441 A Very Merry Covid Safe Gift Exchange & Holiday Spectacular

What a difference a pandemic makes when recording our annual holiday spectacular. In previous years we have invited podcast listeners, friends and family. This year its just your four hosts and a husband or two. Plus masks and distancing. Yeah, not as fun. But we make the most of a holiday gathering with the shenanigans you may be used to. Sipping on several cocktails from our library helps make things fun. CLICK HERE for the full list of drinks and start mixing at home.

We have some great music for you on this episode. The Urban Surf Kings and Jill Martini and the Shrunken Heads have recorded some classics in their unique styles. See below for the links to the artists pages and consider purchasing the ones you like. We only play what we recommend.

Our pictures this year were taken with the aid of a green screen. Each of us posed individually and then we put it all together. If you have a creative someone in your household who can do this we recommend it for some safe fun during quarantine. Who knew that Starshine could bench three podcast hosts holding cocktails?

We really do hope you enjoy the show. We did!

It’s Coquito Time!

Our annual tradition includes Coquito shots on the podcast to get everyone in the mood. Use your recipe and make your own just in time for the holidays.

Podcast listeners ask us each year where they can get holiday music for their tiki bar. We have been fortunate over the years to have relationships with bands who send us music for the show. The Urban Surf Kings have released a trio of songs this season that you will want to hear and add to your collection. Greensleeves, Deck the Halls and I Saw Three Ships. You will hear all three tracks on this episode of Zen Tiki Lounge. And give a listen to their other albums. Sunshine particularly likes the pictured album below, El Camino Del Los Muertos. Mahalo to the band for giving us a jingle to let us know about this awesome album. You can also get their music on iTunes.

In this season of giving we have a treat for you. Jill Martini and the Shrunken Heads have a holiday tune you know and love. The band have released Let it Snow with a tiki/exotica style that you will certainly love and add to your playlist. Click the link and head on over to their site and consider purchasing their 2019 album The Natives are Restless. Mele Kalikimaka! A huge mahalo to the band for allowing us to play the tune on this episode of the podcast.

Several excerpts on this podcast come from the wonderful Christmas albums from Tiki Joe’s Ocean. So great they released a second album just for the holidays. Click the pic and get your copy of the albums.

Give the gift of good taste in t-shirts. Tiki Bar T-Shirt Club has a new soft cotton T each month delivered right to your mailbox.