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Has anybody here seen or heard guitarist John Adomono? I just read about him in an article on the Eco-Sonic tape echo unit in Vintage Guitar Magazine. Apparently he was absolutely incredible, and made a big splash (Ed Sullivan Show, performance at the White House) in the late 50's/early 60's. He apparently played around L.A. for years. I'm wondering if his version of "Miserlou" inspired Dick Dale to perform the song (or the other way around?). There are a few of his tunes on I-Tunes, but not much else out there. I'm real curious to learn about this guy.

Bob

Hi, I was looking for more info on him and came across your post. Here's a link to an album if you haven't heard it already. Very very good guitar player.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjyjqeGutfU

Would love to find a copy on CD but I don't think it exists.
Wish I had more info.

-Pierre
The Obsidians! (Ottawa surf)
The Obsidians debut EP

You can find some of his releases on vinyl on amazon if that helps.

I am not obsolete, I am RETRO.... Cool

Sorry to resurrect something this old, but there is a discussion of John Adomono in Michael Dregni’s book “In Search of Gypsy Jazz”. Adomono was Romani

Jill Martini & The Shrunken Heads

Last edited: Jul 22, 2022 09:10:20

Dick Dale was inspired to cover "Misirlou" as the result of a kid at one of his Rendezvous dances asking him if he knew how to play anything on only one string of his guitar. Or, so the story goes. I seriously doubt Dick knew who Adomono was or listened to much gypsy jazz. He was a C&W/R&B guy.

www.johnblair.us
www.soundofthesurf.com

Misirlou was an old song long before Adomono got a hold of it.

Jill Martini & The Shrunken Heads

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