The premier community website for friends and fans of instrumental surf music. We have forums, podcasts, surf music news, an event calendar, and much more! The surf is always up at …

Jan 24, 2012 · The Origins of Surf Music — a first-hand account by Paul Johnson Submitted by pjmoto on January 24, 2012. Prior to 1961, Southern California kids didn’t hang out at the beach all that …

Jul 18, 2006 · The Surf Raiders played traditional style surf instrumentals exclusively. Robert Dalley wrote Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties, an expansive text full of interviews and …

Mar 1, 2006 · Gear Basics Instrumental surf music has its own distinct sound - influenced by both the natural sounds of waves crashing on the beach, the typically rudimentary skills of its early …

Jun 17, 2013 · Distinctive drum beats that push the music forward Simple song structure and chords Single coil guitars, primarily Fender or fender like Distinctive guitar techniques that are ubiquitious in …

Southern California Surf Music, 1960-1965, is the new book by John Blair, noted surf historian and leader of the surf revival band Jon & The Nightriders. The early 1960s was a great time for kids in …

Sorry folks, the SG101 podcast is on hiatus. Fortunately there are several good Internet-based radio shows these days that more than take up the slack. We encourage you to check out North Sea Surf …

Surf music was created in the early 1960's in Southern California by such bands as The Belairs, Dick Dale & His Deltones, and The Chantays, and popularized further by bands like The Ventures, The …

This calendar is now aggregating several Google calendars, both from SurfGuitar101 and other friends in the surf music world. This allows us to give you more information without duplicating efforts in the …

SurfGuitar101.com is the premier place on the web for friends and fans of the world-wide phenomenon known as surf music. Surf music was created in the early 1960's in Southern California by such …