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Monday, June 29, 2009
(255) SURFARIS WIPE OUT !
Surfaris - what a great name for a group, so evocative of surfing adventure! Their surf hit "Wipe Out" - recorded in 1962 - has to be one of the most memorable of all the surf music that came out in the early 1960's and is played as an eternal classic - every summer since! "Wipe Out" is famous for that invigorating drum solo. Since the Surfaris have web sites and even a Google Blogger - yes they blog too! - we're posting links to them that probably tell their story better than we could!
Friday, June 26, 2009
(254) SURFIN' SAFARI RELEASED SUMMER 1962 on CAPITOL
The Beach Boy's Surfin Safari album, released in the summer of '62 by Capitol Records, was probably one of the biggest album's besides Dick Dale's. It introduced the Beach Boys and their marketing concept - that they were surfers (when one of them had actually surfed and Brian Wilson was a "in my room" person - to the world.)
Christine here : The Beach Boy's also, I believe, marketed the concept of a new kind of woman to the nation "The California Girl." She was/is fresh faced, long haired, blond, thin, athletic, casual, friendly.
Christine here : The Beach Boy's also, I believe, marketed the concept of a new kind of woman to the nation "The California Girl." She was/is fresh faced, long haired, blond, thin, athletic, casual, friendly.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
RCS DISCOGRAPHY WES BRYAN LINK
RCS - ROCKIN COUNTRY STYLE - DISCOGRAPHY is one of our favorite sites...
Check this out (and hear me sing a few!)
Check this out (and hear me sing a few!)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
BLOGARAMA RATES WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Hello Blogarama! We're happy with our three stars in the BEST ROCK BLOGS IN THE UNITED STATES - for now! Christine and Wes
(Readers - click on the link above and vote for us!
(Readers - click on the link above and vote for us!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
LEO BUSCAGLIA Quote on Friendship
"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world." - Leo Buscaglia
Friday, June 19, 2009
(253) DICK DALE and the DEL-TONES SURF BEAT
The saxaphone, so present in the late 1950's rock and roll continues to wail in early 1960's surfing music! This was one of my favorites. Dick was probably the most popular performer of this genre. Click on the title above to get to a link for Dick Dale's official site. Dick has been treating for cancer but is alive and kicking!
The line up on this front photo on this video actually has my friend John Ashley in it. It goes from left to right Dick Dale, John Ashley, Frankie Avalon, and Annette.. Wes
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
TERESA PULLIUM of THE CHEROKEE SCOUT WRITES ONE ON US!
TERESA PULLIUM of the Cherokee Scout got a phone visit from Mayor Billy Hughes?
“Brian was playing the part of the Indian, and we cowboys had him cornered in an upstairs room of an old house. All he had for a weapon was an umbrella. Mintz said we’d never take him alive and he opened the umbrella, jumped out the second-story window and somehow managed to land in one piece,” Hughes said.
"During the time he and Hughes were students at Murphy High School, Mintz and his family moved to Oregon. He moved around the country a lot, trying to establish a career as an actor and managing a few bit parts in off-off-Broadway plays. He followed his true love and got into rock and roll music during the mid-1950s, a move that would change his life forever.
(click click on the title link above!)) Thanks Teresa
“Brian was playing the part of the Indian, and we cowboys had him cornered in an upstairs room of an old house. All he had for a weapon was an umbrella. Mintz said we’d never take him alive and he opened the umbrella, jumped out the second-story window and somehow managed to land in one piece,” Hughes said.
"During the time he and Hughes were students at Murphy High School, Mintz and his family moved to Oregon. He moved around the country a lot, trying to establish a career as an actor and managing a few bit parts in off-off-Broadway plays. He followed his true love and got into rock and roll music during the mid-1950s, a move that would change his life forever.
(click click on the title link above!)) Thanks Teresa
Monday, June 15, 2009
(252) JERRY COLE - AN INTERVIEW WITH WES BRYAN
This is from an interview I did with Wes recently during one of our meetings. Christine Trzyna
Wes Bryan:
"Jerry Cole always drove a big Lincoln Town Car. It was a massive car for a guy who was barely five feet tall. But Jerry was BIG is so many ways..."
