Link Wray - Rumble

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
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It has been way, *way* too long since I have posted any surf, hot rod rock, or instrumental garage rock. Back to 1958, "Rumble", which influenced everyone from the Who to Iggy Pop, Jimmy Page, and Bob Dylan.


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Kinja'd!!! crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/20/2015 at 14:14

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No.

Shit.

I was just listening to the Pulp Fiction soundtrack this morning. And a lot of Dick Dale.


Kinja'd!!! Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > crowmolly
03/20/2015 at 14:20

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Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly
03/20/2015 at 14:21

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Misirlou is my go-to tune when trying to have a music discussion on the topic of unusual modes. I got hugely into surf a few years back and don't know that I've ever returned from it, though I've been very remiss in polluting Oppo with it like I did for a while.

Here's a more recent surf band I found through Pandora back in the day - they never got very big and their guitarist died, but they've got the classic middle ground between the Ventures and Johnny Rivers/Lalo Schiffrin soundtrack-type stuff absolutely nailed:


Kinja'd!!! crowmolly > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
03/20/2015 at 14:39

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Even has a Flowmaster jacket on