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Summerdaze, a local 6-piece band is energized to bring their take on good-time dance music to a wider audience. The new CD comes on the heels of a series of well-received singles and performances that have earned the band a stellar reputation as Carolina’s Premier Variety Dance Band. They’ve been particularly well received on the beach music scene, driven by their contemporary take on that Carolina-born-and-bred style of rhythm and blues that’s the soundtrack to so many of our childhoods.
ONE AND ONLY ONE
an original written by Raleigh songwriter Jim MacDonald with lead vocals by Mitch Simpson |
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OOH, BABY, BABY
lead vocals by Cassie Kessler |
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CATCH AIN'T WORTH THE CHASE
an original written by Raleigh songwriter Jim MacDonald with lead vocals by Mitch Simpson |
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CAROLINA BEACH MOTION
an original written by band members Adam Rouse and Cassie Kessler with lead vocals by both |
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WATCH YOUR WORDS
an original written by band member Adam Rouse
and sang by band member Dave Daniel |
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DIXIE HUMMINGBIRD
lead vocals by Adam Rouse (remix) |
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I JUST WANT US BACK
an original written by band member Adam Rouse
with lead vocals by Adam Rouse |
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BACK IN LOVE AGAIN
lead vocals by Adam Rouse |
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BEAUTIFUL DAY
an original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals by band member Shaun Quan |
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I'M A KEEPER
original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals
by Cassie Kessler |
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MR. MOON
original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals
by Mitch Simpson |
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ALL SUMMER LONG
A B.Boy’s classic but redone with shag tempo lead vocals by Summerdaze members and former “stand in beach boy” and special guest John Hunter Phillips |
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BAND MEMBERS Adam Rouse vocals/saxophone and harmonica
Dave Daniel vocals/guitar Cassie Kesler vocals/percussion Steve Thrift drums
Shaun Quan vocals/bass Mitch Simpson vocals/keyboards/band leader
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