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Top Shotta Band
July 8, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
Free, live music at the Riis Park Bazaar!
10-piece instrumental Rockers & Dub group based in Flatbush featuring a 4-piece Horn Section, Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Bass & Screechy Dan on Vocals.
Top Shotta Band is Brooklyn’s newest rockers/dub reggae outfit. Led by trumpeter/producer djMush1 (formerly of the Slackers & Murphy’s Law & currently of Tunne…l One Radio [WNYU 89.1fm NYC], Al Paragus HQ studios/When Dance Was Nice, and Hungry March Band), the band features a 4-pc horn section, a full 4-person riddum section, and two percussion players, as well as the inimitable Screechy Dan [original Big Yard/Shaggy Posse] on vocals. With a powerful, soaring, and versatile vocal style, at times invoking r&b/soul greats such as Frankie Lymon, Screechy Dan’s vocals have taken Top Shotta Band to the next level.
Top Shotta hits the listener with a wall of sound, featuring horn-laden rockers reggae, wet with reverb, echo and DUB. Top Shotta Band features original instrumental and vocal music written by the band, and in addition, brings new life to classic riddums with inventive soloing and heavy percussion.
With the spontaneity of a jazz outfit, and featuring all danceable riddums, as well as one of Jamaica’s greatest dancehall vocalists, each Top Shotta Band performance is a unique and one-time only event – come hear for yourself!