Author Description

The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music is loaded with the obscure, the familiar, and the strange. Blair is a serious surf historian, who is very careful about documentation before he claims any fact. He has tracked down label records, band members, and label moguls to get the straight story. The Illustrated Discography Of Surf Music includes the full spectrum of surf music, from its inception in 1961 through the end if its heyday in 1965. The author has compiled the authentic, commercial, garage, and studio groups. John defines the rules of engagement, including the use of the work "surf," the styles commonly included in both the instrumental and vocal variants, the use of the classic band equipment, and song structures. It is an all too rare glimpse into the world of the bands, the singles, and the albums from an era that passed all to quickly into relative obscurity, soon becoming merely a footnote in musical history.