Jah Works

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Jah Works
Origin Baltimore, MD, USA
GenresReggae
Years active1993 – present
Labels Riddim House Productions
MembersMichael Hamilton
Kevin Gorman
Scott Paynter
Natty Roc
Brian Gorman
Jonathan Pang
Chuck Reggae
Past membersEric Vincent, Tony Love, Dan Lowe, Ellis Baylor, Cliff Darrow, George Penn
Website http://www.jahworks.com/

Jah Works is a roots reggae band from Baltimore, Maryland. [1] They have been a member of the Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) since 2002. Since that time, they have travelled and performed in Hawaii, The Marshall Islands, Guam, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Diego Garcia in 2004. Their most recent AFE tour ended in February 2007. On this tour they played for U.S. troops stationed in Kuwait, Qatar, Djibouti, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. [2]

Contents

Founding

The band was formed by Loyola College in Maryland students while studying abroad in Belgium. Their name comes from the song Jah Works by the reggae group The Gladiators. [2]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

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