The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson,The Trashmen, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash,Buck Owens,Hank Williams,the Shadows,Eddie Cochran, the Belairs, the Yardbirds,Jimi Hendrix,Cream, Lynard Skynard, The Allman Brothers,Dick Dale ,the Doors,and many other surf and rock 'n roll groups of the mid '50's to late '60's. The inspiring surfers who surf the cold water of santa cruz on all sides,but especially at Steamers Lane when the outside reefs are breaking big or bigger. All surfers who share waves, have fun, and keep out of the freakin way! Women surfers(except the kooks).
There are some great new wave surf bands who are helping to modernize the genre who we feel have a new fresh sound.
Sounds Like
The Concaves sound like a hard rock surf band unlike any band you have heard before. We write and perform our own original material. The result is that we aren't a copy band, but original performing artists. People ask us "who do you sound like"? We sound like the concaves. Thank you very much.
An article from the "Good Times" a local Santa Cruz paper that focus' on the Art and live preformances.
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Music from the CD Warning, Heavy Surf Advisory by The Concaves is Featured in the Award winning Surf Documentary 'Cowells and The New Millenium' by Santa Cruz surfer/filmmaker/author Pat Farley.
The Concaves of Santa Cruz with their album, Warning Heavy Surf Advisory, has added a modern sound to surf music without losing the unique identifiable traits of the genre.
The sport of surfing has changed tremendously. Today, we see surfers challenging huge waves on off shore reefs, getting towed in by watercraft at surf spots such as Maverick's and Avalanche's. And surfers are going big for airborne moves; progressive longboarding combines shortboard and old school styles, and a huge increase in women surfers, who are pushing the limits of surfing as well as the men.
The music of The Concaves tries to capture the excitement of today's surfing and the passion of the men and women surfers who are taking part in pushing the limits of the sport of kings.And we are doing this by blending old school styles along with the modern techniques and sounds of the present day musician. The Concaves are not just trying to emulate a sound or create music that copies the old school surf sound but are tryin to capture the energy of a evolving, changing sport that they love and have been immersed in all their lives, using a blend of modern day sounds, and old school warmth,soul and feel.
This is the first surf band from Surf City Santa Cruz Nor-Cal to ever record all original songs. It is a work by surfer-musicians who themselves have experienced the love of surfing but also have been inspired by the surfers of Santa Cruz, (the real surf city U.S.A.)both male and female, who we have surfed with and watched surfing some of the best waves in the world. Hawaiian Princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz from Hawaii in the 1890's before anywhere else on the mainland. That gave Santa Cruz a very original unique distinction. The Concaves are also a surf related first for Santa Cruz as well.
Santa Cruz is one of those very unique areas in that it has a large variety of surf spots condensed into a small area. It is a surfing mecca in the truest sense of the word.The members of The Concaves grew up on the beaches of Santa Cruz, surfing all of these spots. So please enjoy our surf inspired music. You can order one of our cd's from www.cdbaby.com. Songs from the album can be downloaded directly from itunes, cdbaby, and other sites.
We are finishing the post production work on our next album so stay in touch for its release and availability. We have expanded our music to include vocals as well. So, the new cd will not only have the type of instrumentals that we are known for but will also feature original vocal songs as well.
Beth(li'l walquine) Pitts the daughter of band member a.k.a. dogfish
1975-1995
Her beauty and soulfull grace on the waves will always be missed.
Photo; Ron Edwards www.actionimagery.com
The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.
