The Emergence of Surf Music
Many different music styles emerged during the early 1960's. One of
these music styles that was perhaps the most prominent music style to
ever come out of Southern California was Surf Music. Surf music was a
short-lived phenomenon that occurred from 1961 to 1965 (Nostalgia,
2002). Along with the surf music craze, Hollywood also started
producing numerous movies about surfing, including Gidget, and Endless
Summer (St. James Encyclopedia, 2003 and Nostalgia, 2002). These
movies had some amazing soundtracks that helped popularize the surf
music phenomenon. There are two different forms of surf music;
instrumental and vocal (Holm, 1998 and St. James Encyclopedia, 2003).
The instrumental groups included Dick Dale and the Del-tones, The
Ventures, The Chantays, and The Surfaris, and their bands generally
consisted of one or two guitar players, a bass player, a drummer, and
sometimes a keyboard, sax, or horns (Holm, 1998 and St. James
Encyclopedia, 2003). Their music is characterized by a simple song
structure (usually based around three chords), reverbed guitars, and
rolling, wave-like instrumentals (Wikipedia, 2003). Generally, the
devoted fans of these groups were surfers themselves (Nostalgia,
2002). The vocal groups included The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean
(Holm, 1998 and St. James Encyclopedia, 2003). Rather than having that
wave-like, surf sound to their instrumental music, these groups
generally used harmonic vocals to sing about the surfing experience,
cars, and girls (Nostalgia, 2002). They generally had a more
mainstream pop-rock type fan base (Nostalgia, 2002). Both type of surf
music groups had an ...
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... Dean's career called Dead Man's
Curve aired on C.B.S. in 1978 (Surf Vocal Groups,
www.history-of-rock.com/jan_and_dean.htm). In 1978, Jan and Dean
reunited to tour with the Beach Boys(Surf Vocal Groups,
www.history-of-rock.com/jan_and_dean.htm and Wikipedia, 2003).
Currently, they still tour on occasion.
The influence that surf music has had on rock and roll music is
absolutely remarkable. Dick Dale's guitar style influenced guitarist
such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. The Ventures influenced such
artists as George Harrison, and such groups as
The Ramones and Dire Straits. The Chantays and The Surfaris both
influenced The Ventures. And finally, The Beach Boys influenced The
Beatles recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It is
apparent that surf music is an important part of music history.
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