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This is a list of surf musicians. Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture , particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California . It was especially popular from 1961 to 1966, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music .
Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties is a book by Robert J. Dalley which covers the instrumental side of the surf genre in the 1960s and looks at groups and artists from that era. It has been published three times with the first version published in 1988 and the third in 2015.
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The Bel-Airs were an early and influential surf music band from South Bay, Los Angeles, active in the early 1960s. [1]They were best known for their 1961 hit "Mr. Moto", an instrumental surf tune that featured a flamenco-inspired intro and contained a melodic piano interlude.
They were "Moment Of Truth" bw "Frogwalk" . They also covered The Revels hit "Church Key" bw "Passion" as Dave Myers and his Surf-Tones. [6] In late 1963, drummer Bob Callwell left the group. He was replaced by Ross van Kleist. [7] Also in late 1963, the group played at the Second Annual Surf Fair, held at the Santa Monica Auditorium.
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. [ 7 ]
The Centurians were an instrumental surf rock band started by Dennis Rose from Newport Beach, California. They were active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their music has been used in at least two films. They reformed as The Centurions in 1995 and released new material.
They toured North America as the opening act and back-up band for Jan & Dean between 1976 and 1980. They were also featured as the back-up band for Jan & Dean in the 1978 CBS biopic Deadman's Curve, which had a soundtrack album featuring Papa Doo Run Run. In 1981, they moved from Jan & Dean to an association with the Beach Boys, and performed ...