BIG Mountain, an American Reggae/pop band, known for its cover version of Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way”, is coming here in Cebu.
The evolution of the Big Mountain band started in 1986 as the San Diego, California reggae band Rainbow Warriors.In 1988 the lead singer Quinojoined as the lead singer of the band Shiloh. His interest in reggae began after seeing a documentary about Bob Marley.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 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, Unity, in 1994; Blakney, Cruz, Reinke, and Rhodes all departed the band, with McWhinney and Copeland finding replacements in Jamaican duo Tony Chin (guitar) and Carlton “Santa” Davis (drums), along with keyboard players Michael Hyde and Billy “Bones” Skoll, and percussionist James McWhinney. Following this lineup change, the band went on to receive major airplay on mainstream radio stations. “Baby, I Love Your Way” was included on the soundtrack for the film Reality Bites, and peaked at number six in the Billboard Hot 100 and its follow-up, “Sweet Sensual Love” reached number fifty-one in the UK, whilst Unity went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. Big Mountain’s follow up single “Get Together” became a top five hit in Brazil and Norway.
The band first reached the charts with the song “Touch My Light” in spring 1993, a song taken from their debut album Wake Up.”Baby, I Love Your Way” was included on the soundtrack for the film Reality Bites, and peaked at number six in the Billboard Hot 100.
Big Mountain’s current line up are: Joaquin “Quino” McWhinney – vocals, guitar, Michael Hyde – keyboards, Paul “Groove Galore” Kastick – drums, Richard “Goofy” Campbell – keyboards , Reggie Griffin – guitar, saxophone, Danny Lopilato – guitar, vocals, Tim Pecheco – percussion, vocals, Andre Sias – drums, Luis Castillo – percussion, vocals, Jakob McWhinney – guitar and Michael Ortiz – bass.
