THE KEY IS LOVE

Goon (Jame/Ethan) Wilson, Charlie Castilian and Garry Manuel are the three original members of Sunup and have remained best of friends for over 50 years plus! Keyboardist, Brian Soule, began playing with Sunup and on Garry's solo recordings in the early 80's, up through present day.

Additionally, Garry’s son, Marshall, has been the recording engineer, editor and mastered the latest sessions. He also was involved in the remastering of the older recordings.

Providing drums on the tune is talented friend, Billy Goodness, who played in a Top 40 Club band in 1979-80 with long-time Sunup bassist, Kerry Peterson (RIP) and Garry . So the connections reach back and are meaningful. There is an old, very short Sunup song that sums up this project: "The sun lights up like a bright orange lamp, to give you peace, to give you hope, to give you love.”

We sincerely hope the music you're about to be hearing will bring all those things to your hearts and minds. This album is intended to give long time followers of Sunup a taste of fun from the early days while also bringing new inspirations and thoughts of reflection with the newly written material. The songs will be both upbeat and fun, as well as thoughtful and poignant.

It is acknowledged that there are days that even though we sing ”The Key of Love” with all sincerity, it is very difficult to maintain the thoughts and impact of love in our daily lives, with all the chaos and hate that abound. Still, we DO strive to be about that vibe. One of the lines describes that feeling: "Oh the battles are raging. It's often hard not to give up. Your nerves have kept you pacing, while you look around to find some luck, but THE KEY IS LOVE.”

Please join us on the journey…

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6BbEw6Aac1PkzQzg3mmukZ?si=gJP9CCUkRbCc5GnfxVlWfw
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-key-is-love-single/1716016804 Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/track/328061910