By Staff Writer Butch Halpin

The terrific trio of Molly Askins, Dino Fair and Butch Barnes have just released a 2-CD project that was "Recorded
Live At Sea". There are 32 tracks from concert performances that are too numerous to mention, but I will tip you on some of
the many highlights. "Sea Cruise" kicks off the show (what else??) and it gets us in the party mode for what's to come. Beach
Classics like "Easy Comin' Out (Hard Going In)", "Give Me Just A Little More Time", "Love Comes Knockin'", all popular with
their fans are included, but that's just a start. One thing I love about Sea-Cruz is that they do the gender/song switch
on various tunes. Case in point is Molly taking the lead on songs such as "City Full Of Memories", ""634-5789", "Big
Sister's Radio" while Butch takes on "Some Bridges Need Burning". For your shagging or two-stepping pleasure, you have your
pick of "I Feel Lucky" and "Live Close By, Visit Often". One of my favorites off the project is "Young Hearts Run Free"
and Molly excels on it. A long time fan favorite that the group has been asked to record is also included, "(I've Had) The
Time of My Life". Ready to revisit 1962? Let Dino take you there "The Twist" or if you wanna go back farther, he'll take
you to 1958 with "Stagger Lee". They've even included their live performance of "The Electric Slide" as well as slow
grooves like "I Believe In You and Me", "Wonderful Tonight" and "At Last". It truly is like being in a Sea-Cruz performance
while at home, in your vehicle, or kicked back on the beach or wherever you may find yourself. In addition to the live tracks,
there are two bonus studio tracks. Once again, Butch pulls one from the late great David Ruffin and gives us his interpretation
of "Everything's Coming Up Love". The final track in this Sea-Cruz Buffet is "If I Were Your Woman" featuring Molly and
you can tell she put her everything in this song. I have a feeling you'll be hearing these two songs a lot on radio and
in the clubs. So there you have it. A total of 34 songs that no true Sea-Cruz fan should be without.
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