Surf music is a subgenre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was especially popular from 1962 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is instrumental surf, distinguished by reverb-drenched electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves, largely pioneered by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. The second is vocal surf, which took the original surf sound and added vocal harmonies backed by basic Chuck Berry rhythms, a movement led by the Beach Boys.
The surf rock sound was dominated by electric guitars played through spring reverb and using the vibrato arm on their guitar to bend the pitch of notes downward. Surf music was one of the early adopters of the electric bass, and often used an electric organ or an electric piano featured as backing harmony. At the height of its popularity, surf music rivaled girl groups and Motown for top American popular music trends.
Surf music is sometimes referred to interchangeably with the California Sound. Many notable surf bands have been equally noted for both instrumental and vocal surf music, so surf music is generally considered as a single genre despite the variety of these styles. During the later stages of the surf music craze, many groups started to leave surfing behind and write songs about cars and girls; this was later known as hot rod rock.
... who could barely speak a word of English, but he also writes evocatively of the new world that soon revealed itself to them, one of bikinis on the beach, surf rock and then the Beatles on the radio.
Mass-market cruise lines Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and Carnival all target families ... There's no roller coaster ... Icon of the Seas' complimentary amenities include a six-slide waterpark, a surf simulator, an ice skating rink, and rock climbing walls.
Toby Greene has opened up about how a 'stupid' and 'arrogant' split-second decision almost saw him drown while he was surfing in Bali on an end-of-season holiday ... onto the rocks, so that was gone.
Taking Charge... A downhill ski run can turn ugly if we lose the trail, an undertow can sweep us far out into the surf, a dirt bike’s traction can falter just short of the crest, and a crumbling bit of rock can threaten our rock-climbing outing ... ....
An $80 million surf park is planned for Myrtle Beach... In 2022, Surfworks said they would raise funds to build a five-acre wave-generating park for up to 84 surfers, a rock-climbing wall, a restaurant, a surf shop and a skatepark.
Frisell can eat up fusion music, carve up rock, swing like mad or play a country western tune with grace and respect ... He had a passion for the blues, but also listened to British rock and surf music that was of his generation.
Khruangbin is an alternative, psychedelic, surf rock instrumental band from Houston, Texas... Alt-rock sophisticate St ... with “Starbuster” for some alt-rock and post-punk flavors for your listening diet.
AllenWhitman, former bassist with legendary virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani and co-founder of the influential San Francisco-based instrumental surf-rock trio The Mermen, announces the digital-only ...
Mobile could see large waves breaking of five to six feet in the surf zone ... A high rip current risk is in effect through late Monday night and the high surf advisory until 7pm ET on Saturday ... 'Rock ...
Cole Taschman, 28, was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart on the state's east coast last Friday afternoon when the attack occurred, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported ... Ohana Surf Shop ...
“[The pylon] was coated with what looked like udon noodles with cockles on the end,” Martin Smee, from Port Elliot’s surf life saving club, told ABC RadioAdelaide... Gooseneck barnacles cling to rocks where there is a strong crashing surf.
Heaslip notes finding a pirate treasure would be nice, "but my search among the surf- tumbled rocks is for pieces of sea glass, polished and ground down over the years to a smooth finish.". He adds ... Macarons to wine biscuits ... 9 in Hyannis ... 9 ...
If Rod Yates’ plan materializes, the site between the state’s two biggest cities would have indoor surfing, sky-diving, rock-climbing, horseback riding and more ... “It’s just too big, too massive, too much for any town or community to take on,” he said.
Aiken Standard
12 Nov 2024
Aiken Standard
12 Nov 2024