Reggae Sunday: Big Mountain
Sun, 14 Jun, 8:00 PM PDT
Doors open
5:00 PM PDT
Ivan'z House at Mozambique
1740 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Description
Big Mountain is an American reggae band formed in 1986 at San Diego, California by vocalist Joaquin "Quino" McWhinney. The band gained wide recognition for its cover of Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way", which became a top 10 hit single in the US in early 1994, reaching No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and No. 2 in the UK.
Important Information Regarding Ticket Types:
Reserved Table Seating:
• What You Get: Reserved Table Seating includes seats at a table.
• Arrival Time: We recommend arriving 2 hours before showtime.
• Dinner & Drinks: Available for purchase in the club throughout the evening.
General Admission:
• What You Get: General Admission grants entry to the show but does not guarantee a table or a seat.
VIP Booth: The VIP Booth offers the best seats in the house for up to 6, one flat-fee
• What You Get: Booth seating up to 6 people, right in front of stage.
• Arrival Time: We recommend arriving 2 hours before showtime.
• Dinner & Drinks: Available for purchase in the club throughout the evening.
Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages
Roots Reggae
Big Mountain
Big Mountain
Roots Reggae
Billboard-charting Big Mountain is an American band best known for its remake of Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way” which became a top 10 international hit that took Big Mountain up the charts and on tour around the world. With Quino’s distinctive voice, “Baby I Love Your Way” has become a generational love anthem that is recognized by all ages everywhere.
Even as a California band founded in 1986 by Mexican-Irish vocalist and songwriter James “Quino” McWhinney, the band’s true-to-roots reggae sound and rasta-hearted lead singer Quino has earned Big Mountain a Jamaican fan base around the world. The group headlined two consecutive Reggae Sunsplash festivals during massive world tours that crisscrossed Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Indonesia. Songs like Touch My Light, Sweet Sensual Love, Reggae Inna Summertime, and Caribbean Blue hit the pop charts around the world appealing to all audiences. Their song Peaceful Revolution became the anthem for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa in 1990. Big Mountain has become one of the most internationally-recognized reggae bands of all time with nearly 2,000 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Big Mountain got BACK on the international music scene in 2021 with the release of their 8th album Freedom, produced by Grammy-award winning engineer Delroy “Phatta” Pottinger of Anchor Studios. Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, the 12 songs on the album are musically diverse with flavors of roots reggae, dancehall, reggaeton, Afro-pop, and Latin. From the title track Freedom is Not Free to Sacred Love, Hear that Sound and Love is Your Culture, the album celebrates freedom and love in a pandemic era where lockdown and isolation have become a new “normal". Big Mountain’s Freedom album is dedicated to raising the positive energy in our world and to helping all of us feel more connected in a united culture of freedom, love, and reggae music.
BIG MOUNTAIN BAND includes Joaquin “Quino” McWhinney on guitar and lead vocals, James McWhinney on vocals and percussion, Paul “GroovesGalore” KasticK on drums, guitarist Audley “Chizzy” Chisholm, keyboardist Richard “Goofy” Campbell, and Mike Ortiz, bassist.