The Sentinals

A good though not really first-division surf music group, the Sentinals produced several albums for Del-Fi in 1963-64 and achieved a great deal of regional recognition, although just drummer Johnny Barbata (later on within the Turtles and Jefferson Starship) would continue to name organizations. They created in 1961 within the Californian Central Coastline city of San Luis Obispo, a locale that also bred another Del-Fi browse band, the Effects (starting place of potential cult folk-rocker Merrell Fankhauser). The Sentinals (occasionally, confusingly, spelled Sentinels) experienced a heavier rhythm-and-blues experience to a lot of their materials than the typical surf music group, and would sometimes sing, as evidenced by addresses like “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” and “Shout.” At various other points, however, these were adept at tossing from the Latin-influenced riffs and melodies that produced surf being a genre stand aside from various other early 1960s instrumental R&B-rock. This is specifically audible in “Latin’ia, ” a 1962 one that’s included on Rhino’s Cowabunga! The Browse Container. The Sentinals split up in the middle-1960s, with upcoming psychedelic-soul keyboardist/vocalist Lee Michaels signing up for for quite a while (although he didn’t record together). Bassist/vocalist Kenny Hinkle got a more humble post-Sentinals job application than Barbata or Michaels, playing within the group California Music with Seaside Boy Bruce Johnston and manufacturer/musician Terry Melcher in the 1970s.