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Now
available the highly anticipated new CD by
General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board
also available online at bestbuy.com and
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General Johnson and Chairmen of the
Board's new single is now available!!
That's My Story "And
I'm Stickin' To It"
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"UNDER THE RADAR" Now Available!

The
Chairmen of the Board, against all odds, escape the
artistic
and
business shackles of the mainstream music industry.
Under the
Radar they found solace and unprecedented success
in a
music utopia called "Carolina Beach Music".
"Starring General
Johnson and The Chairmen of the Board."
"Written and directed
by Billy Camp."
Preview the DVD "Under
The Radar"
A Documentary of
General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board.
Watch
it HERE

The
Chairmen of
the Board
came out of
Detroit in
the early
70s with a
string of
major soul
hits, led by
General
Johnson's
plaintive
vocals and
underrated
songwriting.
Songs like
"Patches,"
"Dangling On
a String"
and "Give Me
Just A
Little More
Time" gained
for the
group a
sizeable
following
among R&B
fans, but
not the kind
of
across-the-board
success that
their talent
merited.
For most of
the US, the
Chairmen
were an
afterthought
by the
mid-80s, no
longer
recording
national
hits and
seemingly
another in a
string of
soul groups
that peaked
quickly and
faded into
oblivion.
But the new
documentary
Under the
Radar
shows a much
different
story that
has largely
been hidden
from the
popular
media: that
of a group
that has not
only
survived but
thrived on
its own
terms, as
the leading
purveyors of
"Carolina
Beach
Music," a
brand of
good-time
R&B unique
to a loyal
fanbase in a
specific
geography.
Under the
Radar
centers
itself at a
Chairmen 2007
outdoor
North
Carolina
concert of
over 12,000
fans, and it
is a stunner
for those
who assume
that all
music is
driven by
powerful
oligopolies
in New York,
L.A. and
Nashville.
Here are
thousands of
people, ranging
from
teenagers to
senior
citizens, wildly
participating
in a concert
filled with
songs that
95% of
Americans
have never
heard. And
the audience
clearly
knows by
heart the
dozen or so
sing-along
songs like
"Gone Fishin'"
and
"Carolina
Girls." Even
more of a
non-sequitur
is seeing a
group that
30 years ago
was viewed
as an R&B
act that
couldn't
"cross over"
now
performing
for an
enthusiastic,
almost exclusively
white,
Southern crowd.
More than
just a
concert
film,
Under the
Radar
provides a
history of
an act that,
out of the
national
spotlight, went
to the South
and created
a sound for
which the
region was
ready. For
decades,
segregation
and racism
had largely
kept R&B an
underground music
in the
Carolinas,
but
thousands of
suppressed
white R&B
fans found
their solace
in
the musical freedom
that existed
at the
beach. The
Chairmen
became the
right group
at the right
time in the
80s to
capitalize
on this and
create a
very
different
type of
"beach
music" than
the Beach
Boys/Jan and
Dean version
that was
known around
the US. It
was instead
a rollicking
brand of R&B
that was
perfect for
the regional
crowd and
took on the
"Carolina
Beach"
moniker. And
the Chairmen
have been
riding that
wave now for
over two
decades,
performing
dozens of
concerts in
the region
around the
year, but
especially
in the
Summer.
The
documentary's
interviews
with group
members
General
Johnson, Ken
Knox and
Danny Woods
are
fascinating
but too
short. The
explanations
of the
group's
history and
its
surprisingly
successful relocation
to North
Carolina
provide
wonderful
context for
the music
that
dominates
most of the
film.
Under the
Radar
is a
particularly
appropriate
release at a
time of
major label
implosion
and the
uncertain
hope of
independent
artists. It
shows the
story of a
trio written
off by the
music
establishment
over two
decades ago
who have
created both
DIY success
and an
unexpected
legacy as
they enter
their
sixties. It
also
provides a
much needed
-- but
previously
hidden --
ray of hope
for
struggling
young
artists to
grasp as
they
search for
their own
place in a
changing
musical
world.
Recommended.
by Chris
Rizik
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General
Johnson and The Chairmen of the Board ring tones are now available.
Featuring Hits
like, Carolina Girls, Gone Fishing, On The Beach, Beach Fever and
MORE!
Featuring
songs from
All in the Family
and
Beach Music Anthology |
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The Chairman of the Board’s Beach Music Discography |
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1. Bless Your Heart |
9. I Wanna Doop, Doop, Doop
(Your Do Wop She Do
Wop) |
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2. Carolina Girl |
10. A Bird in the Hand |
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3. Gone Fishin’ |
11. Jerry’s in Love |
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4. Dreamin’ |
12. Down at the Beach |
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5. On the Beach |
13. When Can I See you Again |
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6. It Ain’t What You Do
It’s the Way You Do
It |
14. Beach Fever |
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7. Summerlove |
15. There’s No Me Without You |
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8. Loverboy |
16. You Don’t Know What
Love is |
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17. I’d Rather Be in Carolina |
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All songs written, arranged and produced
by General Johnson |
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Click here to listen to Discography
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All music featured in The Chairmen of the
Board's discography can be purchased
from Surfside Records at
www.surfsiderecords.com or by telephone
1-888-464-8889 |
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From the Archives of Timeless Contemporary Music
The Best of The Chairman of the Board |
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Million Selling, Award
Winning Hit Songs Written by
General Johnson
Want Ads Somebody's Been Sleeping One
Monkey Don't Stop No Show
If You Dance To The Music, You Pay To The Piper
Bring The Boys Home Stick Up Patches
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to them now
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