STILL CRESTING THE FEEL-GOOD SOUND OF SURF MUSIC PROVIDES A WELCOME RESPITE FROM TODAY'S TROUBLES.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer The definition of surf music Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture. It has three main streams or subgenres:
Though holding to some sturdy principles, the music can range from Los Straitjackets Los Straitjackets is a Nashville based band known primarily for performing instrumental rock and roll. Members include guitarists Eddie Angel and Danny Amis, bassist Pete Curry, and drummer Jason Smay. They use DiPinto guitars. , a group of twangers who inexplicably wear wrestling masks on stage, to the Mermen mermen: see mermaid. , whose dizzying guitar interplay brings the shoreline sound into the jam-band era, to Laika & the Cosmonauts, Scandinavia's answer to 1960s surf-guitar great Dick Dale This article is about the surf guitarist. For the saxophonist-singer, see Dick Dale (singer). Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Quincy, Massachusetts) is "The King of the Surf Guitar": a pioneer of surf rock and one of the most . The enduring musical recipe as laid out by Dale in the 1962 classic ``Miserlou'': staccato melody lines played on the low strings of a Fender Stratocaster “Stratocaster” redirects here. For other uses, see Stratocaster (disambiguation). The Fender Stratocaster, (often referred to as a Strat), is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares in the early 1950s, and manufactured drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. liberally in the ``wet'' sound of reverb re·verb Informal n. 1. A reverberative effect produced in recorded music by electronic means. 2. A device used for producing this effect. intr. & tr.v. with swelling surf evoked by the guitar's tremolo tremolo (trem´  lō),n an irregular and exaggerated speech pattern that may be the symptom of an emotional disturbance or of various bar. Sweet Beach Boys-style harmonies optional. The sound and feel of such ingenious singles as Dale's ``Let's Go Trippin' "Let's Go Trippin'" is an instumental by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. It is often regarded as the first surf rock instrumental. It quickly reached #4 on influential Los Angeles station KFWB, and later reached #60 on the national charts. '' the Chantays' ``Pipeline'' and the Beach Boys' ``Surfin' U.S.A.'' often get short shrift short shrift n. 1. Summary, careless treatment; scant attention: These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss. 2. Quick work. 3. a. in comparison to the pop breakthroughs of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, but they're as instantly recognizable, influential and widely beloved. ``In surf music, its always a nice day, the sun is out, the water's warm, and the girls are pretty,'' said John Zambetti of the long-running surf vocal band the Malibooz. ``People are beat up by the economy, by war, by 9-11, and everyone's looking over their shoulder. There's something about the surf sound that resonates no matter where you live. People instinctually react to the ocean as this nurturing mass and there's something reassuring about easing yourself into it.'' The Malibooz, whose ``Goin' to Malibu,'' recorded in 1965 when the group members were at college in Washington, D.C., is considered one of the great surf singles, appears Saturday at the Canyon in Agoura Hills on an all-surf bill that also includes the Surfaris (``Wipe Out'') and the Insect Surfers (recently voted best instrumental band at the L.A. Weekly music awards). ``The Malibooz really go back,'' said East Valley resident Gary Larson, 47. ``They're a long-established band that knows the music so well they can probably do it in their sleep. I first heard them about 20 years ago and they were the most authentic surf band I'd heard.'' The wave does seem unbroken. The good-natured 1966 surf documentary ``Endless Summer'' and its 1994 sequel never quite drifted out of style, and a new surf doc, ``Step Into Liquid'' (directed by Dana Brown, whose father made ``Endless Summer''), opens today. Sports networks have long featured surfing championships. Tracks from the Ventures, Dale and others often are used in film and TV soundtracks. Even so-called reality TV has jumped aboard. ``You literally can't fight a wave,'' said Zambetti, who lives in Malibu and surfs frequently. ``It's a cool feeling we try and emulate in the music - the feeling of things being good, things being right. The sense that you're in the water and everything's beautiful. It may sound naive, but it doesn't have to be. ``You don't have to feel down all the time.'' Fred Shuster, (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster(at)dailynews.com THE MALIBOOZ Where: Canyon, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $19.50. Call (818) 879-5016 or visit canyonclub.net. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Malibooz of ``Goin' to Malibu'' fame join an all-surf music bill at the Canyon in Agoura Hills Saturday. |
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