The Devastators
November 26 @ Belly Up December 23 @ Belly Up
The Devastators are a four piece outfit based out of San Diego, California. Their sound is a soulful mix of Roots Reggae, Dub, and Funk, combining heavy drum and bass grooves and the old school sounds of Hammond organ, clavinet, and piano. The current line-up consists of some of San Diego’s most prominent reggae musicians including Ivan Garzon (lead vocals, bass), John Allen (drums, harmony vocals), Alex Somerville (keyboards), and Brian Teel (guitar, keyboards, harmony vocals). These four musicians alone share well over 10,000 hours of stage experience.
A graduate of Cal Arts with a BA of Fine Arts, singer/songwriter Ivan Garzon (Spaceman Spiff/ Citizen X/ The PHD’s) is both an accomplished bassist and vocalist, and possesses the rare ability to combine the two seamlessly in live performance. Garzon’s talents blend well with one of the hardest working rhythm sections in Southern California, best known locally for a decade performing and recording with Elijah Emanuel and the Revelations and more recently Quinazo (solo project of singer/songwriter Quino McWhinney of Big Mountain)
The Devastators were nominated in the 2004 and 2006 San Diego Music Awards in the category of Best of World Music. They are entering their fifth year of residency at Longboards in Pacific Beach, performing three sets every Sunday evening to a packed house. In addition to Longboards they have held residencies at many SD hotspots including On Broadway, Thin Room, Winstons, and Wave House. Collectively they have performed at virtually every prominent music venue on the West Coast.
