Cave HollyWood Records
2018 Album
Willapa
Willapa is a Pacific Northwest band consisting of singer, songwriter, guitarist Chad DeRoux, the lively drummer/ percussionist Russell Bogle Dingus, and David Kessel bass, keyboards, and harmonica. The Willapa Rock “n” Roll sound is inspired by the meeting of the oceans, rivers, and forests of the area. Their album “Willapa” was released in the spring of 2018.
Sample the Tracks
You Need Love
Three Twenty Four
Way Out (And Beyond)
Album Reviews
Willapa
Cave Hollywood Records
Producer: David Kessel
Self-described as “Pacific Northwest Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the Bellingham, WA-based trio does, indeed, reflect a sort of raw and natural openness that is a product of said environment. Guitarist-vocalist Chad DeRoux has a haunting resonance that recalls Layne Staley or a burgeoning Eddie Vedder. The rhythm section of David Kessel and Russell Bogle Dingus allows all 11 songs to breathe and follow various exploratory paths. “You Need Love” is a blues-based rocker followed by ‘Three Twenty Four” adding Kessel’s hypnotic harmonica. “Way Out (And Beyond)” delivers the urgency of surf rockers in the vein of The Ventures or Los Straightjackets. — Eric A. Harabadian
