The band members of CSIRock have returned to the music that they started out playing in the early stages of their musical careers. There is a particular feel that is associated with these tunes and they have captured it. For anyone who was interested in learning how to play the guitar in the 50’s and 60’s, the surf rock instrumentals held an important place in the early stages of these musicians. Even some music schools used to use the tune, “Walk Don’t Run" by “The Ventures”, as an early learning tool to pass on chord progressions to their students. Since then many musicians through time have credited the early Surf Rock era as their starting point. The fifties and the sixties experienced a surge of music that has not been repeated since. It was just after World War II when relief and inspirations flourished. This was the time in history when the surf scene really took off. It was in the mid sixties when the surf rock instrumentals gave way to "Hot Rod Surf", that was a blend of surf music with vocals and harmonies often with themes of cars and young love. Music changed and the surf rock scene was overshadowed by the newer music and most musicians moved on with the times. Years were spent learning and playing other genres of music and fun was being had by listeners, dancers and the musicians alike. Today, the lure of the surf instrumental music catches the ear again, and this time it’s the memories of the fun times that this music invokes. Generations who grew up with these tunes are now hearing them in commercials and in movies spurring on the revival of surf music. As a result, hundreds of bands around the world have now picked up on the surf rock scene once more and are playing this wonderful music. CSIRock is proud to honor those instrumental artists who gave us our start in music. We thank them for the rich heritage they left us and we are acknowledging them by doing the very best renditions of the music they created. History has a way of repeating itself |
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