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Dancing On The Edge News Volume 1, Issue 23 July 25, 2012 Explorations in Beach and Shag Culture In Search of The Lost Soul, Bluefield, VA Wayne Pittman & Deborah Baker, Non-Pro Division in the National Shag Dance Championship Preliminaries in January! DOTE News Marketing Out-Of-Market Marketing Out-of-Market is not only ‘Out of the Box,’ it raises the bar for your competitors by increasing your advertising and branding impact in multiples of 5, 10, even 20 times -and that’s a conservative estimate. New Book group in the Carolinas for out-ofmarket advertising. Now you might ask whether advertising in Burlington or Greenville or Charleston or Gaffney have any value for you? (If that’s a burning question, call the number below to talk with Fessa’ Hook about a marketing plan to establish your brand). *** Out-of-Market Advertising Known for Innovation, Clemson ful ne w ow er Po erful new Tourist areas can benefit tremen- silently launched a P ce into N atur orce Natur aturee dously from out-of-market advertis- For ing. Here’s an example. Do you often hear a hotel, golf course or local vacation rental companies advertise in a local market? Of course not. Visitors make hotel reservations and The last few weeks have been a delight in getting to know a lady who somehow flew under the radar for several years, even though she was tee times before they arrive. These types of businesses advertise in “out- right in the middle of it in Myrtle Beach in the 90s. of-market” arenas. We’ve followed this strategy since Paula Harris’s daddy listened to the Temptations, the Tams and the we established a Beachhead with WRDX-FM out of Salisbury broad- Tops throughout her childhood. It, and a whole lot more we casting live from the Beach in the late 80s. It boosted S.O.S. mem- looking for the charts for 2007 to 2011, and for those who never got the *big,* 1,000 page, two-volume encyclopedia, but who enjoy looking at the Top 40 Beach songs of each year, reading about some of the unusual events of the year below the charts, and perhaps pencilling in your OWN favorites missing from those charts. For DJS, this is the perfect accessory on the air or in the club....all the charts for each year, back to back. It’s bership 400-500%, extended S.O.S. from 4 to 10 days, and had an as- only 100 pages, thin, you can slip it in the side pocket of your computer tounding effect on the overall economics of the Beach twice a year. bag. It’s priced at $9.95. That’s effective out-of-market marketing. Order yours at www.beachshag.com . You’ll see the The Endless Summer Network has an established 25 radio station Dancing O n the E dge JJour our nal On Edge ournal 500 Hearthside Dr Winston Salem, NC 27104 Tel: 704-219-1560 www .beachshag.com www.beachshag.com [email protected] The new Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia is for those who’ve been link there on the front page that takes you directly to the order page. Once haven’t yet ascertained, shows! Get to know Paula in this issue. *** you order, it’s shipped within 48 hours. Enjoy. Fessa Hook *** The Lost Soul (Prussians) of Bluefield, VA In Search of the Lost Soul --Jack Garrett chedelic gem “Minds Expressway,” Calfee says they were more into Motown and the R&B Memphis- While Lost Soul is all but forgotten in their home state of Virginia, type sound. The band felt “some of the music that was coming out on legions of fans in the UK regard their records as classics. Little has been the hard rock side of it as not having the soul that we liked... we were gonna together with Gene and the Team Beats of Martinsville. That group was already recording for Raven Records in Danville and suggested that manager John Cook (the bassist’s dad) talk to Frank Koger, who owned and operated the small recording studio on the Piney Forest Road. Cook met with Koger and the band traveled to Danville in 1967 to commit two songs to wax: “A Secret of Mine” b/ w “Minds Expressway.” By all accounts, John Cook was a savvy businessman. He was a salesman for Caterpillar and taught the boys how to publicize and promote their shows and dances, how to collect fees, and even how to dress, although the dark green checked suits he bought for a job at the Fincastle Country Club bombed with the band. It was John who secured their The Prussians ....Steve Calfee, Randy Conley, Donnie Fields, Jimmy Johnson, Steve Cook written about the band, whose members came together in 11th grade. All but one attended Graham High School in Bluefield, Va., performing for about 18 months as The Prussians before changing their name to Lost Soul. The group featured songwriters Steve Calfee and Randy Conley on guitar, organ and vocals; Steve Cook on bass and vocals; and drummer Donnie Fields. Calfee explains that hard rock was just coming to the fore. And while Lost Soul was responsible for the psy- try and put the