Jul 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM · · $56 Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA Tickets from $56
The Meditations
4 concerts
Genre: Rock, World
Wednesday, July 16th
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
$25 in advance / $30 day of the show
21+
*All sales are final - no refunds*
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The Meditations - Ansel Cridland, Danny Clarke, and Winston Watson collectively known as The Meditations, recorded their first hit single Woman is Like a Shadow in 1974 at Channel One Recording Studio. The group made its mark and sealed their place as reggae legends with the release of the first two albums Message From The Meditations and Wake Up produced by Dobby Dobson. Soon after came the third album Guidance produced by Ansel Cridland. Known the world over as Jamaica's legendary harmony trio, The Meditations captured the hearts of reggae fans around the world.
This led to collaborations with Lee Scratch Perry. Scratch, who produced for Bob Marley and the Wailers, asked them to do backup vocals for Punky Reggae Party, featuring Bob on lead vocals. Bob Marley was so pleased with their harmony that he went in search for the group to do more backup vocals for him. It is said by many that The Meditations is Bob Marley's favorite group, which led to Bob requesting harmony and background vocals on songs like Rastaman Live Up and Blackman Redemption. The Meditations' harmonic vocals can be heard on some of your favorite tracks such as Bongo Man Youths Them A Cry by Jimmy Cliffs, and Mr. Cop by Gregory Isaacs, to name a few.
In 1983, Linval Thompson produced The Meditations' fourth album No More Friends. On this album, all the lead vocals were sung by Ansel Cridland. Meanwhile, Danny Clarke and Winston Watson later released For The Good Of Man. After some time separated, Ansel began to put the group back together with the release of Return Of The Meditations produced by Ansel in 1993 on Heartbeat record label.
Ansel followed up producing and releasing Ghetto Knowledge on the Easy Star label in 1999, then Stand In Love on his own label Meditations Music in 2004. As of late, he has gone on to collaborate with yet another great, Philip Smart, for his latest album Dangerous Society, which was released jointly by Meditations Music and Philip Smart in 2011. Ansel is a dedicated musician writing, producing, and releasing albums, and still touring with the addition of Daddy Lion Chandell and Toussaint Webb on harmony.
This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event and will not be eligible for a refund.
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