Post on 04-Jan-2016
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History of Rock & Roll
J. Greene
Other Mouseketeers’Justin, Brittany & Christina
1959-surfboard
Surf Fashion Pendleton shirts & sandals
Surf Lingo • Woodie – station wagon with wooden sides• Polys/Sticks - surfboard• Soup – foaming water near the beach • Fun surf – 3-6 foot waves • Big guns – surfboards designed to ride tall waves • Hairy wave – fast wave that is difficult to surf • Shoot – ride • Hot dogging – performing tricks • Bunnies – girls• Gremlins/kooks – people who couldn’t surf
Surf Movies
• Bikini Beach (1964) – Frankie Avalon – Annette Funicello
Surfer Sound
• Dick Dale & the Deltones
• Leo Fender – manufactured the first mass-produced, solid-body electric guitar
• Gives surf music its distinctively fuzzy sound.
The Beach Boys
• Brian Wilson – leader • Carl Wilson – brother • Dennis Wilson – brother • Mike Love – Cousin • Al Jardine – Classmate
• Started in 1961 as the Pendletones • Favored the 1950s electric guitar sound
Beach Boy Sound
• “Rock Around the Clock” meets Girl-group optimism
• 1950’s rock with glossy harmonies gleaned from white vocal groups
• Bright, airy, snappy sound that embodied the California myth
Beach Boys 1961
• Abusive father/manager introduced them to music publisher Hite Morgan
• 2 hours later, their name had changed and they had recorded their first song “Surfin”
Land Locked
• After the success of “Surfin”, they recorded 4 more songs but their record label had financial difficulties and shut down.
• Al Jardine quit the band for dental school but rejoined a year later
• Signed to Capitol in 1962 with a new album, “Surfin’ Safari”
Still Surfin’ in 1963
• “the number-one surfing group in the country”
Stolen Waves
• A note-for-note rework of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”
Beach Boys
Surfin’ with Bo Diddley
• Surf, Sink or Swim
Jan and Dean
• Surf musicians
• Performed with Dick Dale and the Deltones
• Performed with the Beach Boys
• Moved towards the Drag City Sound – Drag Racing
“Two Girls for Every Boy”