lost soul back into the rock and roll. Whether we actually did that or not I bookings and traveled with the group, and who ultimately brought them to Danville in early 1967. Vox was just making inroads into the U.S. and he arranged for the group to receive free amplifiers and a PA system. don’t know, but we gave it a shot.” With the name change, the band began looking for studio to record some original compositions. The group did a lot of promotional dances and during one DJ Charlie Duff put them The Prussians ca. 1966 (l to r) Steve Calfee, Randy Conley, Donnie Fields, Steve Cook The Lost Soul (Prussians) of Bluefield, VA Calfee and Conley were the group’s two guitarists but were forced to make some last minute adjustments just prior to the recording session. Three months before they cut their first record, lead vocalist Jimmy Johnson quit for no apparent reason. About the same time, keyboard player Charlie Bassett married and left the band to attend engineering school. Rather than add a new member, the guitarists simply split the keyboard duties, although Calfee bought Bassett’s Acetone organ and plays keys and sings lead on all four Raven sides. Live at the Fincastle Country Club, 1967, Bluefield, VA, (l to r) Steve Calfee, Donnie Fields, Randy Conley, Steve Cook Calfee remembers the House of Sound studios as a small converted heat. The songs were recorded directly to a two-track recorder, requir- ice house, complete with loading dock. The control room was no larger ing multiple takes before an acceptable master was delivered. A mistake on the end of the flip than 6x6 with a glass window and a hole cut for a window unit. This proved a problem on their second session in the summer. The air conditioner was so noisy that it could only be turned on between takes, leaving members praying for a flub so they could get some relief from the 4 Dancing On the Edge News To promote the disc, their new manager landed the band a slot on Dick Bennick’s Dance Party, a popular Bandstand-based broadcast on WGHP 8 in High Point, NC. The side was caught on tape and was incorporated into the song. If you lis- band arrived to light snowfall around mid-day, set up their equipment and ten to “Minds Expressway,” there’s a “pa-ping” sound on the cymbal. were prepared to play when they were told they would be lip-syncing the Calfee says they’d gotten “to the very end of a take and it was an accident songs. That was a first and it took the group “forever to get it right.” that he did and as soon as we ended the take (producers) Ernie (Dickens) Whenever the cameras would roll, the director would stop the band, and Frank actually came out of the booth and said, ‘What was that?” telling Calfee his lips weren’t moving with the music and it looked “like Drummer Donnie Fields took the stick and did a ping off the bell of a Japanese movie.” Compounding the problem was the drum intro on “A the cymbal and Koger said, “Well that’s fantastic; it actually makes the Secret of Mine.” Without a count leading in to the song, it was impos- record.” He asked Fields if he could do that every time, so the band spent sible to synchronize the video, so the cameraman did a crossfade from a “the next two hours doing take after take of him trying to do that pa-ping vine-covered trellis on the set to Fields’ drums. sound through the entire cut ‘til we finally got it.” They finally finished about 1:00 a.m. and left the studios to find three- The Lost Soul (Prussians) of Bluefield, VA feet of snow on the ground. It took them eight hours to reach their next Calfee says the band decided to have a few drinks to loosen up and chedelic rock and funky soul. “We didn’t know any better,” says Calfee, gig, forcing the band to miss their television debut. thought they “were just kickin’ butt and takin’ names” on the bandstand. adding, “We didn’t know that you were not supposed to mix the Each member was given two boxes of 45s and Calfee says they gave The next day he “played the recording back for us and it was the worst genres.” Electra-Asylum liked the tapes, which included a soulful ar- away as many copies as they sold. Koger distributed discs to radio sta- crap you’ve ever heard in your life.” Calfee says it was so bad that “it lit- rangement of “Day Tripper.” Their manager secured a $25,000 advance tions and the band followed up with promotional appearances. “A Secret erally sobered us up.” From that day forward, no one took a drink on a job. with an agreement to record two more 45s and the promise of an al- of Mine” was the pick of Top 40 radio, while “Mind Expressway” was Six months later, Lost Soul was back at Raven to record a second 45 bum, if the singles charted. But it was not to be. About this played by college stations in the FM market. Along the way, Lost Soul fol- and a demo tape for distribution to major labels. They now shared man- time, the band started to implode. lowed or shared