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This seems a huge long shot, but I'm wondering if anyone can answer this idle question of mine.
I saw Michael Rose in California in somewhere around '85. I seem to remember he was spelling it Mykal Roze, with a 'z', at the time. I could be wrong. At the time I wasn't very savvy about this stuff, but what I want to know is if anyone might know who was in his band for that tour. I don't know why I remember this but I seem to remember it was Chris Meredith on bass? And the drummer was very young. Looked like a 12 year old or something but was brilliant. He was playing a Simmons kit. Anyone have any idea? I'm now curious what musicians I saw.
I could be wrong about Chris Meredith because I saw Mutabaruka too around '83/'84 and I'm pretty certain he was on bass with Muta (probably Hi Times Band? Did I really see Chinna and didn't know it?) so maybe I'm mixing it all up. Oh, and I just remembered too that Muta had a little kid DJ with him. Like 9 or 10. Wonder who that was.
Those were both great shows but I didn't know 1/10000 of what I now know about reggae.

It was Chris Meredith on bass and Squiddly Cole (Stranger's son) on drums. Did you see the Huntington Beach show?

I should know by now that there aren't very many long shots when it comes to this board! Thanks so much. I've sort of idly wondered who that kid was all these years. It's hard to forget Chris Meredith because he always had this huge grin on his face while he played. Did Squiddly record much? His name is very familiar but I can't recall any records he's on off hand.

The show I saw was at UC Davis Coffee House. I'm a Northerner

flashman wrote: Did Squiddly record much? His name is very familiar but I can't recall any records he's on off hand.

Squidly tours with Stephen Marley now, he still plays with Chris Meredith. He has two solo albums in which he sings, and if I'm not mistaken he has recorded artists of the like of Augustus Pablo.

Squidly and Chris Meredith were the long time drummer and bassist of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. Maybe not the most underground roots ever made, but still they made some great music with Ziggy.