Post #118620 by st. john the bassist on Thu, Oct 7, 2004 9:30 PM

"Kon Tiki" is just scratching the surface of the Shadows. Go to a web link or to anything with the Shadows and you'll discover so much more. Remember these guys were hot before the Beatles. Their instrumental work is truely, for the times, cutting edge. They were big in their native England but not so much in the US. I don't know why, I was way too small or not even born yet. However, groups like Dick Dale, The Ventures, Duane Eddy were popular here. What gives? "Apache" is another of their hits which I think might have made the charts in the US. I am certainly not an authority on this subject. So some others please chime in.