OS#70 Monsters of the Surf Guitar #2 [1 more time]

*Show note: Old School GT students. Don’t be confused. This is the same show as the original #2. My apologies for sending again, there’s been a rogue wave that knocked some episodes out of Spotify. So we can sit in the sand and hope things work out, or we can just grab our guitars, hop on our boards, and ride the reptilian surf one more time! A few episodes back we heard from the Monsters of the Surf Guitar, them rocking reptiles and low-fi lizards that hit the beach with us just as things were warming up. As the summer went by, too fast as always, a lot of you made it evident you were craving more surf guitar, that twangy genre that ruled the charts in the early 60s just ahead of the British Invasion. If you haven't heard that episode, it has lots of gila monster history, ferocious feedback, and reptilian reverberation. Odds are pretty good if you dial back a few episodes to Old School Number 66, you’ll find it. But you don’t have to have heard that one to paddle out for this one. I was even thinking of making this a sleep tape. Could people really nod off to dreamland while rocking to the memories of surf, sleep, and Stratocasters?Most of these artists surfed the waves at Oblivion Beach, where their reputations came and went like the great waves at Wiamea bay. Can you dig it? We’ve got guitars that scream like a shark on a spree,And lizards that strum with wild jubilee.The crocs and the gators are ready to jam,With riffs so hot, they could fry a clam!So slide on your shades and hang ten with the best,Where the surf meets the scales and Black Lagoon Creature don’t rest.It’s a wild, wacky ride and its just aheadWith monsters and Fenders and creatures who shredCan you hang ten with the toes and the flying fins and fingers of the larapin lizards of the lost legends of the surfside sidewinders and their dreamy dinosaur dramas?I thought you could. The Original Surfaris start of this last set of the Old School Endless Summer with a track called EXOTIC. It’s the return of the Monsters of the Surf Guitar. Number Two. Just for you.MONSTER PLAYLIST🦖Exotic  THE ORIGINAL SURFARISGear  DAVE MYERS & THE SURFTONESThe Breeze and I  STEVE AND THE EMPERORSIshamatsu THE CENTURIONSEl Gato  THE CHANDELLESPressure  THE PYRAMIDS Surf Rider THE LIVELY ONESMidnight Surfer  JERRY COLE & HIS SPACEMENFugitive  JAN DAVISDance of the Ants  THE STRANGERSBongo Shutdown  NEW DIMENSIONSRam Charger  THE DELVETTSYep  THE SURFARIS Scorpion  THE VIBRANTSThe Gremmie Part 1  THE TORNADOESRampage  THE CHALLENGERSCheater Stomp  THE FABULOUS PLAYBOYSMoon Shot  KENNY & THE FRIENDSSurf Medley  THE VENTURESTravelers  SPANISH MOONProfessor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and keep the dust off the vintage wax, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “The past is a blast.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe