The Talkin' Roots Crew's beginnings go back to Harmony Park Music Garden at Harvest Fest back
in 2003. Originally a voice,drum and bass ensemble,it has evolved over time.It was conceived by David Daniels orginally to
present spoken word adaptations from passages of plays he had presented as the founding member of the Reggae Theater Ensemble.Now
on any given performance,in addition to Daniels' work,you might hear the Talkin Roots Crew perform "spoken word covers"
of poets Richard Brautigan,Gary Snyder,Wendell Berry..even Robert Hunter! It is difficult to define the Talkin' Roots
Crew..Call it an Acoustic Reggae/Spoken Word/Folk/Poetry/Jam Band. Each member brings a unique influence to the Talkin'
Roots Crew. Van Nixon is most noted for a founding member of the groundbreaking local Twin Cities Reggae band,The Maroons.Anyone
who has heard Van knows of his soulful,gospel influenced vocal delivery. Bassist Ike Russell has been with the Talkin Roots Crew from the beginning. Ike plays with a number of reggae, hip-hop and traditional South
American music. Charlie Braden,saxophonist brings an element of experimental jazz.. Dan Boldt "Tabla Dan" nuff said.. Dan Schauer spent time jamming with the One Eyed Jacks.. Noah Factor on guitar and drums has contributed original work. Our new CD "David Daniels with the Talkin' Roots Crew-4:20 Report is here! David Daniels with The Talkin' Roots Crew
Tony is originally
from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. He came to the Twin Cities in the late '70s for a vacation, later stayed
to attend Augsburg College, and ended up becoming a permanent resident. Tony's early music exposure was, contrasted with
Pablo's, quite diverse. Trinidad and Tobago was a musically cosmopolitan place, and many kinds of music, from African,
to Latin, to Caribbean styles were played on the radio there. When he's not at KFAI, Tony is a percussionist and does
work in children's theater. He lives in Minneapolis.
Tony gets out a lot locally to see shows of all kinds
of music, from the African, Latin, and Caribbean beats of the show, to Japanese punk rock, etc.:"You name it, I go there
... There are a lot of good venues here in Minneapolis, we're fortunate to have a whole lot of different styles of music
... from different parts of the country, different parts of the world ... basically it's up to you where you want to go,
there's something happening at some venue every night here in the Twin Cities ... as far north as we might be, as cold
as some people think we are here, we get everything here."
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