Tribe

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).