The Sandbar & The Wheeland Brothers
The Sandbar Family met the the Wheeland Brothers back in May of 2015 at the Love City Music Festival on St. John and at Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke!
Their music has been being played on No Shoes Radio for years, so many of us from the No Shoes Nation were already huge fans. Once we met them, hung out on the beach and listened to them live our love of their music grew. Many of us are even in their music video for “Rock Me Like The Ocean”.
MEET THE BROTHERS
The Wheeland Brothers are two Southern Californian brothers who grew up in Orange County surfing, scarfing down hole-in-the wall Mexican food, and jamming around beach bonfires.
They combine fun, catchy melody and lyrics with the cool attitude and positive energy of reggae, as well as the down-to-earth, organic honesty of acoustic rock, ukulele lullabies, and flip flop hip hop. Sunshine music inspired by waves, hangin’ with friends, and dreaming of distant shores.
“We like to call our music Beach Rock Reggae. Basically, if you love the beach, you’ll love our sound.”
-Travis WheelandThe brothers (Nate “Frogg” and Travis Wheeland) officially began their musical journey during a backpacking trip to Kalalau on the island of Kauai in 2010, where they were inspired to create their first album “Toast to the Coast”.In May 2012 their first album was released along with the music video for their first single “Sand in My Sheets” which was nominated for best music video at the Orange County Music Awards (up against No Doubt & the Dirty Heads) and received play at Hollister stores world wide. The following year, in July 2013 their sophomore album “Muchos Mahalos” was released along with the music video for their single “Lovin’ On Time”. Their fun, lively stage show has earned them a reputation for stoking crowds all over California and beyond with artists such as Slightly Stoopid, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Green, and Shwayze.
It was a blessing that these awesome California musicians wanted to perform at our pre-party before Kenny performed at Tortuga in 2016!
Visit their website for more about the Wheeland Brothers and their music! http://www.wheelandbrothers.com/
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