We will miss you Jeppy!

The news is out that Jeppy White has passed after a painful battle with cancer. He will truly be missed. I don’t know anyone that didn’t quickly feel happier after seeing Jeppy smile at them. I remember him always smiling! The Beach Music community will remember his days as a trombone player with The Catalinas … Read more

Not the Beach Boys

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What is Beach Music?

Have you tried to answer this question to people not From around here. “What is Beach Music?”

First I will say.. I am a FAN of the Beach Boys. I have listened to their music all my life and seen them in concert on several occasions. I like to see them when they come to the beach.. BUT in the words of General Norman Johnson…. “it ain’t beach music”. Sure a few songs of theirs have hit the Beach Music Radio stations and maybe even a few of them have charted. Typically, when a true beach music fan thinks of beach music they don’t think of the Beach Boys.. unless they are trying to define what Carolina Beach Music is not… I used to love it when General Norman Johnson started his “California Girls” joke prior to singing that song that is probably one of the most famous songs for our industry, “Carolina Girls”.

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May 20th – BEACH MUSIC UPDATE

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I have been away from the blogs.. I apologize for dropping off the beach music scene for a bit. The big April events came and went. Its now the middle of May and the summer is heating up. Thanks for all the response on my last beach music support blog post. It is important to support all of the bands… speaking of bands. I am working with a new one.. this one is REAL.. and news will be out very soon. Some friends helped me out on facebook last week. I can’t wait to announce more information as we get closer to the debut.

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Did you show support?

Did you see a band perform anywhere this past week? Who did you see? Where did you see them? There has been so much talk about beach music artists lately on the big social media network and of course the beaches, bars, clubs and venues. All the performers have their fans. They go to be … Read more

Happy Beach Music Day

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Is there going to be a Beach Music Day in NC or SC this year? To me, every day is a Happy Beach Music Day.. in years past I have seen information about cities as well as North Carolina and South Carolina celebrating a day proclaimed as Beach Music Day. I can’t find anything official about anything as far as an annual celebration. If anyone knows anything or has seen a specific date for 2014.. please let me know.

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