Sheb Schwae

Artist Information Biography Motown music is the main vocal influence of singer, songwriter, drummer Sheb Schwae. Sheb Schwae grew up in a nighborhood of Detroit where Stevie Wonder lived and became his mentor. Stevie Wonder met Sheb at a young age through Stevie's younger brother named Tim. Tim was the catalyst that brought Stevie and Sheb together. Stevie encouraged Sheb to play the drums and inspired him to become a R&B local talent. Smokie Robinson had a sister that lived around...

Artist Information Biography Motown music is the main vocal influence of singer, songwriter, drummer Sheb Schwae. Sheb Schwae grew up in a nighborhood of Detroit where Stevie Wonder lived and became his mentor. Stevie Wonder met Sheb at a young age through Stevie's younger brother named Tim. Tim was the catalyst that brought Stevie and Sheb together. Stevie encouraged Sheb to play the drums and inspired him to become a R&B local talent. Smokie Robinson had a sister that lived around the block from Sheb and Sheb used to see him all the time when he would visit her. Levi Stubbs the famous lead vocalist of the Four Tops lived a few blocks away from Sheb and he would stop by and visit with high school friends to talk about staying in school. One of Sheb's girl friends used to baby sit for Marvin Gaye's kids and she would tell Sheb about how he was such a nice man. Sheb was consumed by all these great Motown artists living around him in that community which eventually had a strong impact on his musical influences. Credit will be given where credit is do, the one person who mentored Sheb was his friend, bandmate in the Makah Rhythm Tribe and brother Harold "NoriDin" Coker. NoriDin and Sheb were the heart and soul of the Makah Rhythm Tribe, together they enfluenced each other's music as band members and their careers, a strong song writing team developed between the two like Lennon\McCartney. Together their projects generated power that radiated like: Summer Dub In Montego Bay, Skank Of It Out Of South Africa, Urban Dread, One Love, & I Can Make You Dance..etc..etc.. We have to introduce fans to Kevin Logan, cousin and defined vocal producer, where ever Sheb was Kevin was near by in the recording studio, or on the live stage backing Sheb's lead vocals & producing vocal tracks. Sheb Schwae credits Kevin Logan with giving him the secrets to recording vocals in the studio, Kevin being an accomplished vocalist in his own rights, groomed and cultured Sheb's vocals. Then there is David Winans of the great gospal family "The Winans Family", David also produced some tracks "WE GO DEAL WITH THE SYSTEM, I CAN MAKE YOU DANCE, DANCE HALL STYLE" and contributed with his vocals, guitar arrangements and producing credits. Other influences were & are Curtis White guitar player who has recorded with Sheb on the forth and coming CD, Jason Familyman Lawson bass player for the Tribe, Mr. Tranquilty the title of Makah's first album and a posthumous aknowledgement to Craig "Congo Boogie" Brown, vocalist, percussionist for the tribe and Dennis Steve Lovely guitarist. Seeing Bob Marley and The Wailers was the turning point in guiding him to embrace Reggae Music. Along with the influences of Rock music, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Fusion Sheb Schwae became attracted to music from West Africa and North Africa as a result of his travels to those regions as child with his father to Nigeria, and his older brother to Egypt, Lebanon, Malta, Tunisia & Morocco when he became a teenager and as an adult where he lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for six years. Middle Eastern music became an interest of Sheb Schwae because he is a fluent speaker of the Arabic language and being a musician eventually led him to writing and singing songs in Arabic as a tested by the track titled "I FOUND THAT GIRL" which was released on his CD titled: WE GO DEAL WITH THE SYSTEM 2". Currently Sheb Schwae is producing his forth CD, which will feature him singing tracks in the Arabic language. Sheb Schwae is a published author of a historical novel titled "THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS WE GO DEAL WITH THE SYSTEM" which is distributed by Dorrance Publishing Inc. Sheb has toured the college market where he provides an eclectic mix of lectures about his book, the historical accomplishments of the "United States Colored troops/AKA The Buffalo Soldiers" who were the vanguard that procured freedom for the African American community during the American Civil War. The lectures end with an up lifting musical concert where Sheb performs his original material and covers of his favorite mentors from the musical world. Instrumentation Lead Vocals, back ground vocals, Drums, Bass, 2 Guitar players, & 2 Keyboardists. Discography Their first recording project was titled TRANQULITY, second one was WE GO DEAL WITH THE SYSTEM, third one is titled WE GO DEAL WITH THE SYSTEM 2. Currently Sheb Schwae is working on a soon to be released 4th CD rumored to be a Makah Reunion CD, Sheb Schwae has linked up and recorded new tracks with Makah's guitarist "Curtis White" titled " THE LAST CRUSADES" and a book with the same title. Contact information: zhhargassi@yahoo.com Links http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/shebschwae Support the arts & purchase tracks