Label: Sonic Thrust Records Cat. no: STRCD-004 Release date: September 17, 2002 UPC A. 807207016328 RAKE and the Surftones - SURFERS DRIVE WOODIES (Japanese version/18 tracks) is now available to the rest of the world! This is an album which will take you back to the sixties when the surf music waves were high, recorded in a surf style (Dick Dale, Ventures type of thing.) Fun music with raw solid energy giving you the feeling of surfing the waves, in the sunset of the endless summer in Hawaii or Southern California, where the swell is running and the waves break perfectly, visualizing the lifestyle of the carefree surfer, riding the surf, driving his Woodie, beach partying and watching the surf scene for the "Big One". RAKE, alias Jay Graydon, plays together with a host of the best studio musicians in the world, e.g. Dean Parks (Steely Dan), Steve Lukather (Toto), David Hungate (Toto), John Ferraro, Joseph Williams (Toto), Jason Scheff (Chicago) and many more. Catchy tunes with an attitude and the fun factor of this recording is shining through big time! Listen to some cool SOUND BITES! Songs from the album have been aired on Oceanic Cable in Hawaii on the Mike Latronic surf shows and they used a track or two in a show about China Uemura's long board contest. Some of the songs were also aired in July 2003 on the Waxfoot Surf Show #29 at CTSCC Ch.27 which broadcasts from beautiful downtown Santa Cruz, California. An extensive review of the album can be found at Phil Dirt's Reverb Central. Click on Reviews in the left column and then look for the album in the right column or click on the letter R in the alphabetic list at the top of the page. Phil's Garage: Surf's Up! with Phil Dirt Saturday nights 6:PM - 9:PM on KFJC 89.7 FM. On current and past playlists you will find tracks from RAKE AND THE SURFTONES being played.

Tracks: Gotta Woodie Today Undertow Run Don't Walk The Lonely Wave For Sandi Grill and the Sea Cups My Woodie Malibu Pier Surfin' Drums The Rake Mystery Bach Goes Surfin' Minute Wave October in Oxnard Gettin' Air Blue Lights BONUS TRACKS Hot Fat Boogie Surfers Toe Jam Red Tide Bunyon Run

Musicians and Vocalists: Todd LaBrea (Jay Graydon) - LEAD and rhythm guitar Sleepy Richard Hueneme (Dean Parks) - lead and RHYTHM guitar Ed Hudu (David Hungate) - bass guitar Malibu JC Peters (Jim Cox) - keyboards "Butt" Powell (Tom Hensley) - keyboards, accordion and vocals on "MY WOODIE” Hot Fat Reynolds (John Ferraro) - drums Yo Wood (Sherwood Ball) - guitar Stan "Haight" Ashbury (Joseph Williams) - lead vocals Paco Pt. Loma (Jason Scheff) - lead vocals and guitar Hungus Hudu (David Hungate) - trombone Honky "Leaky Pad" Beeflat (Dean Parks) - tenor sax Dave "Goofy Hand" Hermosa (Dave Richardson) - lead hand clap Biff "No Pick" Balboa (Sterling Ball) - lead guitar every leap year Craig Laguna (Craig Copeland) - lead vocals and guitar Poop Fiction (Steve Lukather) - backing vocals, handclaps

