When singer-songwriter Jim Knable found himself roped in to join the impromptu house band that came to life during a short stay in Washington State, he quickly wrote a song about the Moclips Beach Hotel, a laidback jazzy tune mixing the history of the old one that was washed away in 1908 and the current lodging facilities. His brother-in-law uses it as a base for a yearly reunion of college friends and some of them are professional musicians. Dennis Tevlin is also an engineer, so getting a band together was in the cards right of the bat. Knable's nephew Nick Chang makes his recording debut at age 16, playing trumpet. It is a lovely song, deserving its own paragraph at least in the Great Amercican Songbook.
Jim Knable: music, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Tevlin: drums, percussion, bass
Liam Tevlin: electric guitar
Tom Miller: harmonica, piano
Nick Chang: trumpet
Moclips Beach Hotel is a self-released single. Buy it from his website.
Live date:- 10/19 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (w/ band)
HCTF review of Blue Reunion (w/ The Randy Bandits).
