Carlton Pride and Zion Reggae Music
Carlton Pride is the son of country music legend Charley Pride. Carlton started in the music industry as a recording engineer and sound tech for his father and various other artists. In 1995 Carlton left from Dallas, Texas for San Marcos to start his first reggae project: One. In 1996 the band changed their name to Zion and started playing the local circuit and headlined the Bob Marley Festival nationwide from 1996 to 2003 and continued to tour the US. In 2000, the band traveled to Jamaica to record the What You Need album with Rude Dog records at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston. The Album was produced by Clive Hunt (Alpha Blondy, Peter Tosh, Culture) and featured Marley's horn section, along with appearances from the bands of Bunny Wailer, Culture, Burning Spear, and Alpha Blondy. Carlton has shared the stage with The Wailers, Black Uhuru, Yellowman, Culture, String Cheese Incident, and was the first reggae act to grace the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.