Posted on Mar 25 2015 04:53 PM
LeonSurfer wrote:
3 very unrelated questions for you guys! Im researching a couple of things and could really do with some input! Its just a university project, thats spawned some of my own questions!
1)Why was Bud Shank so popular? Did Endless Summer have any Bud Shank in it aside from its majority of music by the Sandalls?
Don't know about popularity, but he could play. A premier first-call first-flight session guy too. I don't see any information that there was anyone's music on Endless Summer but the Sandals'.
2)Gidget Goes Hawaiian. I know their were versions by James Darren, and Duane Eddy. Am i right in thinking it was the James Darren the one in the movie, written by Freddy Kuger Karger, and then the Duane Eddy just a more 'Surf Music' version of the above?
Fixed Freddy's last name for you. Duane Eddy's version is what it is, more twangy, voiced for twangy guitar, not necessarily surf. He's pretty much the grand-daddy of rockabilly. Darren's vocal version was convenient for his ukulele appliance in the movie.
Thanks for any help you might have! If you have any additional help / trivia / gems of info, even if it is tangential and possibly irrelevant - I would love to hear.
To your 3rd question I don't see specific influences of Bud Shank, but that style (and the time) seems to be rife with influences in bands of those who played that music. It was quite common - almost di rigueur for some - to have a sax player in the band, and often a piano as well.
One of his credits was as a session player for the movie "Bullitt" in '68. If you recall the dinner scene during some brief time off with McQueen & Bissett in a jazz supper club exchanging furtive glances, there's a long-haired winsome flower-child thing playing a piece of jazzy flute. Pretty sure that was Bud - but she was definitely easier on the eyes.
There are some superb historians at this site so I'm gonna tag this for following & shut up.
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Wes
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