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Isn't it true that Gene Moles was a session guitarist in Bakersfield
and was the official "guitar tester" and assembly line inspector for
the early Mosrites?
--- In , "Klas Fjellgren" <surfites@b...>
wrote:
> Brian, "Burnin' Rubber" (not the same song done by the Surfaris) is on
> several comps including Muscle Bustle (Ace Records), Surf and Drag Vol.
> 1 (Sundazed) and Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar Vol. 2 (Sundazed). Here's
> some info on the band from the Muscle Bustle liners by Rob Burt:
>
> "On the instrumental front, Gene Moles and the Softwinds became one of
> the most under-rated instrumentalists of the surf era. The Surfaris,
> the Ventures and the Challengers all covered Gene Moles' original work.
> However, a big chart placing seemed to evade the multi-talented Moles
> and his group. Their two near-hits came via "Kaha Huna" (goddess of
> surfing) on the Garpax label, followed by "Burnin' Rubber" b/w "Twin
> Pipes" on Challenge. When the mid-60s Batman craze swept America, they
> tried their luck again and reissued the latter tracks as "Batmobile"
> and "Batusi", as the Bats on the Flame label, again without any real
> success."
>
> / Klas
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > --- In , "Klas Fjellgren" <surfites@b...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > A great song with great overall production sound is "Burnin'
> Rubber"
> > > by Gene Moles and the Softwinds. Anyone not familiar with it can
> > > listen to it from the link below. Too bad no one is able to sound
> > > like this today since this is IMO how real surf music should sound
> > > like!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Klas that is very cool! What do you know about this band? Where did
> > you get the song?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > BN
