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Inferno Music
Group is a company that is headed by Will
Covington who formerly headed Entertainment
Galore, Inc./EGI Records from 1979 till 2000.
Entertainment Galore, which is now run by Will's
wife Gwen, is a 27 year old full-service music
promotions/production company specializing in
concerts/variety shows, special events
coordination, stage management, talent bookings,
music publishing, and sound recording
productions.
Some of
the musical projects Will did while heading EGI,
were production of a song called, "Wizzdom/Freebase"
for TK Productions (1980), "After Loving You" -
a project picked up by MCA International's
Recent Future Music (1984), production of Randy
Cotton's hit CD, "Call on Jesus", and countless
others. To date, Will has produced dozens of
recording projects. Seven of these projects were
released on his label, EGI Records, including "A
COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTE TO FLORIDA MEMORIAL
COLLEGE" (now Florida Memorial University). This
production is a mix of contemporary gospel and
inspirational music celebrating the college's
117-year history; proceeds were earmarked for
scholarships. The other fundraising recording,
"WE CARE", boosted financial support of relief
efforts for the starving refugees of Ethiopia.
Will's company has promoted over 110
concerts/shows which resulted in job development
for hundreds of professional entertainers and
cultural performing artists. Also, his company
provided entertainment for the 1995 Super Bowl
(Miami) and Summer Olympics (Miami) which
followed. EGI has promoted concerts with The
O'Jays, Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and the Blue
Notes, Bill Summers and Summer's Heat, Shirley
Caesar, Richard Smallwood and the Smallwood
Singers, Dorothy Norwood, Chi'lites, Betty
Wright, Timmy Thomas, and many many more. Will
was also commissioned by the City of Miami's
Convention and Visitors Bureau to take
professional music groups out to different pow
wows throughout the South. He is a recipient of
numerous awards including the "WE CARE" gold
record award (1985), Metro-Dade County Vanguard
Award (1993), and the 1995 Certificate of
Appreciation from Metro-Dade County, just to
name a few.
Will is
a an accomplished professional drummer and
record producer. During the past 33 years, he
performed with many major music recording
artists like Gladys Knight & The Pips, James
Brown, Al Green, Betty Wright, The Ink Spots,
The Commodores, Chi-Lites, Roy Ayers, Minister
Randy Cotton, and his own R&B band known as
Omari. Will recorded with B.B. King during the
making of King's 50th Anniversary album; the
single on that project, "MY GUITAR SINGS THE
BLUES", earned a GRAMMY IN 1985. The company
is also managed by Will's son, Omari "Omeez-e"
Covington who has become a dynamic, young
producer in his own right. He is following the
legacy of his father.
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