Groundation

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Groundation

Background information
Origin	California, United States
Genre(s)	Reggae
Years active	1998 - present
Website	www.groundation.com
Members
Harrison Stafford Ryan Newman Kelsey Howard Derry Armstrong Marcus Urani David "Diesel" Chachere Paul Spina, Mingo Lewis Junior

Groundation is an internationally renowned roots reggae band with a jazz flavor hailing from Sonoma in Northern California. The name "Groundation" comes from the struggle to get everyone on the same level so they might educate each other and learn from each other absent of any hierarchical or class leveled system.

The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Marcus Urani, and Ryan Newman. In 1999, Stafford teamed up with Kris Dilbeck to found Young Tree Records following the release of Groundation's debut album of that same name. In 2000 they added David Chachere, a San Francisco based Jazz trumpeter, and Kelsey Howard, a North Bay trombone player, to the line up. Saxophonist Jason Robinson has since gone on to become the head of the Jazz program at UC San Diego. Also between 1999 and 2001, Stafford taught the first course on the History of Reggae Music at Sonoma State University. Drummer Paul Spina (Les Claypool, Will Bernard’s Mother Bug) has been with the group since taking over for James Stafford in December 2001.

1 Band Lineup
2 Discography
- 2.1 Studio albums
3 External links

[edit] Band Lineup

Harrison Stafford - Lead singer, Guitars

Ryan Newman - Bass

Kelsey Howard - Trombone

Derry Armstrong - Chorus

Marcus Urani - Keyboards

David "Diesel" Chachere - Trumpet

Paul Spina - Drums

Ben Cranes - Conga, Percussions

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Cover	Date of Release	Title
	1999	Young Tree (Remastered in 2002)
	2001	Each One Teach one
	2002	Hebron Gate
	2004	We Free Again
	2005	Dub Wars
	2006	Upon The Bridge