Zorba and The Greeks Reunion 2007
Submitted by
Brian
on November 17, 2009.
We are a bit late with this story, but I only found out about this today. Thanks to member
Jagshark for linking us to
this story about a Zorba and The Greeks reunion that took place in August 2007! Zorba and The Greeks are best known in the surf music world for the late first wave (1966!) classic "
Shockwave". Shockwave showed up on a few obscure compilations over the years until finally
Sundazed Records put it on their
Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Volume 4 release in 2005.
Of particular interest to me is that keyboard player Chris Johnson was cited as being an ophthalmologist and instructor at the University of Iowa, very close to where I live!
From the linked article: A 1966 photo of Zorba and the Greeks shows, from left, Chris Johnson, Dennis Senff, Jeff Jones, Frank Murphy and Chuck Myin.
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I was glad to find the story about this obscure 60s band. I'm curious about what make their guitars are here. They appear to be Teiscos to me.
I wonder if they know that Man Or Astro-man? covered "Shockwave" and probably gave their song it's biggest exposure,or at least opened a lot of eyes to Zorba and the Greeks.
Is the keyboard player Zorba? He's dressed a little differently and WOW, they look so young, too. I can just see these kids squirming while the moms were trying to pin on their togas. Anyway, Shockwave is an epic little tune.
oh my god, what an AWESOME picture!!
good call, 'norcalhodad' on which one is zorba, yeah, the keyboard player, probably, he has the reflective toga! definitely one of the goofiest stage outfits ever, tying with 'the mummies', who we played w/in the early 90's-they actually wrapped themselves head to toe in toilet paper!!
These guys rule. Great music