bills with ? and the Mysterians, the Hombres and the agement with Archie Bell and the Drells and their new manager signed Fantastic Johnny C. Some of the largest crowds Lost Soul played for were at the Coke a deal with PM Distributors in Pittsburgh to press thousands of copies of “I’m Gonna Hurt You” b/w “For plant in Danville. Workmen would use fork-lifts to clear out the ware- You.” Calfee says the company had a promotions man who got the 45 to house and set up the stage. Local radio stations and the high school rack jobbers and radio stations. The effort paid off, as Calfee was told the newspaper promoted the dances, which attracted thousands. song made it to the lower reaches of Billboard’s Hot 100. (Perhaps it was Their manager brought a Webcor reel-to-reel to record one college job. the Cashbox chart, as Billboard’s Top Pop Singles 1955-1996 lists no entries by Lost Soul.) As many as 20,000 copies were pressed but the group never received any royalties and requests for an accounting were ignored. Once the record started to break nationally, Lost Soul moved from playing country clubs and frat houses to armories and auditoriums. Several labels were interested in the band, but Calfee says they had an image problem. It seems the major labels couldn’t decide how to market a group that played both psy- It was 1968 and the height of the Vietnam War. Cook was drafted, Calfee decided to go back to school, Conley left to attend trade school and Fields got married. The band went through a period of about six months with pick-up drummers and even a saxophone player before calling it a day. The later band delved further into psychedelia. The group dropped their matching suits in favor of multicolored shirts and sunglasses and would scatter the stage with streamers. Borrowing from the Mothers of Volume 1 No. 23 5 The Lost Soul (Prussians) of Bluefield, VA Invention, a metal trash can was also incorporated into the stage act. Calfee explains that “if you dropped a live mic inside with lots of reverb and delay, then banged on the can it created quite a bizarre sound.” The Fool had just painted Cream’s guitars in psychedelic colors, so Conley and Calfee did the same with their guitar and organ. While national success eluded them, Calfee believes that was probably a good thing, adding, “If we had signed, as young as we were at the time and as crazy as the business was, I doubt seriously if any of us would have survived.” Calfee later returned to music. He still plays and books entertainment for a cruise line in Little River, SC. Conley also returned to the stage, performing as E.R. Conley. And while their paths crossed occasionally on the road, Calfee lost touch will his co-writer eight years ago. Cook died about a year ago, while Fields left music and went to work for the railroad in Roanoke. The band was all but forgotten until some Northern Soul fans in the UK discovered A Secret of Mine. Calfee was unThe last Lost Soul lineup, 1968, (l to r) Steve aware of the renewed inCook, Randy Conley, Lance Yost, Joe Simoncini terest until he received a letter from an English musician he had worked with in the 80s. He learned the song was a favorite on the club scene and that their first 45 was selling for huge sums in England. Two of the group’s songs were recently reissued on compact disc (Aliens, Psychos & Wild Things, Vol. 3) and videos of the band draw thousands of views on Youtube. But Calfee has yet to capitalize on the new audience and has received no songwriting royalties. While Calfee is “amazed” by the band’s resurgence in popularity, Cook recognized their potential. Shortly before his death, he told Calfee: “We never realized how good we were and what a great opportunity we had.” And while he won’t rule out a reunion, Calfee says it hasn’t happened yet and believes things worked out for the best, adding, “We were just trying to make music and have a good time.” *** Jack Garrett is a Danville, Virginia native. He’s worked in radio and television since his 1979 graduation from Averett University. Jack is currently the afternoon reporter for WBTM 1330 AM and WAKG 103.3 FM in Danville. He was previously the Southside Bureau Chief for WSET-TV 13 in Lynchburg, Virginia. As Bureau Chief he was the first reporter to break the details of the National Tobacco Settlement. He’s also the winner of numerous Associated Press and Virginia AB awards including Outstanding Effort by an Individual Reporter and a 1st place award from both in 2005 for an hour-long documentary on Peter Tork of the Monkees. When he’s not working he plays drums, with a string of local rock and jazz groups on his resume, most recently including a 17-piece swing band. His wife, Sherri, is a registered nurse. They have an 12-year old son and twin 6-year old daughters. 