Chairmen of the Board
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William
September 23rd 2023
Lots of fun! Great band and singers performed classic beach music and covers. Beautiful night for an outdoor performance. Sound system was working fine, but the balance didn’t help the horn players.
Indian Trail, NC@Chestnut Square Park
DAve
May 12th 2023
The Chairmen Of The Board: 5/11/23 “It was a tale of one band and two genres blended seamlessly together as kings of summer The Chairmen Of The Board drifted into Pickens Thursday evening to play the Amphitheater. The weather cooperated entirely for the free show with a daytime high of 80°, a somewhat moderate harbinger of the hazy-hot Summer nights lurking just round the corner. The Detroit Michigan based R&B/Soul group formed in 1967, then reformed in 1978 based out of Charlotte, with a mission of bringing the best in Beach Music to the East Coast. The band’s 55 year, 10 album, 11 single legacy best known for 1970’s #3 ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ has stood the test of time and I wasn’t about to miss the opportunity of seeing them LIVE for the first time ever. Arriving an hour in advance of showtime Michele & I secured our position utilizing lawn chairs as place holders at the center-most location closest the stage. At 7 p.m. The Executives, Chairmen’s six man backing band, took the stage dressed all in black for a four song set of covers setting the tone for the high-energy performance to follow. With the band still in place Chairmen came on (the three frontmen dressed alike in blue, gold and white button downs, white pants and black shoes) for an 18 song / 1.30 hour set. Mr T (Thomas Hunter) wasted no time stepping off stage microphone in hand in search of audience members for a spontaneous participatory singalong. Four songs in Ken Knox addressed the crowd, ‘South Carolina, wow I’ve never been to Pickens, are the pickings slim?’ Launching into a trio of beach songs (‘Gone Fishin’, ‘On The Beach’, ‘Down At The Beach Club’) he inquired, ‘Who’s ready to go fishin?’ During the mini-set the longtime member of 53 years 71 year old Knox marched off the stage saxophone in hand for a solo. Patrick McGuire and Mr T tagged alongside him with a single microphone. The trio parked immediately in front of Michele and I just feet away for the entire solo —no doubt my highlight of the evening! Attenders began to trickle forward (first older folk, then younger following suit) to grab a spot in the front to dance thus giving license for the band to extend the set instrumentally. ‘Who’s gonna swim with me?’ they invited folks on stage to do their best ‘Swim’. ’39-21-40 Shape’ followed next, a song which the late founder General Johnson wrote at the age of sixteen. Ken pondered, ‘Why was a sixteen year old thinking like that? I’ll tell you what he made a lot of money off this song, here we go.’ Mid-song the band took us to school on how a record was made back in the day —first lead vocals, then background vocals (the trio showcasing their harmonies), add some ‘sexy saxophone, ‘Come on’ Marcus’, then hand claps with audience participation matching the keyboard’s synthesized rhythm. A pair of covers were inserted in advantageously while the crowd was hot in dance-mode, then the ladies were invited forward for 1980’s ‘Carolina Girls’. As the evening sky darkened and the stage lights began to shine Ken slowed things down to reflect on his late band members, Johnson in 2010 and Danny Hunter in 2014. ‘They were my partners for over forty years, this is our tribute to General and Danny’. The first song was the classic ‘Patches (I’m Depending On You)’ a B-side to their A-side #14 ‘Everything’s Tuesday’ from the first album. A later version of Patches by Clarence Carter shot the song all the way up to number one. Then, #4 ‘Pay To The Piper’ where folks were called on stage to express themselves and do their best ‘funky chicken’. The third song in the tribute was #19 ‘Dangling On A String’ followed by band intros. Ken recalled the last words of The General, ‘I’m sick, I wanna come back but if I don’t come back please keep the legacy alive.’ The evening reached its apogee with the million selling ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’. Mr T took the lead vocal and reproduced a 10 second rendition of Johnson’s iconic hiccup-laden yelp ending the signature song. Ken no stranger to the upstate recalled the best of the early years, ‘We love the fans of the Carolinas, give yourselves a big round of applause. We loved coming to the balloon rally, y’all remember the balloon rally? We loved coming to New Years Eve in Greenville and to Hilton, that’s WAY back in the day.’ With bows and waves the band exited the stage off to their next half dozen Carolina dates before continuing up and down the Coast to spread the love and music respectively!” Review and photo by DAve (Concert #778)
Pickens, SC@Amphitheater
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About Chairmen of the Board
General Norman Johnson (born 23 May 1943, Virginia) had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, with the New Orleans rock 'n' roll anthem "It Will Stand".
