Lojah-vocals, guitars, percussion, songwriting, production;
Phillip-Drums and backing vocals, percussion
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Flow is currently being played on WABB 97 FM. Please show your love and support by calling and requesting "Flow" by Lojah or
"Flow" by Lojah featuring Shadowyze.
WABB Request Line - 1 800 678 9736
You can be a tremendous help by calling the radio station and requesting this track often and regularly.
Shadowyze/Lojah Compact Disk Availible
Includes Blazing Hot Tracks "Powda" and "Flow"
also features "Boom Boom" "Fastlane" and "Belong"
Availible at a limited time price of $7.
Influences
Bob Marley, Ramones, Lord Melody, Lord Invader, Mighty Sparrow, Joseph Spence, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Wes Montgomery, Peter Tosh, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ben Harper, Grand Funk Railroad, Skip James, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Pete Fountain, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, George Clinton, the Dogs D'Amour, Misfits, Operation Ivy, Sergent Garcia, Sublime, Litefoot, Casper Lomadawa, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mother Love Bone
Sounds Like
Creolized grooves with distinct Caribbean elements and a southern punk rock delivery. One part parrot, two parts alligator snapping turtle and a whole lot of Florida Panther lost somewhere between the beach and the swamp. In the past Lojah has been compared to Sublime, Smash Mouth, Kid Rock, Beck, 311, Dire Straits, Jimmy Buffet, Ted Nugent and the Circle Jerks.
Lojah (pronounced Lô-juh) was born as Jay Moody to a large, Creek Indian and Scots-Irish family from Pensacola, Florida. Growing up in a military family, Lojah lived on all three U.S. coasts, something that resonates in his accent and his style. From a young age Lojah was driven to creativity with music and visual arts as his focus. Being brought up on music like Bob Marley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Ramones, Beastie Boys, Kiss and Bob Dylan had quite an effect on the aspiring musician. He began writing lyrics at and early age and when he was thirteen with his father’s encouragement picked up the guitar to start building melodies.
By the time Lojah turned eighteen he had played in a folk rock duo called Foster Child and a punk band called Disinherited. As he matured Lojah found himself gravitating toward the meaning behind Reggae. Hearing the strong message of the Rastafarian movement, Lojah recognized the ‘shanty towns’ of Jamaican lyric as similar to the situations of poverty on Indian Reservations in the United States. Lojah is a dedicated adherent to the Opvnkv Haco (Muskogee Stomp Dance Religion), a student of anthropology and actively works in archeology in order to help protect the ancient sites of his ancestors. He seeks to encourage a life in balance with the natural environment while celebrating the finer points of creation.
Lojah featured with Shadowyze on his 2001 SOAR-- release, Spirit Warrior with Disinherited performing the song Pedigree. This song received radio air play throughout North America and was on the Midnight Dread Sound System at Reggae on the River in 2001, 2003. In 2006 Lojah teamed up with DJ Dev of Devistatin’ Music; (production engineer of 400 degrees by Juvenile). The single Flow within one month of its release charted in the Top 50 on Dixie Dance Kings Pop Urban Ads and won a Listener’s Choice Award for Best Beat in Alternative Pop July 10. 2006. In 2007 the demo version of Alone by the Sea won song of the day in Reggae on May 3rd 2007 Best Male Vocals in Reggae, week of 28May2007, Best Mood in Reggae, week of 28May2007 on garageband.com
A versatile performer and song-writer, Lojah performs with his own band and is a supporting member of Shadowyze’s performing act. He has played his music from the Gulf of Mexico to Monterey Bay and in 2007 Lojah decided to bring his style back home to the live swamp sounds of his native Florida, teaming up with two friends, drummer Phillip and bassist Andy Nelson. with influences ranging from the Marley’s to the Ramones, Lojah's style ranges between creolized, danceable grooves with distinct Caribbean elements and a southern punk rock delivery. His lyrical content revolves around culturally sensitive down-to-earth social commentary and spiritual insights woven together with tongue-in-cheek witticism and a festive vibe.
.. Hi there Lojah first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people you can click the link below to visit our profile which wlil provide you with more information and also give you the link to our website! I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
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Thanks for adding our new page. We are currently in the studio and we will be posting our new music within the next few weeks. Feel free to comment or message us anytime. Thank you and have a great week.