6 Dancing On the Edge News Volume 1 No. 23 7 Memories of S.O.S. 1990 and WRDX Radio -- Dave Landon / Slate Foyer Just think only 22 years ago WRDX – Beach 106 went to S.O.S. Spring Safari for the first time. After joining WRDX in fall of 1989 as sales manager and marketing director for WRDX and Carolina Class magazine I decided we should broadcast live from S.O.S. The station owner said it wasn’t in the budget. I laughed, and Rod Harter, Phil Kehr, John Hook, and yours truly, Dave Landon. A couple of our part-time DJs, along with Mr. Mike, our evening jock, stayed in Salisbury to keep things running smoothly on that end. That first day started off on a bad note when I locked all the live commercial scripts in the trunk of my car never been done before. Consider this. Although we were broadcasting live, we weren’t on any of the stations along the Grand Strand. We were live on a station 185 miles away in Salisbury. Granted, WRDX was a 100,000 watt station that could be heard all the way to the west side of Fayetteville, driving toward the Grand Strand. with the help of John Hook, we put $30,000 worth of ad- But the word was out. A fully-loaded Beach Music sta- vertising on the books for S.O.S. so we were on our way tion was in town to let everyone back home (the west- to O.D. We needed a place to stay ern half of North Carolina, the northwestern corner of and a place to broadcast from. I contacted Fat Harold and South Carolina, and the southwestern corner of Vir- Norfleet Jones of Ducks and offered that we’d broadcast live ginia) know how much fun S.O.S. could be. from Tuesday through Saturday from both their clubs. In We were having fun! Our fans had already loaded us up turn we needed a place to stay so they arranged for a beach with coffee, donuts and yes a few beers and Bloody Marys house for the WRDX staff -but it soon turned into Ani- -- tomato juice is good for your health. mal House with all our fans (Not only did we have a dropping by (bringing lots of l-r: April McIntire, Dave Landon, Ben (in back) blast that Spring. Within a short beer and fun). with my keys and we had to call a time, those broadcasts and our skyrockWe played our first song that locksmith to open it. We had to wing eting circulation with Carolina Class Spring at 7 a.m. on Tuesday from the deck of Fat Harolds at the Pad. Frank Sinatra’s “The Summer Wind” came blowing in, and we announced, “Welcome to S.O.S. live from O.D. at Fat Harolds. The summer breeze is blowing and you need to be here.” Nearly all our line up of WRDX DJ’s were there -- April McIntire, 8 Dancing On the Edge News it for an hour until we got it open. John Hook just laughed and said Dave you owe us a couple beers, as he ad-libbed the commercials till we got the complete scripts out of my trunk. We were surprised so many fans showed up early in the morning just to be a part of this happening; especially when you consider that it had and soon S.O.S. memberships increased by the thousands.) People back home across the Carolinas were listening and said to them themselves, ‘damn! they are all having so much fun. Lets get down there.” S.O.S. brought in good crowds, and by Thursday we had doubled the attendance because of the live broad- S.O.S. 1990 Revisited -- Dave Landon / Slate Foyer cast. The president of S.O.S. brought talked about that several times. By us an additional $1,000 worth of ad- that time, the two of us had worked vertising to promote S.O.S. and Shag for a dozen # 1 radio stations between Becky Stowe of Beach Memories Art presented us with a limited edition print of the 1990 WRDX Beach club events throughout the region us. Neither of us had ever seen more during our live broadcasts. We inter- than one or two pieces of fan mail in viewed tons of Shaggers and Beach six months. We knew there was Music Lovers. Those who were lis- something very special happening at deejays. Also at S.O.S. 1990 spring I went back into the Pad and had tening on the radio could not wait WRDX. to get to S.O.S. at O.D. Beach 106 proved it’s worth to S.O.S. acknowledged WRDX as S.O.S. ten times over. As we returned the first official S.O.S. radio station in the fall of 1990 and spring and about it for Carolina Class magazine which later won an award for best with a plaque. Ducks also proclaimed fall of 1991, S.O.S. was booming us the Official awards. such great memories from my first trip there in 1955 that I wrote a story beach magazine story at the first Beach Music Radio Hall of Fame I love watching Beach Music Station of Ducks. the greats dancing the Shag smooth When we were off the air we not fancy, so I started the could not buy a drink. Our fans Smoothies Shag dance contest and brought us beer and on one occa- it’s still going strong today (wish sion in the afternoon Fat Harold they’d name it the ‘Slate Foyer brought a pitcher of white Russians Smoothies Contest’ before I leave this to John Hook and me. That was one Beach world). hell of a live broadcast. We got My memories of S.O.S. 1990-1991 l-r: April McIntire, Dave Landon, Phil Kehr, John Hook, through it but don’t remember it. thanks to WRDX which had We were already pretty certain changed its name to Beach 106. that WRDX was the biggest and best We opened the back deck of the Music and Beach WRDX will live forever. 