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February 15, 2012Volume 1, Issue 15

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Out-Of-Market Marketingand Advertising Specialists

Fessa’ Hook’s new Book

The new Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia is for

those who’ve been looking for the charts for 2007 to 2011,

and for those who never got the *big,* 1,000 page, two-

volume encyclopedia, but who enjoy looking at the Top

40 Beach songs of each year, reading about some of the

unusual events of the year below the charts, and perhaps

pencilling in your OWN favorites missing from those

charts.

For DJs, this is the perfect accessory on the air or in

the club....all the charts for each year, back to back. It’s

only 100 pages, thin, you can slip it in the side pocket of

your computer bag.

It’s priced at $9.95. You order it and it’s shipped

within 48 hours.

Order yours at www.beachshag.com . You’ll see the

link there on the front page that takes you directly to the

order page.

Enjoy. --Fessa Hook

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Shagging with the Stars !

Autumn Jones & O’Neil McCoy Autumn Jones & O’Neil McCoy Autumn Jones & O’Neil McCoy

Autumn Jones (Pro) & O’NeilMcCoy (Star)

The National Shag Championship Preliminaries Kicked Offin Myrtle Beach with Shaggin’ with the Stars (Pt 1 of 3)

2001 was crowded once again

January 27th and 28th for the 2012

National Shag Championships and

all the pomp and circumstance which

go with this yearly ritual.

Six divisions of steppers compete

for honors as National Shag champs,

but the celebration doesn’t stop

there.

The National Shag Dance Cham-

pionships (NSDC) started “Shaggin

With the Stars” several years ago to

get the local Myrtle Beach commu-

nity more involved in the NSDC and

raise money for the Beth Mitchell

Scholarship.

Local “stars” and community lead-

ers are paired with professional shag

dancers and given only 12 hours of

practice time before competing at

NSDC Prelims each January. The

contestants are judged 2/3 by shag

dance judges and 1/3 by audience

applause.

SSSSShagginhagginhagginhagginhaggin’ with the S’ with the S’ with the S’ with the S’ with the Starstarstarstarstars

A true native of Myrtle Beach,

O’Neil McCoy is General Manager

of “Broadway at the Beach.” He is a

graduate of Myrtle Beach High

School and was a member of the state

championship tennis team. He has

a BS and Masters degree from

Clemson University. He likes golf,

tennis, and spending time as a newly

wed with wife Jewell.

O’Neil’s partner was Autumn

Jones who apparently inspired his

fearlessness to the point he was will-

ing to try on a Drop Belly Roll for

the contest.



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Matt Free (Pro) & Marla Branson(Star)

Matt Free & Marla Branson

Marla Branson is a meteorologist

with WMBF News, Originally from

Stuttgart, Arkansas, she’s a graduate

of Ole Miss and grad school alumni

of Mississippi State. She loves to play

golf, go on “staycations” on the Grand

Strand and is learning to surf from

her husband Michael Walter.

One thing’s for sure in looking at

these photos, the Stars’ coaches went

beyond expectations to encourage

their dance partners into some ex-

traordinary dance moves.

We’re sure the move above is a

Shag move, if she’d done that on her

surfboard, she’d have been overboard.

Christie Turner is with Re/Max

Ocean Forest, Originally from Boise,

Bill Barber (senior) & Christie Turner (Star)

Idaho, Christie moved to the Grand

Strand in 1991.

It must have been part of her des-

tiny. She later met and married her

husband Tracy on the Grand Strand

where he also sells real estate. They

have two sons, Nick & Nate, who she

considers her hobby when not work-

ing.

Christie has done work with

Bethany Christian Services and has

been active in PTAs serving as vice

president and was secretary of the

Relief Society.

Her partner Bill Barber, below,

had her pushin’ the envelope during

Shaggin’ With the Stars.

Maurine Cahill Butwin From a

family of five siblings, and she’s home-

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grown, growing up on the Grand

Strand.

Maurine is the manager of her

family’s restaurant “Nibils” in Myrtle

Beach.

