DON CARLOS - Febuary / March 2012 calendar

Thurs. Feb 9th - San Francisco, CA - The Independent

Sat. Feb 11th - Santa Cruz, CA - Moe's Alley

Wed. Feb 15th - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House

Thurs. Feb 16th - Los Angeles, CA - The Key Club

Sat. Feb 18th - San Diego, CA - Baypark Marina

Fri. Feb 24th - Fairfax, CA - 19 Broadway

Sat. Feb 25th - Santa Barbara, CA - Soho's

Thurs. March 1st - Arcata, CA - The Arcata Theatre

Fri. March 2nd - Portland, OR - Mount Tabor's Pub

Sat. March 3rd - Seattle, WA - Club Sur

Mon. March 5th - Salt Lake City, UT - Bar Delux

Tues. March 6th - Aspen, CO - The Belly Up

Fri. March 9th - Denver, CO - Cervantes

Sat. March 10th - Albuquerque, NM - The El Rey Theater

Sun. March 11th - Taos, NM - The Ktao Solar Center

Don Carlos recently performed on the Southern CA Raggamuffin shows in Long Beach and San Diego again this year. He had an exceptionally strong performance in San Diego. That is a great tribute to Don, since normally they don’t repeat acts and Don was on the shows last year.

In March Don toured Europe, and in April and May he toured South America and Africa. His show at the Sawa Sawa festival at the Kasarani Sports Grounds in Nairobi Kenya Sunday May 30th made history, drawing the second biggest crowd ever for a reggae show since the Bob Marley performance at the Zimbabwe Independence ceremony. Don drew 110,000 people. In early June he performed to a strong crowd in Costa Rica and then in Mexico. After that he performed prime time Saturday night at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.

Early July he did some European festivals, and then he did a full western US tour including headlining Reggae on the River and top billing on the Northwest World Reggae festival. October 1st Don is scheduled to headline the Aloha festival in Las Vegas.

Don’s latest CD called Changes was released January 2010 and has been selling real well. It has been a top seller on I-Tunes. When it comes to CD sales, Don consistently outsells most of the other reggae artists. His music catalogue, distributed by Earnie B, just keeps selling.

In 2009 Don also toured Europe and South America. April 2009, he toured the western U.S, where he is currently one of the most popular reggae artists, and in August he headlined the Monterey Bay Reggaefest. Don’s band is in good form, with luscious female harmonies, sharp decisive horn phrases, classic songs and solid engineering by Loren Miller – his front of the house engineer. Don’s spirit is positive and his crew is well worked in.

On Reggae Rising 2008, Don headlined Sunday night, and was also featured prime time with Sly and Robbie, Junior Reid and Garth Dennis on Saturday night. Shortly thereafter, he went to Europe to do the festival circuit again there. February 2008, Don did the Bob Marley Day shows in San Diego and Mexico, and then completed a European tour. In June/July 2008 he toured Brazil and Peru, where he is greatly loved and appreciated

In 2007, Don toured Poland, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Holland and France in Europe. On the festival circuit he played Earthdance, in northern CA, The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Reggae Rising, Music in the Park in San Jose, CA, The Monterey Bay Reggaefest, the Upsalla festival in Sweden, the Reggae Sundance in Holland, and the Reggae Summerjam in Germany. Sly and Robbie backed him on Reggae Rising prime time Saturday night. Don has also been touring Hawaii regularly, where he headlined the Bob Marley Day festivals February 2007 on all four of the major Hawaiian Islands.

Don is a melodic singer whose classic songs are well arranged and executed live. He is a mature artist, definitely one of the nicer and more genuine singers in the reggae business. His band has remained consistent for the past eight years. Don’s gentle contented spirit is a comfort to his friends and fans. There is a class about him as an artist that promoters and venue owners take pride in.

On the recording side, Don spends much of his time in the recording studio. He has out seven albums with Ras records, and at least nineteen other releases on different labels. These titles are listed on his biography. Don recorded four albums with Black Uhuru for the Mesa Blue Moon label, and toured with Black Uhuru as lead vocalist from 1989 - 1994.

In his music, Don speaks for all people. He talks about peace and love, generosity and righteousness. He doesn’t leave out thanking Jah for everything. “I love you and Jah loves you more”, he says. “Love Jah, and you will have everything – all wisdom.” Don has a big heart and a kind loving spirit. He is a special artist. Because of his blessings, the multitudes are drawn to him.

Veteran reggae artist Don Carlos was a top bill on the Bob Marley Day shows in southern CA and Mexico in Feb. 2010. In March he toured Europe, and in April and May he toured South America and Africa. His show at the Sawa Sawa festival at the Kasarani Sports Grounds in Nairobi Kenya Sunday May 30th made history, drawing the second biggest crowd ever for a reggae show since the Bob Marley performance at the Zimbabwe Independence ceremony. Don drew 110,000 people. In early June he performed to a strong crowd in Costa Rica and then in Mexico. After that he performed prime time Saturday night at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.

Early July he is scheduled to do some European festivals, and then he commences a full North American tour including Reggae on the River and the Northwest World Reggae festival, Hawaii and other festivals. Don has a new CD out called Changes that was released January 2010 and is selling well. It has been a top seller on I-Tunes.

In 2009 Don also toured Europe and South America. April 2009, he toured the western U.S, where he is currently one of the most popular reggae artists, and in August he headlined the Monterey Bay Reggaefest.

