Surf music was born in the early 1960s in Southern California. Heavily reverbed guitars gave the music a watery texture and wildly careening rhythms evoked the power and unpredictability of waves.
The Blue Hawaiians from Los Angeles were there, as were Frankie & the Pool Boys from San Francisco and Fascinating Creatures of the Deep from Santa Cruz. The Black Flamingos came in from New Jersey as ...
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