60s rock scenes in the SOUTH

[legbarecords]

I dig both sides of that Tikis single. That sure doesn't sound like Len Wade singing on either track though. I always wondered if it was the same group. Also of interest, both sides are credited to R. Self... Ronnie? Could this be a belated attempt to break back into the pop market by this former rockabilly? If so(or not) such records are a personal kick for me. Rockabillies willing to give the new sound a try, instead of immediately reforming to country, sometimes with great results. Not for everybody, but i especially love the Ray Smith garage rocker "everybody's goin' somewhere". The lyrics are suitably desperate sounding considering Ray's tragic end. "Everybody's goin' somewhere, everybody but me".

 

[Jeffers66]

That's Billy Self, drummer/founder/road manager of the Tikis. The R. initial must have been a mistake.

 

[legbarecords]

Thanks for squaring me up on that. I was always curious. Since I wasn't looking at the record when I wrote that I could have made up the R. I was working off memory. When discussing regional southern sounds rockabilly is indeed a big factor though. I love Joe South's "I'm snowed". I love most of his stuff. Regional producers and songwriters like him were a big part of what gave local flavor to a lot of these records. Joe's accomplishments are pretty amazing. Rock, pop, country and he made a healthy contribution to the "beach" sound too. Pretty cool. Regarding Axel's original post, I love southern garage most of all. I suspect there are many here who got into this whole genre by first turning on to 45's they came across that were bred in their surrounding neighborhoods. Southern, Midwestern, New england, whatever. To this day when I hear a garage(teen combo) record where I detect a little southern vocal it hits a soft place in my heart. It doesn't even really have to be from the south. It just has to have that sound. Once your ears are trained to identify a certain sound with home, they always will. For instance, the Baltimore teenbeat a go go LP was love at first listen for me. Something about it reminds me of the Counts and other Memphis teen combos. Still THE BEST regional sampler IMHO.

 

[MopTopMike]

I agree with Teenbeat A Go Go for the best compilation of sounds from the era. The quality of the group tracks are excellent, ranging from ballads to tuff / edgy sounds. The title, for one, is representative (no stupid "garage band" terminology!). If I wanted to give someone unfamiliar with the sounds a perfect example of what it was like on a local level in the' 60s, I'd play this LP - not some '80s or post date compilation.

 

[M.T. Wallet]

sorry if it's already posted but there's some cool pix right here:
http://limestonelounge.yuku.com/topic/512/Jacksonville-and-Beaches-sixties-bands#.Tdk8nls8mso

 

[axel]

I love southern garage most of all. I suspect there are many here who got into this whole genre by first turning on to 45's they came across that were bred in their surrounding neighborhoods. Southern, Midwestern, New england, whatever. To this day when I hear a garage(teen combo) record where I detect a little southern vocal it hits a soft place in my heart.

Hey Greg, thanks for the input. May I ask what your favourite Southern garage 45s are? And which of those have that typical Southern feel you're pointing out?
A little best-of-Southern-garage list would be awesome!

I can imagine how great it must be to find some local '60s rock'n'roll 45s in your neighborhood (close to the place where they were pressed decades ago). I never had this kind of pleasure...
But now I have the G45central right in my neighborhood!

 

[axel]

I agree with Teenbeat A Go Go for the best compilation of sounds from the era. The quality of the group tracks are excellent, ranging from ballads to tuff / edgy sounds. The title, for one, is representative (no stupid "garage band" terminology!). If I wanted to give someone unfamiliar with the sounds a perfect example of what it was like on a local level in the' 60s, I'd play this LP - not some '80s or post date compilation.

I'd love to have that. Has this ever been reissued?

 

[MopTopMike]

Yes.
You can still buy the vinyl LP reissue, released by Get Hip

 

[legbarecords]

I'll try to put a list together of some of my favorites for you but until then, this will provide a good example of the kind of regional sound I like. Teenbeat, unaffected vocal(not trying to sound English), not over the top GARAGE just very sincere sounding.

 

[axel]

I'll try to put a list together of some of my favorites for you but until then, this will provide a good example of the kind of regional sound I like. Teenbeat, unaffected vocal(not trying to sound English), not over the top GARAGE just very sincere sounding.

Cool sounds, Greg!
Cool description of the regional flavour, too.
Thank you! Can't wait to see the list. But please take your time.

 

[axel]

Yes.
You can still buy the vinyl LP reissue, released by Get Hip

Thanks, Mike. Now I found it. In the product descriptions "teen beat" is not written as one word. That's why I didn't find it at first.