Sorry I haven't been keeping up on the site. Hopefully, I'll be able to maintain and improve this site in 2012. Surf's Up!
SurfMusic.com features Surf Music that is broadcast on the internet, including broadcast radio stations, mp3 sites, net radio, online radio and live Surf Music shows! A very comprehensive list of Surf Bands is maintained. Surfmusic.com features four decades of SurfMusic performed by artists such as Dick Dale, The Surfaris, The Ventures, Jan and Dean, The Chantays, The Tornadoes, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, The Penetrators, The Bel-Airs, The Centurians, The Mermen, The Eliminators, The Sandals, The Tornadoes, The Pyramids, The Bel-Airs, The Malibooz, The Pyronauts, The Blue Hawaiians, Agent Orange, Pollo Del Mar, The Atlantics, Laika & the Cosmonauts, Los Straitjackets, The Insect Surfers, The Surf Kings, Los Mel-Tones, The Torquays, Jon and the Night Riders, The Madeira, The Surf Kings, The Duo-Tones, Pollo Del Mar, Slacktone, The Pyramids, Duane Eddy, The Lively Ones...
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Anything purchased via SurfMusic.com links helps support it.
You can see uploaded songs to the live365 Surf Music station on the music page.
Latest band uploaded to my live365 station - The Silhouettes.

SurfMusic.com's Surf Music Station at live365.com!
There are 270 Surf Songs. That's 12 1/2 hours of Surf Music! Surf Music Heaven! The songs can be played on dial up, cable, and DSL connections. Thanks for listening. Surf's Up!

Sierra Surf Music Camp

Announcing the Inaugural Session
May 25 - 28, 2012

Sierra Surf Music Camp is being created with the idea of spending a weekend with friends, family, and community in the study and appreciation of California’s indigenous folk music – Surf! We wish to bridge the gap between professional and amateur musicians bringing the found- ers of the genre together with folks just beginning to discover it in a fun and friendly setting.
Classes Offered: Individual and Group Lessons (Guitar, Bass and Drums) Seminars on Songwriting, Recording, Production, Performance, Technique, Gear Maintenance, Sound Modification, Surf Music History and much more!
Instructors include: Paul Johnson, John Blair, Dusty Watson, Ron Eglit, Paul Beatie, Ferenc Dobronyi, Brett Cole, Tim Stephenson and more to be announced!
Daily Activities: Early morning Exercise and Stretching designed for musicians, Acoustic Breakfast Campsite, Hiking, Gold Mine Tours, Surf Art with Jim Lee, Softball, Volleyball, Horseshoes, Fishing, and Nightly Campfire Stories!
Command Performances: The Surf Beat Allstars (featuring John Blair, Dusty Watson, Ron Eglit) The Pyronauts, Paul Johnson and friends.
Tom Duncun from Spectral Media will be premiering a clip from the anticipated surf music film, Sound of the Surf.
The Sierra Surf Music Camp is located in the lush hills of Northern California’s Gold Country. Price includes lodging and meals. Campsites also available.
Sierra Surf Music Camp Memorial Day Weekend 2012 Donner Mine Camp – Nevada City, CA Friday through Monday (May 25th-28th)
Cost: $250 per student, $400 per couple, 15% discount if registered before April 15th, 2012 Contact: sierrasurfcamp@gmail.com www.sierrasurfcamp.org

Sound of the Surf is the first feature documentary to tell the true story of Surf Music. Co-developed with musician and author John Blair, Director Thomas Duncan spent over three years researching and filming entirely in HD. The doc explores the early 60's when venues like The Rendezvous Ballroom, Harmony Park Ballroom, Revelaire Club and the Retail Clerk's Hall dominated the Southern California music scene . But it didn't stop there. Blair goes beyond the rumored demise of Surf, to the late 70's when his band "Jon and the Nightriders" re-ignited the Surf phenom in the middle of a LA punk scene. He winds it up today as that scene has spread across the globe and thousands of bands now come from nearly every nation. Live performances are included by today's best bands who show the diversity and innovation that Surf Music continues to experience. Bands appearing in the film include The Eliminators, Surfaris, Slacktone, The Madeira, Surfcoasters, Meshugga Beach Party, The Bitch Boys, The Barbwires, Wadadli Riders, Los Straitjackets and more.
From Sound of the Surf - they are putting out a last call for old 8mm film footage or photos from the early 60's related to surfing, the beach, surf music or the music industry from that period. If anyone has something of interest they can contact Tom Duncan at contact@soundofthesurf.com
View a teaser clip of Sound of the Surf. The official trailer is coming soon.

Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
Brian Wilson's critically acclaimed new album.
Pioneering musical genius Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, has teamed up with George Gershwin, in Wilson’s Disney Pearl debut CD, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.

Dick Dale was inducted into the Musicians Hall Of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. October 15, 2009. Legends Chet Atkins, Billy Cox, Dick Dale, Charlie Daniels, Fred Foster, Victor Feldman, Paul Riser, and band TOTO all became members of the prestigious club that already includes Booker T. & The MGs, The Crickets, Duane Eddy, Al Kooper, The Memphis Horns, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Billy Sherrill, The Nashville A-Team, The Blue Moon Boys, The Funk   Brothers, The Memphis Boys, The Tennessee Two, and The Wrecking Crew.

Surfer Joe Summer Festival 2012. Livorno Tuscany, Italy.
This festival is huge; the greatest surf music event in the world!!! Surf Bands from all over the world are showcased. Admission is free.
June, 2012.
Check out the videos from the 2010 concert, provided by the host of the concert, Unsteady Freddie.

