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Before considering the present and future of Isaac Green and the Skalars, one should be acquainted with their past. There have been two major incarnations of the band (sharing some members and musical inspirations) both differing greatly in focus, desire and potential. The first band was simply known as the Skalars.

The Skalars began in the mind of guitarist Ethan D'Ercole who, as a lonely college freshman, optimistically looked for an outlet for his yet untapped creative potential. Enlisting the aid of his musically opinionated friend Isaac Green, the two found Willie Horton to play bass. Their first practice took place in a dormitory basement and out of it came their first song "The Row" as well as much excitement. This hodge-podge group existed for a year and a half as a happy-go-lucky college ska band with vague aspirations... and a few troubles on the horizon.

Then came the fateful Summer of 1994 when they lost their singer, their alto sax player (a younger and wilder Jessica Butler), and their drummer to the winds. It is times like that sticky Summer when true bands are formed by withstanding the fires of adversity.

Stubbornly refusing to give up their musical dreams, Isaac Green and the Skalars auditioned eleven singers and recruited new players. They rededicated themselves to writing fantastic ska songs and cut much of the fun-but-not-really-very-good elements out of their set.

The Skalars decided to use the original Jamaican rhythms of ska, rock steady, and reggae as the meat and potatoes for their own musical stew. With great respect for the musical creations of the Skatalites, Prince Buster, Coxsone Dodd, the Heptones Alton Ellis and countless others, the band also appropriates soul, jazz, Latin, pop, and even punk for thier own aural concoction. Add a true performer's desire to entertain any audience put before them, and by March of the next year they were ready for thier first break: a week-long tour through the Midwest with the Pietasters.

After two releases (one independent and one on Kansas City's JOCO Ska Label) and numerous line-up changes, the band is now ready to enact plans for worldwide domination through the release of their first full-length CD "Skoolin' With The Skalars" on the Moon SKA Records label. Led by the sometime smooth, sometimes manic "steps and shouts" of Isaac Green and the sexy vocals of Jessica Butler, accompanied by one of the tightest and musically knowledgeable rhythm sections in the ska biz, the crazy trombone styling of virtuoso Evan Shaw...the Skalars are a hard act to follow.

Having already completed numerous tours and sharing the stage with just about every ska band in the country, Isaac and company are ready to take the next step forward to promote their new record by playing and entertaining as many people as they possibly can.

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