Family And Friends Reunion Tour
The sunny but breezy day brought thousands of fun lovers out to the NC Herring Festival April 19th and 2oth
as North Carolina’s longest running festival welcomed visitors from all over.
Food, folks, and fun was the order of the day and all were pleased.
The Patriots, Eastern North Carolina’s Soul, Pop and Beach Band played favorites for the happy crowd from 4:30 till 7.
This marks the second year in a row for The Patriots at Jamesville’s Herring Festival.
The Patriots! Eastern North Carolina’s Event and Festival Band. Authentic Carolina Beach Music
Exactly as it was heard in Carolina Beach Casinos and Clubs in the 1960’s. Soul and Rhythm and Blues.
Beaufort County, NC event honors those who served.
The famous Turnage Theatre on Main Street in Washington, NC came alive on November 10th as The Patriots Band performed to raise awareness and funds for local disabled veterans.
Helping Hand
The crowd enjoyed classic hits, Beach Music, soul and pop as the band played its two hour set to honor those who have served our Country and been disabled through service. The band has performed throughout Eastern North Carolina starting in 1965. Thousands of Carolinians have danced and enjoyed the music for over five decades.
The Patriots Red White And Blues Brothers Band have played music in Hertford, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Jamesville, Williamston, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Nags Head, Myrtle Beach, Fayetteville, and Jacksonville.
Sounds of the sixties and seventies including classic Soul and Beach Music are favorites when special events feature the group sometimes known as The Plymouth Patriots.
Eastern North Carolina Band
The Patriots started performing in 1965 and have a following of friends and family spanning 50 years. Recent performances at The Chicken Mull Festival in Beargrass NC, at the Blackbeard Festival in Bath, NC and Plymouth’s Bear Festival showcased The Patriots music.
The Patriots hit the main stage at 12 noon and worked their way through the great music of the 60’s and 70’s including favorites like My Girl, Midnight Hour, The Walk, It’s Alright, and Barefootin.
People in Eastern North Carolina know the famous Chicken Mull Festival celebrates the lifestyle of Eastern North Carolina. The day was a big hit as vendors displayed and sold arts, crafts and of course delicious food. Barbecue, hotdogs, candy, pork rinds, and the favorite Chicken Mull a traditional dish served hot and plentiful during the Festival.
The Patriots , fresh off a performance at Bath’s Blackbeard Festival October 20, headlined the Beargrass Festival Octover 27 and the Good Times Rolled. The band noted they had played in the area many times over the years starting in 1968!
Years of performing favorites have garnered The Patriots many friends and family followers.
The hometown crowd will get a good taste of The Patriots they way it has been for 50 years!
This October 20 mark your calendar for a Saturday to remember as the Blackbeard Festival
presents the hometown band that plays all your favorites. The Patriots Band will take the stage and
let the good times roll.
All the guys will be there including our keyboard producer and recording engineer Barney Conway. Barney
was very much a part of the Patriots back in the early days of the late 1960’s when he engineered the
recording of The Bands first record – “I Like The Way”, a single backed by the instrumental “Convenient Isolation”.
Thomas Peele will be on drums as always, Kenneth Holiday and brother Kevin Holiday on vocals and guitars, Ralph McNeil on bass
Kyle Whitford on guitar and vocals plus the Brass Brothers rounding out the soul and pop sound you know and love.
It all started just down the road in Plymouth and Bath was a main stop during the years that made The Patriots a local favorite.
Some of the great songs the Patriots play are all time favorites like
Get Ready— the Temptations huge hit. That song was later covered by Rare Earth for a hit again.
The Patriots bring it to life with full brass and vocals that will bring you back to the beach every time. Any beach music fans know that these classic songs are the bread and butter of shagging and dance moves that always appeal.
My Girl— another classic by the Tempting Temptations. Any Motown review will include this masterpiece. The Band plays this song with a sense of reverence for the days gone by, couples slow dancing in rhythm, and the well known melody that cuts through time and drifts away to bygone years.
October 20th 2018 the Patriots will take to the main stage.
Music will include the beach standard Thank You John, the subtle hint at back alley values that makes a hot night hotter,
the rollicking hit It’s alright original from Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. Ask The Lonely, the Four Tops mainstay that set the standard in ballads and sends chills with it’s powerful rhythm and story of loss.
The Patriots Band features some of the pop tunes that helped define the 60’s as well.
Kind of a Drag, The Buckingham’s homage to the British music invasion is a surprise that delights with its throwback sound and quick trip down memory lane.
The Plymouth Patriots Red White and Blues Band brings pop, soul, and beach to the main stage for all to enjoy.
The Patriots performed Saturday , March 31st at the famous Herring Festival in Jamesville.
The Band played favorites and the hundreds of friends and family in attendance made it a reunion.
Martin County’s Barney Conway, who produced the patriots record in the late 60’s, was MC of the
Festival.
The Patriots started performing in 1965. The group has played for events, weddings, and dances in
North and South Carolina, and Virginia.
Featuring Pop, Rock, and Soul, Beach Music, and Standard favorites.
Saturday March 31, 2018
3:30 til 5 on the outdoor stage. Come on!
Thank you for being there as The Patriots Band celebrated the years of fun and friends.
A beautiful Autumn night was the setting for The Patriots Friends and Family Tour Performance,
to benefit The Roanoke River Maritime Museum. Hundreds of friends and family came from miles around
for this special event.
The dance floor pulsated all evening as the Patriots played the songs that made history for
us all and defined the soundtrack of our lives.
The Patriots, based in Eastern North Carolina, have performed from Virginia Beach to
Myrtle Beach, SC playing Motown, Beach, and Pop Classics. The band has entertained
thousands at parties, celebrations, and events. A unique blend of vocal harmonies with
strong instrumental soul, rock, and pop makes The Patriots a tried and true favorite.
