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Topic: Surf and Steel |
Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 12:11 pm |
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Do you know of any surf tunes using steel guitar? Originals or covers, I don't care.
Post and link them in this thread. Doug's version of "Penetration" has got me all fired up. |
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Craig Stenseth
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Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 1:09 pm
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Hi Paul,
I played bass with the Cocktail Preachers for a couple of years. Look 'em up on Youtube, Bruce "Vitamin B" played console steel (usually an 8 string in A6). We covered "Gutterball" mentioned in another thread, "Kilameawea" (which I think was from Haole Cats?), a few others featuring steel guitar.
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Rick Bernauer
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 6:53 pm
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Craig, I always enjoyed the Cocktail Preachers and Steve's guitar playing - Albatross Joe is a favorite of mine.
Paul - check out Deke Dickerson playing Gutterball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtQrxQSHgDg |
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Rick Bernauer
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 7:18 pm
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Jim Thomas and The Mermen are often classified as instrumental surf but he composes immensely cinematic songs. Here's two that include pedal steel guitar played by Joe Goldmark. I highly recommend Unto The Resplendent (starts around the 7 minute mark).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YowjzdBknE |
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Dave Alfstad
From:
Indianola, IA USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2017 2:59 am
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| The Blue Hawaiians are a surf group that has predominant steel guitar on their recordings. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 16 Oct 2017 3:32 pm
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Doug B. has a nice recording of "Apache" as well.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jeremy DeHart
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Jeremy DeHart
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2017 8:24 am
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| I didn’t realize there’s already another post with these guys on it further down. I should’ve kept reading! |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2017 8:01 am
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| Thanks, everybody! I'm trying to start a surf, island and beach band where I play lap steel and underarm guitar. Looking for tunes. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 22 Oct 2017 8:35 am
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As far as surf guitar instrumentals, I think the most recognizable ones would be Walk Don't Run, Pipeline, Wipeout, Miserlou, Apache, Hawaii Five-0. There are a lot of others... Perfidia, Penetration, etc.
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Allen Hutchison
From:
Kilcoy, Qld, Australia
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 22 Oct 2017 8:31 pm
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Yes, The Fathoms with Frankie Blandino on guitar is the cream of the crop of modern traditional sounding surf bands.
Frankie also played a great non-pedal steel western swing in his other band The Spurs.
Come to think of it, I've never heard him bring his steel playing into his surf work. |
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Lee D Kaiser
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2017 12:48 pm
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There's so much surf/instrumental guitar stuff out there! If you seed Pandora with a Ventures tune, like Walk Don't Run, you'll hear some great stuff you've probably never heard before.
I just came upon North Sea Surf Radio, a streaming station. Put the following link into your favorite streamer, like Windows Media Player or, for Linux, VLC Media Player:
http://server-23.stream-server.nl:8426/
Mostly newer stuff, but some older stuff, too. |
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