"He had the biggest Fender amps at the time. And Jerry had a low resonance in his voice (Tequila!) that made him SOUND like he was six foot four - bigger than the sky."
"When I started producing records, I called Jerry into the studio to play every chance I got. He was a natural arranger. And he became a regular on the Shindig television show... Jerry's gift was that he could play just about any instrument he got his hands on, so when we recorded we would "stack" various instruments. He helped me more than anyone. Always a smile on his face. A one man band."
"I ran into Andy Williams at the Farmers Market on Fairfax, in Los Angeles. He said this of Jerry: He's one of the best musicians that every existed." At the time Jerry had lead Andy's band and produced a record called "Tell Mary," a hit on Capitol.
Jerry's passed away - a great loss to me. I think of him on so many different occasions. He's on so much of the music that I produced.
Wes Bryan:
"Jerry Cole always drove a big Lincoln Town Car. It was a massive car for a guy who was barely five feet tall. But Jerry was BIG is so many ways..."
"He had the biggest Fender amps at the time. And Jerry had a low resonance in his voice (Tequila!) that made him SOUND like he was six foot four - bigger than the sky."
"When I started producing records, I called Jerry into the studio to play every chance I got. He was a natural arranger. And he became a regular on the Shindig television show... Jerry's gift was that he could play just about any instrument he got his hands on, so when we recorded we would "stack" various instruments. He helped me more than anyone. Always a smile on his face. A one man band."
"I ran into Andy Williams at the Farmers Market on Fairfax, in Los Angeles. He said this of Jerry: He's one of the best musicians that every existed." At the time Jerry had lead Andy's band and produced a record called "Tell Mary," a hit on Capitol.
Jerry's passed away - a great loss to me. I think of him on so many different occasions. He's on so much of the music that I produced.
Friday, June 12, 2009
CHEROKEE SCOUT NEWSPAPER - MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA MENTIONS THIS BLOG
"We’re not the only business or resident who has come up with informative and interesting ways to spread whatever word they want online. One such site is by Murphy native Wes Bryan at www.wesbryan.blogspot.com, where he shares plenty of stories about his life in music.
David Brown Editor
YES, I also use the Internet from time to time to see what's going on back home by going to the Cherokee Scout website! Wes
Click on the title above to get to the Newspaper !
David Brown Editor
YES, I also use the Internet from time to time to see what's going on back home by going to the Cherokee Scout website! Wes
Click on the title above to get to the Newspaper !
Thursday, June 11, 2009
We get mail... JIMMIE VESTAL
Wes recently received this (edited) message and we wanted to post it.
"I met you in Winston-Salem , NC. It was at the time when your vinyl record, Melodie D'Amour, just come out. You gave me a copy and I played it on my 45 RPM record player. I was just becoming interested in music and wanted to learn how to play the guitar.
You stayed at The Colonial Hotel. My grandparents owned that hotel.
I never forgot you all these years. You made a big impression on me.
Today I'm still interested in music and I have written about 180 or more originals."
Jimmie Vestal
Pinellas Park, Florida
Wes wants to express that he's thrilled that he could inspire someone else to write songs as he toured his home state of North Carolina, and to wish you continuing success as a songwriter!
"I met you in Winston-Salem , NC. It was at the time when your vinyl record, Melodie D'Amour, just come out. You gave me a copy and I played it on my 45 RPM record player. I was just becoming interested in music and wanted to learn how to play the guitar.
You stayed at The Colonial Hotel. My grandparents owned that hotel.
I never forgot you all these years. You made a big impression on me.
Today I'm still interested in music and I have written about 180 or more originals."
Jimmie Vestal
Pinellas Park, Florida
Wes wants to express that he's thrilled that he could inspire someone else to write songs as he toured his home state of North Carolina, and to wish you continuing success as a songwriter!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
(251) JERRY COLE and HIS SPACEMAN SURF MUSIC
My friend Jerry Cole not only did Spaceman music, he did surf music. Here is one of his best, and what a guitarist he was! (Use the search feature of this blog to read what else we have to say about Jerry, who recently passed away!)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
JERRY COLE Quote on the Musician Lifestyle
"Where there's a will for us musicians there will always be a way for us to make a living from our music." - Jerry Cole