She and husband Richard have an

eighteen month old, Helena, and are

expecting number two in June.

When she’s not working Maurine

enjoys family, friends, church, and

shopping. A Myrtle Beach High

School graduate, she also attended

Coastal Carolina University.

Scott Brown has been the General

Manager of the Myrtle Beach Peli-

cans since February of 2010.

Before that, Scott has a long base-

ball history. His dad was the Balti-

more Orioles public relations direc-

tor for 35 years. Since graduating

from the University of Maryland, he

has spent the last 30 years in minor

league baseball. He is a great ambas-

sador for the sport. Scott and wife

Rebecca have four daughters –

Mary Lynn Myrick (Masters) &Scott Brown (Star)

Mandy, Sydney, Abigail, and

Victoria.

Tony Dennis, originally from Day-

ton, Ohio and a huge Cincinnati

Redlegs fan, has lived in Myrtle

Beach for over 3 years.

Completing some early in life


Jessica Worley (Star) & JasonCagle (Pro)


Cameron Davis (Pro) & TonyDennis (Star)

Rhett Graham (Star) & Myers Varn(Pro)

Rhett Graham & Myers Varn

bucket list items, he has become a

fireman, completed culinary school,

next will be to earn his pilot’s license.

Tony is single and likes photogra-

phy, working out, and of course cook-

ing. (And had a ‘little’ extra time to

squeeze in some Shag lessons with

Cameron Davis).

Jessica Worley is a Little River resi-

dent and lifelong native of the Grand

Strand area.

Jessica graduated from Coastal

Carolina.

Jessica, her dad Harold, and sib-

lings H.G. & Lindsey own and oper-

ate the Ocean Drive Beach & Golf

Resort in North Myrtle Beach, SC.

She’s an active member of the com-

munity currently serving as Execu-

tive Chair of the Festivals & Events

Committee for North Myrtle Beach

Chamber of Commerce Board of Di-

rectors.

Jessica is also part of the owner-

operator management team for 94.9

The Surf, which allows her to take

an active role in the preservation of

Beach Music & the Shag on the

Grand Strand, and the world, via

their internet webstream 24/7.

Outside of work, Jessica is an avid

barrel racer and is a member of the

American Quarter Horse Association,

the S.C. Quarter Horse Association,

the National Barrel Horse Associa-

tion, the Barrel Futurities of America,

and the International Barrel Racing

Association.

Rhett Graham is a commercial in-

surance account executive with Wells

Insurance Company. Rhett is a na-

tive son of Myrtle Beach. Married

last April to ‘another’ April, he’s a

Coastal Carolina University graduate

where he played on the golf team,

after which he played professionally.

His hobbies include: sports, travel-

ing, reading, music, & following

CCU sports.

Reverend Jonathan Tompkins was

born and raised in New York, he’s a

graduate of the State University of

New York at Genesco and the Can-

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Rev. Jonathan Tompkins & MandyHolt

Rev. Jonathan Tompkins & Mandy Holt

dler School of Theology at Emory

University.

A former middle school teacher

and youth minister he was ordained

last June as minister in his third year

at the First United Methodist

Church in Myrtle Beach.

Jonathan and his wife Rebecca

have a son and are expecting a daugh-

ter in December.

He likes all kinds of music, run-

ning on the beach, and reading.

To show what a small world it re-

ally is, his father-in-law, Doug Neal,

played with Bob Meyer & the

Rivieras on their 1964 beach music

hit “Behold.”

Jonathan exhibited a surplus of

‘attitude’ throughout the contest, as

can be seen as Mandy holds on in

the picture below.

Lisa Robertson-Schmittle has been

a member of Myrtle Beach’s finest for

over eleven years. PFC Lisa is an in-

tegral part of their street patrol.

Originally from Huntington,

West Virginia, she enjoys the beach,

boating, and motorcycles.

Lisa is also a huge Marshall Uni-

versity fan. She’s the mother of two

sons, and a soon to be grandmother

in October.

