WITH UNRELEASED 70-SONG COLLECTION OF STUDIO AND LIVE RECORDINGS FOR 50th ANNIVERSARY; THE MOTHERS 1970 AVAILABLE DIGITALLY AND AS 4-DISC BOX SET ON JUNE 26 VIA ZAPPA RECORDS/UMe; By Harvey Kubernik © 2020 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Frank...
UMe ANNOUNCES GLOBAL DEAL WITH SOFA ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW CATALOG; FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FULL PERFORMANCE SEGMENTS OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE VIA STREAMING PLATFORMS IN JUNE By Harvey Kubernik © 2020 Nearly 50 years after The Ed...
By Harvey Kubernik © 2020 On June 14, 1970, the Grateful Dead released Workingman’s Dead, an album that was unlike anything they’d ever done, one that showed the world a new side of the Dead. It was clearly the same band as before, but now with a distinctly...
The music played on The Rockin Surfer Show is a cultural collision of Rockabilly, Surf, and the grey areas of R & B and Country. It’s all the different types of music and sounds that emerged after WWII and evolved into Rock and Roll as we know it today. We featured special themed shows including Valentine’s, Christmas, Beach Party and more. Currently, we are airing re-broadcast seasonally, with a new broadcast series in the works!
As an active record producer, David’s studio collaborations include co-productions with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and productions for The Ramones, Blondie, The Go Go’s, & The Ventures, to name a few. Many of Kessel’s recordings as a musician and producer, were done at the famous Gold Star Studios in Hollywood.
David Kessel’s guitar work, electric and acoustic, can be found on Phil Spector productions and albums by John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Cher, Darlene Love, Dion, The Paley Brothers, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, The Ramones, and Celine Dion. David Kessel and his brother Dan, are the only 2nd generation members of The Wrecking Crew.