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Full name Richard Arthur Smith Albums Right Back, Wonders of the World, Smoke n' Tats Music group Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997 – 2002) Similar Marshall Goodman, Jack Maness, Eric Wilson, Opie Ortiz, Bud Gaugh | ||
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RAS-1 (Richard Arthur Smith) is a musician (guitarist/singer) who was in the band Long Beach Shortbus with former Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and Willard "trey" Pangborn of Falling Idols, along with drummer Damien Ramirez. RAS-1 was also a member of Long Beach Dub Allstars along with Eric Wilson and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh.
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Early life
Richard Arthur Smith is the son of singer Dora Gail Smith formerly of the all girl Long Beach jazz quartet Dream.
Early Bands
As a teenager, RAS-1 was in a psychedelic rock band called The Griffin with his cousin J-sun, the current singer/poet of the band Stonewing. Following this he played guitar and sang with a reggae band called Jah Children which played backyard parties in Long Beach and opened for Sublime on occasion.
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