American funk group led by Earl J. Foster Jr. Producer Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin recruited Earl J. Foster Jr. from the band The Fourth Parallel to play and sing a song which Big Dee released on single as Coke (a.k.a. Koke or Smoke), attributed to the made-up artist name Tribe. Following the chart success of Coke, Foster was signed to ABC-Dunhill Records and he changed the name of his band from The Fourth Parallel to Tribe. They recorded two albums for ABC-Dunhill, viz. Ethnic Stew] and Tribal Bumpin'. Tribe then signed to indie label Farr Records, and their final album of the era, Dedication, was recorded with a different line-up. In 2009, Foster (aka Shampén) assembled a new version of Tribe for a fourth album, Resurrection. Line-up for Coke, as produced by Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin: Earl J. Foster Jr. played all instruments & sang all vocals. Line-up for Ethnic Stew with producer Difosco T. "Big Dee" Ervin: Earl J. Foster Jr. (keyboards & vocals) Robert P. Apodaca (bass & vocals) Benton Miles Little (drums & vocals) Edward H. Romias (guitar & vocals) Donald D. Eubanks (percussion & vocals) Line-up for Tribal Bumpin' with producers Big Dee Ervin and Earl J. Foster Jr.: Earl J. Foster Jr. (keyboards & vocals) Robert P. Apodaca (bass & vocals). Benton Miles Little (drums & vocals) Edward H. Romias (guitar & vocals) Gelon Lau (violin & vocals) Line-up for Dedication with producers Jardine Clyde Powell, Harold Davis & Earl J. Foster Jr.: Earl J. Foster Jr. (keyboards & vocals) Clyde Jardine Powell (bass) Billy Soto (guitar & vocals) Jimmie A. Clapper (saxophone) Benjamin Taylor (lead vocals) Harold Clayton (lead vocals) Harold Davis (drums) Line-up for Resurrection: Earl J. Foster Jr. (keyboards & lead vocals) Joey Leavy (keyboards & lead vocals) Jeff Colbert (guitar & vocals) Ron Dixon (bass) Andrew Williams (guitar & vocals) Earl Siler (drums) James Antunez (drums, keys, percussion & lead vocals).
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