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HBD Book Debut Party - Macon, GA
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS!
ROAD SHOWS
An Evening w/ John
McElrath
Greenwood S.C. Civic Center
Friday, Sept, 12th, 2008
HERE'S SOME GREAT
PHOTOS!
HERE'S A RECAP OF THE EVENING!
BOOK SIGNINGS
BEACH MUSIC
Extravaganza!
S.C. State Museum - Columbia
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
HERE'S TWO PAGES OF
PHOTOS!
50th Rock 'n' Roll
Reunion
Imperial Theatre - Augusta, GA
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
HERE'S SOME GREAT
PHOTOS!
Independence Day
Celebration
Rose Hill Estate - Aiken, S.C.
Friday, July 4th, 2008
HERE'S PHOTOS OF THE
FUN!
CBMA Membership Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
Sunday, August 19th, 2007
HERE'S 2 PAGES OF
PHOTOS!
The Jesters LIVE In Concert
Chateau Elan - Braselton, GA
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
HERE'S 2 PAGES OF
PHOTOS!
Back To The Beach Fest '07
Fairview Beach, Virginia
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
THIS
EVENT WAS RAIN-CANCELLED
HERE'S PHOTOS FROM
THE WEEKEND
Swingin' Medallions
Reunion
Greenwood Civic Center
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
HERE'S PHOTOS FROM THE
WEEKEND
Lowton Civic Hall -
Lowton, UK
Hesketh Meadow Lane (Near
Wigan)
Friday, July
13th, 2007
WE HAVE 4 PAGES OF UK
PHOTOS HERE!
Funky Feet Records
- UK
4a
Bedford St. - Rhyl, North Wales
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
WE HAVE 4 PAGES OF UK
PHOTOS HERE!
Longfield Suite -
Prestwich, UK
Friday, July 6th, 2007
WE HAVE 4 PAGES OF UK
PHOTOS HERE!
Thomasville (GA) Rose
Festival
Friday - April 27th, 2007
2 PAGES OF PHOTOS HERE!
The Handlebar - Greenville, SC
Saturday - March 24th, 2007
SEE WHAT YOU MISSED
HERE!
Dothan Civic
Center - Dothan, AL
Friday - February 23rd,
2007
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS HERE!
Plan 9 Music - Richmond, VA
Sunday - February 10th, 2007
WE HAVE PHOTOS!.. CLICK
HERE!
ROAD SHOWS
Jekyll Island Beach
Music Festival
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
HERE'S 4 FULL PAGES OF
PHOTOS!
Richmond Beach Music
Festival
Richmond (VA) Raceway Complex
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
HERE'S A PAGE FULL OF
PHOTOS!
Memorial Day
Weekend
Festival
Plum Branch S.C. Yacht Club
Sunday - May 27th, 2007
GOT SOME PHOTOS FOR YA
HERE!
In-Men Ltd. (Elon, NC) Show - 2008
Here's HBD author, Greg Haynes,
with the
First Ladies of Beach Music (from the Monzas)
Linda "Quig" Quinlan James and Sharon Hinshaw
Copeland. Additional photos will be available on
the Heeey Baby Days blog.... COMING SOON!!
The Jesters (Athens, GA) - 2007
"Heeey Baby Days" Author, Greg
Haynes (pictured
above) with The Jesters from Athens GA following
their performance at Chateau Elan in Braselton, GA
WE HAVE MORE PHOTOS HERE!
Burlington, NC
(December 2006)
Read "The Burlington Report" Here!
The first official "Heeey
Baby Days Of Beach Music Road Show" was held December 17th in
Burlington, North Carolina. If you were there and have photos or
thoughts you'd like to share online, contact us
here.
We just received the photo below... What a night!!
The First Ladies Of Beach Music
"Heeey Baby Days Of Beach Music" Road Show
L-R: Sharon Copeland & Linda "Quig"
Quinlin James
Background: Sammy Fowler, also of The Monzas
HERE'S MORE ROAD SHOW
PHOTOS!
About The Book
The Heeey Baby
Days Of Beach Music book was
"officially" released
October 6, 2006 at the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame & Museum
in Macon.
