concert review: The Reverberays

[calimac]

Why was I listening to a surf rock concert? I was there, I had the time, it was free and outdoors. Besides, I like some of that music. Of course they played the theme from “Hawaii Five-O”, without which no surf rock concert would be complete. They played an uptempo instrumental rock version of “The Sound of Silence”, which raised my eyebrows a little. And they played, and sang, “Secret Agent Man”. And a lot of stuff I didn’t know.

The band was lively and together. Standard four-piece: two guitars, one doubling trumpet; bass (the only woman, cf Talking Heads); drums. It was not too loud and I enjoyed it.

Comments

[wild_patience]

When I was a kid, hearing "Secret Agent Man" on the radio, it sounded like they were singing "secret Asian man." Diction matters.

[sturgeonslawyer]

Your "one woman" comment reminded me of these guys -- have you ever heard of the Surfrajettes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38L7AvbZEWk