106 From all of us who broadcast live there beginning in 1990 (until spring Beach Music station ever. Spanish Galleon in the fall 1991 From the time we went full-time with another Tuesday a.m. live Beach and Shag in the late 80s, we broadcast. averaged nearly a dozen pieces of fan Legendary Myrtle Beach photog- 1995) thanks and remember we loved every minute of it. mail every week. rapher Jack Thompson, took a great To some that may not sound too photo of us on the back deck of the impressive, but John Hook and I Galleon at that time. keeping the music and the dance alive with Dancing On the Edge A very special thanks to John Hook (the greatest Beach DJ ever) for News. *** Volume 1 No. 23 9 Candi Staton - Diva + Diva + Diva + Diva + Diva Candi Staton was born March 13, 1940 in Hanceville, Alabama. Her career spans five different “Chance” 1979 “Run to Me” “I Live” 1976 1979 “Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” 1980 Diva eras. Thankfully, we finally got to see her live at the 2010 Carolina Beach Music Awards at Myrtle Beach. “Too Hurt to Cry” 1971 “A Dreamer of A Dream” 1977 Diva phase # 1 for Candi was as a teenager. She and her sister Maggie “Count On Me” 1981 “Without You I Cry”1981 were sent to attend the Jewell Christian Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, where her singing talents soon also recorded for Nashboro, Apollo, and Savoy Records from 1953 to 1963. In 1968, Candi launched into her solo career, (Diva phase # 2), making a mighty mark for Fame Records with one R&B hit after another, finally gaining the title of First Lady of Southern Soul for her Grammynominated version of “Stand By Your Man.” Unfortunately, Southern Soul fell out of fashion in 1975, so Candi collaborated with Dave Crawford to become Diva # 3 -- a Disco Diva. Candi’s mark on Beach music, like “Suspicious Minds” 1982 That doesn’t count the gospel songs that some jocks pulled from her many gospel albums. In the mid 90s Candi gained a many artists of that era, was both evolutionary and retroactive, as the ushered her and her sister into the newly formed Jewell Gospel Trio. 80s began. We started the decade with her They toured the 50s gospel circuit with the Soul Stirrers, C.L. 1978 release of “Honest I Do Love You” (which only rose as high as # Franklin, and Mahalia Jackson. They 77 on the R&B charts), thus launching the Diva # 4 era. From there Candi blew the doors off. DJs reached back and followed her forward simultaneously. Of course one of the first we reached back to was “Young Hearts Run Free” from 1975. There were many others -- going forward. “Victim” 1978 10 Dancing On the Edge News new title (Diva # 5) “The Sweetheart of Soul. If you really want to get to know her music, it’s also worth the time to go back and scour her songs with the Jewell Gospel Trio. *** Volume 1 No. 23 11 Paula Harris: More than a Soul Singer Home Girl: Paula H arris Harris First CD: Tur ning O n the N aughty urning On Naughty Internet pundits talk these days about ‘plural’ identities and ‘plural networking’ to describe people who live two or more lives simultaneously, under the same or different names. Paula Harris may demonstrate some of those attributes -- or she’s simply an artist who’s been swingin’ on her star since she found it in the 80s--and it turns out to be a cluster of stars! area. It’s probably best they have an international airport nearby. From When she was 12 years old, Emmalyn Frye, former opera singer my perspective they’ll soon need access to venues around the world. and the choral teacher at her school heard Paula singing alone. She asked multidimensional in surprisingly unpretentious ways. It was a mere five months ago that Paula and the Blue Gruv band her which choral class she was in and Paula replied she wasn’t in any of She and her band, the Beasts of Blues and The Big Ass Brass competed in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, “for them. headquarter out of the San Francisco exposure.” That’s Paula’s minimalist explanation. (A great many bands Looking over the pictures on this page you may rightly assume she’s a blues singer -- however, this lady is in her position would have choked or hyperventilated at the mere suggestion of competing with those 110 bands back in February). Hmm. As I think about it, that may not make a lot of sense. After all, Paula and the Beasts of Blues in the picture above look like they’re having a ball. And they look like folks who have plenty of chops for the Blues stage. Let me bring you up to speed. Clemson, South Carolina 12 Dancing On the Edge News Clemson, 1985 That was a watershed day for the endurance of her vocal