This summer, I donned my Hawaiian shirt once again for another run of The Bikinis at the Long Wharf Theatre in beautiful New Haven. It has been fun to reconnect with the old gang and play through Joe Baker's great arrangements. We have enjoyed many enthusiastic audiences, a TV morning show appearance, and some kind words from the press, too!
THE NEW YORK TIMES: "A Trip Through Time, with a '60s Sound"
"...the music is lovingly resuscitated. And the music is the point. Harmonizing beautifully under the musical direction of Dan Pardo, they perform fondly remembered classics, with reprises of the Bikinis’ “hits,” appropriately ’60s-style ditties written by Mr. Roderick and Joseph Baker."
THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER: "Long Wharf Dons 'Bikinis' for a Musical Good Time"
"Credit musical director-keyboardist Dan Pardo for muting his band sufficiently [enough] to keep the voices paramount without burying the musicians’ skillful playing. One actually hears and understands lyrics so elusive in their original recordings."
THE HARTFORD COURANT: "The Bikinis Stay Afloat at Long Wharf"
"What sets 'The Bikinis' apart from other jukebox nostalgia shows is the range of the music being remembered, some clever vocal and instrumental arrangements, and — wonder of wonders — half a dozen original songs. These new tunes by Ray Roderick and Joseph Baker are clever pop pastiches that fit snugly alongside the dozens of familiar Top 40 hits from the '60s and early '70s."
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