Nick Waterhouse, the San Francisco-based musician and producer LA Weekly deemed “the young man who makes old R&B,” will headline Summer and Music (S.A.M.)’s first Dancin’ In the Streets on August 4.
“We’re always looking for ways to improve and add new elements to S.A.M.,” said S.A.M. founder and Fingerprints record shop owner Rand Foster. “When last year’s BuskerFest show ended with an impromptu dance party in the streets of Downtown, we all looked at each other and said, ‘dance party!’ There are few opportunities to dance outside in an urban setting and, judging by last year’s ’Busker effect,’ the interest extends far beyond us who plan and work on S.A.M.”
According to Foster, Nick Waterhouse brings “soulful good vibes,” while fellow acts DJ Lithuanian Prince was the man responsible for the initial BuskerFest breakdown and DJ Dennis Owens supplies the sounds at Long Beach’s own funk club, The Good Foot. “We’ve brought together dance party royalty for this event.”
Hailing from Huntington Beach, Waterhouse, 24, is a modern-day entrepreneur of 1960s sound, pomade, and horn-rimmed glasses—about as far from surf-culture as one can get. Releasing his debut EP Is That Clear in late 2011 and having just released his first full-length album, Time’s All Gone, Waterhouse’s sonic signature—a Victrola of vintage Soul, Pop 45s, and R&B—will lead the charge for an electric night of shimmying and shaking.
In addition to the good vibes, food trucks, including The Lime Truck, and the Congregation Ale House beer garden will have offerings to fuel and hydrate.
For more information, call 562-436-4259 or visit www.summerandmusic.com.