Wong shadow

Wong shadow
Stylistic origins	American rhythm and blues Early rock'n'roll Surf rock beat music exotica Hollywood film scores country garage rock rockabilly traditional Thai music
Cultural origins	1960s, Thailand
Other topics
Thai rock Thai hip hop pleng phua cheewit

Wong shadow or Shadow Music was a genre of Thai pop music in the early 1960s.^[1]^[2] It was developed by native Thai musicians inspired by Western groups such as Cliff Richard & the Shadows.^[3] Its origins lie in British and American R&B, surf rock artists like The Ventures, Dick Dale, Exotica, rockabilly and country and western brought over by soldiers serving in Vietnam in the late 1950s and early 1960s when on R&R. It also drew heavily on British invasion rock'n'roll, garage rock and Hollywood film soundtracks as well.

Wong shadow is also a broad term for all popular music based on American R&B etc, though some British and American psychedelic rock acts drew on indigenous musical forms as well as rock'n'roll.

References

^ "Khruangbin - "Evan Finds the Third Room"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ Jonathan H. X. Lee & Kathleen M. Nadeau (2011). Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife, Volume 1. p. 1100. ISBN 9780313350665. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "Shadow Music of Thailand - Review". Brainwashed. Retrieved 13 February 2020.