Artist description Canadians with roots in the Caribbean, Reggae Cowboys have created a unique new brand of reggae - reggae mixed with blues, R&B, jazz and western music. Wtih a guitar-based sound, they have been described as "Spaghetti Western Reggae" or "Jimi Hendrix meets Bob Marley".

Music Style reggae, rock/reggae, spaghetti western reggae

Musical Influences Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana

Similar Artists Bob Marley & the Wailers, Steel Pulse, Ennio Morricone, Grateful Dead

Artist History Formed in Toronto, Canada in 1993 by Stone Ranger and Click Masta Sync, childhood friends from Dominica, West Indies. They rounded out their posse with the Cherokee Lindo on drums and the Marhshall JP on bass. Reggae Cowboys' name came from their fascination with the role of African-Americans in settling the West. While history and Hollywood have paid little attention - more than 1 in 7 cowboys was black.

Group Members Stone Ranger - lead guitar & vocals, Click Masta Sync - rhythm guitar & vocals, Cherokee Lindo on drums and Marshall JP on bass.

Instruments lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, drums & keyboards

Albums Tell the Truth, Rock Steady Rodeo, Wild West Indian

Press Reviews "Reggae Cowboys have made a proud, hip, authoritative record loaded with plenty of crossover firepower." (Billboard)"Reggae Cowboys have taken reggae to a new dimension - reggae tinged with blues, country, R&B, jazz." (X-News, Jamaica)"Rock Steady Rodeo" is full of commercial yet authentic reggae a la Steel Pulse. Then there's the stirring Mark Knopfler-Eric Clapton-Carlos Santan-style blue-country guitar playing." (Orange County Register)"Seamlessly combining Ennio Morricones'spaghetti-Western soundtrack music with Marley and the Wailers one-drop rhythms these roots rock wranglers boast gun smokin' lyrical appeal with home-on-the-range humor, branding reggae with galloping western grit." (Rhythm Magazine)"Possibly not before (or since) Bob Marley's 'I Shot the Sheriff' has reggae so openly flirted with country & western themes". (The Word, Toronto)

Additional Info 2 videos: "Cowboy Riddim" & "Reggae Rodeo"

Location Toronto, ON - Canada

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