The Beach Music Journal

 

"For me, the Shag was like Prometheus' gift of fire to humankind.  The passion in the Shag sets me free every time I glide onto the dance floor.

I'm from Missouri where men don't dance,  but the first time I saw the Shag I was hooked forever.  I had never seen such a sexy dance.  It took me years to figure out what I meant by 'sexy.'

This isn't just a book about the history of the Shag in the Carolinas--it points to its evolution in other places as well as the 'evolution' many of us go through when we seek to capture the object of our desire!"

                                       --John Hook

To order your copy(s) of Shaggin' In the Carolinas (132 pages)

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While Shagging In the Carolinas took 26 years to write 132 pages, the 1,000 page Beach Music Guide volumes only took 15 years (during and after those 26). 

This is where you'll get a much deeper understanding of the Music, the Culture, the People and the Places.  There's a 6-Wave history of Beach music covering 6 decades.  A Top 40 chart for each year 1945-2006, hundreds of artist bios, voluminous listings of local and regional bands, essays on the great lyrics of Beach music, and an extended essay on the changes of Beach Music as it began to discover itself.  -- John Hook

 

Order your copy(s) of Beach Music Guide Vol. 1 (500 pages)

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Order your copy(s) of Beach Music Guide Vol. 2 (500 pages)

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A Complete set of the Beach Music Guide Vols 1 & 2.

Order your set(s) of Beach Music Guide 1 & 2 (1000 pages, 26,000 songs sorted alphabetically, and sorted by 5,000+ artists with their discographies included)

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Contact Information

For questions, contributions, or alliances with the Endless Summer Network, here are the pertinent connections:

Telephone
843-602-4475
Postal address
POB 422, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597
Electronic mail
General Information: johnhook@mindspring.com
Sales: John Hook
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