The Rudie Crew : Ride Release Date
MEGA 011 : CD March 2005
From the ashes of the Skadanks, Skinnerbox, Funkface, Stubborn All-Stars and Attwood 9 rise...The Rudie Crew! Blending all styles of rhythm heavy music from Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady, Dance Hall, 70's Reggae, British Two Tone and Jazz, The Rudie Crew are a group of talented musicians from the New York area. With this release they brings themselves to the home of Megalith Records where they compliment us perfectly. With enough dues paid between to whole lot of them, this band deserves to be heard. MEGA 011 Cover
If you are looking for some new tunes to dance to, these are it. This isn't just some side project of great musicians either, this is a steady gigging band that is already working on material for another release! Catch this band before they blow up on the scene! This release marks The Rudie Crew's second full length album, but their first on Megalith Records, we have their first album 'Invasion' available for digital downloads in all the major download sites.
Track List
1. Eshek
2. It's Not What You Know
3. Caledonian Road
4. Ride
5. Merry Go Round
6. Oh Momma
7. Shuteye
8. Superficial Fish
9. In-Version
10. Y2K
11. You're Wrong
12. Round And Round		 rudiecrew-cd-face
Line Up
Erkin (EL) Husey - Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Voice Effects on Caledonian Road
Dan Dulin - Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Greg Leventhal - Bass, Keyboards on Caledonian Road
David Greene - Lead Vocals
Roy (Radics) Persaud - Chats
Cliffton Anglin (Junior) - Drums
Ivan (Cuban Ras) Loaces - Guitar, Backing Vocals		 rudiecrew-cover-2
Additional Musicians
Jason Locke - Guitars
Dave (Mahoney) Mullen - Tenor Saxophone
Coolie Ranx - Chat and writing credits on Ride (Collective Force Publishing BMI - Obiajula Ugbomah aka Coolie Ranx)
Peter Truffa - Keyboards		 rudiecrew-inside

Liner Notes
Special thanks to Greg Leventhal for putting in the effort to make this happen. To Bucket for giving us this opportunity. Thanks to Jeremy Patton, Michael Fossenkemper, Ivan Loaces for hooking it up! Tri-state Conspiracy, The Toasters, Coolie Ranx, Megalith Records, our friends, our families and all of our fans and supporters.

This album is dedicated to the late C. Persaud (aka Baby).

Produced by Greg Leventhal, Co Produced by Dan Dulin, El Husey and Ivan Loaces.
Mixed by Dan Dulin, El Husey and Ivan Loaces at G-Town Studios.
Engineered by Greg Leventhal. Overdubs recorded at Greg's crib and G-Town Studios.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper and Alex Theoret at Turtle Tone Studio.
Rhythm tracks recorded at Suny Purchase.

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All art layout and design by Jeremy Patton.
The Rudie Crew logo by Dan Dulin. Rootsey Records logo by El Husey.
Song symbol ideas by El Husey. Photography Mike Chini.

For info and gigs visit www.therudiecrew.com
E-mail us @
El Husey - elhusey [at] aol [dot] com
Dan Dulin - Ddulinnyc [at] aol [dot] com
Roy Radics - Roy [dot] persaud [at] lehman [dot] com

Please visit www.megalithrecords.com for more great ska releases. Send all inquires to info [at] megalithrecords [dot] com Snail mail to - Megalith Records 1529 Sunrise Circle, Norman, OK 73071

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