LOOK WHO WAS THERE! (Were
you at the "Party After The Party??)
NOW APPEARING
AT THE BEACH CLUB!
We have in excess of 200 significant contributors to the book so
there are potentially that many outlets from which to buy the book.
This includes numerous retail stores in the Southeast.
Our intent is to share any successes that the book might
achieve with those who have made the book possible and or their
designated charities or causes. We have already pledged to use book
proceeds to benefit
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness),
The
University of Georgia Music Business Degree Program, the
Georgia Music
Hall of Fame and Museum in Macon and others to be named.
We’ll keep you posted
on how well we do in that department as well. We also expect to have a
good time and hear some great music in the months ahead. Incidentally,
if you buy a book from one of the
bands of The Heeey Baby Days of
Beach Music at a live event, you might be able to get the performers
to sign the photo of them in the book which was shot 40 so years ago.
As the book is sold or
otherwise committed, we will periodically post the percentage of books
sold. Hopefully, when we get to 90% sell through, we will reorder an
additional printing which will be available eight weeks later.
More Book Details:
The book retails for $59.95.
The book has 552 tabloid size pages and includes an Index and
approximately 800 images. It weighs 10 pounds. (An actual image of the
book w/ dust jacket is posted on the right-hand column of this page.)
Three CDs are included with the book are housed in a specially
designed art card affixed to the inside back cover. The CD booklet
is also included. (See the tracks and artists on the two music
CD's included with the book
here!)
Payment for a first printing of The Heeey Baby Days Of Beach
Music may be done by check, Visa or Master Card. (Click
here for international shipping rates.)
ORDER
THE BOOK HERE!
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Early Reviews
Below are
e-mailed comments
from musicians
who've reviewed early drafts of the book...
Well, congratulations. It looks like it's finally going to happen. I
know that it's been a labor of love for you, and that you may never
make a cent for all of the time you spent on your project. Now you
know what it feels like to be a musician. Nevertheless, I'm sure that
you feel a sense of accomplishment, and you have a lot to be proud of.
I sent some photos to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, hopefully
they'll see fit to use some of them. If all goes well, I'd like to go
the Hall for the kick-off on October 6. My best to Nora and I hope
I'll see you then. --- Rodney Justo - The Candymen, Atlanta
Rhythm Section
I have just
seen the finished product, entitled, "The Heeey Baby Days Of Beach
Music!". It is without a doubt the greatest tribute to the Beach Music
Culture that has ever been done. For those of you who do not know,
this book has been 5 years in the making. It covers the Pioneers of
Beach Music from the 1960's Carolina Beach Bands. If you were a beach
music musician from the 60's, you are more than likely in the book as
they really did their homework producing this novel. If you were a
Beach Music Fan who grew up with this music in your blood, then this
is something you would be proud to have in your library. I know I am!!
It's like the high school annual we never had. There will be a 14 CD
collection being distributed World Wide to go along with it. My hats
off to Greg Haynes and Marion Carter for this massive production which
tells the Real Story of Beach Music. If you love Beach Music & grew up
with it, this book is for you! --- J.D. Cash, Bob Kuban & The
In-Men, St. Louis Missouri
(Transcript
of voice mail left after receiving an advance copy of book): Wow
Wow Wow Wow Wow! I am so impressed; I’m astounded. I knew you were
special but this is like beyond belief. My hat’s off to you, you
incredible person. --- Ed Baker, Publisher, Atlanta Business
Chronicle
I got the excerpt from
your great book last night. It looks like it's going to be fantastic.
That Big Bam poster really brings back memories. I lived in Montgomery
as a kid and those shows were at the coliseum at least twice a year.
Just imagine seeing all that talent for $2.50. We didn't know how good
we had it back then. --- Eddie Burton - The In, Huntsville,
Alabama
I read the book and
it's great! You've really done your homework and I bet that Lewis
Grizzard would have written about it non-stop! Don't be surprised if
appreciation of your efforts doesn't show up in some pretty
interesting places. --- Cyril Vetter - Greek Fountains, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana [Cyril was co-writer of "Double Shot
Of My Baby’s Love"]
That is nothing short
of amazing! I can’t wait to tell a couple of friends who are huge RS
(Rolling Stones) fans! Good writing, too, by the way!
