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Surfing Museum - pictured are Museum
Founder Natalie Kotsch and daughters; Dean
Torrence, Dick Dale and concert
organizer, Linda Miller (far right).
If
Pet Sounds, 32 Little Deuce Coupe, Wild
Honey, Good Vibrations, All Summer Long
and Surfer Girl are titles you recognize
in relationship to one of America's
great California bands, The Beach Boys,
then you will enjoy seeing the original
record album covers on display at the
International
Surfing Museum exhibit in Huntington
Beach titled, Surf Sounds. The Beach
Boys tribute is billed as Part 1. The
perfect way to take them in is on a
Surfing Sunday concert. The summer
concerts feature
surfing
themed music and are organized by
Linda Miller with 22 Sunday concert
dates through October 2007. The concerts
are free and feature the best surfing
bands in existence.
Local resident,
Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean), helped
launch the concert season and new
exhibit by singing his number one hit
that Brian Wilson wrote for him and
partner Jan Berry (deceased), Surf City.
Also in the audience to celebrate a
gathering of music lovers of the surf
genre was Dick Dale who tours with his
son around the globe, playing a unique
guitar style that's rapid, features
ample twang and carries tunes recognized
as surfing music.
These well known musicians who became
famous as kids in the 60's and 70's
helped shape an era of music and
catapult record sales, along with sales
of skateboards, surfboards and even a
lifestyle that grew into its own and can
now be seen as a retro-California beach
look.
About the Beach Boys: The Beach
Boys originally began as brothers Brian,
Dennis and Carl Wilson and their cousin
Mike Love. Known for their smooth voices
and incredible harmonic blends, they
began their career in Hawthorne as the
Pendletones, named after the classic
Pendleton wool shirt popular with
surfers of that era, and still sold
today as a quality shirt.
With over 20 top hits (4 reach #1 on the
charts), the Beach Boys initially began
their career singing songs about
surfing. Their music grew along with
these blonde California boys and they
maintained their career success by
growing and progressing in their music
style. Many of their songs
reflected a carefree youthful exuberance
and others took on subjects of love,
lost love, a love of cars, girls and
other subjects especially popular with
teens.
The surf museum in Huntington Beach
recently featured Surf Fins exhibit and
has focused on everything from Gidget to
skateboards. In addition to its own
archive of items, the Beach Boys album
covers and other rotating exhibit
displays are often loaned from private
collections. While the display is simple
and fun, it is surrounded by paintings,
videos and surfboards and surf displays.
With only a small fee charged for museum
admission, you'll find the museum space
chock full of interesting exhibits. Part
2 of the Surf Sounds display at "some
later date" will feature the memorabilia
of Jan & Dean, the perfect compliment
and follow up to The Beach Boys.
Location: 411 Olive, Huntington Beach,
CA Call for museum hours: 714-960-3483.
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