The Deuce Coupes - Hotrodders' Choice

Hot rod music was an extension of the surf music genre, but apart from monotonous hot rod and dragster sound effects on many LPs, like the Deuce Coupes' Hotrodders' Choice (Del-Fi, 1963), there was little to distinguish hot rod from surf.

The Deuce Coupes began life as the Avantis, a southern California surf group formed by brothers Lolly and Pat Vegas. The siblings went on to form the 1970s rock group Redbone.

Hotrodders' Choice, recorded with session musicians who included guitarists Glen Campbell and Tommy Tedesco and pianist Leon Russell, was the group's only album. Another session group calling itself the Deuce Coupes recorded an LP for the budget Crown label the same year, but there was no connection between the two bands.

You can listen to one of the tracks that isn't burdened by those annoying dragster SFX from the link below.

Tijuana Gasser



Hotrodders' Choice came out on CD in 1995 and although it's out of print, you can buy cheap copies on Amazon and elsewhere. It's also available as a download.

Another track from Hotrodders' Choice, Nite Prowler, frequently shows up on compilation CDs. It was also on the soundtrack of Home Alone 3.