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Joined: Nov 08, 2017 Posts: 369 San Francisco Bay Area 
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Posted on May 14 2022 03:58 PM
Here’s one I like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WfblLBMrw. It has two guitars, bass and drums, but it’s not surf. Nice and melodic with tight drums. The song is ‘Repressed Memories,’ by Texas in July, a metal group. Their vocal songs are hard to take, I think. Any non-surf guitar instrumental songs you think a surf music fan would like? —If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. |
Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 261 San Diego, Ca
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Posted on May 14 2022 05:07 PM
I believe it’s long out of print (manufacture), but if you can find “Nouveau Calls”, by Wishbone Ash, it’s been one of my favorites since it came out back in the late Eighties. Tan Mantis by John Blakely & Ron Nagle is pretty good, too. (Edit:I’m referring to the CDs in their entirety, not just individual songs, since pretty much all the songs are good.) —-Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- Last edited: May 14, 2022 17:14:11 |
Joined: Feb 22, 2016 Posts: 444 California
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11077 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 14 2022 05:46 PM
I'm a huge fan of Andean folk music, much of which is instrumental. I seem to be in the minority of my peer group though Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1379 New Orleans
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Posted on May 14 2022 07:15 PM
Friends of Dean Martinez, especially the first album. Super mellow, sittin’ on the porch after a long week. Lots of black metal has the vocals buried and 100% incomprehensible so it’s kinda like instro music. Woods of Desolation is way up there for me, it’s relaxing to the point of an out-of-body experience. I love the static-guitar providing a background that feels like an opening into another dimension. —Daniel Deathtide |
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Posted on May 14 2022 07:48 PM
Freddy King did two brilliant instro albums.
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Joined: Nov 08, 2017 Posts: 369 San Francisco Bay Area
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Posted on May 14 2022 08:04 PM
That Wishbone Ash album can be downloaded from Amazon. I’m listening now and debating a purchase. I have that Blakeley, Nagel album. It’s very nice. Kind of a smooth jazz feel. Off topic: Blakeley was, of course, in The Sandals. Less well known, maybe, is that he played rhythm guitar, mostly, in the band Stoneground. They were popular around the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 70s. I’ve probably seen them more than any other band. Check out here at 2:34 where Sal Valentino introduces ‘Mr. Blakeley’ for a nice guitar solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZCVpN2KZc. Danny, any links to examples of Andean folk music that would be good to check out? —If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. |
Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on May 14 2022 08:18 PM
How about a little modern gypsy jazz? This is Stochelo Rosenberg and Birei Lagrene playing a great version of For Sephora. Nous’che Rosenberg on rhythm guitar and Nonnie Rosenberg on bass. No drums and no amplifiers, peasants! You gotta have acoustic chops for this stuff. Last edited: May 14, 2022 22:11:08 |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11077 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 14 2022 08:26 PM
ldk wrote:
There's so much! You have to like flutes though The arrangements can be incredibly complex yet always melodic. It can really take you places, before you know it you're flapping your wings with the other condors floating over Machu Picchu. Here's a sampler on Youtube I found. —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
Joined: Aug 22, 2010 Posts: 1019 Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on May 14 2022 08:30 PM
For a long time the Wishbone Ash "Nouveau Calls" CD was my favorite. I listened to it hundreds of times. My favorite tracks were "Real Guitars Have Wings" and "Something's Happening in Room 602." I sought out and bought the two VHS recordings of the "Night of the Guitar" concert from the same record label, with Wishbone Ash among the performers, CDs from several other performers at that concert, and Wishbone Ash's subsequent album "Here to Hear" (mostly vocals, but I liked them anyway). Then one day I noticed, to my amazement, that the lead guitar on "Nouveau Calls" was way in the background and percussion was 90% of the volume. My tastes immediately realigned and I haven't listened to it since. I should watch the VHS tapes of the concert again though. My all-time favorite instrumental album is "Return of the Hellecasters" (which was their first album). This one has stood the test of time. It has been my favorite since it was released, I have the other albums by this band and their VHS tape, and I consider the band's John Jorgenson the most accomplished guitarist. —Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com Last edited: May 14, 2022 20:40:28 |
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Posted on May 14 2022 08:47 PM
I've been listening to Plini - Handmade Cities a lot lately. |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on May 14 2022 10:13 PM
Squid wrote:
Great choice! John is currently touring with his bluegrass group J2B2 |
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Posted on May 15 2022 01:20 AM
Of course, anything Morricone +1 on Freddie King! Sleepwalk - I used to do this on guitar, but mostly do it on steel these days Walk Away Renee Sputnik (Webb Wilder) Melancholy Serenade (listen to Danny Gatton's version from Unfinished Business) Sweet Dreams (listen to Roy Buchanan's version from his first album) In My Room (ok, Beach Boys, but not really surfy) And yes, of course various stuff by Albert Lee or the Hellecasters There's a cast of thousands if you wanna get down to it. I do a lot of this kind of stuff on a Telecaster. —The Delverados - surf, punk, trash, twang - Facebook |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2291 Kiev, Ukraine 
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Posted on May 15 2022 03:43 AM
Albatros - Fleetwood Mac Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2310 Stockholm, Sweden 
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Joined: Jul 27, 2006 Posts: 1284 Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on May 15 2022 09:45 AM
"Merciless Onslaught" by Metal Church. Play it loud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkyb4sBOOSI —Twang cheers! Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on May 15 2022 12:06 PM
DannySnyder wrote:
Listening now. Yes, very melodic. Many of these would do well with a surf band treatment. —If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11077 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 15 2022 12:15 PM
There is a genre that draws upon both Andean melodies and surf guitar, it's called Chicha. Tons of this out there too, including a few new bands. Most notably Sonido Gallo Negro (featuring Gabriel from the surf band Twin Tones. Their later albums branch out in all kinds of interesting directions. —Danny Snyder I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac' Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF Last edited: May 15, 2022 12:23:45 |
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