"Good Vibrations"

While growing up in suburban Hawthorne Ca, young Brian Wilson learned from his mother Audree that dogs could detect vibrations emitted by humans. Not only that, but if a So Cal pooch barked at someone, it meant that it had picked up the bad vibes, not the good ones.

The cosmic concept stuck in Brian's brain, and he later immortalized it in the classic "Good Vibrations," a song about people being
able to pick up emotions from each other. Cousin and fellow Beach Boy, Mike Love, suggested using the word "good" as part of
the title. Good move Mike.

"Gotta keep lovin' those good vibrations" ...Lyrics loved universally by people and fox terriers worldwide.

"GOOD VIBRATIONS"
BLACK/ADULT TEE
$22

"Devil Went Down To Georgia"

From the tales of Faust to the legend of bluesman Robert Johnson, there have been many accounts of soul-peddling and contractual pacts with the Dark Lord. In most of these stories, the human participant gains short-term powers or talents, but loses out in thelonger term by forfeiting his soul. The Charlie Daniels Band’s account puts a different spin on the old fables. In this song, our humanhero, Johnny, is challenged by old Beelzebub to a battle of the fiddles, and wins outright. It’s a positive story of good triumphing overnastiness, and Johnny ends up winning a golden fiddle, as well as hanging onto his soul. Fiddle Johnny Fiddle.

"DEVIL WENT DOWN"
NAVY/ADULT TEE
$22

"DEVIL WENT DOWN"
COAL/JUNIOR TEE
$20

"Sweet Home Alabama"

Southern boogie exponents Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the rebel rousing “Sweet Home Alabama” as homage to FAME, the renowned Muscle Shoals recording studio.

Through the 1960’s, Muscle Shoals had become the World’s most unassuming music capital after playing host to recording sessions by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and Percy Sledge, among many others. The studio’s local session backing band were the Muscle Shoals’ Rhythm Section, otherwise known as “The Swampers,” a name supposedly given to them by Leon Russell. “Sweet Home Alabama” gives the session guys a name check; “Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers.” In local parlance, a swamper was also a manual helper such as a waitress or a truck driver’s assistant.

"SWEET HOME ALABAMA"
CHOCOLATE/ADULT TEE
$22

"SWEET HOME ALABAMA"
LT BLUE/JUNIOR TEE
$20

"Debaser"

Back in the 1920’s the surrealist movement was the punk rock of its day. Artists Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel challenged and shocked the public to stimulate a reaction to their work. Bunuel’s 1929 film, “Un Chien Andalou” opened with a scene in which an eye ball is cut with a scalpel, which later inspired Frank Black to lyricise about it in The Pixies’ “Debaser.” Bunuel’s film is said to be about the debased morality of art. Black, a former film studies student, enigmatically declines to enlighten listeners about whether Debaser was inspired by the same theme.

“got me a movie
I want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
I want you to know"

Scalpel not included.

"DEBASER INDIGO"
30/1 SST
$22

"California Dreamin"

New York’s grip on the U.S. music industry started to falter in the early 1960’s. Many aspiring artists started to hear that a new scene was emerging in California and made plans to relocate to where the sun and the songs were shining. Among them were folkies John and Michelle Phillips who made the move West in 1963. Michelle was a Californian native and had been yearning to move back for several months. Her dream to return inspired her hubbie to pen the classic “California Dreamin’” even though he’d never been there. Once relocated, the song became a huge hit for the Mamas and the Papas featuring John and Michelle alongside Mama Cass Elliott and Denny Doherty. Originally recorded in L.A. by Barry “Eve of Destruction” McGuire, the Mamas and the Papas cut it themselves in 1965 with McGuire on backing vocals.

"CALIFORNIA DREAMING"
CHOCOLATE/JUNIOR TEE
$20