Time to get fired up in San Diego: The Strawberry Alarm Clock is set to close the Tiki Oasis festival on Aug. 9.
An “inner-ear freakout” is promised for that Sunday night, complete with go go dancers and plenty of tropical cocktails “curated by top mixologists.”
The five-night, four-day fest is billed as the “original and largest tiki event in the entire world.” The Town and Country Resort is the venue.
The Strawberry Alarm Clock is appearing in support of its new album, “Where’s One?” The show comes two days after the album’s release. Opening the final-day concert are another L.A. act, the Pandoras, known for their ace garage-rocking in the 1980s.
While Tiki Oasis San Diego sprawls over five nights, tickets for the SAC concert are available separately.
Already in the spirit, SAC’s George Bunnell says the band “will definitely be playing ‘Tahitian Gardens’ at Tiki Oasis,” referring to one of his tracks on the “Where’s One?” album.
The long-running L.A. psychedelic band played San Diego’s Street Scene festival several times. The group also took up residency in the city during filming of its spots in the 2009 concert movie “Love-In: A Musical Celebration.” Other local appearances were the Adams Avenue Street Fair and the San Diego County fair in Del Mar.
> Get tickets for the Strawberry Alarm Clock show in San Diego.
‘Sky’ high
Count the BILLCS Music Blog among the fans of the Strawberry Alarm Clock’s latest single, “The Sky Isn’t Falling”:
“Gone may be the psychedelia of the band’s early days nearly 60 years ago, but what’s present in ‘The Sky Isn’t Falling’ is the keen sense of melody and harmony, as well as some downright impressive guitar work. The song is about the inter-connectedness of everything right down to our souls, and the guitar work and vocals are by the group’s newest member of 40 years, Howie Anderson. ‘The Sky Isn’t Falling’ is the well-executed sum of all of its parts which includes great band chemistry.”
The blog is penned by Bill Smith, a historian, researcher, “chart-phile” and former college radio station programmer from the Toronto area.
> Stream or purchase “The Sky Isn’t Falling” single from SAC.
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