{"id":19375,"date":"2019-10-29T18:54:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slammie.com\/atomicgrog\/blog\/?p=19375"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:12:47","slug":"skinny-jimmys-picks-the-top-5-most-sinister-surf-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slammie.com\/atomicgrog\/blog\/2019\/10\/29\/skinny-jimmys-picks-the-top-5-most-sinister-surf-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Skinny Jimmy’s Picks: The top 5 most sinister surf songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:<\/strong> This is the first in a series of special features on instro surf music by Skinny Jimmy Stingray<\/a>, a guitarist and longtime fan of vintage instrumental rock. This and all of his future columns can be found here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Skinny<\/a><\/p>\n

When the moon is bright and the shadows grow long, sounds that echo send a chill through the night. Nothing echoes quite as ghoulishly as the sound of a reverb-soaked electric guitar.<\/p>\n

Let me strike a chord to remind you, the surf guitar world is full of sinister sounding musical creations. The nature of this music lends itself to a foreboding intensity. This has always been a part of my intrigue with instrumental surf guitar. The five songs featured here are only a sampling of a much larger banquet of spine-tingling offerings surf music provides.<\/p>\n

1. Peter Lorre<\/em> by Satan’s Pilgrims <\/strong><\/p>\n