El
continues to produce tracks for new artists and for some of the most popular
artists of our time, including his younger brothers, Chico & Darell (a.k.a.
Young). He has made guest appearances at Chico's shows and has been seen at
venues with his brothers. If you get the opportunity to see him perform live,
don't miss out. El's compilation album entitled "El DeBarge-Ultimate Collection"
was released in August 2003 and in 2004, he produced the song, "Mystic's Spot"
for Urban Mystic, on which he sings background. El performed two songs on his
brother Darrell's 2005 album, "The Hunt", and has also collaborated on a song
with brothers Chico and James on Chico's upcoming CD, being released in 2009.
According to his manager, El still has that vocal
magic
and was in the studio in 2008, recording new material for an upcoming album. He
and Chico have collaborated on a new project as well. El does background
on a song entitled "Up Again" on RZA's newly released CD, "Digi Snacks". He's
also featured on three songs on George Clinton's new CD released in September
2008.
El has performed at venues across America during the past year, including
New Year's Eve & Mother's Day. He did a show at Steinlager Pure Mega 80's Music
Festival at The Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu, Hawaii on
June 14,2008, Country Club Hills Theater in Illinois on August 29, 2008 and had
several shows at Yoshi's Jazz Club at Jack London Square in Oakland September
12-14, 2008. El was slated to appear as one of George Clinton's special guest
performers at BB Kings during the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City on October
23, 2008. News on El's upcoming album will be announced here.
El will appear on TV One's "Way Black When" soundtrack week special during the
week of February 8-12, 2010 and at the Conga Room on February 8, 2010.
Click
here to go to the
DeBarge Family News page for additional
information. Click
here to read El's interview with Lee
Bailey of EURweb.