After all the excitement which ac-

companied Shaggin’ with the Stars you’d have to wonder, ‘how much

more can there be?’ It was just the

beginning.

There were still the Non-Profes-

sional, Professional, Seniors, Masters,

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Lisa Robertson & Jeff Hargett

Juniors 1, and Juniors 2 to hear from.

Not to mention a very special Colle-

giate contest slated for Saturday night.

Congratulations to the 2012

Shaggin’ with the Stars winners:

Reverend Jonathan Tompkins in the

male division, and Christie Turner in

the female division.

***

(All the great photographs

provided by DJ and Photographer

Randy Jennings -- one of the host

DJs three times per year at the

Cagney’s Reunion parties).

Much more coverage in next

week’s DOTE News, and that’s still

the preliminaries!

Male Winner: ReverendJonathan Tompkins

Female Winner: Christie Turner


National Shag Championship - Highlights

Milton Nowell & Jane Jacobs(masters division)

Sam West & Leslie Jennings (Prodivision & Reigning Pro Champs)

Among the highlights on Friday

night were two exhibitions.

Above, the Reigning Pro Division

Champions, Sam West and Leslie

Jennings (Reigning in both 2011 and

2010).

Sam shared Overall Winner sta-

tus with Leslie in 2011 & 2010, with

Jessica McAlhany in 2008 & 07,

with Sarah Kemp in 2004 & 03, with

Jackie McGee in 2001, with Sarah

West in 1998 and 1995, and with

Melissa Sharp Calabrese in 1994.

(Believe it or not, he came in 5th

in 1992 and 1991, 2nd in 1989 and

1988. See still more of his wins at

www.shagnationals.com )

Leslie placed 4th in the Pro Divi-

sion in 2008, 3rd in 2006, and 2nd

in 2005. She also has a score of other

wins in the shagnationals.com data-

base.

Jane Jacobs to the right, placed in

the Pro division in 1996, 1995,

1994, and 1990. She was first inNon-Pro in 1987. She and Milton

were first in the 2011 Masters.

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Clay McClinton (Delbert’s son) appears for the

first time as part of a Beach Music compilation. Clay

appears in part through Cassie Fox, Promotional

Director for Shanty’s Records, who had been talking

to Clay’s agent.

Mark Roberts brings a new song, already chart-

ing, outside his recent CDs. “Don’t Let the Sun

Catch You Crying” was a breath-stopper at the re-

cent Carolina Beach Music Awards in North Myrtle

Beach and the Alabama Theatre.

Clifford Curry has supplied “I Love Women” from

the 80s and “Set Me Free” from the 90s. CEO David

Wade includes them because, in his words, “they’re

both forgotten songs.”

Lakeside Drive Band doesn’t have a CD - yet. But

both of their songs are already Beach charted, “Candy

Girl” went to #1, and “I’m Still In Love with You,” a

collaboration with Gene Pharr of the Continentals is

riding up the charts now.

Gary Lowder, who fronts for the Carolina Break-

ers, appears solo here on an original composition,

“Been There Before.”

To get your copy before they’re gone, go to

www.shantysrecords.com

Mark Roberts was born into a musical family in

Georgetown, SC . He was inspired musically by both

his mother and father and grew up with a strong passion

for Rock & Roll, Blues, and Motown music, making

him the singer and songwriter he is today. Renowned

musicians Mark Farner, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder,

Jimmy Hall, Michael McDonald, Bobby Kimball, Daryl

Hall, James Taylor, Elton John and Steve Perry influenced

Mark’s desire for focus, range, and style.

Mark has been lead vocalist in several bands including

Spanky's Gang, Matrix, Alter Ego, The Next, and Heart

and Soul. Mark joined Wilmington, NC band, Heart

and Soul, in 1991, which

was subsequently winner

of The Carolina Beach

Music Award for Best New

Artist in 2000.

Mark was nominated

for Male Vocalist in 2003

just before his break from

Heart and Soul. He found

a window of opportunity

with a well-known

musician already established

in Beach Music going on to claim Carolina Beach Music

Awards for Group of the Year, Song of the Year, Male

Vocalist, and Entertainer of the Year. Mark also won

Smoothie of the Year for 2005 and 2006.

