When Nathaniel heard that good friend Michael Day was in town for Thanksgiving, he invited the L.A.-based session guitarist over to our Lincoln Avenue showroom to shake off the tryptophan and work up this arrangement of Santo & Johnny’s dreamy 1959 instrumental.
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"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental tune written, recorded, and released in 1959 by brothers Santo & Johnny Farina, with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums. Prominently featuring steel guitar, the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's Top 40 on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to hit number 1 in the 1950s and earned a gold record for Santo and Johnny. In the UK it peaked at number 22 on the charts. The "Sleep Walk" demo made a positive impression on Ed Burton of Trinity Music. After ultimately signing with Canadian-American Records, the brothers recorded "Sleep Walk" at Trinity Music, using a triple-neck Fender Stringmaster on the recording. The song inspired Stephen King to write his first screenplay, for the 1992 horror film Sleepwalkers. The film features the song as well.
Santo & Johnny "Sleep Walk" - https://youtu.be/2rwfqsjimRM
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