Just finished reading the second
thing! (The Jesters) What a hoot. This is going to be a neat book! ---
Marvin Taylor - K-Otics, Tallasee, Alabama
The KING and his court can't believe the
great things you are saying about our band and again we feel honored
that we have received this place in the book. To end this chapter with
our hero Bill Deal starting it out makes our hearts heavy with pride
remembering Bill's passing at such a ripe age. He would have
contributed so much more to the history of beach music had the Lord
not called him home. I guess God likes beach music too and wanted a
private audience. --- King Edward & The BD’s,
Mechanicsville, Virginia
While I'm
thinking about it let me say that I and everyone who played in bands
during the HBDays owes you a huge debt of gratitude for all your
effort, blood, sweat, tears, etc. in compiling this historical
document. You are right in that it would be a shame for that era to
fade into oblivion with nothing to document it. Can't you just picture
it being the year 2050 and someone stumbles across a time capsule
containing copies of the movie "Animal House" along with your book?
WHAT A CLASSIC COMBINATION! --- Jim Ring, The Rotations,
Waynesboro, Virginia
* WE
NEED YOUR INPUT! *
We're compiling a list of
places in the South where
The Heeey Baby Days Of Beach Music bands played during
the years of 1962-1969.
Check out the list
here and let us know of any venues or clubs you
think we need to add. If you've got one,
click here to drop us a
note with your suggestion.
CHECK OUT THE BAND PHOTOS!
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"Heeey Baby Days" Proclamation
Author receives the "official"
proclamation from
Sleepless Knights drummer, Larry Cole
GET THE COMPLETE STORY HERE!
 "Heeey
Baby Days" Podcast
Book Excerpt
At the colleges, it was the days when
Humdinger Cups were filled with three parts PBR and one part MD 20-20
at the Saturday night fraternity party. Pace was required if Rebel
Yell and COKE provided additional company at a Saturday afternoon
gridiron affair between the Hedges, in the Valley, or down in the
swamp. In the Deep South, and probably everywhere, one or both
weekend nights had some sort of garage band providing the music for
the socialization of our time. Most every town or crossroads in the
60’s featured a local aspiring five-piece band playing the music of
everyone from the Rolling Stones to the Temptations, in no particular
order. How many times did you hear ‘Satisfaction” at a National Guard
Armory? How many different bands did you hear perform that
classic by the Rolling Stones? But were you really there to hear the
Rolling Stones perform it live at a fraternity party at Georgia
Southern College in1965? My cousin Porky and his college
roommate, Jimmy Hilliard, decided that their fraternity, Sigma Epsilon
Chi (SEX) should throw a big hoorah. (See Cousin Porky and the Rolling
Stones.) To the halls and pavilions of small towns and beaches
throughout the South came the singers and the bands and revues that
numbered from two to twenty-two. These were the heydays when even the
most local of bands found an audience and fast dancin’ ruled. "The
Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music” were unique especially for the
dances (earlier called sock hops) that would occur virtually weekend
night. When “The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music” ended on the
last day of the 60’s, so did a musical era. Those were the days when
many more bands were playing and they had gigs every Friday and
Saturday night and sometimes two performances on a Saturday with a jam
session. Those were "The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music".
Book Quotes
"When you step back and look at the Big
Picture of how long our species has been recording sound on this
planet, it's quite amazing...for a brief period this was PURE music
made by people with real instruments....and then came all of the
electronics and drum machines and other crap."--- John Wyker
- Rubber Band (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
"We went from "Stand By Me" to hard
rock and heavy metal and songs that captured the desperation of the
times, such as King Crimson's 'confusion will be my epitaph, as I
crawl this cracked and lonely path'. Our band was never the same. Like
many great rhythm and blues bands, our collective soul drifted away
with the changing times." --- Ben Barnard (lead singer) - Oxford
Nights
"When the hair got long, the fun got
short.” --- Jerry Clapp - The In-Men Ltd.