chords. Her choral teacher trained her in the classical method which strengthens She’s a Force of Nature one’s vocal equipment as well as enhances voice and vocal control. vocalists from the end of ‘93 until they closed in early 1995. Paula graduated high school and college in her hometown. In her last year of college in ‘89 she traveled to Myrtle Beach for an internship. She worked at the Yachtsman hotel running Karaoke shows. Oddly, Paula says she really didn’t get to sing much as the karaoke director, there were too many others lined up to sing, “they wouldn’t have liked me taking away their time.” Meanwhile, Paula had a side project she was working--Beauty and daddy grew up to in Spartanburg-Beach Music. Talent pageants, where she racked up some impressive wins. Ann Anderson Harris with daughter Paula, 1988 Actually, she sang more than A Beach Music segment was added to the Opry show which teamed Paula with the Poor Souls from Charlotte, NC (the late Bobby country. She also sang the music her A budding beauty queen 1986 Myrtle Beach Opry Meanwhile, the music director at the Myrtle Beach Opry, across the street from Studebakers (not the Carolina Opry), called on Paula when one of their lead singers quit. Paul wasn’t wild about singing country, but ended up not only performing with them, she was also co-producer and one of the featured Paula Harris, Miss Myrtle Beach 1992-93 Paula with George Carere’s sixpiece orchestra in Atlanta Volume 1 No. 23 13 Paula Harris: A Force of Nature Smith, the late Butch Stone, and Roger Smith--still a Soul). In Myrtle Beach, Paula had worked with the Long Bay Symphony and Coastal Symphony orchestras. Not surprisingly, after she arrived in Atlanta, Bell introduced her to the Atlanta Pops Symphony and the George Carere Orchestras (all three of them). According to Bell she also did a series of Jazz and Blues concerts with pianist Dale Elliott for the German Consulate in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympic Games there. As two-time champion of the Paula with George Carere’s tenpiece orchestra “Legends” singing competitions held in Myrtle Beach and replayed on Veteran Spartanburg DJ Harry Turner stopped by to hear the Beach TV’s “Startime,” Paula went on to host that show for a year on Channel Music segment one night and soonafter introduced Paula to America in 40 million homes. On one of her facebook entries, Paula, in describing Simon Cowell, noted that he isn’t an artist according to ordinary definitions, but that he has a great eye and ear for artistic talent as well as a track record for promoting it when he finds it. Sounds like ‘art’ to me. Paula with George Carere’s 15piece orchestra William Bell (“Easy Comin’ Out, Part of what makes the Paula Hard Goin’ In” and a long list of other hits). William wanted Paula to come Harris story fascinating is there’s more talent to talk about. to work with his company, Wilbe Records in Atlanta. Fact is, I’m not sure I’ve represented her as well as I should. 14 Dancing On the Edge News Paula’s first oil painting hangs at Collectors Cafe and Gallery, 7740 N. Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach Paula Harris: A Force of Nature Perhaps more importantly, that statement, plus some of Paula’s other talents, open the question as to what drives Paula the most? Is it singing, or is singing just one expression of something larger - creativity; art? To help you decide, visit the Collectors Cafe and Gallery on N. Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach next time you’re on the edge and check out her oil painting (page 22) there. Although she says its mood is darker than her usual work, on the suggestion of her husband Michael, she painted her rendering of a Juarez Machado painting below. started performing again, once a week on Saturday nights as the vocal accompaniment at the Top of the Mark with Grammy nominee Ricardo Scales. Two years whetted her appetite to go for it. It was a natural extension to reach for jazz, but her friends told her she wasn’t a jazz singer. International Blues Challenge in When she asked, “well who the heck is a jazz singer, if I’m not?” They replied Diana Krall and Norah Jones. Paula agreed she didn’t fit their profiles. “Well then what am I,” she asked. “A blues singer,” was the reply. “Who’s a blues singer?” “Etta James,” that got her attention. Paula loves Etta. She says it’s darker than her ordinary work. She seems to have a Wherever Paula derives her confidence knack for it. Isn’t it interesting that she and fearlessness, it couldn’t be more doesn’t say, ‘well, the Blues are ‘darker’ than what I usually sing.’ evident than in her new Blues career. Maybe that used to be true. Not anymore. Just to ‘get things rolling’ she teamed up After marriage and a move to San Francisco in 2003, Paula left the with Blu Gruv last fall and entered the Golden entertainment industry for five years. Then about three