The music is called Roots Rock Reggae and The group is called Rascalin & The Roots Rockers..... Fronted by a gifted, charismatic singer/guitarist; anchored by a riddim section that carves deep and cavernous grooves; and buttressed by a bevy of horns,keyboards, percussion and background singers, Rascalin & The Roots Rockers is a nine-piece bliss machine that recalls the halcyon days of roots reggae, an era when artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff were in their prime.
Rock Reggae is one of the few original styles of music to emerge from the late 20th century. Artists like John Lennon and Sting were calling the musical stylings coming out of Jamaica "The only truly original music of the 70's, 80's, and 90's."
Rascalin, transplanted to Southern California from Bocas Del Torro, an Island off the Carribean side of Panama, is of Jamaican, Spanish and Chinese descent. A Christian Rastafari, Ras counts Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix as his main influences. You can hear the stylings of these two "to young to die" mega-stars whenever Rascalin takes a stage.
Rascalin & The Roots Rockers CDReggae Fever received a FIVE STAR RATING from theselectors at ReggaeTrain.com One week after it's debut (week of July 24th - 30th , '99) on ReggaeTrain, Lyin Eyes moved to the 4th most requested song on their weekly playlist (July 31st - August 6th, '99). Two weeks after it's debut on ReggaeTrain, Lyin Eyes moved to the 1 most requested song on their weekly playlist (August 7th - 13th, '99).
Reggae Fever has also been placed on the "BEST OF '2000' list alongside artists such as - Isreal Vibration - The Meditations - Peter Tosh - and Culture. In addition, Reggae Fever was chosen as the "Pick of the Week" for the week of July 24th - 30th, '99 (it's debut week)!!!
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Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Website: rascalin.com
Influences: Our Influences are Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Rock Legend, Jimi Hendrix.
Record Label: Bocas Records Intl.
Type of Label: Indie