Compilation albums Mark has recorded on include

All Aboard 4 in 2004 with “Dixie Moon,” Totally Beach

for Kids, a benefit CD for "Victory Junction Gang" in

2005, Soul Street Cafe with “Doesn't Get Any Better,”

and Now and Then from Judy's House of Oldies with

“Head Over Heels In Love” in 2007.

In June of 2007, Mark joined songwriter and

entertainer, Jim Quick and the Coastline Band then

recorded his first solo album in August of 2007 which

included two original songs he wrote.

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Mark Roberts

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20 3 1 WALK, THE 2011

Hawthorne, Mayer How Do You Do Universal Republic 2782587

17 1 2 EYES FOR YOU 2011

Hall, Daryl Laughing Down Crying

25 2 3 WHO’S ROCKIN’ YOU 2011

Ray, Donnie Who’s Rockin’ You Ecko 1129

20 5 4 GOTTA HAVE LOVE 2011

Sugarcreek Here We Go Again GDD 1003

18 4 5 YOU 2011

Chairmen of the Board

29 6 6 SUGARFIED 2011

Gaar, Burton Fried Grits & Greens Sound Ventures

24 8 7 I THINK I’LL DO SOME STEPPIN’ ON MY OWN 1977

Barber, Sandy Best Is Yet to Come

14 9 8 I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE 2005

Los Super 7 f Delbert McClinton Heard It On the X Telarc Distr 83623

16 11 9 LOVE DONE GONE 2010

Currington, Billy Enjoy Yourself Hump Head 92

16 10 10 DON’T COME CRYING ON MY SHOULDER 2010

Moss, Felicia No More Tears Disc Makers

28 7 11 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND 2011

Queens of Southern Soul Meet the Queens of Southern Soul KHP 1092

22 12 12 INDEPENDENCE 1993

Lulu Independence Capitol

14 15 13 MY HEART 2011

Night Cruise My Heart

14 14 14 I BELIEVE IT TO MY SOUL 2009

Stone, Joss f David Sanborn Colour Me Free Virgin America

15 16 15 MAKE ME YOURS 2011

Trexler, Susan Meet the Queens of Southern Soul KHP 1092

13 17 16 OVER AND OVER 2011

Strickland, Rick Rhythm and Romance therickstricklandband.com

13 18 17 I’M JUST SAYIN’ 2011

Castaways I’m Just Sayin’ KHP 1097

11 19 18 I’M CRAZY ‘BOUT THAT WOMAN IN RED 2011

Atlantic Groove

14 20 19 I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU 2011

Lakeside Drive Band w/ Gene Pharr Lakeside Drive Band

9 21 20 I’M IN HEAVEN WHEN I’M WITH YOU

Hamilton, Roy

Title BPM YearArtist (LP or CD) Record Co. & #

10 22 21 LITTLE MAMA 2011

Embers

26 13 22 SMOKEHOUSE BROWN 2011

King Tyrone & Graveyard Ramblers Boppin’ and Rockin’ KHP Music

8 25 23 MISSING YOU 2011

Amick, April Meet the Queens of Southern Soul KHP 1092

6 28 24 COME WHEN I CALL 2008

Mayer, John Where the Light Is Columbia 722665

4 29 25 KEEP SINGIN’ THE BLUES 2002

Willis, Chick I Won’t Give Up Deep South

8 27 26 CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ ON YOU 2011

Hudson, Lesa Sweet Wonderful You SRS 0711

31 23 27 NO MATTER 1999

Radics, Jack No Matter EMI 8866032

35 24 28 BOP, THE 2010

Ms Jody Ms Jody’s In the Streets Again Ecko 1121

11 31 29 HOWLIN’ AT THE MOON 2011

McClinton, Clay Buy American Shanty’s Records

4 32 30 SUGAA SHACK 2011

Klass Band Brotherhood

4 33 31 I DON’T CARE WHO KNOWS 2008

Russell, Catherine Sentimental Streak World Village

4 34 32 JUKE JOINT (2) 2007

Boppin’ Blues Band Boppin’ 15

18 35 33 I CAN’T THINK 2010

Band of Oz w/ Tim Morris Dance to the Radio KHP Music

4 36 34 DOWN IN THE BOTTOM

Hilton, James Band Fessa’ Hook’s Fish Fry Vol 1 Shanty’s Records

4 37 35 SMOOTH SAILING 2011

Holiday Band Smooth Sailing

2 40 36 LOVE AFTER WAR 2011

Thicke, Robin Love After War Interscope 16290

4 38 37 DISCONNECT MY PHONE 2008

Rhythm Bombs Better Be Ready NP 015

3 39 38 I WILL BE THERE

Bee Gees

1 39 DON’T WAIT TOO LONG 2011

Hall, Daryl Laughing Down Crying

31 26 40 YOU USED TO ROCK 2010

Blue Six / Tabitha Fair Noesis Naked Music 21

The Beach Music Top 40


Top Picks--Bubbling Under

15 1 1 RHYTHM AND ROMANCE Strickland, Rick therickstricklandband.com

5 2 2 LAUGHING DOWN CRYING Hall, Daryl

24 3 3 HERE WE GO AGAIN Sugarcreek GDD 1003

13 4 4 I’M JUST SAYIN’ Castaways KHP 1097

11 5 5 BUY AMERICAN various Shanty’s Records

24 6 6 WHO’S ROCKIN’ YOU Ray, Donnie Ecko 1129

8 7 7 SWEET WONDERFUL YOU Hudson, Lesa SRS 0711

27 8 8 MEET THE QUEENS OF SOUTHERN SOUL various KHP

7 9 9 MS JODY’S IN THE STREETS AGAINMs Jody Ecko 1121

46 10 10 SWEET LOVE Holiday Band CDD 1002

The Beach Music CD Top 10

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32 1 1 WAITIN’ AND DRINKIN’ 2009

