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Surf's Up Sunday!

Posted at 6:47 PM on April 7, 2007 by Jacquie Fuller (3 Comments)

This week on The Local Show, our publicist (and a rocker in her own right), Christina Schmitt, is filling in for Chris Roberts. The focus of the show is garage and surf rock from way back when, and she's dug up some real gems. My favorite: The Overtones' "Calhoun Surf," released in 1981 on the legenday local label Twin/Tone (the label that also helped propel the careers of The Replacements, the Suburbs, and the Jayhawks.) Surf music in the midwest? Well, why the hell not? On a windy day, there might be some radical waves on Lake Calhoun. Think the fact that there's no surfable water for miles means the Midwest shouldn't jump on the surf music bandwagon? Go tell that to Ronnie Lake--she'll change your mind faster than you can say "hang ten."

As an ex-Texan newly arrived to the Twin Cities (it'll be two years in August), I'm quickly learning that there's more to this area's musical history than Prince and The 'Mats, and The Local Show has been schooling me every Sunday evening for some time now.

What's your favorite piece of local music lore? Little known bands that I should be looking into? Local music gems lost in the cracks of history? C'mon ... school me!

Comments (3)

How about the Baby Astronauts or the Blue Hippos?!

Posted by Wells T. | April 8, 2007 10:20 PM

You have no idea how bummed my husband was that we had to turn off the radio and get out of the car and head into the house for Easter dinner about 10 minutes into the program. Christina rawks!

Posted by Auntie | April 9, 2007 9:48 AM

dang I missed the show! I can't remember if it's archived or not. I really wanted to hear it.

Posted by Frick | April 9, 2007 11:02 AM

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