January Birthdays 
We have just released our new instrumental surf guitar CD, self titled Eddie and the Sand Sharks.
There are a dozen songs, all covers of some of the classics. We tried to bring something different to them by utilizing a wide variety of instruments and mixing in a number of original leads.
This is a two CD set. The first CD contains the complete songs.
The second CD removes the leads to form backing tracks (so there are 24 tracks in total). For those of you that are looking for backing tracks to classic surf songs, I suspect that you will like these. One thing to keep in mind is that our version of the Theme from The Endless Summer is a little different and the backing track reflects this.
As an amateur, it was a great experience for me to be able to play and record with a couple of professionals who have been doing this for decades.
Eddie Montana is the leader of the project and plays numerous instruments on the CD. All of the non-traditional guitar leads on the record were done by Eddie.
Charlie Ewing is similarly flexible, playing bass, drums, and some of the keyboards, while also serving as our engineer.
Eddie and Charlie have worked together recording for years, so it was really fascinating to watch how they complemented each other, particularly in the mixing process.
Here is a link to the CD and individual tracks:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/eddiemontana2
You can also buy it at Eddie's store, Seal Beach Music (it's 15 bucks if you buy it in the store).
I thought that it might be interesting to list the instruments used on the recording. In some of the leads, if you hear a guitar that sounds unusual, it's probably the Cabronita Tele with TV Jones pickups.
Guitars:
Charvel Offset Electric 12-String
Fender La Cabronita Especial
Fender '51 NoCaster Relic
Fender 1950's Stratocaster Relic
Fender '60 Stratocaster Relic
Fender '82 Stratocaster Joe Barden Pickups
Fender VG Stratocaster
G&L ASAT Bluesboy
G&L Comanche
G&L Legacy
Gibson 1960s ES 345
Gibson '82 Les Paul Standard
Korean Baritone
Nashville Tuned Guitar 1957
Strum Stick
Takamine Acoustic
Bass Guitars:
Fender Jazz Bass
KSD Jazz
Warwick Corvette
Assorted Instruments:
Boss Digital Delay Pedal
Crybaby Wah Pedal
German Stradivarius Violin Barcusberry Pickups
Maxon AD999 Analog Delay Pedal
Roland Workstation
Steel Guitar
Synthesizer
Tibetan Bell
Tibetan Singing Bowl
Tongue Drums
Tree Chimes
Ukulele
Yamaha DTX Drums
Amps:
Carr Rambler 1x12
Fender Acoustasonic (violin)
Fender '60s Blonde Vibrolux Reverb 1x12
Gomez G Reverb-Amp 1x15
Headstrong Lil' King Reverb 1x10
Line 6 Spider 75 1x12
Music Man '70s RD-1x12
Victoria Champ 1x8
Victoria Champ 1x12
Thanks for your time. Feedback, of all types, is always welcome.
Paul
—Paul
