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PEACEThe Uppressors Live at Tipitina's in New Orleans.
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PASSION

"FIRE BRAIN"

The Uppressors joined with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Ras Tree, and member's of Bob Marley's band Inner Circle on the title track to the Reggea All-star tribute to the Police " Spirits in the Material World."

What the Critics are saying.............. ...."The best cuts in Spirits in the Material World, A Reggae Tribute to The Police are the ones that bring the true essence of reggae to the pop sensibility of the songs: ...."De Do Do Do De Da Da Da...." by Toots & The Maytals , ...."Every Breath you Take...." by Joan Osborne, ...."Bed....'s Too Big Without You...." by Inner Circle, ...."Wrapped Around Your Finger...." by Cyril Neville, and ...."So Lonely...." by Gregory Isaacs . But the song that stands out over the rest is ...."Spirits in the Material World...." by New Orleans....'s legendary Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Uppressors with Ras Tree. His combination of seductive roots reggae beats with funk and R&B shows the best that reggae had to offer. Many forget that Bob Marley ....'s music had a strong American R&B component, which combined with reggae, made it so attractive. ...." -- World Music Central

In 2003, The Voice of the Wetlands Organization released a record to raise money for their awareness campaign. The record was called S.O.S. (Save our Swamps). This record featured local and national acts that donated their time and music to help bring awareness to Louisiana's coastal erosion problem. The Uppressor's song Someday Somebody is the track of three that were chosen for the project.

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MUSIC

Strong Buffalo - Lakota Native American

RU with the Elements 2007

RU with the Elements.

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The 2007 Voice of the Wetlands Festival Print by Richard Thomas

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This is a picture of the band standing on some of the debris that was fished out of the Gulf of Mexico. This picture don't tell 1/2 of it. The coast was pretty beaten up.

The Uppressors 2006.

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2005 -

In 2008-We were joined by Reggae royalty which included Lee Scratch Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Toots and the Maytals, Joan Osborne, Cyril Neville, Jr Ried on SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD a Reggae Allstar tribute to the Police. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Ras Tree and the Uppressors are joined by members of Bob Marley’s backing band Inner Circle. Josh, John, Artie Curole, Jerry Martin, and Ru are featured on this legendary recording.

Nicole, Camoy, and Ru

rehearsals generally look like this

Mobile, AL Pin Ball

"2007-2008"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/16/2005
Band Website: www.theuppressors.com & myspace.com/themightyrudog
Band Members:

Ru and Deano of the Uppressors with Artie Curole and Chris Pazani

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The UPpressors Are:

Ru- Vocals/Percussion

Josh Turnage - Guitar

John Lefort - Keyboards

Michael Burkart - Keyboards/ Lap Steel

John Lisi - Guitar/ Lap Steel

Dave Jordan - Bass

Deano - Bass Guitar

Joe Gelini - Drums

John Sinclair

Song List

Uppressors Live Set List:

Another Day in Paradise - The Uppressors

Mud - The Uppressors

Gangsta - The Uppressors

Johnny's in the Jailhouse - The Uppressors

Diamonds in the Rough - The Uppressors

Skanktown Showoff - The Uppressors

World of Destruction - The Uppressors

Breath - Pink Floyd

Time - Pink Floyd

Get Up Stand Up - B. Marley

Is This Love - B. Marley

96 Degrees - Third World

Summertime - Sublime

Turn Your Lights Down Low - Bob Marley

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Roller Skates - Steel Pulse

Waitin In Vein - B. Marley

Hey Baby - S. Marley

Drive - The Cars

Dyer Maker - Led Zepplin

Jammin - B. Marley

Breakdown - Tom Petty

Rock With Me - Cyril Neville

No Woman No Cry - B. Marley

Just For The Fonk of It - Cyril Neville

I Shot The Sherrif - B. Marley

Inna De Red - Sthephen Marley

Mind Control - Stephen Marley

Jammin - Bob Marley


Influences:

This is the first published Artwork after Hurricane Rita and Katrina. The painting was by New Orleans Artist Richard Thomas. The painting features Dr. John, Tab Benoit, George Porter Jr., Cyril Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Anders Osborne, Waylon Thibodeaux, Jumpin Johnny Sansone, Johnny Vidacovich, and Rudog. This painting became the Official Poster for the 2005 Voice of the Wetlands Festival.

John Lisi and Rudog outside of the Old Point Bar in New Orleans.

Here is Big Chief Monk Boudreaux conducting in the studio.


Sounds Like:

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Ru in the studio.

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Record Label: White Trash Radio Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What is selflessness and how do I get there??

................This aint no relapse its a bounce.. ..The life I love is merely simple. It is spending time with my kids and forgetting that I exist in an ego infested rock-n-roll world. My best...
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New Press

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504 Uppressors: BANK STREET - NEW ORLEANS

Join us on Tuesday's at the Bank Street Bar in New Orleans on Bank St.Delta Funk's John Lisi and the killer drummer Joe Gelini has assembled a great line up featuring bassist Dave Jordan of Juice, key...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:07:00 GMT

REV GOAT CARSON

On our first recording "Fire Brain" I introduced Rev. Goat Carson on the spoken word pieces called "Bob Marley."Reverend Goat wrote 5 songs on the new Dr John record "The City That Care Forgot" and th...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:07:00 GMT

WHY BIG OIL SHOULD PAY

.. ..TR>   MSNBC.com..TABLE> ..>HideAdFrame('StoryToolbarSponsorship');ChangeSponsorAdTitle( );..> Senate Republicans block taxes on oil profits Democratic proposal that would cost comp...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:12:00 GMT

Republican and Democrat Conventions

My company has been hired to provide music for both the Republican and Democrat Conventions.  On August 24th our guitarist Eric Greene and I will be heading out to support Obama at the Democrate ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:56:00 GMT

NEW UPPRESSORS RECORD

About a year ago I started recording the new record with Kevin Brennan a producer out of LA. Johnny's in the Jailhouse was our first cut. Kevin came to New Orleans where he and I worked on some scores...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:46:00 GMT

The History of Valnentines Day

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Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:58:00 GMT

Preview of Police Tribute

We received the final mixes for the Police Tribute Record and The Uppressors have been joined supporting Big Chief Monk Boudreaux on the title track "Spirits In The Material World" by Bob Marley's bac...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:48:00 GMT

Press Release for Police Tribute Record

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Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:08:00 GMT