Shark Biscuit Plays Ober Park

Remember Walk, Don’t Run, Wipeout and The Lonely Bull? For those who recall those late 1950s and ‘60s instrumental megahits by The Ventures, The Surfaris and Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, you’ll want to run, not walk, to Ober Park Thursday, August 25. Shark Biscuit will play these and other fun, upbeat favorites 7 to 9 pm, in the free summer concert series finale.

Shark Biscuit’s all-Vashon ensemble combines reverb-soaked guitar stylings, tribal drumming and rumbling bass lines with a powerful horn section, playful harp and rockin’ keyboard, sure to get audiences dancing. Dick Moritz leads the surf and instrumental rock group. He says Biscuit emerged a little over a year ago from long-time Island surf bands The Primtivos and the New World Shambolics. Sue Neuman and Rob Mosely hang together on trumpets; Mosely also plays rhythm guitar, harmonica and bongos.

Fiona Hope played tambourine until she fell in love with bass guitar. Peyton Levin keeps the group on target with percussion and June Moore adds flute keyboard and guitar to the mix.

"Shark Biscuit," refers to a surf board that’s been bitten by a shark. Summer Concerts in the Park Series is sponsored by Vashon Park District and Vashon Allied Arts.