Donovan Wolf - The Kreepy Tikis - Reinventing ‘Doom Surf’ music - Season 4 - Episode 5

Jacksonville based musician, front man, lead guitarist for the Kreepy Tiki’s Mr. Donovan Wolf recently joined me on the Podcast to talk a little about his current band and the evolution of ‘Doom Surf’ music, among many other things. Donavan struck me as a very personable guy with not only a passion for his craft but also dedicated to worthy causes including Peace, People and Planet. Transcript Summary Notes: Tracy Rigdon: “…prior to the show, Donovan and I were talking. I hadn’t had the opportunity to get out and see his new band. And my goodness, the Creepy Tiki’s are really skyrocketing in popularity locally. It seems as though really over the last few months or so, it’s like you guys are everywhere, including being on a morning TV show recently. Tell us about that.” Donovan Wolf: “Yeah, that was a highlight for all of us, really. The invitation kind of came out of nowhere and went to the studio, did the live broadcast. That was pretty exciting. Everybody was super friendly, and we got a lot of traction from that, obviously, because it kind of put our name out there in people’s faces where they otherwise would not have heard of us. So yeah, it’s just been a great ride so far. This band is… just about one year old this month, and we’re still having a great time.” Tracy Rigdon: “Now the Kreepy Tikis, how would you describe the type of music? Is it a genre that’s like set in stone or is it something you guys created along the way?” Donovan Wolf: “I wouldn’t say we created it. We sort of jokingly call it Doom Surf. You know, we take traditional 60s surf music, you know, lots of reverb and tremolo and vibrato effects, you know, and real fast picking on the guitar. It’s mostly instrumental. We do a few vocal numbers where I’m kind of singing, but it’s more of like a campy Dracula voice, you know, or we’re just making sounds and howls and stuff but uh, yeah, and you know, if you’ve seen any of our videos or whatnot, we we all wear costumes. We’re all sort of a different tiki themed character. So we’re always in character when we play and We’re just having fun with it man. It’s you know, doom surf spooky surf, whatever however you want to characterize it. It’s not necessarily a new genre, but I’d like to think we’re putting a new face on it with our own spin on the characters and all that, you know. It’s great stuff.” “…I mean, the intimate settings of places like Raindogs, where you play into a smaller room, is actually, you’re sort of on the same level with the crowd and more interaction. And I tend to enjoy that. And there’s more of a kind of give and take with the audience. Our genre of surf, usually when we play a show, we’re sort of the odd man out.” “typically people that aren’t necessarily into surf music, they hear it and it lights a little bit of nostalgia in their heart. They think, oh yeah, I remember this. This is kind of triggers the dancing.” For a more immersive experience, visit our website at: https://www.thecontrastproject.tv/ ** Music Tracks for this Podcast by Alex Grohl on Pixabay ** Feel free to LIKE, SHARE AND COMMENT. If you are featured here and we don't have your link(s) posted, please let us know. Follow The Contrast Project online: ** http://www.thecontrastproject.tv/ ** https://www.facebook.com/TheContrastP... ** https://www.instagram.com/the_contras... ** https://twitter.com/ContrastProjTV To find the Contrast Project Lounge Podcast, go to: ** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... and on all major platforms. ** The Contrast Project Lounge Podcast is proudly created in part using the Riverside.fm platform. By using this link you are helping to support this show. Thank you so much: https://bit.ly/3BH3q2t