RC & The Gritz is an American soul, R&B, and hip-hop ensemble from Dallas, Texas. They were established in 2004 and are led by RC Williams, who performs on keyboards and provides vocals. They often perform back up for Erykah Badu.

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History

Since the early 2000s, Williams has been serving as music director, producer, and keyboardist for Badu. In 2005, Williams and members of the Gritz band began hosting a weekly open-mic at the now-defunct Prophet Bar in Dallas' Deep Ellum area.\n

RC & The Gritz self-released its debut album, Pay Your Tab, in 2013. This included the single \"That Kinda Girl,\" which featured Snoop Dogg and Raheem DeVaughn. The band worked with artists such as Sarah Jaffe, Bernard Wright, Shaun Martin, and Shelley Carrol on their follow up album and first release under the Ropeadope label, The Feel in 2016.\n

Members

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RC & The Gritz has eight primary members and 11 rotating members.\n

Primary

RC Williams – Keys, Vocals
Cleon Edwards – Drums
Braylon Lacy – Bass
Jah Born – Programmer/MPC
Jonathan Mones – Alto Sax, Flute
Claudia Melton – Vocals
Evan Knight – Sax
Mike Jelani Brooks – Tenor Saxophone, Flute

Rotating

Miracle Foster – (Vocals)
Durand Bernarr – Vocals
Matt Ramsey – Bass
Mark Lettieri – Guitar
Bianca Rodriguez – Vocals
A.J. Brown – Bass
Nicholas Rothouse – Percussion
Kazunori Tanaka – Trumpet
Mike Clowes – Guitar
Marcus Jones – Drums
Frank Moka- Percussion

Discography

Pay Your Tab (Independent, 2013)
The Feel (Ropeadope, 2016)
Analog World (Ropeadope, 2019)
Live In LA (Spectrasonics) (Independent, 2019)
Live in Deep Ellum (2021)

References

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External links

Official website

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RC & The Gritz

Broadcast History