Mike Diabo has been playing surf music for a long time with his band Urban Surf Kings. (25 Years!) They are the longest running surf band is Canada. Not only can Mike play guitar, he can also play the ukulele. Mike decided to branch out on his own and do some ukulele driven exotica. Playing all the instruments, Mike released his album Ukexotic and it’s incredible! Here is Mike Diabo’s story …
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What would it be like if Les Baxter was your Dad?
I always wondered what it would be like if one of your parents was famous. If you’re into Tiki and Exotica music, you know who Les Baxter is. Leslie Eaton is his daughter and she was kind enough to answer some questions for me …
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It’s the middle of June and most of the country is experiencing a heat wave, except here in Seattle.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we are enjoying grey, overcast skies.
What a perfect time to enjoy some exotica!’
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There are two things I love about Tiki bars: they create mood and they create an escape. When you live where the weather isn’t the greatest, it’s nice to have a place that you can go and forget about what’s going on outside. I live in Seattle and it’s all about escaping the rain. If you live in upstate New York, you want to get out of the snow. If you live in a city where all you see are buildings and sidewalks, maybe going somewhere that has palm trees—even fake ones—would be nice.
Tiki Brian is out of Baltimore and if you’ve ever been there, you know that it’s a tight city with small streets and big buildings. It’s truly the concrete jungle. If there ever was a place that could use an exotic escape, Baltimore would be it. Tiki Brian created an exotic escape by creating a podcast: the Exotic Tiki Island Podcast!
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