Don’s band is in good form, with luscious female harmonies, sharp decisive horn phrases, classic songs and solid engineering by Loren Miller – his front of the house engineer. Don’s spirit is positive and his crew is well worked in.

On Reggae Rising 2008, Don headlined Sunday night, and was also featured prime time with Sly and Robbie, Junior Reid and Garth Dennis on Saturday night. Shortly thereafter, he went to Europe to do the festival circuit again there. February 2008, Don did the Bob Marley Day shows in San Diego and Mexico, and then completed a European tour. In June/July 2008 he toured Brazil and Peru, where he is greatly loved and appreciated

In 2007, Don toured Poland, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Holland and France in Europe. On the festival circuit he played Earthdance, in northern CA, The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Reggae Rising, Music in the Park in San Jose, CA, The Monterey Bay Reggaefest, the Upsalla festival in Sweden, the Reggae Sundance in Holland, and the Reggae Summerjam in Germany. Sly and Robbie backed him on Reggae Rising prime time Saturday night. Don has also been touring Hawaii regularly, where he headlined the Bob Marley Day festivals February 2007 on all four of the major Hawaiian Islands.

Don is a melodic singer whose classic songs are well arranged and executed live. He is a mature artist, definitely one of the nicer and more genuine singers in the reggae business. His band has remained consistent for the past eight years. Don’s gentle contented spirit is a comfort to his friends and fans. There is a class about him as an artist that promoters and venue owners take pride in. On the recording side, Don spends much of his time in the recording studio. He has out seven albums with Ras records, and at least nineteen other releases on different labels. These titles are listed on his biography. Don recorded four albums with Black Uhuru for the Mesa Blue Moon label, and toured with Black Uhuru as lead vocalist from 1989 - 1994.

In his music, Don speaks for all people. He talks about peace and love, generosity and righteousness. He doesn’t leave out thanking Jah for everything. “I love you and Jah loves you more”, he says. “Love Jah, and you will have everything – all wisdom.” Don has a big heart and a kind loving spirit. He is a special artist. Because of his blessings, the multitudes are drawn to him.

Don Carlos Biography

Don Carlos (born Euvin Spencer) Legendary Reggae Artist was born and raised in one of the most deprived regions of Western Kingston, Jamaica, in a district notoriously known as Waterhouse, which incidentally is also a musical spawning ground for many of Reggae's greatest ever talents, such as King Tubby, Black Uhuru, The Jays, Junior Reid and King Jammy, to name but a few. Don Carlos started his singing career in 1973 as one of the original members of Black Uhuru, alongside other founding members, Garth Dennis who later went on to joining the Wailing Souls, and Derrick Ducky Simpson. As part of the trio, Don sang lead on the highly acclaimed Love Crisis album, for producer Prince Jammy in 1977. This album was later re-released and re-titled as Black Sounds of Freedom. A year after the trio's groundbreaking debut, Don Carlos surprisingly decided to leave Black Uhuru in pursuit of a solo career. Within three years as a solo artist, developing his song writing and grooming his distinctive vocal style, in May 1981 Suffering was released. This strong release took the fraternity by storm, courtesy of a heavy roots and culture flavored showcase for the Negus Roots label. This album was a massive hit in Africa, selling unprecedented units. Unfortunately, the album was bootlegged, and Don never received proper royalties.

At this time, he worked alongside Goldie, his sidekick, co writer, and back up vocalist. Together they built a staunch following through touring the live circuit and releasing consistant albums including Harvest Time, Day to Day Living, Them Never Know A Natty Dread Have Credentials, all three issued in 1982, Spread Out 1982 also otherwise known as Laser Beam to which the majority of tracks in this set have been culled, Never Run Away 1984, Just a Passing Glance 1985 and more recently Seven Days a Week. Don’s partner, Gold was tragically shot and crippled, putting him out of the music business.

During the eighties dance hall mania, Don had five top ten hits between 1982 – 1985- Late Night Blues, Nice Time Tonight, Dice Cup, Hog & Goat, I'm Not Getting Crazy and Spread Out. Don is still churning out solid, melodic roots reggae. Other titles in his rich catalogue include Roots and Culture, Raving Tonight, Pure Gold, Spread Out, Plantation, Never Run Away, Slow Down Vol. 3, Rasta Brothers, Prophecy, Firehouse Clash, Deeply Concerned, Ease Up, Lazer Beam, Ras Portraits, Grove w/me, Head to Head, Jah Light, Live in San Francisco (2002), and Special Edition. There's an old saying in the music industry that claims: What goes around, comes back around. In Dons' case, a request for reinstatement to his former role as lead vocalist for a rejuvenated Black Uhuru reunion resulted in another strong Black Uhuru album – Now. 1990 marked the reunion of the original vocal trio with Don, Garth and Duckie. After six years- 1989-1994- and four albums, singing lead for Black Uhuru in the studio, and on the road, Don again went back to his solo career. His other titles with Black Uhuru include Mystical Truths, Iron Storm and Strong. All of these four albums are classics with Don up front on lead vocals.

After the Black Uhuru stretch, Don joined forces with the California based Reggae Angels, who backed him for four years. He then kept some of the core Reggae Angels musicians for his own permanent backing band. He has been touring successfully with this band in Europe, South America, Hawaii, and the western US. Don’s popularity has been consistently growing, so he is now one of the most sought after roots reggae artists in the business.

Click here for Website