Di Anne Price & Her Boyfriends 88 Steps to the Blues LocoBop

17 2 2 HOOK, LINE AND SINKER 2011

Lawyers, Guns, and Money Make Up Another Lie

16 3 3 MAKE THAT MONKEY JUMP 2011

Champion, Grady Dreamin’ GSM 7500

16 4 4 PARTY SHOPPE 2011

King Bees Carolina Bound Orig. High John

16 5 5 ALCOHOL BLUES 1997

Texas Red What Kind of Woman Is That Blue Loon 34

14 7 6 FEARLESS BLUES 2011

Popovic, Ana Unconditional Electo Groove 513

16 6 7 LOCKSMITH BLUES 2010

Chicago Bob & King Bees Rock Them Blues Rock House 00352

14 8 8 KEEP SINGIN’ THE BLUES 2002

Willis, Chick I Won’t Give Up

14 9 9 CATFISH AND WHISKEY 2007

Pearson, Big Pete One More Drink Blue Witch 37131

14 17 10 MILKMAN BLUES 2003

Dean, Roosevelt Somewhere ‘Round Georgia Z-K

14 18 11 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON 2011

Foster, Ruthie Live at Antone’s Blue Corn Music 1102

14 19 12 I REALLY LOVE YOU 2011

Foster, Ruthie Live at Antone’s Blue Corn Music 1102

14 20 13 LET ‘ER ROLL 1986

Paladins The Paladins Wrestler Records 1687

14 21 14 SITTIN’ WAITIN’ 2007

DeLone, Austin Soul Blues

14 22 15 PAYCHECK 118 2009

Pearson, Big Pete Screamer Modesto Blues

14 16 16 BUILT FOR COMFORT 2011

RoXi and the Blue Cats RoXi and the Blue Cats

8 23 17 IT DON’T MATTER TO ME 2011

Cooper, Christina Queens of Southern Soul KHP 1092

4 24 18 JUKE JOINT (2) 2007

Boppin’ Blues Band Boppin’ 15

19 10 19 OFF THE HOOK 2011

Cash Box Kings Holler and Stomp Blind Pig 5142

19 11 20 YOU GOT ME DIZZY 2010

Miller, Steve Band Bingo Roadrunner 177595


22 12 21 I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT 2011

Sugar Ray & The Bluetones Evening Severn 0052

16 13 22 BE MY SUGAR 1998

Gillespie, Dana & Joachim Palden Big Boy Wolf 120951

21 14 23 BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH 2011

Sicilia, Gina Can’t Control Myself Vizztone 388011

16 15 24 RUN YOUR REPUTATION DOWN 2011

King Bees & Jerry McCain Carolina Bound Orig. High John

4 27 25 DISCONNECT MY PHONE 2008

Rhythm Bombs Better Be Ready NP015

4 26 26 DOWN IN THE BOTTOM 2011

Hilton, James Band Fessa Hook’s Fish Fry V 1 Shanty’s

4 28 27 AIN’T NO WAY 2010

Fletcher, Kirk My Turn Wienerworld 511

8 25 28 LONG BLACK CAR 2011

Armstrong, James Blues at the Border Catfood 014

4 29 29 I DON’T CARE WHO KNOWS 2008

Russell, Catherine Sentimental Streak World Village

4 30 31 HARD TIMES 2011

