Drink up with us at the last Tiki Sunday, tomorrow (11/8) at our favorite watering hole, Drink (348 Congress St., Boston). John Gertsen, Sam Treadway, Misty Kalkofen, and others will be serving up some of our favorite tiki cocktails—like the Zombie, Natatorium, Helen The Pacific, Jet Pilot, Wai Tai, and others. Enjoy some great exotica and the company of friends like us!
While everyone is having fun on the WFMU Booze Cruise, radio host Gaylord Fields has to work! So he’s decided to bring his show onboard to lead an oceanic expedition to the tropics! The program will feature a solid two hours of the finest exotica this side of Waikiki, Hong Kong and Nairobi, with the centerpiece being a live performance by the Waitiki 7. Hailing from both mainland coasts and Hawaii, this septet carries on the Polynesian pop tradition of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, down to the expertly human-sung bird calls. If Thor Heyerdahl had a band like this on the Kon-Tiki, he never would have gone ashore!
Check out this video Randy made using some footage from the recording session last February. I guess the title says it all!
The background music is a track from the album: “Ned’s Redemption.” Jim Benoit wrote it, it’s a xylophone rag. Lots of fun!
We made this video to help introduce the members of The WAITIKI 7 and share how/why we formed this special ensemble. Narrated by Randy Wong, leader of the W7 and founder/president of WAITIKI INTERNATIONAL LLC.
