Pat Gwinn at the Beach

Gwinn: “What is the legacy of The Tams?”
Charles: “We were labeled as a national recording group but loved the label of a beach music group.”
Little Redd: “The Tams played all around the world, but nothing is like coming home to the Carolinas and Atlanta. We have great fans, homegrown good fans and people - but [...]

From “Old Used To Be’s,” “Rock and Roll Heaven” to the monster hit of “What’s Going On” …Sammy O’Banion’s musical career has seen some great hits and a lot of work. Leader of the popular soul group Sammy O’Banion & Mardi Gras, he is one of the true class acts in Carolina Beach Music. O’Banion [...]

GWINN: When did you join The Holiday Band?TAYLOR: January 1992…The Holiday Band formed in 1991. Mike Neese is the only original member remaining in the group.
GWINN: Tell me about your musical training, background.
TAYLOR: A BS, Elon College, Music Education 1978.

In the years I have been involved in beach and blues music, I have interviewed many great artists from the Mighty Sam McClain, Drink Smalls, Barbara Lewis, Gerald Alston and Blue Lovette of The Manhattans, Wayne Jackson of The Memphis Horns, Teresa James, Don Wise, General Johnson, Dionne Warwick, Pat Upton of Spiral Staircase, [...]

Have you recently pulled out an old, cherished, LP from the 70s / 80s and said ruefully “they don’t them like this any more”? Well, I know I have said that on many occasion, here they are – the legendary Embers – to remind us that, in fact, there is still REAL soul being made. [...]

 The new hot site offering downloads of Carolina Beach and Southern Soul.  Online streaming of many of the top beach music entertainers on www.southernsoul.com.  Beginning January 2009, Pat Gwinn At The Beach, will stream shows on www.southernsoul.com  Pat joins Butch Halpin, Joey Warren, Jay Jenkins and others. 
Southern Soul Summer Entertainment Series
Ocean Drive Beach & Golf Resort,in association with KHP Music Group, [...]

Various Artists “Angel’s Nu-Soul Explosion”. Angel Music 2006. Angel is a musician, producer, music arranger and specially an excellent song writer and a high quality singer. Also he always takes care of the smaller details in every new record he publishes and he does it with a professional precise care. This neo-soul and rhythm and [...]

Darryl Tookes composes and sings songs about life. He is a featured artist and songwriter on the brand new Beach Music Super Compilation CD with the Embers. People say they want to hear this kind of music. Answering this need, Darryl has been composing and singing his beautiful music for two decades. Honoring his vision, [...]

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