Rawls, Johnny Red Cadillac Catfood 004

4 31 32 SEE SEE RIDER 1998

Beard, Joe For Real Audioquest 1049

4 32 32 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT 1995

Hogan, Silas Trouble: Best of Excello Masters Excello

4 34 33 WILD TURKEY 101 PROOF 2011

Wayne, Kenny Blues Boss An Old Rock On A Roll Stony Plain Recs

8 33 34 LEGEND OF MARY JOE 2011

Cotton, Larry Blues Band Legend

8 35 35 BRAND NEW MAN 2011

Armstrong, James Blues at the Border Catfood 014

8 36 36 GEMINI BLUES 2011

Nomad, Mark Torch Tones Blue Star

1 37 UNCONDITIONAL 2011

Popovic, Ana Unconditional Electo Groove 513

1 38 TANK FULL OF BLUES 2012

Dion Tank Full of Blues

1 39 DO YOU LOVE ME BABY 2012

Dion Tank Full of Blues

8 40 40 WORLD WEARY AN D BLUE 2011

Wells, Boy Blue Skies Calling MMP 15

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KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE Tucker, Teeny

KEEP YOUR MOTOR RUNNING Calabash Blues & Boogie Band

LADY THAT DIGS THE BLUES Jano’s, Big Al Blues Mafia

LITTLE BY LITTLE Allman, Greg Band

LITTLE BY LITTLE Calabash Blues & Boogie Band

MONEY’S GETTING CHEAPER Robillard, Duke & JBR

MOON DANCE Calabash Blues & Boogie Band

MY GUITAR Kubek, Smokin’ Joe & Bnois King

NEW WAY WITH THE BLUES Hall, Sandra

OLD MAN MAGNET Tucker, Teeny

PLAYFUL BABY Robillard, Duke & JBR

POWERFUL STUFF (LOVE CRAZY) Foster, David

ROCKIN’ ME BABY Alabama Blues Machine

ROCK ME BABY Miller, Steve Band

SLEEPING IN THE GROUND Calabash Blues & Boogie Band

STEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUE Miss Heat

THIS MUST BE LOVE Downchild Blues Band

TIRED OF BEING ALONE Block, Rory

TOO SWEET FOR ME Benoit, Tab

TRIMMIN’ THE FAT Castro, Tommy

TWO SHOTS OF JACK Oglesby, Erskine

WHAT A LIFE Foster, David

WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THIS Corritore, Bob & Friends

WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKIN’Big Joe & the Dynaflows

WHOLE LOTTA LADY Sharpville, Todd

WHO’S BEEN LICKIN’ MY CHICKEN Cadillac Kings

YOU DON’T LOVE ME Downchild Blues Band

YOU UPSETS ME BABY R&B Bombers

YOU’VE GOT BAD INTENTIONS The Mannish Boys


West Coast writer Arny Bailey says

he first heard Becki Sue and Her Big

Rockin’ Daddies years ago in some

little dive on the outskirts of Seattle -

- ain’t that where all blues bands

come from, somewhere on the fringe?

