that Perry went on to treat with disdain) and some post-rave electronica music. Even the Beastie Boys gave Perry his props in a rhyme on their release Ill Communication and later added him to the bill of performers at a concert for Tibetan freedom. The man called Scratch lives in Switzerland and continues to cook up a psychedelic brew of music that, along with being ahead of its time, will warp your head, in a good way, assuming that you're up to the challenge. In 1997, Island (the label started by the vampire Chris Blackwell) released Arkology, a three-disc compilation of Perry recordings.

A word or two about Perry's discography: it's massive, unwieldy, and although there are plenty of great records, there's almost as much crap. The lack of quality control has little to do with Perry, but rather with sleazebags trying to rip off his legacy. After King Tubby's murder in 1989, his studio was looted, and many of Perry's tapes were stolen. Some of these recordings have shown up on poorly mastered, and expensive, anthologies. Releases on Trojan, Rounder's reggae subsidiary label Heartbeat, and Island (and its subsidiary label Mango) are generally excellent and are the best place to start building your Perry collection. Smaller labels like Seven Leaves and the French Lagoon Records (which seems like a semi-legit bootleg label) are hit-and-miss propositions, and those inclined to check out recordings on these labels are encouraged to proceed with caution. And avoid releases on the Rohit label, if only for their lousy production and tacky, grade-Z packaging. Also, as with King Tubby recordings, purchasing a Perry release means you might be buying a record he produced, but not necessarily performs on. That said, happy hunting and listening". ~ John Dougan, All Music Guide

Dig Deeper Presents: Stranger Cole & Patsy backed by Crazy Baldhead

For you peeps on the East Coast
2 Jamaican Legends backed by an All Star band, featuring:
Jayson "Agent Jay" Nugent
Victor Rice
Eddie Ocampo
Ara Babajian
Victor Ruggiero
Victor Axelrod aka Ticklah
amongst other East Coast musicians.

@ The Bell House
Saturday, Oct 01, 2011 8:00 PM EDT
The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
21 years and over

Get your tickets here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3864175&pl=bellpl

Long Live The Ugly One, A True BOSS DJ.. King Stitt

King Stitt is the oldest living Jamaican deejay. Sparkes was given the nickname Stitt as a boy and decided to use it as his stage name, becoming King Stitt when he was crowned 'king of the deejays'.[citation needed] He began deejaying on Coxsone Dodd's Sir Coxsone's Downbeat Sound System in 1956 or 1957, influenced by American DJs heard on radio broadcasts from Miami and New Orleans.[1] Count Machuki, the original Jamaican deejay, noticed him for his dancing and offered him to try his hand on the mic.[1] Born with a facial malformation, King Stitt took advantage of it and called himself The Ugly One, in reference to the Sergio Leone western movie The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.[1]

His first record releases came from producer Clancy Eccles with classic deejay tracks like "Fire Corner", "Lee Van Cleef", "Herbman Shuffle", "Vigorton 2", and "Dance Beat".[1][2] Upon the success of these releases, Sir Coxsone began to release his own recordings of Stitt on now scarce 7" singles. A full album was released by Coxsone entitled Dancehall '63 in the late 90's of Stitt deejaying over old-school rhythms like Owen Grey's "On the Beach". A full CD of hard to find 7" singles called Reggae Fire Beat was released on Jamaican Gold CD label.

King Stitt can be seen selecting & deejaying on the Soul Jazz DVD documentary of STUDIO ONE called The Studio One Story. Also, King Stitt was seen as recently as 2002's Legends of Ska concert series in Toronto, where he selected and deejayed before, after, and between sets. A documentary of the Legends of Ska concert series was made but not yet released.

New Year's Eve with Derrick Herriott in San Francisco

THIS ONE IS GONNA BE HOT!
Via First Round Presents' Facebook: "Alrighty, we are about to start selling Pre-sale tickets for the first ever American performance by non-other than the legendary Derrick Harriott. Deal sealed today for New Years Eve in San Francisco @ The Rockit Room. Buy early as this will absolutely sell out and who knows if and when Derrick will ever perform in the US again".

SKAMANIA! @ The Joint (Los Angeles)

Ten of Los Angeles top ska & rocksteady selectors/djs will be converging on the Joint on 10/1 for the biggest Skamania Party West of the Mississippi River.
Roll call:
Boss Harmony
Mark Morales
Jason Lawless
Soulfool Selector
Viktor and Nina
Lord Aggro
Ms Mila
Ras Sal
Sir Prince Henry
dj "KillaBeats"
Brata selector
& MC Junor Francis
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SKAmania/144023519015453

Moondust, LA Record Label inna UK Stylee!

New releases about to drop on Jason Lawless' Moondust Records, check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/reggae69fanclub

9/12 Pat Kelly in San Francisco!!

First Round Promotions in association with Wake The Town Radio present, for the first time ever in San Francisco, Reggae legend Pat Kelly. Pat will be supported by SoCal's very own Revivers. Plus, we're also proud to announce the addition of local heroes The Titan Ups. Plus some of the finest collectors and selectors of rare Jamaican Ska, Reggae and BlueBeat!!!!



Legendary Pat Kelly


Riverside's Reggae Monsters: The Revivers


+The Titan Ups!

BOSS REGGAE NIGHT WAS A SUCCESS!

Thanks to everyone who supported this night, hope to have another BOSS REGGAE NIGHT!
Stay tuned..

The Delirians - Move Around/Overdub 7" on Steady Beat Recordings

This 7" is the 2nd part of the "Limited Edition" series from from So.Cal's Indie Steady Beat Recordings label. "Pumping out hits since 1993" This is the 1st effort by The Delirians, Traditional ska and reggae from East LA. Side A is "Move Around" a SKA scorcha! Side B is a nice early reggae instrumental called Overdub. Limited pressing of 200.

Order online @ http://www.interpunk.com

or

Ameoba Records (Hollywood) and Sound of Music Record Shop (East LA)

COP IT!