@InUnfunky
The surf rock era is a cool time, when instrumental rock could be top-10 hits.

Piltdown Men - Big Lizzard (1962; Remastered)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRXmUl5Wpxw

@Bix

You got a point there, Bixie.

(AOR would play the hell out of “YYZ” but it was never a chart hit.)

In the ‘70s “Breezin’” and “Feels So Good” were Top 40 but those didn’t surf, either. 😀

@Bix

Go back to the dinner pic; they’re probably razzing Tedesco — “Put yer fuckin’ guitar away, weirdo.” “Hey Tommy, play ‘Funiculi Funicula’ one more time, why dontcha…”