Old School Debonaires

Saxophone player, Dave Sakover, can trace the origins of the Debonaires back to December of 95’ in Riverside, California. Drawing from influences such as The Skatalites, Toots and Maytals, The Pioneers, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Jackie Mittoo, Earnest Ranglin, and Aswad. The Debonaires incorporate a wide variety of styles such as 60’s Jamaican ska, reggae, dub, rocksteady, and soul into a single setlist. The Debs of the 90's line up consists of Anthony Greene (vocals/toasting), Woody Diaz (drums), Jason Napayon, (bass), Mano Mirande (rhythm guitar), Mike Presser (lead guitar), Ryan Tomazin (keys), Dave Sakover (alto/tennor sax),Tom Cook (trombone), Chad Shaner (trombone), Chris Karlson (tennor sax), C.J. Tillinghast (trumpet) and Kip Wirtzfeld (tennor sax/back-up vocals on Time & Time Again) would sit in on occasions. The Debonaires have performed with and gained recognition from artists such as The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, Justin Hinds, Cedric Brooks, Hepcat, Save Ferris, The Skeletones, Let’s Go Bowling, The Specials, The Toasters, The Slackers, and Ocean 11. They have played at venues including The Whiskey –A-Go-Go, (Hollywood), The Troubadour, (Hollywood), The Roxy (Hollywood), Showcase Theatre (Corona), The UCR Barn (Riverside) as well as toured in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Diego & Portland, Oregon. And a performance at Ska Vs. Racism in Irvine, CA with over 3,500 in attendance. The Debonaires made frequent appearances on the all-access cable programs such as “Ska Biz”, on Time Warner Communications as well as “Third Wave T.V.” in Seattle, WA. The band has performed live on “the ska parade” with radio personality Tazy Phillips and Albino Brown (KUCI 88.9 FM) in Irvine, CA and also on the Inland Empire’s alt. rock station (KCXX- X103.9FM), as well as Internet radio stations across the US and Europe. The Debonaires released their first debut album entitled “Groovin’ After Sundown” on Rivercidal Syndicate /Raw Power Records in the summer of 1998 which was the top seller in the Inland Empire. They are currently on 3 national compilations & 2 International compilations, including Steady Beat Recordings “The West Coast Chronicles Vol.1”, Rivercidal Syndicate Records, “Primo Sonic Rhythm Vol. 1”, Boss Sounds Records “Forward March”, and Spirit of 69 Records (Germany) “Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Vol. 2”.