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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
SONG DEMO
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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BUICK 59
lead vocals by Adam Rouse
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CAROLINA BEACH MOTION
an original written by band members Adam Rouse and Cassie Kessler with lead vocals by both
SONG DEMO
WATCH YOUR WORDS
an original written by band member Adam Rouse
and sang by band member Dave Daniel
SONG DEMO
DIXIE HUMMINGBIRD
lead vocals by Adam Rouse (remix)
SONG DEMO
I JUST WANT US BACK
an original written by band member Adam Rouse
with lead vocals by Adam Rouse
SONG DEMO
BACK IN LOVE AGAIN
lead vocals by Adam Rouse
SONG DEMO
BEAUTIFUL DAY
an original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals by band member Shaun Quan
SONG DEMO
I'M A KEEPER
original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals
by Cassie Kessler
SONG DEMO
MR. MOON
original by Jim MacDonald with lead vocals
by Mitch Simpson
SONG DEMO
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
SONG DEMO



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