Announcing the Inaugural Session May 25 - 28, 2012

Sierra Surf Music Camp is being created with the idea of spending a weekend with friends,family, and community in the study and appreciation of California’s indigenous folk music – Surf! We wish to bridge the gap between professional and amateur musicians bringing the founders of the genre together with folks just beginning to discover it in a fun and friendly setting.

Classes Offered: Individual and Group Lessons (Guitar, Bass and Drums) Seminars on Songwriting, Recording, Production, Performance, Technique, Gear Maintenance, Sound Modification, Surf Music History and much more!

Instructors include: Paul Johnson, John Blair, Dusty Watson, Ron Eglit, Paul Beatie, Ferenc Dobronyi, Bob Bitchin', Brett Cole, Tim Stephenson and more to be announced!

Daily Activities: Early morning Exercise and Stretching designed for musicians, Acoustic Breakfast Campsite, Hiking, Gold Mine Tours, Surf Art with Jim Lee, Softball, Volleyball, Horseshoes, Fishing, and Nightly Campfire Stories!

Command Performances: The Surf Beat Allstars (featuring John Blair, Dusty Watson, Ron Eglit), The Pyronauts, Paul Johnson and friends.

Tom Duncun from Spectral Media will be premiering a clip from the anticipated surf music film, Sound of the Surf.

The Sierra Surf Music Camp is located in the lush hills of Northern California’s Gold Country. Price includes lodging and meals. Campsites also available.

Sierra Surf Music Camp
Memorial Day Weekend 2012
Donner Mine Camp – Nevada City, CA
Friday through Monday (May 25th-28th)
Cost: $250 per student, $400 per couple, 15% discount if registered before April 15th, 2012
Contact: sierrasurfcamp@gmail.com
www.sierrasurfcamp.org

Radio Free Bakersfield announces the "Surf Guitar 101 Pick of the Week!"! That's right surf geetar fans! Every week you will be treated to a special surf track chosen by Brian Neal, Head Honcho @ SG101! Brian will pick out his personal faves from seminal acts as well as hot new tracks from modern bands! Just tune into Radio Free Bakersfield every week! And don't forget to check out surfguitar101.com for information on tunes, gear, history, shows & more! It's one of the few message boards on the net not populated by jerks! Oh yeah, some of your fave surf artists have been known to pop in from time to time!

Prior to 1961, Southern California kids didn’t hang out at the beach all that much; you’d be more likely to see them cruising in their cars, hanging out at the ice cream / root beer drive-ins, or dancing to 45 rpm records at sock hops. Live music was a rarity, and there was no such thing as “surf music.” In short: prior to 1961, there was no “California surf culture” as we know it today.

But the new trend was on the rise that year: with the advent of lightweight foam boards, surfing caught on big with the beach-area kids; by summer this had grown into a major cultural explosion — a mass youth-movement complete with it’s own styles, mannerisms and slang.

Going into that memorable summer of ‘61, I was 15 and a fledgling guitarist with a fledgling band (the Belairs) that emulated the sounds of the rock-instrumental heroes of the late ‘50s (Duane Eddy, Link Wray, The Fireballs, Johnny and the Hurricanes, the Ventures, etc.). When we heard that a lot of these new young “surfers” were driving thirty miles south to Balboa on the weekends to hear somebody named Dick Dale play similar stuff, we decided to throw our own dances locally. The result was like jumping onto a speeding train!

We had never given the slightest thought to calling ourselves a “surf” band. But at our first dance that summer, which drew about 200 beach-area kids, a prominent local surfer came up to me and said: “Wow, man — your music sounds just like it feels out on a wave! You oughta call it ‘surf music’!!” By summer’s end we were filling halls with 1500 fully “stoked” surfers who were doing just that: over the summer they had embraced our music (along with Dale’s) as their own, and now they were calling it “surf music!”

The Tormentos have a new LP! Yes, they have done it again! It has been released by Spanish Label "Buen Ritmo" in beautiful white 12" vinyl. It is a compilation of their first 10 years & 3 records to introduce them in the European Market.

Get yours while its still available!

We are pleased to present a recent interview with Bob Berryhill of The Surfaris.

Bob was very generous with his time and spoke about so many interesting topics covering the history of this great surf band.

Show #23 features a full hour of our interivew with Bob plus all the great Surfaris hits we've all come to love over the years.

· Listen to how Wipe Out came to be written in only 10 minutes!

· Their first recording experience at a very young age of 14

· Working with their first NY Producer for Decca Records

· Bob talks about his favorite guitars, amps and effects

Stop by today to our site http://theshrunkenheadlounge.com/ to download the Show

Thanks,
Noodles

DJ & Curator of The Shrunken Head Lounge
http://theshrunkenheadlounge.com

Marconi Beach Sound will be playing live at the Windsor on the 27th of January 2012. The Windsor is a real ale pub on the main road by the police station in Penarth South Glamorgan (CF64 1JE)

The set will include numbers from Beach Party, our first album and a selection from our in progress second album.. Intoxica, Munsters, Mr Moto and many more...

Come and join us if you can.

Started in 2000 by The Volanics Benny Hammond and The Lively Ones Las Vegas fill-in guy Skater j, the Vista IV started as a trad instro cover band but went on to develop a fringe regional southwest spin on surf they tagged "smooth surf, progressives surf, and traditional surf music" before breaking up in 2010. Beach Blanket Productions has released the bands final bunch of songs as "The Final Wave" available in cd and as downloads. This along with the early twin guitars of Benny Hammond and Skater j rendering of classic surf tunes in 2000's "Surf Music Undertow" have been re-released as free downloads from the official band site thevistaiv.com.

‎2012 NEW YEAR CONCERT SLIDE SHOW

BatmanTheme - Slaughter on 10th Avenue (Chicchi & Sala with JukeBox) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdVE5em6W0U

The Coconauts have finished their debut album: The Coconauts Get Coconauty!  It's finally ready to be shipped off and printed up.  It should be ready for official release within a month or so.  Get Coconaughty!!!!

Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. May the Holiday Season bring only happiness and joy to you and your loved ones.

COMING EARLY 2012... Our Exclusive interview with Bob Berryhill of The Surfaris and WIPE OUT Fame!

Noodles

DJ & Curator of The Shrunken Head Lounge
http://theshrunkenheadlounge.com