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The 2008 Book & Boogie Tour

A multi-media presentation on the 'Secret' History of the Beach and Shag heritage of the South.  (References available:  Rotaries, Civitan, Chambers of Commerce, S.C. State Archives, Federal Point Historical Society et al.).  Customized and localized for each location.  Based on Shagging In the Carolinas, The Beach Music Guide, and excerpts from the upcoming "How Music Freed the South."  Contact numbers and e-mail below.
Send requests to: endlesssummernetwork@sc.rr.com

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Pictures from our Book Signings:

 

 

The Beach Music & Shag Blog entry 6/26/07 http://blog.beachshag.com ). 

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Coming 2009:

How Music Freed The South:  (The Secret History of Beach Music, Shag and Bop)

Book Signings and Shag History Presentations:

  • May 10, 2008  www.elowcountry.com presents the 11th Annual Pawley's Island Pavilion Reunion with the Catalinas and DJ Butch Davidson entertaining!  Tickets $25 advance, $30 day of the show.  Call 877-577-2357 for tickets.  Visit www.scelp.org  to get a look at the fabulous food menus--food which is now part of the ticket price!--or our friends at www.waxmuseum.net to get even more history on the 11th annual reunion.  Beer $1, Wine $2, sodas and water free.  Learn more about lodging in the Pawley's area at www.elowcountry.com

  • May 16, 2008  NC State University Pikas:  (Ultimate Beach Music Reunion Party!)

  • May 18, 2008  Thoroughbred's, Charlotte, NC.  Fessa Hook makes a rare Sunday night appearance in Charlotte--spinning the tunes at Thoroughbreds.

  • May 23-25, 2008:  Percy Thornton benefit at Mint Juleps in Southern Pines, NC.  The Sand Band 8:30 til close on Friday the 23rd, DJ Butch Adeimy noon til 3 on 24th with Fried Flounder lunch from 1 til 3, DJ Jerry Burrage that afternoon, a Shag contest for dancers who have not competed in sanctioned events, and Fessa Hook from 9 til close on May 24th.  On Sunday the music starts at noon, an awards presentation and pulled pork dinner in the afternoon and DJs til 6 pm.

  • May 25, 2008   Chateau Elan, Braselton, Georgia.  Fessa Hook starts the music for the pre-party pool party at Noon.  The Free Shag Lessons at 7:30, the Pieces of Eight perform at 8:30.  Tickets through Rick Wagner at 770-932-4038 work or 770-402-6319 cell.  Get them now to get your seating preferences.  Chateau Elan also has offered Rick a discount package including lodging, ask about that if you'd like to stay over.  Email Rick at rick@aap-rjw.com  See you that Sunday (for those who get there early in the day, the Chateau has special arrangements to store your luggage until check-in time).

  • June 5, 2008  The Sidewheeler (on the Riverwalk), Conway, S.C. 5 to 9 pm.  Great Music and Great Great Great Food! Join Fessa Hook and make new friends.

  • June 14, 2008  Thoroughbred's, Charlotte, NC.  Fessa Hook makes a rare appearance in Charlotte--spinning the tunes on Saturday night.

  • September 24--27, 2008  Fessa Hook returns to one of the greatest parties ever! in Louisville,Kentucky....details forthcoming.

  • October 18, 2008 Hook brings home the music and books at a Saturday Afternoon party with the Geechee Blast in Charleston, SC.

  • October 19-25, 2008  Hook and Jay Jenkins are DJs along with the spectacular Holiday Band, Rhonda McDaniels, Lia Long of the Wave, and stil more to be announced--who knows who else on the Spooktacular Cruise into the Caribbean.  Go to www.holidayband.com to learn more and get yourself on that cruise.

  • December 13, 2008  Lexington Shag Club Christmas party, Lexington, NC.

  • (Want a book signing or DJ date, contact Fessa Hook--e-mail and phone at the bottom of this page).

