KELP - Instro-Mental Surf from Santa Barbara, CA!

This past Thursday KELP pwas asked by the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization to perform for an event called First Thursdays. It's supposed to be an arts and music event held at different locations in the downtown area on State Street. State Street is the "main drag" o… Continue

The campus at UCSB in Santa Barbara, CA is by far the most beautiful campus setting in the world. Of course, I can only compare it to the college I went to in Brookings, SD ...home of the fighting Jackrabbits. Last night Kelp was asked to play an event at a beach ca… Continue

The Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation just held it's first annual Bikinis and Martinis benefit. We of course lept at the opportunity to play for an event that had two of our favorite things in the title! It was held at an art museum that was hosting an exhibition of surf inspired artwork. When we arrived on the scene, the place was filling up with people that were lining up for their martinis. By the time we played, it was packed full. We performed a solid hour of music, playing a majority of c… Continue

For the past 31 years, Santa Barbara has hosted the Christmas Parade on State Street. Pretty much the same fare every year. Marching bands, the mayor waving at the minions, some balloons, kids walking with their youth groups and Santa Clause Trailing behind at the end. Kelp has been putting together some instrumental surf Christmas songs for a couple of years. We add them to the mix when we play shows near Christmas. This year we thought it would be cool to build a float and play in the parad…

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Every year we end up playing at a couple of Halloween parties. Sometimes it's at a club. Occasionally we play for a house party. Unless you know the hosts intimately, you never know what it's going to be like. Sometimes it can be extremely odd.

This happened to be the case this year. We were asked to play a house party about a…

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