Christafari - Valley of Decision (Official Music Video HD) Lyrics, Subtitulado video free download

Band: Christafari

Song: Valley of Decisions

Album: Valley of Decision (1996)

Option Subtitles: English Lyrics, Traducción/Traducido en Español (Subtítulos/Subtitulado en Catellano), Google Translator

Genres: Reggae, Gospel, Raggamuffin, Dancehall, Ska reggae, Christian Music

Members

Christafari has played with many musicians over its 20 year career. Thus it is difficult to construct a complete list of former members. The current line-up is:

Mark Mohr — Founder, lead vocals, producer and key songwriter

Avion Blackman-Mohr (Mark's wife) - Bass, background and lead vocals

Jennifer Howland — Background and lead vocals

Obie Zachary Obien — Lead Guitar

Solomon Jabby — Guitar, percussion and background vocals

Jeremy "Jezza" Borum — Keyboards

Tyrone Rudulph — Drums

Danny Ramirez — Trombone

Carlos Centeno — Trumpet

Former Members featured on studio recordings include:

DRUMS: Jay Press, Ken Yarnes, Kevin Kelleher, Glen Pfaff and Fritz Madden

BASS: Jimmy Connolly, Lyndon Allen, Johnny Guerrero and Jim Kleinman

GUITAR: Bill Kasper, Anthony Case, Rick Strickland and Rob Alo

KEYBOARDS: James Pach, Marky Rage, Rob Ray, Scott Whelan, Jeremy Borum and Bobby Cressey

SAX: Johnny Guerrero, Max Fulwider, Jaime Koerselman and Allen Mascari

TRUMPET: Joey Ko

TROMBONE: Stephen Scot Hughes

VOCALS: Erik Sundin, James Pach, Ace Winn

BACKGROUND VOCALS: Letitia Eugweke and Wendy Marin

Christafari is a Christian reggae band formed in 1990. It is centered around the personality of ordained religious minister Mark "Tansoback" Mohr (born October 23, 1971), an American born-again Christian. Until the age of 17, Mohr was a Rastafarian. The essential goal of Christafari is to promote Christianity to Rastafarians.

Christafari's lyrics are characterized by a heart for Rastafarians, a passion for reaching the drug-afflicted counter-culture and a distinctly evangelical Christian message. Two examples are the songs "Why You A-go Look?" (WordSound&Power) and "Teachings of His Majesty" (Reggae Redemption Songs II), which use the words of Haile Selassie I (former Emperor of Ethiopia) to challenge the veneration of this Christian king as Almighty God incarnate.

Musically, the group fuses rustic roots with modern dancehall and yardee culture to create their own singature sound. Full of vibrant horns and rich female harmonies (by Avion Blackman and Jennifer Howland), the group is has nine to ten members. In 1997 there was a division in the group that led to a split. Many of the members wanted to go mainstream in both sound and message, while Mohr refused to compromise the group's authenticity of sound or their evangelical message just to sell a few more records.

Mohr came out of the split releasing the landmark, "WordSound&Power" and launching Lion of Zion Entertainment. Erik Sundin and others formed Temple Yard.[5] While Christafari continued with roots reggae and dancehall, Temple Yard was fusion oriented, showing pop, reggae, soul, and gospel influence similar to mainstream artists like UB40 or Big Mountain. Temple Yard released one CD on Gotee Records and then were dropped from the label and subsequently broke up.

Through his ever-evolving band and various artist compilations, Mohr was arguably the first to record and internationally distribute the following subgenres of gospel music; reggae, dancehall, soca, me-reggae, jungle, raggamuffin hip-hop, dub and various other styles. Mohr has always placed the popularity of gospel reggae before his own band. He is the founder and president of GospelReggae.com, a webstore that boasts the largest selection of gospel reggae and world music in the World.

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