years ago she Gate Blues Society’s November. That lead to the super competition of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in February this year. They came in third there. But the reaction convinced Paula to take the next step. She assembled a band in San Francisco and they laid down 14 ning O n the tracks for her CD, Tur urning On aughty. Naughty “Nick of Too Damn Late” is already on the charts. *** Volume 1 No. 23 15 Stev ens & SSummer ummer time tevee Ow Owens ummertime We just had the opportunity to hear Summertime over the July 4th holiday, four hours down the road from a four-hour gig they did earlier in the day! That’s eight hours on stage, with a four-hour ‘break’ driving the band and equipment to the Spanish Galleon in North Myrtle Beach, where it took in excess of another 1-2 hours to set up and get the sound checks finished in time for the next show. And they knocked it out of the park! If you’ve missed them so far, catch them July 14th at Boom Boom’s in North Myrtle Beach, the O.D. Beach Club there on July 27th, or TJ’s Night Life in Raleigh on August 2nd. 1. 2. You’re So Young, But You’re So True Recapture the Magic 3. 4. Greatest Love Ever Known Working On A Big Chill 5. 6. When the Moment Comes I’d Give Up Everything for You 7. 8. Second Chance I Dig Everything About You 9. 10. Do You Love Me Like That Dance With My Father 11. 12. A Much Better Place Getaway Car Steve Owens and Summertime includes Roy Davis, Bryan Castro, Dave Owens, Steve Owens, John Downing, Ben Shaw, Robin Woodard, and Joey Tucker -- and there are rumors of some exciting new additions! 16 Dancing On the Edge News Dancing O n the E dge N ews On Edge News We’re looking for mor es, and histor moree stories, pictur pictures, historyy about this beach near Washington, NC. Contact me at my e-mail listed at the bottom of page 2. We recently announced one of our current projects -- a history of Beach Music and Shag in the Burlington, NC area. We’re pleased to say it’s coming along famously and moving very fast. If you have pictures or memories of any of the bands, dances, venues, or good times with Beach Music and ‘fast dancing’ in Burlington, please If yyou ou ecor ds bbyy this fello w tucked away in a shoebo x, w ou’’ve got any rrecor ecords fellow shoebox, wee’d w mor altimor e/W ashington lovve to kno know moree about them. H Hee was a DJ in the B Baltimor altimore/W e/Washington lo D.C. area in the 50s and early 60s, Charlotte, NC in the 60s and early 70s, Florida, semi-retir etired ed’’ since. and has been in F lorida, ‘‘semi-r semi-r etir ed contact me, (my e-mail address is on page two) so we can make arrangements to take a look at what you have and how we can include it. *** Volume 1 No. 23 17 Rev ubba D. Liv erance & Cor nhole P ev.. B Bubba Liverance Cornhole Prrophets Bubba D. Liv erance as a member of The K eys, befor Liverance Keys, beforee he acquired “Reverend” status. If you don’t know the difference between a soul singer and a soulful singer, check out Bubba D. Liverance. (Listen for this: a soul singer sings songs by black artists -- a soulful singer makes you hurt, laugh, cry, sigh, or feel like you’re gonna die when he sings). Soulful singers can sing simple things like that and make statues weep while May Day celebrants When a man breaks the heart of the woman who holds him in her heart--witholding the adoration she deserves, the friendship she desires, and the unrestricted love which should adorn her day and night--he’s left with few choices. He can stand on stage and sorrowfully sing an old Mississippi Blues, which she’ll find pathetic. Or he can admit his errors, suck up his pride, cover it in humility, and offer his heart to her to a good Shag beat. That’s the way Reverend Bubba D. Liverance does it, singing for all of us from that secret place inside where honesty and remorse struggle to strike a balance. It’s that place at the core of compassion, where heartbreak knocks strong men to their knees and only soulsingers and souldancers can rise from the ashes with their heads held high and ask sincerely for one more chance. That’s where you’ll find the Rev.... 18 *** Dancing On the Edge News dance obliviously between them. Hence, The Recession Sessions. James B Brrown in Columbia, SC 1965 Volume 1 No. 23 19 D eeper into the Beach M usic Top 40 Deeper Music Tho Bratton & Blue Iyed Soul, from the Greenville/ The SugarBees are a Beach, Boogie, and Blues BradSpartanburg area, are on the charts with “Everybody’s ley House Music studio band in South Carolina founded Bill Comes Due” from their CD Freaky for the First Time. by multi-platinum producer/engineer Fred Shaw along From their website: with Ripete Records’ president Marion Carter in 1996. “Blue Iyed Soul is not just a name but a philosophy Fred and Marion started the band to back national and state of mind. All music has blues songs, and happy and international talent