It's June, beach time is coming. The weather here in Southern California has been cooler than usual but the water is starting to warm up just in time. By warm, I'm talkin' 63°, a might cool but do-able without the Slurpee headache. (It peaks in the low 70s, mid-summer.) It reminded me that I'd bookmarked a song that I'd re-found, a song I first posted thirteen years ago, "Body Wompin'" by Jim Waller and the Deltas. It's a standard surf-type instrumental but notable for a couple reasons. One is that "body wompin'" is another term for bodysurfing. I know of no other bodysurfing themed song so it's automatically a keeper. Another reason is that the band was from Fresno, comprised of nineteen year-olds. Fresno is roughly fifty miles inland, a long haul for nineteen year olds. At least they knew to name an instrumental after a type of surfing that hadn't been mined. There's a few covers down there too. It's interesting to hear how nineteen year olds interpret familiar songs. Not too shabby.
Jim Waller and the Deltas - Body Wompin' mp3 at Internet Archive
Jim Waller and the Deltas - Exotic mp3 at Internet Archive
Jim Waller and the Deltas - Work Song mp3 at Internet Archive
Jim Waller and the Deltas - Church Keymp3 at Internet Archive
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