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Obeyjah Discography of CDs
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Let Jah Rise CD
From his earliest days, he knew he was a man of destiny.
Born one of eleven children, the son of a sharecropper in Mississippi, Ras Otis "Obeyjah" White knew at the early age of six he was called to lift our spirits from disharmony in the Valley of Dry Bones toward One Love in the Realm of Jehovah.
Ras Otis "Obeyjah" White is now the lead singer and founder of the Obeyjah Reggae Band.
In the early 1970's Otis came to San Francisco where he fell in with the great Afro-Cuban musicians of the time: Mongo Santa Maria, Amando Paraza, Potito Bonzo, Francisco Aguabella and others, and became a master of Afro- Cuban drumming.
After a period of 25 years as a musician - a drummer, he began to sing and become the lead singer of his own band, "Obeyjah", which was formed in California in 1995-96.
Otis is a first class Reggae Artist and has performed with many great artist such as: Mike Henderson, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Mingo Lewis, The Neveles Brothers, Coke and Pete Escoveto. Opened shows for Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, Bobby Blue Bland, the blues legendary Sam Myers, Big Youth from Jamaica and Isreal Vibrations.
The newest CD will be in the stores soon.
Recorded at Tuff Gong Studio, Kingston, Jamaica in December 1997.
Personnel: Obeyjah a.k.a. Ras Otis White (vocals, percussion); Earl "Chinna" Smith (guitar, background vocals); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Nambo Robinson (trombone); Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul (piano, keyboards); Chris Meredith (bass); Wilber "Squidley" Cole (drums); Harry T. Powell, Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion); Jahmel, Lorna Wainwright (background vocals).
Producers: Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Ras Otis "Obeyjah" White, Suzanne Chevalier-Skolnikoff.
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 Obeyjah Songs
Popular or famous Obeyjah music songs: Rastaman Get Sober, Bring Me Back My Drum, Let Jah Jah Rise in Dub, Ten Thousand Lies, Fret Not. More music songs Run You Race to the Top, Mystic Rhythm Nile Queen, Ancient People, Let Jah Rise, Nyabinghi Prayer. See All Songs
 Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Earl "Chinna" Smith | Augustus Pablo, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bob Marley, Sizzla, Gregory Isaacs, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff | | Dean Fraser | Buju Banton, Luciano, Culture, Morgan Heritage, Sanchez, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Beres Hammond, Black Uhuru, Cocoa Tea | | Nambo Robinson | Beres Hammond, Black Uhuru, Luciano, Morgan Heritage, Lauryn Hill, Tarrus Riley, Everton Blender, Cedric Brooks, Burning Spear, Bushman | | Franklyn Bubbler Waul | | Chris Meredith | | "Harry T" Powell | | Uzziah Sticky Thompson | | Jahmel | | Lorna Wainwright | | Obeyjah a.k.a. Ras Otis White | | Wilber "Squidley" Cole |
Obeyjah Cd Discography Page
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