Here's the exclusive premiere of "Space Mosquito," a new track by Los Straitjackets, aka "America's instrumentalists." "Space Mosquito" is from the band's new guitar-driven album, Jet Set, which will be released August 7 via Yep Roc Records.
On June 7, Jimmy Vivino and Los Straitjackets hosted a benefit concert for guitarist Daddy-O Grande (Danny Amis) at the historic Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
"Calhoun Surf" is the first song I ever wrote. It was 1978, and I was living in Minneapolis, not far from Lake Calhoun. I’d been wanting to start a band and had just remembered how much I liked surf instrumentals.
In the summer of 1973, I was 20. I had moved to LA to be a songwriter with a piano player by the name of Dave Bloom. We were sure we were the next Lennon/McCartney -- or at least Leiber/Stoller.