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COAST poses by Deer Island
something you love with your best friends for forty years and raise healthy, happy kids,” said Aucoin.
Fountain said, “There are no words to describe my excitement for the upcoming event and reuniting with my best friends.”
THE COAST CELEBRATES
BAND REUNION
story by Lynn Lofton photo courtesy of Coast
It all started in 1972 when childhood friends Bill Hill, Randy Frierson, Noel Aucoin, and Hal Fountain began playing music during their days at St. Martin High School. After graduation they went separate ways but some continued to play together. They took the name ‘Coast’ from the words ‘Coast Concrete’ on a cap a band member was wearing when the group reorganized. A new lead vocalist, Glenn Lumpkin, joined at that time.
Now band members are reuniting to play June 4 to a sold- out crowd benefitting Make-A-Wish Mississippi at the Shriners Building in Woolmarket.
“Throughout the years, Coast has had members come and go, but on June 4, all 10 members will be there,” Hill said.
Coast has opened for well known entertainers including Sonny James, Shenandoah, Billy Ray Cyrus, John Anderson, Marty Stewart, Waylon Jennings, Eddie Raven, and Billy Joel Royal.
“We’ve been blessed in so many ways; to be able to do
Second summer concert to be held July 2
Ocean Springs LIVE free summer concert series’ second headliner act will be Southern rock and Gulf Coast music legend Jimmy Hall and Muscle Shoales Rhythm
Local favorites, Blackwater Brass will open ahead of this historic grouping of musicians on July 2.
Vicki Applewhite founded Ocean Springs LIVE to help Ocean Springs become the live music capital of Mississippi by creating vibrant live music experiences for local and new audiences. Ocean Springs LIVE is a private venture supported by local citizens, businesses and volunteers.
Ocean Springs LIVE will present additional concerts on August 6 and September 3. Watch for upcoming announcements on the headliner acts via Ocean Springs LIVE’s website.
Ocean Springs Live!
Rosetti Park
709 Church Ave., Ocean Springs, MS www.oceanspringslive.com
JIMMY HALL
Section/Swampers on July
2, 5-8 p.m., at Rosetti Park in downtown Ocean Springs.
Hall is known as the charismatic founding front man of the Mobile, Ala., based band Wet Willie and as one
of the formative label artists for Capricorn Records. More recently, he has also been performing as lead vocalist for
the Jeff Beck band’s world tour and as music director for country music legend Hank Williams Jr.
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