RAKE and the Surftones + friends RAKE and the Surftones (give or take a few) at first live performance. Left to right - Jim Cox, Darryl Voss, Kenji Sano, Jay Graydon, Dean Parks. SURFERS DRIVE WOODIES is produced by Jay Graydon for NEW MUSIC INC. and recorded live (except for the overdubs) commencing on October 9th, 1995 using the HARPOON STUDIOS remote truck parked at Malibu beach next to the pier. The band was set up about 10 feet from the edge of the pacific ocean during "high tide". This album was engineered by Cookie (Mikal Reid) and mixed by Todd LaBrea using the 96 track Webcore wire recorder system utilizing ham radio crystal mics and soup cans with long strings for earphones. Mastering by Steve "Hang 10" Hall at FUTURE DISK. Steve brought his surfboard into the mastering studio for the "vibe". WAY COOL! 2002 release remastered by Todd LaBrea using the ALESIS MASTERLINK system. Jay having fun at the surf party. Todd LaBrea (Jay Graydon) plays an electric guitar through a reverb and amp (it is a secret). ERNIE BALL guitar strings and volume pedal were used. Todd uses PLANET WAVES guitar cables now but they were not made then. Hot Fat Reynolds (John Ferraro) plays EVANS DRUM HEADS. Poop Fiction (Steve Lukather) plays the LUKE signature model MUSIC MAN Guitar and used ERNIE BALL GUITAR STRINGS. Biff “No Pick” Balboa (Sterling Ball) plays the signature STERLING model MUSIC MAN Bass but not on this album. I am not sure what strings he uses. Yo Wood (Sherwood Ball) plays MUSIC MAN Guitars and ERNIE BALL strings. This album is dedicated Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Beach Boys and the many surf bands and studio musicians that molded the surf sound. Tommy Tedesco, the "God Father" of all studio guitar players is responsible for lead guitar on the song "OUT OF LIMITS" and many more. His "surf style" was a major influence! I asked Tommy to name the studio musicians that helped to create the "surf sound" during the 60's. Guitar: Tommy Tedesco, Glen Campbell, James Burton, Jerry Cole, Billy Strange and Jerry McGee Bass: Ray Pohlman, Carol Kaye and Bill Pitman on 6 string bass Keyboards: Leon Russell, Al Delori and Don Randi Drums: Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer. Darryl Voss, Bill Champlin, Steve Lukather and Bobby Cochran are getting instructions by Jay about their key for playing the crazy chromatic WipeOut. A host of the world's top guitarists got together at this once-in-a-lifetime party gig at Marilyn's in Malibu. We were totally WIPED OUT!! by the completely new and surprising approach to the classic surf song. Jay Graydon, Dean Parks, Bill Champlin, Steve Lukather, Sterling Ball, Bobby Cochran, Jim West, Jason Scheff, Craig Copeland, Teddy Castalucci - all playing in various keys - yea, at the same time! AWESOME! WILD! My friends, there are absolutely no words for this! Wishing you were there..... Sterling "Biff" Ball is having a great time with Luke and Dean. "I can't hear you"... or is it ... "I don't want to hear you"... Teddy Castalucci and Kenji Sano. Bill Champlin grooving with the Hammond B3. Kenji in the background. Jay, Dean Parks and Kenji Sano together in a solo. Todd LaBrea on surf music: In September of 1964, I attended the 9th grade dance and heard a sound that changed my life! The local surf band was playing as I entered the gym. I walked up to the "band stand" and stood there with my mouth hanging open. I had no idea what the guitars and amps were but they looked and sounded like heaven to my eyes and ears. The next day in school, I asked one of the guitar players (in that band) to please educate me regarding the guitars and amps. He replied that his guitar is a Fender Stratocaster, the other guitar player plays a Fender Jazzmaster and their amps are Fender Tremoluxe's with Fender "tank" reverbs. I asked him what that "lever" on his guitar was for. He said it was a "tremolo bar" that allows the player to "bend down and vibrato" the pitch of the guitar. WOW! A few days later I met two guitar players at school and asked them to jam "surf tunes" at my house with me playing drums (I owned a very old Ludwig drum set). That Saturday was so much fun! We decided to "jam" the following day so the guitar players left their guitars and amps at my house. I fooled around with one of the guitars that night and figured out how to play all the songs we had played that day. TOO MUCH FUN! Read the rest of Todd LaBrea's rap on surf music, as well as stories by his band buddies, in the album liner notes... *.....You might find your summer queen Might run into Ben Vereen. It could happen at Malibu Pier........* Craig Copeland and Jason Scheff in beautiful harmony

All gig photos taken by Jay's Webmaster Read all about this surf gig and the amazing chromatic WipeOut in Phil Dirt's column Malibu Bar Bee. A review of the album can be found at Phil Dirt's Reverb Central. Click on Reviews in the left column and then look for the album in the right column or click on the letter R in the alphabetic list at the top of the page.