Just about everybody knows “Pipeline” and “Wipe Out,” those epochal instrumentals that became the anthems of surfing — and cool — in the early ’60s. But it wasn’t until I picked up a couple of cheap ...

"You'll never hear surf music again," is a very famous line from "Third Stone From the Sun," from Jimi Hendrix's debut album Are You Experienced (1967). That lyric was taken by many (including myself, ...

After five decades, surf-sound music and Orange County remain synonymous. The classic tunes continue to be performed by oldie surf rock and vocal surf pop bands, much of it now made by middle-aged ...

The Surfrajettes find audiences wherever they go, even when the gig is nowhere near a beach. “And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf ...

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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 ...

Rhythm guitarist Don Wilson, co-founder of surf music staple the Ventures, has died at age 88, his family said Saturday. He passed peacefully of natural causes in the early morning with his four adult ...

Get out your bikinis and swim shorts, mix up some summery drinks, and get ready to have your own beach party, even if you live in a landlocked city, have never been near a surfboard, and there's snow ...