Eddie & The Showmen
Eddie & The Showmen were an American surf band that formed in 1963 around Eddie Bertrand ( guitar ) and Dick Dodd ( drums ) in Palos Verdes , California and emerged from the Belairs .
biography
After Eddie Bertrand and the drummer Dick Dodd had fallen out with Paul Johnson over the direction of the guitar sound of the Belairs , they formed the band "Eddie & The Showmen" in 1963 , named after the new showman amp from Fender . While Bertrand wanted to adopt the guitar sound of a Dick Dale , Johnson stuck to the traditional sound of the Belairs. “Eddie & The Showmen” subsequently advanced to become one of the most successful live bands in the surf rock scene and were one of the few surf bands with a record deal with a major label. Their first single squad car is a standard of the genre. Although all other singles recorded good sales, "Liberty Records" did not release an album. During the British Invasion in the mid-1960s, the band broke up.
Eddie Bertrand has been an active musician again since 2007 and often appears with The Elimitors .
Discography
Singles from Eddie & The Showmen
- 1963 Squad Car / Scratch
- 1963 Toes On The Nose / Border Town
- 1963 Movin / Mr. Rebel
- 1964 Far Away Places / Lanky Bones
- 1964 We Are The Young / Far Away Places
Appearances on compilations
- 1982 The History of Surf Music
- 1996 Cowabunga! Surf box
- 1996 Squad Car
- 1996 Toes On The Nose: 32 Surf Age Instrumentals
- 1997 Kahuna Classics
- 1998 Hard Rock Records - Surf
Members of Eddie & The Showmen
Eddie & The Showmen were founded in 1963.
- Rob Edwards - guitar
- Bob Knight - saxophone
- Eric Gies - saxophone
- Phil Pruden - saxophone
- Skip hand - drums
- Terry Hand - drums
Web links
- Eddie & The Showmen at instromania.net
- Eddie & The Showmen at allmusic.com
- Eddie & The Showmen at The Big Hall Of Twang
- Eddie & The Showmen at koltan.de
- Eddie & The Showmen at reverbcentral.com
Individual evidence
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