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VIDEO – Breakwater in Concert
Legendary Philly funk band BREAKWATER performs their hit “Say You Love Me Girl” at their reunion show at World Cafe Live on January 3, 2010. This is the first time the band has performed a full set in over 3 decades. In memory of their original keyboard player and co-founder, Kae Williams, Jr.
Gene Robinson – vocals
Jimmy Jones – drums & vocals
Greg Scott – sax and vocals
Steve Green – bass and vocals
John (Dutch) Braddock – percussion
Cheryl Hicks – vocals
Henry McMillian – trumpet and vocals
Rob Lucas – trombone, keyboards and vocals
Darren Daultry – Guitar
Bryan Williams -keyboards
Mike Ray – Trumpet
Breakwater Concert February 10, 2012 BUY TICKETS
Breakwater is a Funk and Soul band that started in the 70’s and continued on until around 1980. Releasing only two albums, the band is similar to last post’s Edwin Birdsong in two respects. One, they released a very small amount of material, making their music hard to find. Two, they were sampled by Daft Punk. The song Robot Rock samples their biggest hit, Release The Beast. While Splashdown, and Breakwater in general have some more Funk songs like Release The Beast, they mostly spent their time on slower Soul jams. It’s well done music, just overlooked. The music sounds straight out of that 80’s disco-y/funky era, and the vocals croon over the often schmoozy lyrics. My favorite is Release The Beast for it’s full on Funk Rock attack, but the other 7 songs on the album aren’t bad either. Say You Love Me Girl and Time are two love ballads that would be good on any 80’s mixtapes, and make from a break of the standards that fill those lists.