With its references to the California coastline, this sound doesn’t seem like the kind of tune you’d expect to hear from a Cleveland-based singer-songwriter. It’s got a great reggae beat and seamlessly mixes blues guitar into the mix too. Moorhead even drops a few rhymes mid-song as he sings about San Francisco Bay and San Jose. “Take me all the way down,” he croons on the infectious tune that’s a great summertime jam.

This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2014.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.