B-Side Players - September 14, 2007
w/ Salvador Santana Band, Cipes and The People
B-Side Players have been spreading their message of culture, music and family for over 10 years now. The San Diego based septet led by frontman Karlos Paez, more commonly known as Solrak, was the son of a musician and spent a good deal of his time growing up on the road. He formed B-Side Players in 1993 in San Diego. The group built a local following and continues to win San Diego music awards each year for their blend of Latin flavored reggae, afro-beat and funk. The band has toured with artists such as Ben Harper, Ozomatli, the Wailers and Papa Roach.

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Keyboardist and composer Salvador Santana's vibrant music mixes hip-hop, jazz, rock, Latin and other world idioms into a uniquely individual and totally contemporary style. He likes to call the richly textured grooves he creates with the Salvador Santana Band, a new blend, a sound reinvented. Salvador explains, Its a mix of all my favorite music, the best of whats impacted my life, all coming together in a new genre.

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Cipes and The People perfectly deliver a strong message of Peace, Positivity, Love and Unity throughout their Reggae influenced debut, while fusing Hip Hop, Pop and Rock throughout the album to create an eclectic mix of positive uplifting revolutionary GOOD music. Proven to create an amazing live experience delivering devoted followers the positivity through music they deserve while gaining new members of the " the Conscious Revolution " with every performance. While never outdoing each other, the extreme musicianship of The People take everyone in the crowd through an educational journey accompanied by words of positive change and respect for the environment and each other, while never letting you stop dancing for a minute.

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Band Information
B-Side Players
Karlos "Solrak" Paez — Lead Vocals, Trumpet, Guitar, Requinto and Cuatro
Damian DeRobbio — 5 String Fender Bass, and Vocals
Luis Cuenca — Timbales, Percussion and Vocals
Andy Krier — Musical Director, Keyboards, Accordion and Vocals
Camilo Moreno — Congas and Percussion
Kevin Nolan — Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Salvador Santana Band
Salvador Santana — keyboard, vocals
Emerson Cardenas — bass
Woody Aplanalp — guitar, vocals
Tony Austin — drums
Quincy McCaray — vocals, back up keyboard
Jose "Crunchy" Espinosa — sax, flute, percussion and vocals

Cipes and The People
Cipes — Lead Vocals/Rythm Guitar
Eric Soulivin — Lead Guitar
PanHead — Steel Drums
Jesse Charland — Bass
Blake Colie — Drums
Antoinette Hall (Roots Dawtah) — Keys
Jaclyn Whitman — Backup Vocals
Tracy Chapman — Backup Vocals
Evolve — The General