RAS-1 (Richard Arthur Smith) is a musician (guitarist/singer) who was in the band Long Beach Shortbus with former Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and Willard "trey" Pangborn of Falling Idols, along with drummer Damien Ramirez. RAS-1 was also one of the founding members of Long Beach Dub Allstars along with Eric Wilson and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh He now is playing in his solo act RAS-1, with Jack Keller on bass and Joel Aguilar on drums. .[1]
Early life edit
Richard Arthur Smith is the son of singer Dora Gail Smith formerly of the all girl Long Beach jazz quartet Dream.
Early bands edit
As a teenager, RAS-1 was in a psychedelic rock band called The Griffin with his cousin J-sun, the current singer/poet of the band Stonewing.
Following this, he played guitar and sang with a reggae band called Jah Children, which played backyard parties in Long Beach and opened for Sublime on occasion.
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References edit
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Long Beach Dub All-Stars". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 May 2010.