Enjoy our unique brand of Exotic Tiki Surf Music…Little Kahuna Music
Is it surf-flavored tiki or tiki-flavored surf? Either way, Little Kahuna has found the sweet spot where these genres meet. The arrangements are engagingly inventive with colorful chord progressions and creative melodies, says surf legend Paul Johnson.
Welcome to the Little Kahuna Music page. We are an Orange County based Exotic Tiki and Surf Music Group. Together we have over 60 years of playing Surf and Tiki music! Let us know if you have an event that needs our unique brand of instrumental Tiki and Surf Music.
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We have new music… Tumbleweed Tide is a musical journey through the rugged landscapes and wide open spaces of the American West and Southwest. Enjoy sounds of the wind, dry earth, and the distant calls of wildlife all woven into an instrumental adventure. You’ll hear elements of Spaghetti western, folk, blues and Native American influences all capturing the solitude and majesty of desert life. Be ready for a deeply atmospheric and immersive experience. …click: hearNOW and explore our new release!
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About Little Kahuna:
Craig Skelly formed the band early in 2020 as a project to share ideas he had for new direction in songs to record which incorporated traditional surf, exotica, tiki music and bossa nova. The result is our first release “Little Kahuna”. We then added a second release “Lost Oasis” that added many styles of music and the addition of percussion for a more exotic and tiki sound. In 2023 we recorded our third album, “Summer by the Beach” which brought us more toward our surf music roots as well as more dreamy type surf songs. Our fourth album “Tumbleweed Tide” is an acoustic exploration of the American West and Southwest Deserts, Mountains and rugged landscapes.
We are heavily influenced by the Sandals (The Endless Summer soundtrack) , Dick Dale, the Ventures, the Chantays, The Astronauts, Los Straitjackets, the Belairs and the exotic sounds of Martin Denny. We’ve developed a Tiki-Infused instrumental surf sound unusual in the surf music community today.
This music is fun for us to create and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Saturday, June 14…Original Tiki Market Place in Garden Grove…11551 Trask Ave, Garden Grove…9:30 am to Noon.
July 30, Surf Dogs in Huntington Beach…Exciting show with the Frigidaires from Georgia. 6-9 PM. We play 6-7:30. 5932 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Surf Music Festival in Long Beach. Golden Sails Hotel. We play outside by the pool. Saturday, August 2 from 9:30 – 11:30 AM.
Saturday, August 16, Secret Island in Long Beach. Underground below Shannon’s on Pine, 209 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. We play 7-10 PM.
Friday, September 12, Ocean Institute Dana Point. Evening Show. Pablo Baza joins us on drums for this fun event. 6-10 PM.
Sunday, October 12, St Bonaventure Fall Festival in Huntington Beach. 1-2:30 PM. 16400 Springdale St, Huntington Beach, CA 92649.
