![]() ![]() The Basics: An audience recording of a January 5, 1989, reunion show. The Byrds: Live at the Bacchanal/San Diego Artists must be San Diego residents to qualify. Basic info: Submissions must be released between January 1 and December 31, 2022, to be considered. Submissions are now being accepted for the 2023 San Diego Music Awards it’s fast, free, and easy. Save the date! The 2023 San Diego Music Awards will take place on Tuesday, Apat Humphreys by the Bay, with performers TBA. I am proud of him and his wonderful family. So, he has been able to put his energy into a new band that is doing well. This new band has allowed him to prosper and grow as a musician and entrepreneur. How do you feel about Deven’s new band, the Tourmaliners?ĭeven had a drive to be independent creatively. We have great neighbors always willing to lend a hand. Also, in 2019, the year we made the move, the Musicians Hall of Fame inducted the Surfaris and “Wipe Out.” What a blast to play for the induction concert! The life here is more relaxed, and the people share southern hospitality. We have made many new friends and business associates that have helped us improve our financial, legal, and publishing business. After years in California you recently moved to Nashville? My advice would be to have a recommended attorney, who has passed the bar, review all contracts before signing anything. In our case, we paid our parents back because we found lawyers who were willing to work on spec, which means they get a percentage of the royalties. So, parents have to pay for these things without any chance of getting the money back. Our band was really young-we were only 15 years old-and had no money to hire an attorney. Well, trust in your management is very important, and most bands put legal advice to rear of their creative endeavors-a big mistake. How important is it for young bands to have good representation? Dale Smallin came out of the control room and walked up to the mic and yelled, “Ha Ha Ha Wipeout.” It worked, so that became the title. How do you bust a surfboard? You wipe out. ![]() Pat Connolly broke it over the mic and it sounded like a busting surfboard. So, my dad went out to the back alley and brought in a cement-soaked piece of plywood. Jim Fuller walked up and pulled a switchblade knife out of his pocket, clicked it near the mic and yelled “Switch Blade.” The click was not dynamic enough so Paul Buff, the recording engineer, said over the talkback system that we needed to come up with something else. Once we had “Wipe Out” written then recorded after three takes, we needed a title for the song. After recording the A side, we needed the second song for our 45. Yes, and the whole song was created as a B side to Surfer Joe. Is it true that “Wipe Out’s” iconic intro was an impromptu addition to the track? We never did perform on stage together but I continued playing guitar and collected records of my favorite bands like the Ventures, Dick Dale, and other instrumental groups. At the age of eight, I took guitar lessons from a country music husband and wife team who encouraged us to perform. I really wanted to be up on stage with them. I also really liked the Collins Kids, a young brother and sister act, which my parents thought might be a good example for my sister and me. My family were big country music fans of the Town Hall Party TV show that featured stars from the Grand Ole Opry, who provided entertainment for the West Coast-artists like Ernest Tubb, Joe Maphis, Freddy Hart, and Cliffe Stone, for example. What originally attracted you to playing music? Here, the elder Berryhill takes time to answer five questions. Guitarist and founder Bob Berryhill is father of acclaimed guitarist Deven Berryhill of the Tourmaliners. Surf music is indeed a family tradition for the Surfaris. It’s safe to say few songs are as universally known as the Surfari’s immortal “Wipe Out.” The instrumental classic has shown up on soundtracks from the Muppets to Stranger Things, successive generations continually drawn by its manic energy. ![]()
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