Tony Andreason, one of the men behind the Trashmen’s 1963 smash “Surfin’ Bird,” will be honored for his lifetime of contributions to the Minnesota music scene during the second annual Bill Diehl Award ceremony on Oct. 8 at Mancini’s restaurant in St. Paul.
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Tickets for the ceremony are $30 and must be purchased in advance at the restaurant or by calling 651-224-7345 (ask for Ann). The admission cost includes a reception and buffet from 4 to 6 p.m., the award program at 6 and music until 10:30. Andreason will perform a short set with members of Zippy Caplan’s Surf Dawgs and bassist Dave Maetzold of the Avanties, followed by music from Free and Easy.
Guitarist/vocalist Andreason formed the Trashmen in 1962 with Dal Winslow (guitar, vocals), Steve Wahrer (drums, vocals) and Bob Reed (bass guitar). They landed an unlikely hit — a novelty song about surfing from a bunch of guys nearly 2,000 miles from the California coast — with “Surfin’ Bird,” which reached No. 4 on the Billboard charts.
The song is actually a mash-up of two singles by the West Coast doo-wop group the Rivingtons, “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” and “The Bird’s the Word.” And it turned out to have much more stamina than anyone would have guessed at the time. Numerous bands have covered it over the years, ranging from punk group the Ramones to the thrash metal band Sodom. It popped up on the big screen in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” and John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” (in a crudely memorable scene). When “Family Guy” used it in a 2008 episode, it shot up to No. 8 on the iTunes top rock songs chart.
The Trashmen broke up in 1967, but reunited in the ’80s and played gigs around the country, and world, until disbanding once again last year. Interest in the band perked up yet again in 2015, when former Pioneer Press writer Rick Shefchik published the book “Everybody’s Heard about the Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock ’n’ Roll in Minnesota.” Andreason is also known for his production work with Metrobeat Records, his decades of performing bluegrass with the Platte Valley Boys and his recent guitar and vocal work with the Surf Dawgs.
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The award is named after Bill Diehl, who spent 53 years covering entertainment for the Pioneer Press and also worked as a popular local DJ. It was Diehl who urged the Trashmen to record “Surfin’ Bird” after hearing them perform it live. Diehl died in July at age 91. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Charles Schoen Medical Fund. Schoen is the founder and leader of another local band from the ’60s, the Fabulous Del Counts.- Guitar view
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