“Tribal Seeds Come Around Casselman’s”
by Tom Walsh (The Examiner)
When Samantha Hanson from Cassleman’s urged me to come down and see Tribal Seeds, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was not real familiar with Tribal Seeds although I had heard of them. The Tribal Seeds are a reggae/rock band that was formed in 2004 by brothers Tony-Ray (T-Ray) and Steve. Through a mutual friend, John (bass) joined the band next followed shortly by Guitarist Tony and Drummer Carlos through an online inquiry. Joe plays percussion and is the sixth and newest member of the band. Although the guys enjoy a lot of different genres of music, it’s their love of reggae and particularly Bob Marley, Steel Pulse and Midnite that brought them together. Once Joe was in place, the band started spreading their infectious rhythms up and down the west coast and soon found themselves touring to Hawaii, Guam, Aruba and Mexico.
After seeing Tribal Seeds play Casselman’s here in Denver in support of the “Come Around” tour, I could see why they have such a big and loyal following. Although this line-up of the band hasn’t been around for long they get up there and play like a bunch of 20 year seasoned veterans. On stage, T-Ray is the more stoic of the guys, barely letting a grin slip between his lips. His concentration is on the keys and he seems very focused in what he is doing. He needs to be focused to be able to pull off the phenomenal timing of not only his playing, but also the sampling that he uses. Joe is the Ying to T-Ray’sYang and during the last part of the set had a perma-grin plastered on his face. Joe is just one third of a great rhythm section, playing percussion to match Carlos’ “rat-a tat-tat” drumming and John’s infectious bass lines. John’s bass playing is so infectious that even he can’t resist the bass lines and is constantly swaying, half walking/skipping/jumping around his section of the stage, bobbing up and down along with the crowd.
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