such as Maurice Williams and songs, from bluegrass to old school 50s and 60s’s soul. the Zodiacs, Gatlin Brothers, The Stylistics, Drifters, No group of people are immune from having the blues Tams, Embers, Platters, Danny and the Juniors, Joe at some time in life or being happy in life. They just use Simon, Chuck Berry, Jay Spell of Jimmy Buffet’s Coral different genres....” Reefer Band, Nappy Brown, Bill Pinkney, Kip AnderDrums: Big Tez Sherard * son, Dale Hawkins, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Bass: Franklin Wilkie ** many more. Guitar/keyboards: Rickey Godfrey *** Sax: Don Wise **** Named by Marion Carter, the SugarBees released their debut CD “Bad, Bad Business” in 1998 and continued Harp: Freddie Vanderford Sax: Tony Kennedy recording and touring, releasing four CD projects. They currently have two original songs in the Top 40 Beach Trumpets: Greg Day & Rich Parlier Trombone: Wes Day Music charts, “Vacation” and “Dizzy” featuring 24-year old Mary Vella who joined the SugarBees in 2011. Rhythm Guitar: Matt Morgan Upright double bass: Tommy Bratton New Orleans native, Ceasar, joined in 2005 adding his unique, incredibly high energy Cajun influenced * Big Tez Sherard tours with Edwin McCain floorshow. ** Franklin Wilkie plays with Garfeel Ruff and the THE SUGARBEES LINEUP MTB Ceasar - lead vocals, percussion, harp *** Rickey Godfrey was also producer of “Everybody’s Mary Vella - lead vocals, percussion Bill Comes Due” Fred Shaw - drums, vocals **** Don Wise played sax with Delbert McClinton Anthony (Amp) Brown - bass guitar for 20 years. Learn more at www.bismusic.net 20 *** Dancing On the Edge News Tyrell Taylor - keyboards George Davis - guitar, vocals *** Beach M usic Top 40 Countdo wn Music Countdown The Beach Music Top 40 www.beachshag.com 24 21 25 19 18 22 2 3 5 6 7 8 1 COME GET TO THIS/STEPPIN’ OUT TONIGHT Stepping Out Tonight 2 Reynolds, L.J. DON’T WAIT TOO LONG Laughing Down Crying 3 Hall, Daryl ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Stepping Out Tonight 4 Quick, Jim & Coastline LOVE AFTER WAR Love After War 5 Thicke, Robin AIN’T THAT THE WAY Stepping Out Tonight 6 Legacy PRICE YOU GOTTA PAY Ain’t No Midnight Train 7 Calabash Blues & Boogie Band IF I ONLY HAD THREE WISHES See affiliate links at www.beachshag.com July 21, 2012 Year Record Co. & # 2010 KHP 1102 2011 2012 KHP 1102 2011 This Week This Week BPM (LP or CD) Last Week 1 Title Artist No. of weeks 36 Last Week No. of weeks To hear the Top 40 with Fessa John Hook Title Artist 21 20 21 KEEP YOUR STOVE WARM 7 24 22 Shrimp Shack Band TAKE MY LOVE BPM (LP or CD) Year Record Co. & # 2012 2012 7 25 23 Martin Davis Band VACATION CTC-Music Lives On 13 23 24 Sugarbees f. 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Mickey Thomas Pearson, Big Pete HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUESGoudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band I’LL BE ON MY WAY Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band SEE SEE BABY SEND FOR ME I’LL BE ON YOUR SIDE Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band I’M HEADIN’ OUT THE DOORGoudreau, Michael/Boppin’ Blues Band SHE’S SPREADIN’ RUMORSGoudreau, Michael/Boppin’ Blues Band SNAKE RHYTHM ROCK Omar & the Howlers I’M READY JAILBAIT SUGAR DITCH TEARS LIKE RAIN Miller, Bill Band Piper, Anni Solon Fishbone f Alice Azam National Debonaires Omar & the Howlers Omar & the Howlers JIMMY REED HIGHWAY Omar & the Howlers JUST YOUR FOOL Beckie Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies TEMPERATURE 110 THERE IT IS LOVE MAN MATCHBOX TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’ Hanck, Terry TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE w/o YOUBig James & Chicago Playboys Salgado, Curtis Calabash Blues & Boogie Band Rhodes, Bill & Party Kings Magness, Janiva DRIVING WHEEL Calabash Blues & Boogie Band EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES Bottoms Up Blues Gang MEAN OLD MAN Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band MY BABY WANTS TO BOOGIE Brown, Mel & Snooky Pryor TWO CAN PLAY YOUR GAME WATERMELON TEA EVERYTHING GONNA BE ALRIGHT Miller, Bill Band FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD Calabash Blues & Boogie Band NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON NO MORE DOGGIN’ WHAT YOU GONNA DO? YOU MADE ME LAUGH Salgado, Curtis Omar & the Howlers GETTING TO KNOW YOU OFF THE HOOK YOUR KINDA LOVE Davies, Mary Bridget Salgado, Curtis Martens, Jessy Smith, Holland K. Cash Box Kings Knox, Marquis Retro Deluxe Fessa Hook's Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Top 40 is is compiled from full time listeners, fast dancers, and DJs with the National R&B DJ Association & the Association of Beach & Shag CLub DJs. Hear the Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Show, Sunday nights, EDT U.S., 6--9 pm and Wednesday nights 7--10 pm at www.beachshag.com Volume 1 No. 23 23