Tommy Cowan is an ordained gospel minister and a Justice of the Peace.
11 Facts About Tommy Cowan
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Several other Tommy Cowan-produced sets were credited to the Fatman Ridim Section.
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Tommy Cowan produced Israel Vibration's The Same Song and Why Worry albums and the latter's associated dub set, Israel Tafari, mixed by King Tubby.
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Tommy Cowan became Inner Circle's manager and set up the Top Ranking record label.
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Tommy Cowan worked as a Master of Ceremonies at Reggae Sunsplash festivals and at the One Love Peace Concert, organised by Bob Marley.
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Tommy Cowan helped Marley to set up his Tuff Gong studio, and Marley invited Tommy Cowan to accompany him on his tour of Europe, and then Zimbabwe in 1980, where he compered the Zimbabwe Independence Day Concert in Salisbury.
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Tommy Cowan is the producer of Jamaica's largest Christian music festival, Fun in the Son.
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In June 2013, Tommy Cowan was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace.
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Tommy Cowan received the Rocksteady Union Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Jamaican music, and both the Mega Jamz Award and Maja awards for Gospel Promoter of the Year in 2007.
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Tommy Cowan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the Trinity Theological Seminary of South Florida for his work in the gospel, and he is ordained as a gospel minister.
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In October 2007, Tommy Cowan was awarded the Order of Distinction by the Jamaican Government.