Dead If You Don't - Day of the Dead

TOULOUSE ENGELHARDT

That whacked out finger style guitar wizard, TOULOUSE ENGELHARDT will release two…yes two new singles January 1st, 2016!

How about a little “Space Age” Folklore? An insane 12-string guitar romp with “Special Guests”, Don Georgeson on Tenor Sax, (who performed with Stan Getz) and the celebrated return of “Tiki Timmy” on Percussion. (Those Beach Blanket Bingo Surf Films would have never been the same without his killer bongos!)

The tune that captured the image of the legendary “Plaza Steve” cruising the avenues of the South Bay beach scene in Southern CA! With “Special Guest”, William McNairn on clarinet.

“It’s Benny Goodman meets Mosrite Surf Guitar!”

Both tunes will be available on I-Tunes and @ your other fave downloading music sites New Years Day!

The Surfdusters - Save the Waves

     
Any regular reader of this blog will know that Ragtime Ralph is a staple here at the Delta-Slider.  Posting his fingerpickin' goodies for all to hear has been a pleasure for me.  Ralph loves sharing his music.  Ralph also has a very diverse taste in music and in his playing history.  Surf music for instance, is a part of his musical history.
So I thought I would post a little of it here.  This is a great collection, here's the blurb from CDBABY:

The Surfdusters, Canada's primo west coast surf band, presents their CD 'Save The Waves' on Fireball 008. What you get here is reverbed up Fender guitars, drivin' Farfisa organ and piano, rumblin' bass, crashin' drums with grindin' sax added to the mix on 27 rockin' instrumentals written by the band - including all 11 tunes featured in the world's #1 cartoon 'Spongebob Squarepants'. Liner notes give you the story behind these tunes from The Surfdusters 'Raincoast Rumble' and 'Surf After Dark' CDs; out of print vinyl, cassette and compilation CDs, and unreleased cuts.
During the 1990s and into the 21st century, Vancouver, B.C.'s The Surfdusters played the west coast of North America - including sharing the stage with legendary Dick Dale and The Ventures - and were the only Canadian band featured on Rhino's 'Surf Box' compilation with their signature 'Save The Waves' instro included on this CD.

Get a TWENTY SEVEN song collection from Amazon for only $8.99 on MP3
CDBABY has the CD for a good price, compared to Amazon, and you get all the liner notes mentioned above.
 

Happy Birthday Dick Dale

'Misirlou,' from Klezmer to Surf Guitar

Who knew it wasn't a surf original?

The Rabbi is sure interesting...and words!

Kronos...well what do you expect, they have covered Hendrix

Lynman...I can hear it in an elevator

Seeger...I don't know what's more disturbing, the banjo or the crowd singing along!