L-R: Jeffery “Okano” Graham, O’Niel “Drumstix” Walters
& Joseph “Bassline” Graham
WARRIOR LOVE
BAND
ENTERTAINMENT
W
arrior
Love
Band
Entertainment, the brainchild
of record producer, recording &
mixing engineer and musician
Joseph Graham, has become a
force to be reckoned with in music
production; located in Toronto
Ontario, but originally from
Kingston, Jamaica. The record
label consisting of a production
team that composes, records,
mixes and masters for artistes and
record labels, is synonymous with
transforming concepts into chart
topping hits. With a host of musical
production and engineering credits
to its name, the creative force
behind the Band has worked with a
long list of artistes including Richie
Spice, Jah Cure, Luciano, Tony
Rebel,
T.O.K.,
Queen
Ifrica, Turbulence and Duane
Stephenson, amongst others.
In 2002, Joseph and Jeffery
Graham (the twins) were seen
performing on CTV by one of the
most illustrious musicians. He was
impressed with their raw talent, and
he Frankie Campbell, leader of the
well known Fab5 band, gave them
their first instrument; a keyboard for
Jeffery and a bass guitar for
Joseph, and named them the ‘One
Love’ band. Both brothers made
good use of these gifts. In 2004,
Joseph and Jeffrey decided to form
their own group and invite O’Neil
Walters to join. The band then
decided that Warrior Love needed a
guitarist. So they recruited Nyerere
“Duke” Thomas, who is considered
one of the most versatile and
technically
proficient
young
guitarists in Jamaica today.
In 2009, the group hired a manager,
and auditioned for the annual Ritz
Pineapple Ball. Out of that rose
another member of the band,
saxophonist Conrad Pinnock. This
five piece ensemble began
performing throughout Kingston at
events such as Flow’s Christmas
Party, VMBS Talent Show, Jamaica
Stock Exchange 50th Anniversary
and City View Hotel’s “Rapture
under the Stars”. They toured with
Fanton Mojah as the ‘Macka Tree
Band’ and backed artiste such as
Tessanne Chin.? In 2011 the group
changed their manager, and hired
Mr. Dwight James where they
kicked off their first tour with
Turbulence to Africa. The band
toured for the entire year with
different artistes. As the year 2011
ended, band leader Joseph decided
that the band should extend its
presence to performing as backing
band on some of Jamaica’s well-
known shows, the first of which was
Sting 2011. Warrior Love worked
with 37 artistes for Sting 2011 and
was branded as a Dancehall and
Reggae backing band. The band’s
next big show was the famous
Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival.
Rumors had by then flooded the
street about this CD sounding band,
which attracted the attention of
Tony Rebel, who recruited the band
to back his annual reggae show,
Rebel Salute. Other shows that
followed included Follow Di Arrow,
Jamaica International Kite Festival,
and Taurus Bash, where the band
had worked with all the major
artistes headlining these shows.
The group saw that things were on
a high and as such decided it was
time to recruit a lead singer.
Auditions were done and they
decided unanimously that Raine
Davis would make a great addition
to the now booming CD sounding
band. In 2011, Raine agreed to join
the band and performed with them
for the Mars Group in St. Thomas at
a lunch hour concert at the
Institution of Jamaica, and at City
View Hotel. There existed room for
further growth and so the band
decided it was time to do some
recordings. Raine, who is a prolific
song-writer, provided good material
for the band to start working on their
own recordings. The Warrior Love
band now looks forward to the
endless possibilities that exist for
them in music and continues to
make their mark in the industry.
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