The Cocktail Preachers "Stealing From the Collection" 2002

Spreading the sermon of Surf from the heart of the Midwest. Surf is up on Lake Michigan and The Cocktail Preachers are hanging ten. Throw in a little bit of traditional 60's instro with a smidge of Los Straightjackets and Man Or Astroman and you might com. from: http://cdbaby.com/cd/cocktailpreachersAfter a nice quick change over, those loungey, fez-heads known as the Cocktail Preachers all the way from Chicago rose to the occasion with the most exotic and erotic sounds to penetrate Otto's in way too long. The extra-large jungle drum beat of Rick Casino was only surpassed by the amazing bass line of Phil Tiki's red Fender. Rounding out the Cocktail Preacher's are the dynamic duo of Stevie Martini on lead guitar and Vitamin B-Bruce on rhythm git AND Fender Slide lap steel! I have never seen a surf band use a lap steel before and I was thoroughly impressed at the versatility of Bruce's playing. While I missed the go-go dancing of the Cocktail Shakers I was pleased to see that members of Reverb Galaxy decided to fill in as substitutes. Wish I could recite the set list or at least give you a sampling of what they played, but by song number 2 I was up & shakin my money maker. I do recall that Stevie Martini brought the beach bungaloo down with the punk-iest version ever of Wipe Out and a very dreamy lounge-style rendition of Hawaii 5-0.

trax:

1. Deep Deep Space 2. Long Boards Rule 3. Albatross Joe 4. Oxygen 5. Banzai 6. Highball Holiday 7. Tarmac 8. Margarita Meltdown 9. I Think it Means Death 10. Roswell Surf Report 11. Drink Donna 12. Bailout 13. Preacher Stomp 14. Pajama Party 15.Tiki Lounge Mix 16 Spy-Fi 17. Go Betty