Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Website: jeffobafemicarr.com
Band Members: Alana Rocklin, Candace Lightford-Bass; Steve Kerr, Karlton Taylor, Maestro Lightford-Keys; Ian Wallace, David "Smitty" Smith, Marcus Hill- Drums. Guest appearances by Richard Griffin- Saxaphones, Shonka Dukureh- Vocals; Stephanie Pruitt- Spoken Word.
Influences: Ancient Kemet (Ta-Merry, "Egypt"), Yoruba Cosmology, Coptic Christianity, The Mdu Ntr, The Uadjet, Neter and Neteru, Nat "King" Cole, The Last Poets, Johnny Hartman, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Earth Wind & Fire, Harriett Tubman, Ella Fitzerald, Ntozake Shange, John Henry Redwood, Bert Williams, Micki Grant, Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Imhotep, John Coltrane, The Negro Spirituals, Call and Response Preachin' (whoopin' w/some content), W.E.B. Dubois, Dr. Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannon, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, James Weldon Johnson, Ida B. Wells, Alfred Hitchcock, Rod Serling, August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Carol King, Karen Carpenter, Maurice White, Curtis Mayfield, Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Dr. Thomas E. Poag, Dr. Walter S. Davis, "Big John" Merritt, Joe Gilliam, Sr., Wilma Rudolph, Haywood Carr, Haskell and Della Mae Carr, Thomas and Gussie Hayes, and every last one of the almagamated cache of souls that will make a man make music to express his gratitude for one slim chance at a thing called LIFE. YEAH!
Sounds Like: jeff obafemi carr. wow, how cool is that? but hey, depending on the song and the venue: Nat King Cole mixed with The Last Poets, with a tinge of EW&F on a bed of Big Bill Broonzy. go figure that one out.
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