MESSENJAH Self-classified: Reggae-Ska, World Beat, Rhythm and Blues, Instrumental Listen.com Says: Reggae-Ska Featured album1 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA SEDRICK LEWIS,MANUEL MERCADAL AND MARVIN MERCADAL, FRIENDS AND MUSICIANS FOR OVER 25 YRS. DECIDE TO DELIVER A MESSAGE OF CONCIOUSNESS THRU REGGAE MUSIC. BAND WILL RELEASE CD IN MAY 2002. NEW SAMPLES WILL BE UPLOADED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THESE SONGS HAVE BEEN REFINED INTO SOME AWESOME PIECES OF MUSIC WITH BRILLIANT GUITAR SOLOS ON "CONSCIOUS MIND" AN "MR. POSTMAN" BY LAWRENCE(ELDER)HODGES, AND A DYNAMIC SAX SOLO ON "NO GOOD BABYLON" BY ANTHONY DARANDA. CONTACT SEDRICK LEWIS 504-450-8559 Band Members SEDRICK LEWIS - KEYBOARDS,VOCALS,PERC. SERVES AS KEYBOARDIST,LD AND BKUP VOCALS,RECORDING ENGINEER,WRITER-ARRANGER,PRODUCER,MANAGER AND PEACE &LOVE GENERATING GUY. BORN IN N.O.,LA,SEDRICK HAS STUDIED AND PLAYED MUSIC FOR TWENTY YRS. HE HAS AWESOME CREATING AND ARRANGING ABILITIES, AS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO MESSENJAH. MANUEL MERCADAL - BASS-LDVOC,bkvoc.-percussion,keyboard MANUEL IS ONE, IF NOT THE PREMIER REGGAE BASSIST IN NEW ORLEANS, IN ADDITION TO BEING ONE OF THE GROUPS MAIN LYRICIST. HE IS CO-PRODUCER,CO-WRITER & ENGINEER FOR MESSENJAH. HIS VOCAL ABILITIES COVER FROM HIS NATURAL BARITON TO A SWEET 1ST TENOR. HIS IDEAS,MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS AND MESSAGE WILL RAISE YOUR CONCIOUS MIND. MARVIN MERCADAL - ALL PERCUSSION , VOCALS MARVIN IS MANUEL"S BROTHER. AND IS AGREAT MUSICAL TALENT IN HIS OWN RIGHT.HIS RYTHMS WILL MAKE YOU MOVE, AND HIS ABILITY TO ARRANGE SONGS IS SOMETHING TO ADMIRE. HIS SMOOTH LD AND BKUP VOCALS ARE A PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO MANUEL AND SEDRICK"S VOICES.MARVIN IS THE THIRD POINT IN THE TRIAD OF MESSENJAH. LAWRENCE(ELDER) HODGES - GUITAR LAWRENCE IS THE PREMIER REGGAE GUITARIST IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THERES REALLY NOTHING HE CAN"T DO WITH A GUITAR, HE"S WORKED WITH MOST OF THE TOP REGGAE ARTIST, AND MESSENJAH"S THRILLED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD. ESPECIALLY SINCE HE GREW UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MESSENJAH FOR YEARS.