Southern Surf Stomp! presents Zarinah & the Zaratans, The WheelKnockers, Forbidden Waves

The Zaratans return to the Southern Surf Stomp! with a singer (gasp) to perform for you some swingin' 60's surf and pop music.  Also returning are The Wheel Knockers, with their twangy indie-rock.  You may have seen their front man Daniel McNeill aka Jet Powers on the mic as our emcee for this past weekend's festival.  We're happy to welcome newcomers Forbidden Waves, whom I caught for the first time in Athens last Sunday and they are super fun, loud, and incorporate everything from rockabilly to psychedelic stoner-rock into their instrumentals.

Southern Surf Stompcast, episode 17

Episode 17 features an interview with Lars Espensen and Jeff Waites of The Original Shake Charmers.

Track list:
The Surge! - "Anasazi"
Crazy Aces - "Modelo Uno"
Banzai Bay - "The Rip"
The Cavefish - "A Boy Named Tsunami"
Cutback - "Voyage Around The Moon"
Crazy Aces - "Surfin' Simon"
The Man From RavCon - "Bounce"
The Man From RavCon - "Competition Stripes"
The Original Shake Charmers - "Phenix City Shake"
The Original Shake Charmers - "I Can't Lose"
The Delusionaires - "The Regrettable Act"
Dick Dale - "The Wedge"
Larry and the Loafers - "Lets Go To The Beach"
The Starliners - "Thunder"
The Ramrods - "Night Ride"
Buddy & the Squids - "Perlita"
Gold Dust Lounge - "Adventures In Tourism"
Daikaiju - "Double Fist Attack"

Incidental:
Banzai Bay - "Ishigaki Island"
The High Fidelics - "Mondo Rondo"
Dick Dale - "Esperanza"
Buddy & the Squids - "Low Tide"

Intro and outro music, "Southern Surf Syndicate Theme", provided by The Penetrators.

Southern Surf Stompcast

Our debut episode features an interview from North Carolina's Arrows out as well as music from groups that have performed previously at the Southern Surf Stomp.  It can be found streaming below or you can subscribe on iTunes.


Tracklisting:
The Monterreys "Machete!"
The Surge! "Paddle or Die",
The Mutations "Surfer's Dream",
Daikaiju "Flight of Garuda",
Kill, Baby...Kill! "Trioxin Twist",
The Mystery Men? "The Devil You Know",
Arrows Out "Yes, Maybe",
Arrows Out "Tessellate",
MOONBASE "Smoke",
El Fossil "Hair Pin",
Gemini 13 "Chopped and Channeled",
The High Fidelics "Lil' Curfew Breaker",
The Zaratans "Wavos Maximos".

Intro and outro music, "Southern Surf Syndicate Theme", provided by The Penetrators.

Photos from Southern Surf Stomp! on August 9, 2014

The Biggie Rats, look at that crowd!

The Zaratans

Zaratans doing a vocal number (Yardbirds' "For Your Love")

Edwin of the High Fidelics utilizing the dance floor

The High Fidelics

Southern Surf Stomp! presents the High Fidelics (AL), the Zaratans (AL), and the Biggie Rats

Birmingham's High Fidelics are quite an eclectic instro group including Edwin Cleverdon on guitar, Jeff Waites on bass/bass vi, Robert Huffman (who played with the legendary Penetrators) on organ/keys, and Ken Adams on drums.  Imagine equal parts Ventures and Booker T. & the M.G.'s being performed by a punk band and you'll have somewhat of an idea on their sound.  Their debut album is absolutely killer and rumor is they are working on a new one.

The Zaratans are also from B'ham and share High Fidelics member Jeff Waites.  These guys (and sometimes gal) play original and classic surf as well as old rock 'n roll and R 'n B.

The Biggie Rats feature members from surf/instro groups in Atlanta (Gemini 13 and Chad Shivers & the Silent Knights) and will perform a smoking set of covers from classic psych, garage, and punk.