Other than Big Sandy, Gene Vincent and what not, what are some other good ones to look for. I did a search on here but came up emty handed. Thanks!
go to live365.com and do a music search for either one, I just pick a different channel everyday and write down who is doing the "now playing"... works perfect.......found the Horrorpops that waym great girl band
Sun-Rays Dick Dale & the Deltones Chantys Rumblers Surfarias Austronauts The Lively Ones I love this stuff.
Check the Hucksters link below. Deke Dickerson Lee Rocker The Quakes Reverend Horton Heat Stray Cats That will get you started. Check out Man or Astroman for Surf.
right now, i'm diggin... -The Thunderchiefs -The Surfites -The Volcanics (...see a theme here?) -The Trashman -The Reluctant Aquanauts -Satan's Pilgrims -Blue Demons -Knuckel Drager (if i may group them here) -The Ghastly Ones -The Bomboras and a buncha other bands that start with the word "The"... if you like traditional surf...i found that it quickly led me to more 60' garage/surf/punk stuff, too... -Ugly Beats -The Mummies -Sons of Hercules
Bands to look for: The Penetrators The Bomboras The Ghastly Ones Satan's Pilgrims The Torquays Slacktone The Astronauts The Bambi Molesters The Fathoms The Volcanos The Finks The Centurions The Space Cossacks The Insect Surfers The Challengers The El Caminos The Huntington Cads The Treble Spankers The Crossfires Impala Death Valley Eddie and the Showmen The Phantom Surfers The Woodies Compilation albums: Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Vols. 1-4 Surf War Big Surf Vol. 1 and 2 Surf Legends and Rumors More Surf Legends and Rumors Wild Surf Surf Monsters Legends of Guitar Vol. 5 Surf The Surf Creature I used to frequent Streetlight Records in San Jose, and they had a pretty good selection of surf music. I see they now have an online store at www.streetlightrecords.com. I've never ordered from them online, so I can't vouch for em.
Amen... check out www.secretsurfinspot.com there's a link to the live 365 station and then you can go from there, I've been stuck on it for weeks.. as far as bands: the bellfuries the meteors cacti widders horror pops Hank III Hank williams tiger army hank snow the belmont playboys THE BLASTERS!!!! nekromantix the ranch girls and their ragtime wranglers (NL) X the cramps the rounders tennesie ernie ford and on and on and on... you could also check out "country fried hot rod" * "motorbilly radio" on live 365.com
Hey 1Low, check out my buddy's label;http://www.dblcrown.com/ Double Crown records, out of Bellingham, WA. He has a ton of great surf bands, and some good roots/rockabilly stuff. Some of the bands already mentioned are on there, like Satan's Pilgrims, Impala, The Phantom Surfers, Deke Dickerson, etc... Other good labels to find this stuff are: Estrus, Hillsdale Records, Gearhead, Sympathy, and Get Hip.
If you like it the traditional way, maybe this can help you... www.myspace.com/jackbaymoore A-V8 RACING!
bob's country bunker hellvis lords of the highway the chop tops rocket 350 heptanes eight ball grifter joe buck gwil owen five chinese brothers killbilly phenomonauts
A few I didn't see previously listed... Amazing Royal Crowns Red Elvises Frantic Flattops Full Blown Cherry Arsen Roulette Cash'd Out (One of the most kickass Johnny Cash cover bands in the country) the Buzzbombs Hell on Heels You can never go wrong with the kings of Rockabilly.... Reverend Horton Heat Johnny Cash Hank Williams and Hank III
can you believe I saw the Cramps and The Blasters at a little club in Costa Mesa called The Cuckoos Nest, what year? hell I don't know, The Blasters drummer played with bones!!!!...............man I,m old..........
Aband I've been listening to lately is The Mezcal Brothers. Out of Lincoln, Nebraska. They have a website, you can buy cds. I highly recommend these guys.
fuck, you beat me to it. i love these guys. most of what i listen to has been listed already but The Bomboras are awesome, The Ventures, Deke, etc. kick ass.
if rockabilly and surf and garage and stuff like that is what you dig, definitly check out garagepunk.com and start to download their Podcasts, different dj's playing AWESOME music with different specialtys, like what i said above^
"ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME" THIS SHOULD PRETTY MUCH SUM IT UP... http://www.rockabillyhall.com/home.html
I actually know this guy....He lives right down the street from me in his recording studio. My Dad and our band did some stuff over there a couple of years back. He a reall cool old dude. Dale Hawkins
I have found alot at that www.amazon.com , you can search by music type. They have some collections of obscure surf music. Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy
and then theres... the hammerdowns godless wicked creeps rezurex omar and the stringpoppers groovie ghoulies demented are go southern culture on the skids screamin lord sutch screamin jay hawkins supersuckers men they couldn't hang quakes nine pound hammer elvis hitler(the older stuff) junior brown helldriver wanda jackson! three bad jacks slim cessnas auto club(may not be real rockabilly but ya gotta check 'em out) and i know theres tons more
not Rockabilly, not Surf but some jazz from LA circa 1943-1948. check out: Pachucho Boogie on Arhoolie records, it's all in Spanish but some of the best LA jazz/bop/ boogie/ mariachi from the era. I was just turned onto it by the guy that produced the record when I asked what a pachuco in LA would listen to if he was getting together with the boys. mark-anthony
Lots of good music in this thread!! This has kept me entertained for weeks: http://www.pandora.com/ Just tell it a band or song you like and it plays "similar" music that you'll like. I created a group for "Reverend Horton Heat" and its amazing some of the cool tunes is plays. Have fun! Tom
Here are a few of the older traditional acts I did not see in no order: -Mac Curtis -Charlie Feathers -Eddie Cochran -Vince Taylor and his Playboys -Early Johnny Paycheck -Early George Jones -Jerry Lee -Roy Orbison -Winone Harris -Big Joe Turner -Little Richard -Hazil Adkins! Hope this helps! Otto
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