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Influences
los Straitjackets, the Halibuts, the Blue Hawaiians, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Laika & the Cosmonauts, the Shadows, the Beatles, 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 B52s, The Beat (Paul Collins), Greg Kihn, The Modern Lovers, Boston, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Ultra Lounge, Kahuna Kawentzmann, Roy Buchanan, Bobby Darin, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Brazil '66, Charlie Byrd, Chet Atkins, Tal Farlow, Hugo Montenegro, Wes Montgomery, Martin Denny, 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 remain true to the sound of their 1960s and modern Surf Instrumental influences which include the Blue Hawaiians, Los Straitjackets, Laika & the Cosmonauts, the Ventures, Dick Dale, Link Wray, the Challengers, the Surfaris, the Chantays, and the Shadows. Breathtaking precision drum beats, cosmic bass lines, 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 dig ur guys music...old school surf tunes...shaka! me and my friends would love to see u guys play. come to santa cruz, theres great surf and good people
