**Photo property of Joanie Dakai via Facebook**

Deb Browning and Gary Lowder will be hosting a song release party on September 6, 2019
in the back room at Fat Harold's Beach Club in N. Myrtle Beach. The event will run from
4:00 - 6:00 PM and the entire Smokin' Hot Band will be on hand as well. Light hor d'oeuvres
will be served.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, August 25, 2019, Mike Brooks announced the addition of the
newest member of the Konnection Band. They've welcomed Robert Hale, Sr., on bass!  We'd
like to welcome Robert to the band and we look forward to seeing the guys at an upcoming
show really soon.

Current members of Konnection include:
Mike Brooks
Robert Hale, Sr.
Ray Preston
Brian Ramsey
Ellis Harmon
Steven Compton

Mike Brooks is frontman for Konnection and host of Carolina Ocean Drive with Allan Daniel
on US 98.3 FM from Oxford, North Carolina.

Konnection Website
Konnection Facebook Page

Our guide to Fall SOS is now available for download and/or print. Use the link below to navigate to the
SOS page. The digital version is perfect for your phone or tablet and the printable guide is setup in a
tri-fold brochure format to easily slip it into your purse or back pocket.

Please note that if more events are announced, we will do our best to have those added ASAP and updated
on our website.

View the SOS guide now!

A new band to the Beach Music community but they've been entertaining for years. Straight from the Commonwealth of Virginia, they can be heard on stations throughout the region. JB and the Get Down Browns recently released their single "Lake Booty Shake" and many of your favorite stations and DJ's already have a copy. It's a great song and we appreciate the guys getting a copy to us and you'll want to be sure to call and request it. The song is a fun groove talking about Summer fun shaggin' at the lake and doing that "Lake Booty Shake".

The six piece band comes to us from Southside, Virginia and the members include:

Jeff Bailey - Vocals and Guitar
David Snead - Vocals, Guitar, Synth Guitar
Colby Bailey - Trumpet and Percussion
Vernon Carter - Vocals and Drums
Bill Brown - Vocals and Bass
Brian Parks - Vocals, Harp, Saxophone and Guitar

Being from the same area ourselves, we've had the opportunity several times to hear the band and they put on a great show. From their stage setup, lighting show to the music, they know how to entertain. Their lineup also includes their sound engineer Chad Plemons and their lighting tech Clint Bailey.

You can catch them on Sunday, September 1, 2019 with the Embers featuring Craig Woolard at the Lake Life Live Concert Series in Clarksville, Virginia. Gates open at 3:00 PM and JB and the Get Down Browns will take the stage at 4:00 and the Embers at 7:00. Only $5.00 admission for an afternoon packed full of entertainment. For more information on this event, click here!

Be sure to call your favorite stations and DJ's and request "Lake Booty Shake" and we'd like to say congratulations to the guys on the release. Below you will find a couple of links for the band's Facebook page and their website where you can hear music samples, view their song list, videos and more. Head over and be sure to like their page and as shows are added to their calendar, you will of course find them here on Flip Flop Live as well.

Website
Facebook Page

 

The Catalina's announced the release of their new song featuring vocalist
Angela Resignalo. The release is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday July 26th.
You can watch for the release on their Facebook page and of course we will
update you here on Flip Flop Live once more information is available.

Catalina's Website: Click Here
Catalina's Facebook: Click Here

The Feature Attraction Band announced last week they're headed back to the studio to record three original songs. On Sunday, July 21st they posted on their Facebook page they were at Cape Fear Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina with J.K. Loftin who also recorded and produced their last single "This One's for the People" that was included on the Cape Fear Compilation "Carolina Moon. When more information on the new music is made available, we will be sure to update that information here.

FAB website: Click Here
FAB Facebook page: Click Here
Cape Fear Studios: Click Here

**Photo was posted by the CBMA on their Facebook page**

Click here to read his obituary and to sign his online guest book

We received the news earlier today that the Beach Music community has lost another
member who was dearly loved by so many. Tommy was the manager and lead vocalist
for the "Tommy Black Band" along with playing guitar and harmonica and known for his
songwriting talents. Two of our favorites by Tommy are Shadow Shaggin' and Sabrina
among many others.

Thomas Black Sr.
July 12, 1942 – July 17, 2019
A memorial service will be held at 4 pm on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Church of the Lost and Found, North Myrtle Beach, SC.

Our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends and we will of course update this post
with service details if/when they're made available.

**Logo property of the Rock Hill Shag Club**

The Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (ACSC) will hold their 2019 Summer Workshop this weekend running July 12th - 14th. at the Renaissance Charlotte Suite Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

For more information please CLICK HERE!

If you're a member of the Carolina Beach Music Academy (CBMA) and if you feel as though we're deserving of your nomination for the "2019 Michael Branch Award", we'd certainly appreciate your support. This has been an exciting venture for us and we hope that you find the information that we share helpful as well as entertaining. Of course we love the feedback and/or suggestions that we receive and we do our best to implement each one to make Flip Flop Live the #1 source for Everything Beach Music.

The most important thing is that you're a member of the CBMA and that you take the time to nominate and vote for your favorites in each category because with your participation, that's what helps keep our industry in motion.

Thank you for your support!
Andy Lucy & Jonathan "JJ" Sharpe
Flip Flop Live