Mellow tunes and a relaxed atmosphere will be on the menu Saturday night when three Northern Californian reggae bands take the stage at The Graduate.
Simple Creation, Lost Roots and Natural Roots will be delivering laid-back reggae jams at a show organized by Wild Oak Music Group.
“Reggae Night at The Grad” will feature bands all hailing from Northern California, something Wild Oak Music Group kept in mind when organizing the show, said Whitney Hale, media coordinator for Wild Oak.
“We want it to be more Chico locals,” she said.
“It’s mainly Northern Californian music because we want to keep it local so people get the opportunity and chance to find out what Wild Oak really does and get local people the opportunity to work with a record company that’s also student based.”
Sacramento reggae group Natural Roots, who recently released their EP “Uprooted,” will headline the show.
This will be the second time Wild Oak has worked with Natural Roots but it will be the first time Wild Oak has done a show featuring Simple Creation and Lost Roots.
In fact, the show marks the first time Simple Creation will perform for a Chico crowd.
Despite the fact that they are new in town, Simple Creation’s lead singer Zach Olmos expects a good-sized crowd because the band has a large fan base in Chico, he said.
“Playing in Chico is something we’re really excited about,” Olmos said. “We’re with our friends Natural Roots and it should be a really good show.”
Olmos has known Eric Tillman and Logan Phillips of Natural Roots since the three attended the same high school in Roseville, Olmos said.
Simple Creation blends rock and reggae to create a groove that sounds mellow on their records but, when performing live, the band members like to “bring a little more distortion,” Olmos said.
Lost Roots from Redding is the second band scheduled to perform Saturday night.
They plan to deliver their own combination of roots-reggae and melodic punk-rock, said the band’s drummer Jason Martinez, adding he looks forward to performing at a Wild Oak show.
“Just the fact that Wild Oak is doing it puts a whole new twist on it,” Martinez said. “It’s going to be a good turnout and a lot of good music.”
Hale thinks each band will bring its own style of reggae and add something different to the show.
“I think everybody is going to give their own piece of what reggae is,” she said. “Having different reggae bands will give us something more than just Bob Marley style.”
Julia Marchionna can be reached at:
jmarchionna@theorion.com
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