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link below to read comments from individuals who have purchased the
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In The News
Below are print articles and
reviews about
"The Heeey Baby Days Of Beach Music"...
"Teamster Magazine" - September 2005
"The Tuscaloosa News" - September 24, 2006
"Waycross Journal-Herald" - October 3, 2006
"Jesup
Press-Sentinel" - October 4, 2006
"The Planet Weekly" - October 12, 2006
"The State" (Columbia) - October 19, 2006
"The Item" (Sumter) - October 29, 2006
"The Albany Herald" - November 2, 2006
"WALB-TV" (Albany) - November 2, 2006
"Sun
News" (Myrtle Beach) - Nov. 12, 2006
UGA Alumni Newsletter - November 2006
SEE "AUTHOR
SPOTLIGHT" ON
THE LEFT SIDE
"Georgetown Times" - November 16, 2006
"Georgia
Trend" Magazine - December 2006
"Camden Chronicle-Independent" - Dec. 27, 2006
"Atlantan
Magazine" - January/February 2007
"In The Basement" (UK) - January-April 2007
"Vintage Magazine" (GA) - March 2007
"Stomp And Stammer" - March 2007
"ABSCDJ Journal" - April 2007
"Thomasville Times" - April 22, 2007
"Index-Journal" (Greenwood) - May 27, 2007
"Ugly Things"
(La Mesa, CA) - Summer 2007
"Swampland.com" Website - Summer 2007
"Sun
News" (Myrtle Beach) - June 3, 2007
"Atlanta Intown Buckhead" - July 2007
"Golden Isles Magazine" - July-August 2007
"Richmond Times-Dispatch" - July 29, 2007
"Charlotte Observer" - August 14, 2007
"In Dangerous Rhythm" - September 1, 2007
"Metro Spirit" (Augusta) - November 21, 2007
"Index-Journal" (Greenwood) - December 16, 2007
"Georgia Bar Journal" - February 2008
"Augusta Chronicle" - July 3, 2008
"Aiken Standard" - July 5, 2008
"Atlanta Business Chronicle" - October 3, 2008
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****BONUS MATERIAL****
The stories from "The Heeey
Baby Days Of Beach
Music" continue to come in (after we've reached the
deadline for inclusion in the first edition of the book). These
stories are just too good to keep under wraps
so we've decided to share them with you. ENJOY!
MOST
COVERED SONGS
What is the MOST COVERED song
from the
Heeey Baby Days? We've started a list
here.
Click here to give us your additions/feedback.
THE
MOST SOUL?
Which bands from "The Heeey
Baby Days Of
Beach Music" did we leave off this
list?
THE RULES (Just 2):
1. Band must have originated in the 60's
2. Must have a derivation of "Soul" in their name
Virginia leads right
now with 8 bands, the Carolinas
(North & South) are tied with 6 bands. Georgia
is in fourth place with 4 bands. There must be
at least a hundred more "soul"ful bands! Also,
please help us identify the states we marked as ((UNK) unknown.
We'll update this list every
few days so give us your feedback/input
here!
The Play
We have been deliberating
about the musical based on the book. In addition to doing a wonderful
job crafting a play from the book, Nora Marion did a great amount of
research on various dances that were occurring around the South during
"The Heeey Baby Days Of
Beach Music". If we are able to get the play off the ground, it would
be important to regionalize it so that the music and dance used would
be germane to the performance location. While the shag may prevail in
Carolina, it’s very possible that the bop would be employed for
performances in Alabama and Florida.
We have a vast number of
songs that will be utilized and it would depend on the location. We
would hope to use members of "The Never Gonna Give It Up Club" for the
music. We will be publishing a few excerpts from the play. We'll start
by introducing the characters and give you a small snippet of the
first of the play. Depending on the response we get, we will continue
to roll more segments over the next few weeks. In the mean time, we
will be talking to various production companies about the play. Please
give us your feedback
here.
Heeey
Baby Days (The Play) - Act 1
Heeey Baby Days (The Play) - Act 2
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