Big Mountain (band)
Big Mountain | |
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Giant | |
| Members | Joaquin "Quino" McWhinney Michael Hyde Paul "Groove Galore" Kastick Richard "Goofy" Campbell Reggie Griffin Danny Lopilato Andre Sias Luis Castillo Jakob McWhinney Michael Ortiz |
| Past members | Lynn Copeland Gregory Blakney Jerome Cruz Manfred Reinke Lance Rhodes James McWhinney Tony Chin Billy "Bones" Stoll Carlton "Santa" Davis Carlos Arias Stephen Kamada/Tim Pacheco |
| Website | bigmountainband |
Big Mountain is an American reggae band formed in 1986 at San Diego, California by vocalist Joaquin "Quino" McWhinney. The band gained wide recognition and became known for its cover of
History
The evolution of the Big Mountain band started in 1986 as the San Diego, California reggae band Rainbow Warriors.[1] In 1988, future Big Mountain frontman Joaquin "Quino" (pronounced Keeno) McWhinney joined as the lead singer of the band Shiloh. Quino is of Mexican/Irish heritage, and several members of his family were mariachi musicians. His interest in reggae began after seeing a documentary about Bob Marley and Rastafari.[2] In 1989, Shiloh secured their first record deal and put out one album titled California Reggae. In 1991, the band changed the name to Big Mountain which was the name of a Native American reservation in Arizona. The original line-up was a sextet consisting of Quino (vocals), Lynn Copeland (bass), Gregory Blakney (drums), Jerome Cruz (guitar), Manfred Reinke (keyboards), and Lance Rhodes (drums).[3][4]
The band first reached the charts with the song "Touch My Light" in spring 1993, a song taken from their debut album Wake Up. Prior to the band recording their second album,
The band appeared at both the 1994 and 1995 Reggae Sunsplash festivals in Jamaica. In 1998 Jamaican drummer/producer Paul "Groove Galore" Kastick replaced Carlton "Santa" Davis as full-time drummer and primary producer in the group. Kastick spearheaded the production on the next six Big Mountain albums, spanning from 1998 and 2007. After 10 consecutive years of touring, Big Mountain decided to take a break in 2005. During this time, Quino McWhinney became a high school teacher at Olympian High School. During the period between 2005 and 2013, Big Mountain would occasionally reunite for primarily international live performances and various benefit causes. In 2013, Quino, Hyde, and Kastick reformed the band with an extended lineup including Carlos Arias (bass), Richard "Goofy" Campbell (keyboards), Reggie Griffin (guitar, saxophone), Stephen Kamada (guitar), Danny Lopilato (guitar, vocals), Tim Pacheco (percussion, vocals). Further lineup changes have ensued, and the band now consists of Quino and James Mcwhinney, Paul Kastick, Goofy Campbell, Chizzy Chisholm and Michael (Mikey) Ortiz.[5] In May 2016 the band released their first album in 14 years, Perfect Summer.[6]
Band members
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Former members
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Awards | Work | Category | Result |
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| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards | " Baby I Love Your Way "
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Best Cover | Won |
| 1995 | Ivor Novello Awards | Most Performed Work | Nominated |
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US | AUS [7] |
AUT | GER | NED | NZ | SWE | SWI | |||||||
| California Reggae (as Shiloh) |
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| Wake Up |
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| Unity |
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174 | 97 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 29 | 37 | 10 | |||||
| Resistance |
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| Free Up |
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| Things to Come |
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| Dance Party |
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| One Love |
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| Cool Breeze |
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| New Day |
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| Perfect Summer |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Compilations
- The Best of Big Mountain (1998), Giant
- Reggae Remakes (2003), Pony Canyon
- Big Mountain's Greatest Moments 1999–2004 (2004), Pony Canyon
- Versions Undercover (2008), Rebel Ink Records
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | sales thresholds )
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| US [8] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [9] |
CAN [10] |
GER
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NED [9] |
NZ
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SWE [9] |
SWI [9] |
UK
[12] | |||||
| 1992 | "Touch My Light" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wake Up | ||
| 1993 | "Reggae Inna Summertime" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Baby, I Love Your Way" | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Unity | ||
| "I Would Find a Way" | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sweet Sensual Love" | 80 | — | — | 87 | — | — | 23 | — | — | 51 | ||||
| 1995 | "Get Together" | 44 | — | — | 16 | 71 | — | 49 | — | — | — | Resistance | ||
| "Where Do the Children Play" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Caribbean Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | ||||
| 1997 | "All Kinds of People" | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | Free Up | ||
| "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | "Leap of Faith" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2013 | "Blue Skies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles cover) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Perfect Summer | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ de la Torre, Chito (1994) "Big Mountain Does Reggae", La Prensa de San Antonio, September 30, 1994.
- ^ a b Daniels, Ron (1994) "Big Mountain are Reggae Visionaries", The New York Beacon, August 19, 1994.
- Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p.25
- ^ "Big Mountain - Blue Skies - Amazon.com Music". amazon.com.
- ^ Campbell, Howard (2016) "Big Mountain returns with Perfect Summer", Jamaica Observer, May 26, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 30.
- ^ John Bush. "Big Mountain". AllMusic.
- ^ a b c d e f International peaks
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". officialcharts.de. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Certified Awards Search: Big Mountain". BPI. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ "Gold and Platinum search results: Big Mountain". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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