Tribe

Tribe is a funk group led by Earl J. Foster Jr. Producer Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin recruited Earl J. Foster Jr. from the band The Fourth Parallel to play and sing a song which Big Dee released as "Coke", attributed to the made-up artist name Tribe. Lineup for "Coke" (a.k.a. "Koke" or "Smoke") single with producer Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin: Earl J. Foster Jr. (All lead instruments & vocals) Following the chart success of "Coke", Foster was signed to ABC-Dunhill Records and he changed the name of his band from The Fourth Parallel to Tribe. They recorded two albums for ABC-Dunhill: Ethnic Stew and Tribal Bumpin'. Lineup for Ethnic Stew with producer Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin: Benton Miles Little (Drums & Vocals) Donald D. Eubanks (Percussion & Vocals) Earl J. Foster Jr. (Keyboards & Vocals) Edward H. Romias (Guitar & Vocals) Robert P. Apodaca (Bass & Vocals) Lineup for Tribal Bumpin' with producers Big Dee Ervin and Earl J. Foster Jr.: Gelon Lau (Violin & Vocals) Benton Miles Little (Drums & Vocals) Edward H. Romias (Guitar & Vocals) Robert P. Apodaca (Bass & Vocals) Earl J. Foster Jr. (Keyboards & Vocals) Tribe then signed to indie label Farr Records for their final album of the era, Dedication. Lineup for Dedication with producers Jardine Clyde Powell, Harold Davis & Earl J. Foster Jr.: Earl J. Foster Jr. (Keyboards & Vocals) Clyde Jardine Powell (Bass) Billy Soto (Guitar & Vocals) Jimmie A. Clapper (Saxophone) Benjamin Taylor (Lead Vocals) Harold Clayton (Lead Vocals) Harold Davis (Drums) In 2009, Foster assembled a new version of Tribe for a fourth album, Resurrection, with the following lineup: Earl J. Foster Jr. (Keyboards & Lead Vocals) Joey Leavy (Keyboards & Lead Vocals) Jeff Colbert (Guitar & Vocals) Ron Dixon (Bass) Andrew Williams (Guitar & Vocals) Earl Siler (Drums) James Antunez (Drums, Keys, Percussion & Lead Vocals)