SUNBURST RECORDING

02/09/2025

We recorded the third Big Daddy album, "Cutting Their Own Groove" in 1991. It has resurfaced recently with our track, "Welcome to the Jungle" on Instagram. There have been around 26,000 videos done to the recording to date - with well over 20 million views!

Discover the most recent and top videos on Instagram

04/15/2023

Just uploaded my new website: www.reeltorealtales.com that is a preview to my book of the same name. Check it out

    GRAMMY WINNING ENGINEER BOB WAYNE’S ECLECTIC & OFTEN WACKY JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF RECORDING & PERFORMING BUY THE BOOK Notes From Both Sides of the Recording Console… Latest News “I worked with Bob Wayne at Sunburst Recording in the early 90’s where he engineered and co-produced t...

09/14/2021

Still doing restoration work on old analog tapes...Here is a David Bowie master tape (15 ips, half-track) that came in to me from the client without a reel. Poorly wound, it fell apart in the middle requiring countless hours to untangle. Finally did it and it transferred perfectly! These were alternate mixes of "Golden Years" recorded in 1975.

10/25/2020

COMING SOON TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU!

"BOWLING FOR BIG DADDY" via an animated cell from BILL PLYMPTON. This is from the upcoming "Band Out of Time" feature animation.

08/12/2020

Here is another Bill Plympton color sketch from the upcoming animated sizzle reel/trailer, "Big Daddy, Band Out Of Time"

07/17/2020

Finally back up....the final installment of "Stranded In the Jungle" with the 1991 version of the BIg Daddy Medley!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TyY0V2W-zA

Hey Kats and Kittens! Starting Monday, April 27th at 9:00 A.M. ... "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" a 10 EPISODE AUDIO MINI-SERIES is to be released on Big Daddy The...

06/17/2020

NOW AVAILABLE:
https://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Happened-Band-59/dp/B089FLJZL8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=big+daddy+and+what+really+happened+to+the+band+of+59&qid=1592420631&sr=8-1

What Really Happened To The Band Of 59?

06/12/2020

Bill Plympton and his rough sketch of a poster idea for "BAND OUT OF TIME:

Big Daddy...Pioneer Mash-Up band, specialized in converting music to the "50's" styles.

06/08/2020

NOW UP..."STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" - EPISODE 7
(Big Daddy performs live at Club Satan!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIhdVZ8h5L8&t=91s

Hey Kats and Kittens! This Monday, April 27th at 9:00 A.M. ... "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" a 10 EPISODE AUDIO MINI-SERIES is to be released on Big Daddy The Ban...

05/23/2020

Big Daddy is now working with legendary animator Bill Plympton on our new film "BAND OUT OF TIME"..see details below in Bill's blog:
http://scribblejunkies.blogspot.com/2020/05/sneak-peek-at-big-daddy-drawings.html

Hey, gang, my life is now kind of settling in to a boring routine, up in the morning (4:30 am) to do animation, watch CNN or MSNBC, take car...

05/17/2020

Tomorrow on YouTube...Episode 4 of "Stranded In The Jungle"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlVTrA3vdzhe4AkL7iJBpA

This is the Official Channel for Big Daddy The Band of '59. Past, Present & Future Videos of the songs by Big Daddy will be displayed for public viewing here...

04/27/2020

Big Daddy Facebook Followers:

This Monday, April 27th at 9:00 A.M. ...
"STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" – A 10 EPISODE AUDIO MINI-SERIES will be released on Big Daddy The Band Of ‘59 YouTube Channel!

Get it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlVTrA3vdzhe4AkL7iJBpA

During the summer of 1991, Ira Heffler’s play "Stranded In The Jungle” - starring Big Daddy - was staged at the world renowned Groundlings Theatre in L.A. Not surprisingly, the play sold out for the entire run. It told the amazing story of "Big Daddy, The Band of ‘59", from their high school formation to their capture and imprisonment in Southeast Asia, to their long deserved release some 25 years later!

In spite of missing the evolution of Rock 'n' Roll, the play went on to reveal how the boys valiantly resumed their musical career by playing today's songs the only way they know how...in the classic style of the 1950's!

The complete “Stranded In The Jungle” Audio Mini Series will be presented weekly on the Big Daddy YouTube Channel in ten exciting, nail-biting episodes!...Watch for a new episode each Monday!

04/24/2020

COMING THIS MONDAY ON YOUTUBE, BIG DADDY'S "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE" RADIO SHOW! Episode 1

10/27/2019

Happy Halloween from Big Daddy...
a week from tonight at McCabe's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Y6fk8DrSk

Happy Halloween from Big Daddy…"The Music Of The Night" from their new LP "Smashing Songs of Stage & Screen" on RockBeat Records.

09/29/2019

Big Daddy at McCabe's on Sunday, 11-3-19

05/17/2019

BIg Daddy Live at Bogies!

09/07/2018

SEE BIG DADDY LIVE! ...ON 9-22-18

https://vitellosrestaurant.ticketfly.com/event/1734687-big-daddy-studio-city/

The “Kings of 1950's Mash Up” – BIG DADDY – continue their quest Sunday, January 21, transforming Vitelloʼs into a magical time tunnel where Top 40 hits sound as if they came blasting out o

01/09/2018

The “Kings of 1950s Mash Up” – BIG DADDY – continue their quest Sunday, January 21, transforming Vitelloʼs into a magical time tunnel where Top 40 hits sound as if they came blasting out of