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PARTIAL SURF PLAY LIST
| Church Key: By the Ravels, this song will wake anyone up. | Wild as the Sea: This is a fun tune to play. Butch has added some riffs that make this a very pretty tune. The original was by the Sandals on the "Endless Summer" soundtrack. |
| Perfidia: This is our lead song. By the Ventures in 1961, it's Latin Flavor leads us to believe it's from a musical. | Harlem Nocturne: Another pretty tune from Summertime, Porgy & Bess. |
| Apache: Written by Juergen Higson in 1959, prior to politically correct names. It was played by the Shadows in 1961 and countless other thereafter. | Surf Rider: Written by the Ventures and called "Spudnik". It was later "borrowed" by the Lively Ones and renamed "Surf Rider." Not a bad idea either. |
| Sleepwalk: Written by cousins from New York, Santo & Johnny, this is a slide guitar classic. | Diamond Head: The Ventures, circa 1964. |
| Walk Don't Run: When you think of "surf music," this is the one you will remember. Written by Chet Atkins, it was first released by the Ventures in 1960. | Surfing Hollow Days: This is another RAM-BUNK-SHUSH favorite. Written by Bruce Brown, it is the opening song to the 1961 film "Surfing Hollow Days" where only part of the song is played. Since we have no idea what the song was called or how it goes, we took what we had and went from there. In other words, we have adapted it a bit. Some call our version Walk Don't Run on steroids. |
| Tomorrow's Love: This tune by the Ventures hit the streets on the Knock Me Out album, side one-track 4, in 1964. Only John remembers this kind of stuff. | Surfer Girl: This is a great slow song. Bongos make it a real nice dance song. Classic surf by the Beach Boys, 1962. |
| Penetration: This is another classic surf tune from the Pyramids in 1962. Rumor has it they were a shaved head band of the day. | Baja: This tune is by The Astronauts, Sandy Beaches and Famous Point Beaches of Denver Colorado. Tis is one of our best songs. |
| Driving Guitars: This too is a 1961 Ventures original. We put some real drive into this one. | Secret Agent Man: We play this as you remember it. It always stops people in their tracks. Johnny Rivers and Patrick McEwen, circa 1964-1965. |
| Waves of Change: This is a very gentle tune from a contemporary Orange County band, the Break-A- Ways. They too put out some very good music. Check out their CD Time Surfing. Great stuff! | Wipe Out: Next to Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water, Jumping Jack Flash, Wipe Out is an all time favorite. An after thought on the "B" side of Surfer Joe, Wipe Out made it to #2 in the United States and #1 in Canada. The Surfaris, 1962. |
| Ram-Bunk-Shush: This is our namesake tune. The original was by the Ventures in 1962. It makes us wish we'd called ourselves "The Bajas." | Endless Summer: By the Sandals, this is the title song from Bruce Brown's imortal 1963 film about following summer arond the world. |
| Pipeline: This is another of the classic "surf" tunes. It was by the Chanteys in 1961. Gil Orr wrote the music. He later teamed up with Paul Johnson (Mr. Moto) as the Du Tones to do Surf Music Unplugged. | Lullaby of the Leaves: This one keeps Mike busy on the drums. A cranking tune from the Ventures, 1961. |
| Trilobyte: This tune is by the Troquays. Mike describes it as the musical equivalent to a helicopter. It shouldn't work and if something happens, it all falls apart. This is not a beginners tune. Even Mozart would have to practice this one. The name itself is a clue. | In My Room: A classic Beach Boys tune. |
| Twilight at Trestles: This is a very pretty and gentle tune by the Troquays. It makes up for Trilobyte. | Out of Limits: By the Marketts in 1962 prior to the British invasion. |
| Mr. Moto: Without question, this is our favorite.
The music was written by Paul
Johnson in 1961 when he was with the Bel Airs. This is reported
to be the first song to be called "surf music". Interestingly,
Paul was only 14-15 years old at the time he composed it. |
Twisted: This is a good dance number. It is gets up and goes. |
| Reaction: This our first original. Written by Butch and John, it is a classic surf sound with a nice drive to it. For some time, it was known as the song with no name or ending. In the end, we decided to just stop at the bridge where no one expects it, thus, a reaction. | Misirlou: John takes the lead as Butch drives it home. This Dick Dale orginial is best known from the sound track of Pulp Fiction. Like the movie, it is hard and fast. |
NOT SURF MUSIC, BUT WE PLAY IT ANYWAY
| Flor de Luna: This is a great Carlos Santana tune that we tossed in for fun. Mike is happy because he can use his cow bell on this one. | Over the Rainbow: Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, circa 1930. This is the most popular song of all time. Hundreds of artists have performed this tune, including guitar legend Jimi Hendrix. Butch truly makes this one to remember. |
| Europa: No one should mess with this classic. We play it like it Carlos Santana meant it to be played. | Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying: This song was released in 1964 by Gary and the Pace Makers. They were the second group to cross the great pond that was managed by Jerry Epstein, the former manager of the Beatles. |
| TJ: Don't ask. It is a standard blues run that we made up. | Summertime: A nice tune from Porgy & Bess. |
| Lonely Bull: This was an original by Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. To hear Butch play it, you would never know it was not "surf music." | Blue Moon: This tune came out in the 1950's. |
| Ghost Riders: Butch puts the surf sound to this Vaughn Monore tune big time. First recorded in 1949, any number of bands have performed Ghost Riders. Willy Nelson is perhaps one of the best known artists to play this. RAM-BUNK-SHUSH made a couple of modifications to this old classic that makes it one of our most requested "play it again tunes." | Dream, Dream, Dream: This song has been around for some time too. The Everly Brothers, Bobby Gentry and Glen Campbell all recorded this tune. |
| Goldfinger: First recorded in 1964. It has been around in various forms for years. It is best known for the James Bond Classic by the same name. One does have to wonder about the name. | How Do You Mend A Broken Heart: We have no idea. A vocal song introduced by the Bee Gees. This was all Butch's idea. Not bad if no one sings. |
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