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Dub Nation returns to festival
stages this summer supporting
the release of its long-awaited
album Rising Force for Change
and renews its musical vows
after a very long hiatus.
Producer and bassist of Dub
Nation, Frank “Fantom” Caruso,
after years of managing and
touring with the likes of Motown
legends, The Temptations, has
reincarnated Dub Nation with
their third musical effort.
The biggest transformation of
the Dub Nation sound would
undoubtedly be that of new lead
singer GC Cameron. Cameron is a
Motown legend who goes all the
way back to the 1970’s as an
original member of The
Spinners.
Caruso and Cameron bonded
together during their days with
The Temptations, joining forces
to launch this Dub Nation album
along with several other
projects in the works from their
production company Nationrizn
Entertainment.
GC Cameron’s international smash
hit “It’s a Shame”, was Motown
Records and The Spinners biggest
song of 1971. Produced and
written by Stevie Wonder, “It’s
a Shame” showed off GC’s
tremendous range and vocal
power. Later GC would go solo
and follow Barry Gordy and
Motown to Los Angeles. In 1974,
Cameron would release “It’s so
Hard to Say Goodbye to
Yesterday” under his own name
and on the soundtrack for the
movie Cooley High. Both songs
appear on the new Dub Nation
album redone and performed in a
reggae style never heard before.
Cameron’s more than forty years
in the business has endured him
to fans around the world, as he
has become an icon for Motown
and R&B music.
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Other vocalists featured on
Rising Force for Change is the
original voice of Dub Nation
Paul “Fish” Dawson. Caribbean
singer Tatiana Miath from the
island of Guadeloupe mixes with
cameo performances by Quino of
Big Mountain and Amlaktafari of
Steel Pulse.
There is
quite a bit of musical arrangement says Caruso, that shows off
the great musicians we have in the band. Most of them go back
to the beginning in 1995. Original keyboardist Peter Nuessmann
with the original horn section of John Caredio on trumpet and
Kenny Schick on saxophone, complete the line up. Jamaican
guitar legend Tony Chin returns with bay area blues man David
Rampley to provide Dub Nation with a wide array of strong guitar
performances. Drummers Chris Cortez and David Tucker hold down
the groove giving Dub Nation their solid beat and tight rhythms.
After years
of cultivating the new sound, the band has brought it out into
the live arena for the summer of 2012. Kicking off their return
will be a very special record release party at the Sierra Nevada
World Music Festival this June.
For more
info on Dub Nation, go to Nationrizn.com.
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