Post #705873 by tiki mick on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 12:15 PM

the way I see it, it is kind of like with the rockabilly scene....

if you are a male rockabilly performer, the pompadour and sideburns are a key part of it....you could be like me, fully able to play the slap bass in a rockabilly style...but without that one element of the rockabilly appearance....I could never be considered a rockabilly bassist!

for rockabilly, soon as you see a guy with a pompadour.....you think "rockabilly"

so with tiki, as soon as you see a tiki statue....you think "tiki". It's one of those key elements that defines something. A lot of lay people think "bamboo" is tiki, in an of itself....but bamboo can be used in Caribbean bar.....

Aloha shirts: Buffett wears them.....need I say more?

:)