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The Mau Mau Chaplains

About Me

Don't judge a book by it's cover, or somethin' like dat . . . these fellas produce some wikked roots reggae with five part harmonies backed by 150 man-years of stage experience.The Mau Mau Chaplains include veteran musicians from the 80's reggae group The Lotions, as well as country/reggae phenomenon "I-Tex", the Killer Bees, Pressure and Greezy Wheels. Their alter country ego is "Stop the Truck". Lineup includes Moe Monsarrat - lead vocals, bass guitar, Miguel Pankratz on Drums, Steve Carter - rhythm guitar, Ed Ferguson on lead, Don Raby on reggae fiddle and mandolin, David Roach and Matt Jacobs on keys. At times their old friend Louis Meyers sits in on guit steel.They have opened for many of the original reggae stars including Third World, Morgan Heritage, the Skatalites, the Meditations, Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band, the Itals, amongst others. Just close your eyes and listen and you'll be transported to Jamaica on their magical wave of riddems . . .
Dancin' shoes required!

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Member Since: 06/07/2006
Band Website: http://www.maumauchaplains.com/
Band Members: Moe Monsarrat: Lead Vocals, Bass

Steve Carter: Guitar, Lead Vocals

Miguel Pankratz: Drums, Vocals

David Roach: Keyboards, Keyboard Bass, Vocals

Louis Meyers: Steel Guitar

Boomer Norman: Lead Guitar

Mike Koetting: Audio Engineer

Sounds Like: Your favorite roots reggae artists . . . from Toots' to Pluto Shervington to the Melodians . . . Desmond Dekker and more . . . at times their country roots shine through . . .
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

4th of July, cooking, studio time . . .

The Mau Mau Chaplains are celebrating the 4th of July at Flamingo Cantina, red green and gold stylee!  Come run get some of Winston's ital jerk chicken and rice n' peas . . .I&I bredren in Stop The T...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:44:00 GMT

Run Come

"Nobody Move . . . Nobody Get Hurt" . . . Mark your calendars for Friday June 19 at the Flamingo Cantina as we're kicking things off for the amazing King Yellowman and his Sagittarius Band.   I&I Bred...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Greetings from France!

Friends, our countrified alter-ego, StopTheTruck is currently in St. Agreve, France, performing at the Equiblues Country & Western festival. We are also doing a European release of our latest cd, "Se...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMT

Music4Life

Friends, I am honored to have been asked by our friend DJ RJ to be a part of his radio program last Tuesday on KAZI 88.7 fm.  RJ’s show airs every Tuesday evening at 7:30.  You can hea...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:22:00 GMT

Our friend Boomer!

Hey Friends:Just wanted to update you on our friend Boomer Norman who is recuperating from open heart surgery.  This will be almost three weeks and we hear he is slowly but surely healing and we ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Finishing Touches

We're excited to be putting the finishing touches on our new album "Country & West Indian" to be released soon . . . while I&I were in Jamaica over the holidays, we made cds for our new friend...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:10:00 GMT

Happy New Year!

Howdy folks:After a wildly fun New Year's Eve with our pals Grimy Styles and Dr. Dubbist, the dust has finally settled and me n' the boys are working up our special show for this year's Bob Marley Bir...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Christmas inna rub-a-dub style

Friends:Merry Christmas innna rub-a-dub style!  I & I are popping corn, watching the waves, just having come from Mi Yard, (www.miyard.com) a local inn, restaurant, bar and gathering place.&n...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:20:00 GMT

Beautiful day at the lake . . .

Sittin' on the porch . . . soakin' in the rays . . . I'll be joining Freddy Powers and friends at Donn's Depot this Saturday, December 8th . . .the Mau Maus next take the stage on New Year's Eve at Fl...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:34:00 GMT

Some Tings

Friends, come check us tonite at Poodie's Hilltop Cafe (StopTheTruck) and Sat. Dec. 1, the Mau Maus will be down in Wimberley on the Square at the Cypress  Creek Cafe . . . I've been in the studi...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:59:00 GMT