![]() ![]() ![]() Okay, so that record is considered by many pop music historians as "the first surf record" even though it didn't have anything to do with surfing. And then the final element-producer Nik Venet, howling at the moon. It's not born fully formed -it's a thin, wiry sound, without the reverb and distortion that would define the genre- but the phrasing is all there, paving the way for Dick Dale that is to come. This is the birth of surf guitar right here. ![]() Then enter the Bass, just a low rumble here from Larry Taylor, no hint yet of the virtuoso who would play with everyone from the Monkees to Tom Waits, just holding the low end down, adding a bit of throb.Īnd then those staccato piano chords come in And forty seconds in we finally have the lead guitar, from Derry Weaver. Except this is a year before surf music, before Dick Dale and His Del-Tones start playing music like this to surfers, gremmies, and even the odd hodad, and before the sound of a reverbed Fender becomes synonymous with the waves. ![]()
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