 

 

 

 

The Endless Summer Network listening audience has ranked Top Three in the world with Warp Radio for 8 months (seven at #5, five at #4, eight at #3, two at #2)--(see www.warpradio.com  for the Top 10).  Thank You for making this the Premier Beach Music Network.

Beach Music Top 40 Countdown Fessa Hook Saturdays 9 - Noon, Tuesdays 7-10 pm
Saturday Night Fish Fry Fessa Hook Saturdays 6 - 9 pm
On the Beach Charlie Brown Saturdays 9 - Midnight
Totally Northern Soul Kev Roberts in England Sundays Noon - 2 pm
Roadhouse Blues & Boogie Show Fessa Hook Sundays 9 - Midnight

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Beach Music and Shag evolved under different names and styles in many places for over 60 years.  Some call it good time oldies, Soul, and Rhythm 'n Blues.  In other parts of the world the same music is the foundation for  Steppin' and Modern Soul.  This is the oldest site on the web for news, charts, and free Webcasts for Beach Music from the Edge of Paradise with Fessa John Hook (for those of you from the WBT and Beach 106 days; it was Dr. Hook at that time, but hey, I'm evolving too!).  Enjoy!

Our Mission

To provide the largest network of Beach Music and Shag aficianados in the world with the history, past and present, of the music you love.

Company Profile

The Endless Summer Network currently provides several perspectives on Beach and Shag music to listeners worldwide.  #1)  From the Roots in the 40s and 50s to the Classics of the 60s, 70s and 80s, to the Great Shag hits of the 90s and Today.

However, we know there are many of you who like yours on the somewhat more energetic, sometimes dark, side.  That's where #2 comes in--Roadhouse Blues and Boogie:  Jump Blues, Roots, and Good Time Roadhouse music from the past and present.

We offer Specialty shows:  1 includes Beach Music Classics, Spotlights on Artists, Special Summer Spotlights, The great Clubs of the Past, a Special Fish Fry Show on the Weekends (which Fessa Hook first launched over 20 years ago), Roadhouse Retrospectives, a Roadhouse-style Fish Fry and more to come. 

If you're an advertiser who wants to reach the largest possible Beach and Shag audience, you're in the right place, with the people who have been doing exactly that for 25 years.

     Welcome to the Gateway for Beach Music and Shag history past and present.  Beach Music's 60 + year heritage is known by many names, from A to Z, by people and fans throughout the U.S. and many parts of the world. The All-Time Top 40 is topped by four particularly notable songs:  "Brenda" by O.C. Smith, "Lady Soul" by Temptations, "Ms. Grace" by the Tymes and of course "Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominoes.  

     Some associate Northern and Modern Soul with Beach Music from the 60s to today.  To many it is a form of Swing Music, Rhythm and Blues, Soul music, Motown oldies, Southern Soul , Carolina Beach Music , and dances including the Bop , the Basic , the Beach Bop , Shagging, the PC Bop , Fas Dancin , Shag , Soul Dancing , Shaggin or simply Diggin’ in the Sand.

     Beach Music's popularity has evolved in Myrtle Beach , Charlotte , Raleigh , Athens , Augusta , Columbia , Florence , Sumter , Charleston , Savannah , Wilmington , New Bern , Chapel Hill , Goldsboro , Atlanta , Knoxville , Johnson City , Lynchburg , Roanoke , Nashville , Jacksonville Florida , Panama City , Danville , Richmond , Virginia Beach , Kitty Hawk , Nag’s Head , Morehead City , Jacksonville North Carolina , Spartanburg and Greenville South Carolina , Rock Hill , Cheraw , Anderson , Lake Murray and hundreds of points in between.

