Moe's Alley Presents: Black Uhuru w. The Rudians

Moes Alley presents the Grammy Award winning reggae legends Black Uhuru with special guests Salinas own The Rudians! Saturday, September 7thDoors: 8pm / Show: 9pm$40 in advance / $45 day of the show21+BLACK UHURUDerrick Duckie Simpson the Gong Gong Gullie is the founder and leader for reggaes BLACK UHURU. Although going through numerous lead singers and musicians they have remained to be one of the most recognized and prolific reggae band for over 45 years. The Groups line up is Duckie Simpson, Andrew Bees, and Elsa Green. The roots of BLACK UHURU were formed in Kingston Jamaicas Waterhouse district also known as Firehouse in the early 60s. Though considered to be one of Jamaicas toughest neighbourhoods its home to several other reggae singers and musicians. It was where Duckie Simpson grew up and learned to sing from boyhood friends Winston Pipe Matthews and Lloyd Bread McDonald of Wailing Souls and Bob Marley. He recorded four tracks with Wailing Souls before forming his own group. The original Uhurus (Swahili for freedom) were Derrick Duckie Simpson, Ervin Don Carlos Spencer and Rudolph Garth Dennis. They only recorded a few singles Folk Songs Time Is On Our Side and Slow Coach before separating. Don went solo and Garth joined Wailing Souls. Duckie reformed the group adding Michael Rose Tarzan Nelson, both from Waterhouse. They recorded their debut album Love Crises in 1977 at Prince Jammys famous studio in Waterhouse on St. Lucia Road. It was later re-released as Black Sounds Of Freedom. Errol later left to join The Jayes. He was soon replaced by American female singer Puma Jones. They teamed up with drummer Sly Dunbar and bass player Robbie Shakespeare. Together they developed a musical style full of deep bass thumps, loud drum slaps, sharp keyboards, long instrumentals with guitar riffs, whirly back round noises, echos and the signaturewoh oh ohs creating theyre classic sound. Producing hits like I Love King Sellassie, Shine Eye Gals, General Penitentiary and What is Life.THE RUDIANSDanceable Reggae from Salinas, California. We all found each other in this sacred valley. Our art tells stories of reflection, spirituality, love, and the struggles in our communities. We draw inspiration from Roots, Dub, and Dance hall and also Metal, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Spoken Word.