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Musician,Singer,Songwriter Wadi Gad is a veteran drummer and recording artist who is in music business for over three decades. During his enduring career he has worked with many greats in reggae music as he has played drums for artists like Horace Andy, Abyssinians, Big Youth, U Roy, Mikey Dread, John Holt and Jimmy Riley, to name a few. The beginning of new millennium marked the start of a new chapter in Wadi Gad's musical life as he started focusing on a solo singing and songwriting career. His first efforts can be captured on Wadi Gad's first full length album "New Day", which is released on the independent record label "Ras Redemption Records". |
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Accompanied by musicians like Tony Bird, Ralston Grant, Joseph I, Sonny Andrews and Lawrence Lewis, Wadi Gad delivers a decent roots reggae album with enough tunes worthwhile spinning more than once. Soulful harmonies, enjoyable horn lines and nyabinghi drumming as well as the original style and sound are the most remarkable ingredients of this well produced album. Furthermore "New Day" benefits from the mixing skills of the renown Scientist, who has done a good job. Wadi Gad delivers words of conscious wisdom rooted in the teachings of Rastafari and each song fully showcases that he is a gifted songwriter who doesn't lack lyrics. It makes that most of his songs keep you involved till the very end. Best tracks are "Jah Is My Desire", "Never Give Up", "Psalm 136 His Mercy", "Strength Of" and the title track "New Day" |
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It
wasn’t until the very end of the show that he
played "Warrior Stylee" and "World
War III" off of the "Beyond World War III"
record. Mixed by Mikey Dread and Scientist at King
Tubby’s studio and backed by the Roots Radics,
this 1981 release is arguably Mikey’s best recording
and one of the best records in Reggae. What a night.
Big respect due to Wadi Gad and Jahbandis for the
rough and tough roots sound and for making the Mikey
Dread show possible. Big Up!
Wadi
Gad has been a drummer and vocalist for the past 35 years,
playing with such renowned reggae artists as Max Romeo, Big
Youth, Don Carlos, Eek-a-Mouse, the Mighty Diamonds and the
Abyssinians. He sings and composed all but one of the fifteen
songs on his new CD, "Writing on the Wall."