Start planning now for The Surfer Joe Summer Festival 2011.

Hey, Check out SurfGuitar.com, a fantastic site with lots of information on Surf Music. There are links to videos, information about guitars, Surf Band links, current news, new release information, interviews and more...

Wadadli Riders new album.
Ten original tracks of pure instrumental Surf Music, from the Caribbean island of Antigua.
Pure Tropical Reverb Drenched Surf.
Soon available in 12" Vinyl.

Dick Dale Introduction and performance at Fender NAMM 2008 Gala.
Dick Dale Miserlou, at NAMM.
The King and the Prince at NAMM.

Gil McLean, a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based on Long Island, New York for hire as a musician. Listen at Myspace - Shredding Shortboards, Chevy Nova, Revenge of the Rickenbackers, and my favorite, Beach Boys' cover Let The Wind Blow.

  I've posted a playlist of Surf Music that I put together at MySpace.
  Hey, there are 62 songs right now. Cool.

Jan Berry and Dean Torrence were riding a tidal wave of hits in the 60s, but it all came crashing to a halt with Berry's tragic car accident. As Berry battled through a difficult recovery he spent three years recording songs for CARNIVAL OF SOUND. Despite the quality of the music, the album was never released and became one of rock 'n' roll's lost treasures, until now.

Monthly Surf Nite! at Jimmy's Seaside in Stamford, CT
Surf Nite! has moved to Two Boots in Bridgeport, CT.
The last Thursday of each month.
Presented by NESMA (North East Surf Music Alliance)
281 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604
Cost: $5

A one hour broadcast contains "Web Wizard" Mike Elam's (keyboardist for a Surf Band called Soundwave) guest appearance on Barry Sultanoff's weekly show on Manao Radio KEAO-LP 91.5 FM from Wailuku, Maui. An archived broadcast from 2009. Mike spent an hour highlighting vintage and current instrumental Surf Music.

Beach Boy Brian Wilson, enshrined in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, author of classic songs "Good Vibrations," "God Only Knows" and "Surfin' USA," and the creative force behind all-time classic album "Pet Sounds," was featured at the Kennedy Center Honors.
Washington Post
Brian's biography

The Ventures induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On YouTube, 2008.

The Fendertones
Hey check this out on youtube.com, Watch the amazing live performances of Beach Boys classics, The Little Girl I Once Knew ('65)/Help Me Rhonda ('65), and God Only Knows ('66), California Girls, Let Him Run Wild., and the instrumental, Pet Sounds ('66). From Pennsylvania. DVD?

Hank Marvin & Ben Marvin perform Sleepwalk, written by Santo and Johnny, and their sister Ann. Brian Setzer performs Sleepwalk. Sleepwalk reached #1 on the pop charts in August 1959. Well, how about some more -
Sleepwalk, performed by Amos Garrett. Sleepwalk by Chet Atkins & Leo Kottke. Sleepwalk by Joe Satriani. By The Ventures. The original by Santo and Johnny.

Surfer Joe Music. All things SurfMusic, wordwide.
The founder of The Surfer Joe Music Festival held yearly in Livorno, Italy.
Listen to reverb in Italian.

Surf Products

Take a look at my iMix also found on the music page. It contains 12 surf songs. You will need iTunes to see the list.

A newly added Art Page on this site. Great prices and selections of Surf Art.

 “Delightful Rain” is a celebration of Australian surf music and our beach culture over  the last five decades. Filmed and recorded between May 13th and 27th 2006, in the  Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club, right on the beach at Harbord on Sydney’s North Shore, and looking out over the water where in 1915 Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku introduced surfing to Australia. This was a unique recording project. “Delightful Rain” gathered together some of Australia’s greatest ever surf music artists to record material, old and new, and to tell  their  stories and to  celebrate the journey of Australian surf music. Listen to an Interview with executive producer, David Minear.

View a video of the Surfaris from the TV Special "AT THE DRIVE-IN". Performed October 3, 2004. "Wipeout", "Hawaii Five-0" and "Pipeline" are performed. Also view the Surfairs promo kit.

National Public Radio interview with Dick Dale about the origin of "Misirlou".

Visit Paul Johnson's site.
Check out his recent improvements, including the colorful new "tour" at the "history" page and an even greater abundance of free audio streaming - about 150 complete tunes (not just samples) - on his various "specialty" pages. Read an article about Paul Johnson, in the North County Times (San Diego, CA).

The Duotones performance Saturday, November 22, 2003 on Garrison Keilor's Prarie Home Companion, was braoadcast live from the San Diego Civic Theatre (sold out) on Minnesota Public Radio.

Buddy the Surf Dog (1) (2) Complete with Surf Music! Filmed at Ventura Beach, CA.

Have fun with this video, Cute Monsters, performed by
The Clock Tones. Don't miss the credits.

Jon Merriman plays an instrumental solo of Surfer Girl, originally written by Brian Wilson, influenced by Chuck Berry. The song was released in 1963, with Little Deuce Coupe on the flip side.

Check out individual band websites for their performance schedules.

Sorry I haven't been keeping up on the site. Hopefully, I will be able to maintain and improve this site in 2012. Please contribute to this site. I have been doing the work on this site free to help promote Surf Bands and Surf Music in general. In order to continue, I need to generate some income to help pay for my time. Hopefully, I will be able to maintain and improve this site.

Thank You,
Lance