KingBloodstone
Joined: Nov 13, 2009
Posts: 11
SF East Bay
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Posted on Nov 13 2009 11:47 PM
Hey there. I'm newly turned onto SB101 (via Danny--hello!) and wanted to start my maiden post by adding to this thread.
I have to say this is one of my all time favorites--Siboney by Johnny Fortune. I'm a surf music sax player, so any tune with some horns almost automatically gets my vote. But honestly, this song (and I was familiar with the original composer thanks to my classical music loving father) has the mystery, the darkness and the exotic vibes that I live for in instro tunes.
I'm glad to be here and look forward to some great finds. I'll have to check out the other versions listed above, by the Hellbenders and the Vara-Tones.
Also, a noob question: Is there a separate section of the forum to discuss instrumental, yet non-surf, related music? I am a HUGE fan of late '50s, early '60s R&B instros a la comps like Frolic Diner, Las Vegas Grind!
Salud,
Lear
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Nov 14 2009 05:53 AM
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surfbeatnik
Joined: Apr 01, 2007
Posts: 347
Sea Country, CA, USA
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Posted on Nov 14 2009 07:26 AM
CaptainSpringfield
Johnny Fortune did a great version, though I don't know if his was the first "surf" cover or not.
If you haven't heard it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVurISkI-GM
The Goofyfoots added it to our set list a few months ago....just need to add a sax and trumpet player to the line-up... which is what I have wanted to do for years!
and it's the B-side of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA2vY08i38I&NR=1
...which Jeff Utterback should like... cool, snappy drums and drag racing!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 14 2009 10:08 AM
Hi Lear welcome to SG101, finally a sax player on the forum. There's some interesting threads that mention sax, you'll get a laugh for sure. Speaking of which, there's a member named Jake, I urge you not to take him too seriously, he's actually a nice guy with a warped sense of humor.
In the same vein as this Johnny Fortune cover, is Al Casey's cover of Jezebel, I think the sax is pretty amazing on that as well.
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SGF
Joined: Jul 08, 2007
Posts: 106
Brittany
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Posted on Nov 14 2009 06:56 PM
My favourite version of Siboney is by the Mustangs (Finland). It's pretty uptempo.
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shivers13
Joined: Jul 29, 2009
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Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Nov 15 2009 10:37 PM
This thread is a great companion piece for the exotica/surf thread. Although not really exotica, Cuban composer Ernesto Lacuona's compositions were covered many times on exotica and surf recordings. As you know he wrote Siboney, Malaguena and The Breeze and I. If you're feeling brave and up to the challenge, listen to his other original piano compositions on "Lecuona plays Lecuona". Some of his other powerful, melancholy tunes would make great Surf instros with the right arrangement.
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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San Francisco
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Posted on Nov 15 2009 11:14 PM
KingBloodstone
Salud,
Lear
Hi Lear, Welcome to SG101. Nice to meet you last Thursday!
Ferenc
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KingBloodstone
Joined: Nov 13, 2009
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SF East Bay
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Posted on Nov 15 2009 11:29 PM
Likewise, Ferenc.
Danny, I liked the recommendation. Never heard of Al Casey, but I liked the sample and immediately got it off iTunes! Keep 'em coming.
I'll look into the exotic thread Shivers mentioned, but I'm afraid it'll lead me into an endless abyss in cyberspace! 
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Nov 16 2009 01:25 AM
I think Johnny Fortune's Lone Surfer is also essentially Siboney. I like that one, too! And, in case nobody norticed the cross street at the SG101 2009 site:
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
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Denver, CO
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Posted on Jan 02 2010 06:28 PM
Incidentally, Canto Siboney (song in the Siboney style) is named ultimately for the Ciboney Indians of Cuba. But the immediate source is probably the town of Siboney in Cuba, and the district around it, which is, I think, a famous one in terms of Cuban music. Also, if you're out there, Jeff, there is a town near Siboney named Daiquiri. I'm not sure, but ...
Anyone remember the old joke with the punch line (hmm, punch) "It's a hickory daiquiri, doc"?
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