     The Beaches which cradled Beach Music and Shag , Beachdiggers , Shaggers , and Boppers include all those from the sands and pavilions of legends like Ocean Drive , Wrightsville Beach , Carolina Beach , Folly Island , Tybee Beach , Atlantic Beach , Myrtle Beach , Topsail Beach , Minnesott Beach , Oriental Beach , Virginia Beach , Norfolk , Portsmouth , Mosquito Beach , Seabreeze , Shell Island , Bop City , Ocean City and more.

     The Shag has been the inspiration for the South Carolina State Dance 1984, and has spawned innumerable dance contests like the National Shag Dance Championships , the Grand Nationals with Charlie Womble and Jackie McGee every May in Atlanta, Georgia , S.O.S. Spring Safari and Fall Migration and Fun Monday , the Jr Shaggers and Junior Shag Contests , Shag Instructors , teachers , lessons , videos , books and brochures , the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs, deejays, over 100 social Shag Clubs and their close cousins the Bop Clubs , Swing Clubs , Swing Societies , Lindy Clubs and Jitterbug Clubs throughout the U.S. and the world.

 

     Beach Music has inspired the Cammys (the Carolina Beach Music Awards ) , the Beach Music Awards of the 80s , the Headliners Awards , It Will Stand Magazine , Dancing On The Edge Magazine , the Beach Music Association International , Beach Nights Magazine , Carolina Class Magazine , The Breeze Network , the legendary Beach 106 or WRDX , 94.9 The Surf or Beach & Boogie the Surf , 949thesurf.com , WODR FM, the Saturday Night Beach Show with Fessa ( the former ‘ Doctor ‘ ) Hook on WBT , Fred Fox's "Million-Dollar Oldies Weekend" on WEWO and now on WLNC , Laurinburg, Tommy Walker's "Midnight Train" on WKDX , Hamlet (and later on KIX/Raleigh), Rockin' Ray Caulder on WEWO , the late Mike Shadeed of WJNC Jacksonville, N.C., Ted Ours on WFLB , Fayetteville, and Russ Spooner / WGNI , Wilmington.

     Others were Bunky Odom on WLNC , or Tommy Stanley's R & B Hour on WEWO , later on WDKD  , Kingstree, WDAR , Darlington, WGNI , and now on WTXY Whiteville and co-host of the Sunny Beach syndicated radio Show.  And how about Dick Reus, who 'broke' "Girl Watcher" on WLEE , Richmond and sadly passed away while still workin' the phones on Hometown Beach ' Boogie , WTXY .  Plus, the original Buddy Edwards Beach Party, on WENC and later on WGQR .  (and a guy by the name of Jim Quick started the Coastline Band in the studios of WLNC , while he worked a weekend shift there.)  John Fox, Billy Melton, Jerry Peele, Charlie Brown, Jim Henderson, Bill Weathers, Fred Owen, Sunny Beach..... (and more to be added).

     Beach Music in one form or another has inspired Beach Music Bands galore for decades ( Embers , Fantastic Shakers , Catalinas , Tams , Coastline Band , Chairmen , Bill Deal & the Rhondels , Delbert McCLinton , Holiday Band , Heart and Soul , O’Kaysions , Band of Oz , Georgia Prophets , Billy Scott , North Tower , and more) (learn more in the Hey Baby Days of Beach Music books by Greg Haynes ) and many other Beach Music Radio legends like Sandy Beach , Steve Hardy , Charlie Byrd , Big John Ruth , Charlie Brown , the Rhythm ‘n Beach Network , the Beach Music Top 40 Countdown , Rhythm ‘n Beach Classics , the Fish Fry , The Roadhouse , Luke Vail , Larry Crockett , Randy Rowland , Dan E. Lockemy , Billy Smith , Freakin’ Deacon , Curtiss Carpenter , April McIntyre , the KIX Good Guys , Kebo Davis , and again dozens more.

     Beach Music 45s , cassettes , 8 tracks , LPs , albums , CDs , even a few movies and VHS's. 

     This is the Gateway.

 
 

 

 

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
Customer Support: John Hook
Webmaster: johnhook@mindspring.com