The Surfrajettes find audiences wherever they go, even when the gig is nowhere near a beach. “And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Jan Berry, a member of the duo Jan & Dean that had the 1960s surf-music hits ``Deadman's Curve'' and ``The Little Old Lady from Pasadena,'' has died. He was 62. Berry had a seizure ...

Long before The Beach Boys made “Surfin’ USA” a 1960s national anthem and helped the surf music genre earn its own category in record stores, surfing music was riding the waves in its native Hawaii.

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year, plus alert you to major breaking news. Sign up By clicking sign up, you agree to our terms. The roots of surf ...

One of the things that defined surf rocker Dick Dale’s music, career and his life was that he never held anything back. It was true of his quest for a thundering sound that could replicate the ...

Dick Dale, universally hailed as the king of the 1960s surf guitar sound that heavily influenced the development of rock 'n' roll guitar — and of rock 'n' roll guitars themselves — has died at age 81.

The Blue Hawaiians from Los Angeles were there, as were Frankie & the Pool Boys from San Francisco and Fascinating Creatures of the Deep from Santa Cruz. The Black Flamingos came in from New Jersey as ...

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Skiing and surfing were the “in” sports of the 1960s. Many enthusiasts dabbled in both sports, seasonally migrating like birds between beaches and ski resorts. Adolescents, stuck in midwestern towns, ...

Though 28 bands will stuff the Cat’s Cradle’s small Back Room this weekend, there won’t be a lead singer in sight. But don’t expect string quartets or laptop lords. The focus is surf music, an ...