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. It has been quoted and referred to multiple times in books relating to surf music.
About the book The book was originally published in 1988.Punk Rock: So What?: The Cultural Legacy of Punk - edited by Roger Sabin - Page 162 Bibliography It consists of 421 pages and is divided into 41 chapters and each chapter chronicles a music group.Los Angeles Times, May 04, 1989 - Surf Rock's History Wrapped Up by a Longtime Devotee - Mike Boehm It also gives a discographical study on the bands in the chapters.Billboard, April 23, 1994 - Page 87 Surf's up as instrumental bands worldwide catch the wave
Author Dalley, himself a musician started out interviewing two former members of the group, The Surfaris. His reason for seeking them out originally was to find out how to re-create the surf sound from the 1960s. The taped interview developed info the basis of an article. This was submitted to the record collector magazine Goldmine. He became a regular contributor the magazine and was interviewing bands. Later he decided to compile a book with a thorough history on surf music. In hunting down info, he had to enlist the help of a private detective to track down a band that was hard to find.Los Angeles Times, May 04, 1989 - Surf Rock's History Wrapped Up by a Longtime Devotee - Mike Boehm
Artists in the book include Larry Samson of Jerry & The Diamonds,The Orange County Register, March 12, 2007 (Updated |Updated Aug. 21, 2013) - Play a high L, please By TERI SFORZA Dick Dale,Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1993 - Cresting a New Wave : Dick Dale, Family Man and Surf Guitar King, Is Ready to Ride (Page 3 of 5) - Mike Boehm The ChallengersInside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius, By Philip Lambert - Page 51 First Album and the Invaders.Mixed Up, By Simon Casas - Page 3 The book also looks at "reverb" use in surf music.Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions, By Michael Hicks - Page 139 Notes To Pages 64-67
Editions
+ Releases Title Publisher ISBN Year Notes Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties (1st ed) Surf Publications 1988 421 pages Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties (2nd ed) Popular Culture Inc 1996 364 pagesWorldCat - Surfin' guitars : instrumental surf bands of the sixties Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties (3rd ed) Robert J. Dalley Publications 2015 420 pagesSurfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties, Robert Dalley - Bibliographic information
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