The Chantays – Baja (USA surf instrumental early 60′s )
Freitag, den 25. Juni 2010high school friends decided to start their own band. Bob Spickard, Brian Carman (co-writers of Pipeline), Bob Welch, Warren Waters and Rob Marshall were all students at Santa Ana High School in California, when they were inspired by a local group called The Rhythm Rockers. Spickard, Carman, Welch, Waters and Marshall got together forming The Chantays. The Chantays recorded and released their hit “Pipeline” in December 1962. “Pipeline” began to get radio play pushing it up the charts in 1963. The Chantays recorded their first full album in 1963 entitled Pipeline which included Pipeline, Blunderbus and El Conquistador. Their follow up was Two Sides of The Chantays in 1964. Their music combined electronic keyboards and surf guitar, creating a unique ghostly sound. Their songs have been on music charts all over the world which helped make surf music an international success. The Chantays toured Japan and the US joining the Righteous Brothers and Roy Orbison on a few occasions, and were the only rock and roll band to perform on the Lawrence Welk Show. [1] Lawrence Welk May 18, 1963 “Pipeline” has become a standard surf rock hit. It was written by Brian Carman and Bob Spickard and published as sheet music in 1962 by Downey Music Publishing. It has since been covered by Lawrence Welk himself (Dot – Album: “Scarlet O’Hara”), Al Caiola (United Artists – Album “Greasy Kid Stuff”), The Ventures, Agent Orange, Hank Marvin, Dick Dale with the help of Stevie Ray Vaughan (Grammy …
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