One Scott fan, Amy Thyr, who is also an Exotica music aficionado, and founder of TourDeTiki.com, plans to toast Raymond with a special birthday drink recipe along with 20 other partiers and Tikiphiles, tomorrow, during her TikiTour:
“We will drink a toast to Raymond Scott! We can’t forget him and all he has given us … and the world of Exotica music. Scott has been recognized as a precursor to Exotica. Several of his songs were written with the intent of transporting the listener to exotic locations by use of innovative instruments and sound effects. Twenty years before Exotica became a musical genre, Raymond Scott was mixing swing jazz and classical forms, Exotica-style sounds, and his own unique style — forming the groundwork to the atmospheric moods of the Exotica movement. Tunes such as 'Suicide Cliff,' 'Snake Woman,' 'Ectoplasm,' and several others qualify Scott as the 'great-granddaddy' of Exotica. The Exotica genre of the '50s and '60s, even today’s Exotica sounds, all have their DNA rooted in the music of Raymond Scott.”
For the toast, Ms. Thyr has prepared a drink inspired by Scott's 1940 hit tune, “Huckleberry Duck.” Amy explains her new daiquirà creation, which she has dubbed the Huckleberry DuckuirÃ:
Though “Huckleberry Duck” is not Exotica in the musical sense, it’s now a “tropical” drink as I made it with rum, a little lime and huckleberries … why not? So here’s to Raymond … Happy Birthday … and thanks!
Amy's recipe:
HUCKLEBERRY DUCKUIRI
• 2 ounces Puerto Rican rum
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1 ounce macerated huckleberries
• Approx. 4 ounces huckleberry-flavored tea
(any good blueberry tea may be substituted)
• Ice cubes
Combine the first three ingredients and shake with ice.
Pour contents of shaker into a highball glass.
Add huckleberry tea to half full.
Add ice to fill glass.
Garnish with blueberries if you like.
[Complete recipe: here.]
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