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Rock and roll guitar music. Some of my influences are Elliot Easton (The Cars), Michael Schenker (UFO), The Knack, The Cure, The Smiths, Ritchie Blackmore, Muse Guitar based melodic rock
The Vara-Tones play high energy traditional surf rock in the instrumental style of Dick Dale, The Chantays, and the Surfaris. When the Vara-Tones originated in the early sixties, instrumental surf music was just making its debut. Leo Fender and Dick Dale were experimenting with the outboard reverb unit in conjunction with the Stratocaster and Showman amplifier to create what would be the forerunner to the 'heavy' rock sound. The Vara-Tones recently got back together to record their first...
