Podcasts Culture Talking Smooth Jazz DW3 pays Tribute to their late drummer-mentor Ricky Lawson

DW3 pays Tribute to their late drummer-mentor Ricky Lawson

Published: March 28, 2015, 8 p.m.

b'GRAMMY\\xae-nominated vocalists DW3 are brothers Billy & Eric Mondragon and Damon Reel. \\xa0With the release of their highly-anticipated Woodward Avenue Records debut, Southern California\\u2019s premiere R&B, funk and contemporary urban jazz powerhouse DW3 lets the world in on a cool \\u201cVintage Truth\\u201d paying tribute to their late drummer Ricky Lawson.\\n\\n\\xa0\\u201cVintage Truth\\u201d features contributions from a handful of the genre\\u2019s superstar performers. Brian Culbertson plays piano on the opening track, the rousing, vocal harmony laden R&B tune \\u201cLet The Music.\\u201d Paul Brown produced, mixed and contributes his inimitable guitar to \\u201cI Can\\u2019t Tell You Why,\\u201d while Greg Adams lends trumpet and horns to Eric\\u2019s original tune \\u201cHold Me,\\u201d and Dave Koz infuses his lush sax emotion on \\u201cWhen You Cry.\\u201d \\xa0Before he passed away, legendary GRAMMY\\xae-winning drummer Ricky Lawson, who performed with DW3 in the final two years of his life, co-produced four of the core tracks on \\u201cVintage Truth\\u201d with keyboardist Sean Dancy \\u2013 including \\u201cDance With Me,\\u201d \\u201cOverjoyed,\\u201d \\u201cCalifornia Dreamin\\u2019\\u201d and \\u201cWhen You Cry.\\u201d\\n\\nFollow DW3 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.'