A couple of the Big Rockin’ Dad-

dies’ band members first formed un-

der the banner of the T-Boy Neal

Band in 2001. Traveling the South

both to make a buck and to immerse

themselves in the culture which called

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to them, they landed at the former

King Blues Festival in Helena Arkan-

sas, now known as the Arkansas Blues

and Heritage Festival, as well as actor

Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero

Blues Club where Highways 61 and

49 intersect -- the legendary ‘Cross-

roads.’

T-Boy Neal was the first in 2002

to spot Becki’s talent when her heard

her singing Karaoke. He asked her

to learn a handful of Blues tunes so

she could sing with his

band. Within two weeks

she’d learned 30 songs.

For awhile they played as

the Tim Sherman Band,

then the T-Boy Neal

Band, finally becoming

Becki Sue & Her Big

Rockin’ Daddies.

The first tune Becki

Sue ever performed pub-

licly was Pat Benatar’s

“Hit Me With Your Best

Shot.” Tom heard her singing Lee

Ann Rimes’ “Blue” one night and

started bringing her blues tunes to

hear.

Becki Sue had no idea that the

Blues could be so Cool! (She appar-

ently didn’t follow Pat Benatar’s ca-

reer, she her True Love blues CD with

Roomful of Blues in 1991. “Payin’

the Cost to Be the Boss” made the

Top 15 on the Beach and Shag charts

for the year).

Becki particularly liked Lou Ann

Barton, Angela Strehli, and Marcia

Ball’s Dreams Come True album from

1990.

The band played together with-

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out changes for seven years - an amaz-

ing feat in and of itself. Since then,

there’ve been a number of substitu-

tions with everyone wishing everyone

else the best.

They won five local Blues Awards

in a single year, picking up more and

more fans along the way.

Becki kept her day job! Unusual.

She wasn’t willing to roll the dice on a

full-time blues career.

Altogether they’ve recorded three

CDs, pictured throughout the story.

Of those, we found several with

potential for West Coast Swing, Bop, Shag, and other

free-style enthusiasts.

In particular:

“Easy Go”

“How Much Longer”

“Just Your Fool”

“Mean Mistreater”

“Mr. Lies”

“Natural Born Lover”

“No I Ain’t Gonna Let You Go”


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There may well be several more of interest.

his musical career in Olympia, Washington in 1981

as band "T-Boy Neal" - Lead Guitar

"T-Boy Neal" is lead guitarist for Becki with prob-

ably the most experience of the band.

He was leader for the Capital City’s legendary blues

band "The Harmonic Tremors". In 1982 he moved to

Seattle and immersed himself in the thriving Pioneer

Square blues scene. From 1982 to 1996, Tom joined



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Photo by John Jacobson - [email protected]

forces with some of the region’s top blues acts and musi-

cians, performing and recording with John Hodgkin in

"The Slackmasters" and "Drivin' Wheel"; with Mike

Lynch in "Nitelife"; with Portland-based keyboardist,

D.K.. Stewart; with Doug Lynn in "The Led Jaxson

Band"; as co-leader, along with Perry Sanders, of

Olympia's "The Steamers"; and as leader of "The T-Boy

Neal Band". Tom has opened shows for John Lee Hooker,

The Legendary Blues Band, Roy Buchanan and James

Harman, among others. He has shared the stage with

Mark DuFresne, Curtis Salgado, Jimmy McCracklin,

Larry Davis, Cash McCall, Sugar Ray Norcia, and blues

guitar great Ronnie Earl. He was also nominated for both

the "Hall of Fame" and "Life Time Achievement" awards

in 2006 from the Washington Blues Society.

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