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Influences
los Straitjackets, the Halibuts, the Blue Hawaiians, Dick Dale, Link Wray, B52s, Ennio Morricone, Laika & the Cosmonauts, the Shadows, the Beatles, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Brazil '66, Martin Denny, Bobby Darin, Charlie Byrd, Chet Atkins, Tal Farlow, Hugo Montenegro, the Ventures, the Challengers, the Surfaris, the Belairs, the Chantays, the Surf Coasters, Kula Shaker, Eric Burden, the Animals, the Byrds, the Doors, Davie Allan, The Astronauts, the Mermen, Slacktone, the Bitch Boys, Pollo Del Mar, the Neptunas, the Neptunes, Johnny Winter, The Allman Brothers, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Al DiMeola, Frank Zappa, Alvin Lee, Jimmy Page, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Asleep At The Wheel, Elvis Costello, the English Beat, The The Beat (Paul Collins), Greg Kihn, The Modern Lovers, Boston, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Ultra Lounge, Kahuna Kawentzmann, Roy Buchanan, Wes Montgomery, Count Basie, Django Reinhardt, Steely Dan, Kome Kome Club, The Boom, ANYTHING from the 1960s. Latin, Hawaiian, Middle Eastern, Retro Lounge Exotica, Jazz, Swing, Country Western, Surf, Psychedelia, Japanese, Okinawan.
Sounds Like
the Blue Hawaiians, Los Straitjackets, Laika & the Cosmonauts, the Halibuts, the Shadows, Dick Dale, Link Wray, the Ventures, the Challengers, the Surfaris, the Mermen, The Boom.
The Aquamarines at the Brookdale Lodge. Farewell to Phil Dirt of KFJC. Be Happy Phil! E noho me ka hau'oli!
The Aquamarines draw inspiration from legendary 20th century composers/ artists of the 1930s to the 1980s ... spanning such genres as Rock, Lounge, Exotica, Jazz, Pop, Surf, Big Band, Swing, Country, Spaghetti Western, Classical, Film Scores, Psychedelia, Middle Eastern, Latin, Hawaiian, and Japanese. Breathtaking precision drum beats, bouncy bass lines, cosmic keyboards, tiki tiki lap steel, and 10-foot-tall reverberated shred & twang vibrato guitar... these are the trademarks of the Aquamarines sound.
other Aquamarines performing on School of Reverb :
Stuart Brandt (drums)
Jimmy Goetz (bass)
Mark Scardello (guitar)
REVIEWS:
"The performances are solid...a deliberate and fluid performance with a Link Wray sensibility, big vibrato chords, and surf-throb-correctness, the Aquamarines do a tasteful and straightforward cover...Very tastefully done, with a rich arrangement. ---Phil Dirt - Reverb Central, KFJC FM Radio Santa Cruz
"The Aquamarines SCHOOL OF REVERB CD nailed this old surf lover right to the board. The band's passion is palatable enough to reach across the decades. And done LIVE? My tattered rock critic's cap is off to you: surf music could have no better ambassadors, the Ventures no better envoys." ----Leland Rucker, KCUV AM 1510 Denver
"You guys rocked the house! You should have heard the crowd when you did some of the flashier bits, people were goin "yeah"! and nodding in approval! Nicely done! A new era for the The Aquamarines!" ----Tom Walzem, The Neptunes, Fresno
"...one of the best shows I've seen in years and I wish L.A. shows had this kind of energy and crowd reception!" ----Tiki Mania, Los Angeles
I DO love you! How did you know? Keep up the incredible vibe. Your music has always been on the soundtrack of my life! Oh, the things you've seen! You'd be shocked! <3Katie
Gracias por el comentario hermanos... Aun estamos en construcción pero muy pronto estrenaremos nuestras canciones masterizadas!!! Saludos y bendiciones desde Venezuela...