When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board". Custis left the group after their second album.
Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, wit hthe group selling a million plus copies of "Give Me Just A Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter.
Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (with Greg Perry) for other Invictus/Hot Wax acts, notably Honey Cone. Harrison having left, Johnson and Woods toured the UK in 1976 with six musicians as "Chairmen of the Board", but were not as successful as before. The act was broken up immediately afterwards, Johnson having signed for Arista Records as a solo artist.
In 1978, Johnson reformed the Chairmen of the Board with the addition of Saxophonist, Vocalist Ken Knox. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records. In 2010 General Johnson passed on 2018 Danny Woods passed on. 40 plus year member Ken Knox, reformed the Group with Thomas Hunter & Brandon Stevens, in 2015 hey scored a #5 UK Soul Chart single penned by Hunter & Knox “ Reach Out 2 Me” Produced by the UK Superior Remixer Nigel Lowis.
When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board". Custis left the group after their second album.
Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, wit hthe group selling a million plus copies of "Give Me Just A Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter.
Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (with Greg Perry) for other Invictus/Hot Wax acts, notably Honey Cone. Harrison having left, Johnson and Woods toured the UK in 1976 with six musicians as "Chairmen of the Board", but were not as successful as before. The act was broken up immediately afterwards, Johnson having signed for Arista Records as a solo artist.
In 1978, Johnson reformed the Chairmen of the Board with the addition of Saxophonist, Vocalist Ken Knox. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records. In 2010 General Johnson passed on 2018 Danny Woods passed on. 40 plus year member Ken Knox, reformed the Group with Thomas Hunter & Brandon Stevens, in 2015 hey scored a #5 UK Soul Chart single penned by Hunter & Knox “ Reach Out 2 Me” Produced by the UK Superior Remixer Nigel Lowis.
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Genres:
Pop, Modern Beach Music, Rythm & Blues
Hometown:
Charlotte, North Carolina
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William
September 23rd 2023
Lots of fun! Great band and singers performed classic beach music and covers. Beautiful night for an outdoor performance. Sound system was working fine, but the balance didn’t help the horn players.
Indian Trail, NC@Chestnut Square Park
DAve
May 12th 2023
The Chairmen Of The Board: 5/11/23 “It was a tale of one band and two genres blended seamlessly together as kings of summer The Chairmen Of The Board drifted into Pickens Thursday evening to play the Amphitheater. The weather cooperated entirely for the free show with a daytime high of 80°, a somewhat moderate harbinger of the hazy-hot Summer nights lurking just round the corner. The Detroit Michigan based R&B/Soul group formed in 1967, then reformed in 1978 based out of Charlotte, with a mission of bringing the best in Beach Music to the East Coast. The band’s 55 year, 10 album, 11 single legacy best known for 1970’s #3 ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ has stood the test of time and I wasn’t about to miss the opportunity of seeing them LIVE for the first time ever. Arriving an hour in advance of showtime Michele & I secured our position utilizing lawn chairs as place holders at the center-most location closest the stage. At 7 p.m. The Executives, Chairmen’s six man backing band, took the stage dressed all in black for a four song set of covers setting the tone for the high-energy performance to follow. With the band still in place Chairmen came on (the three frontmen dressed alike in blue, gold and white button downs, white pants and black shoes) for an 18 song / 1.30 hour set. Mr T (Thomas Hunter) wasted no time stepping off stage microphone in hand in search of audience members for a spontaneous participatory singalong. Four songs in Ken Knox addressed the crowd, ‘South Carolina, wow I’ve never been to Pickens, are the pickings slim?’ Launching into a trio of beach songs (‘Gone Fishin’, ‘On The Beach’, ‘Down At The Beach Club’) he inquired, ‘Who’s ready to go fishin?’ During the mini-set the longtime member of 53 years 71 year old Knox marched off the stage saxophone in hand for a solo. Patrick McGuire and Mr T tagged alongside him with a single microphone. The trio parked immediately in front of Michele and I just feet away for the entire solo —no doubt my highlight of the evening! Attenders began to trickle forward (first older folk, then younger following suit) to grab a spot in the front to dance thus giving license for the band to extend the set instrumentally. ‘Who’s gonna swim with me?’ they invited folks on stage to do their best ‘Swim’. ’39-21-40 Shape’ followed next, a song which the late founder General Johnson wrote at the age of sixteen. Ken pondered, ‘Why was a sixteen year old thinking like that? I’ll tell you what he made a lot of money off this song, here we go.’ Mid-song the band took us to school on how a record was made back in the day —first lead vocals, then background vocals (the trio showcasing their harmonies), add some ‘sexy saxophone, ‘Come on’ Marcus’, then hand claps with audience participation matching the keyboard’s synthesized rhythm. A pair of covers were inserted in advantageously while the crowd was hot in dance-mode, then the ladies were invited forward for 1980’s ‘Carolina Girls’. As the evening sky darkened and the stage lights began to shine Ken slowed things down to reflect on his late band members, Johnson in 2010 and Danny Hunter in 2014. ‘They were my partners for over forty years, this is our tribute to General and Danny’. The first song was the classic ‘Patches (I’m Depending On You)’ a B-side to their A-side #14 ‘Everything’s Tuesday’ from the first album. A later version of Patches by Clarence Carter shot the song all the way up to number one. Then, #4 ‘Pay To The Piper’ where folks were called on stage to express themselves and do their best ‘funky chicken’. The third song in the tribute was #19 ‘Dangling On A String’ followed by band intros. Ken recalled the last words of The General, ‘I’m sick, I wanna come back but if I don’t come back please keep the legacy alive.’ The evening reached its apogee with the million selling ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’. Mr T took the lead vocal and reproduced a 10 second rendition of Johnson’s iconic hiccup-laden yelp ending the signature song. Ken no stranger to the upstate recalled the best of the early years, ‘We love the fans of the Carolinas, give yourselves a big round of applause. We loved coming to the balloon rally, y’all remember the balloon rally? We loved coming to New Years Eve in Greenville and to Hilton, that’s WAY back in the day.’ With bows and waves the band exited the stage off to their next half dozen Carolina dates before continuing up and down the Coast to spread the love and music respectively!” Review and photo by DAve (Concert #778)
Pickens, SC@Amphitheater
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About Chairmen of the Board
General Norman Johnson (born 23 May 1943, Virginia) had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, with the New Orleans rock 'n' roll anthem "It Will Stand".
When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board". Custis left the group after their second album.
Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, wit hthe group selling a million plus copies of "Give Me Just A Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter.
Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (with Greg Perry) for other Invictus/Hot Wax acts, notably Honey Cone. Harrison having left, Johnson and Woods toured the UK in 1976 with six musicians as "Chairmen of the Board", but were not as successful as before. The act was broken up immediately afterwards, Johnson having signed for Arista Records as a solo artist.
In 1978, Johnson reformed the Chairmen of the Board with the addition of Saxophonist, Vocalist Ken Knox. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records. In 2010 General Johnson passed on 2018 Danny Woods passed on. 40 plus year member Ken Knox, reformed the Group with Thomas Hunter & Brandon Stevens, in 2015 hey scored a #5 UK Soul Chart single penned by Hunter & Knox “ Reach Out 2 Me” Produced by the UK Superior Remixer Nigel Lowis.
When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board". Custis left the group after their second album.
Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, wit hthe group selling a million plus copies of "Give Me Just A Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter.
Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (with Greg Perry) for other Invictus/Hot Wax acts, notably Honey Cone. Harrison having left, Johnson and Woods toured the UK in 1976 with six musicians as "Chairmen of the Board", but were not as successful as before. The act was broken up immediately afterwards, Johnson having signed for Arista Records as a solo artist.
In 1978, Johnson reformed the Chairmen of the Board with the addition of Saxophonist, Vocalist Ken Knox. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records. In 2010 General Johnson passed on 2018 Danny Woods passed on. 40 plus year member Ken Knox, reformed the Group with Thomas Hunter & Brandon Stevens, in 2015 hey scored a #5 UK Soul Chart single penned by Hunter & Knox “ Reach Out 2 Me” Produced by the UK Superior Remixer Nigel Lowis.
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Genres:
Pop, Modern Beach Music, Rythm & Blues
Hometown:
Charlotte, North Carolina
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