The Chantays

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The Chantays are an American surf rock band that formed in 1961 with Brian Carman ( guitar , 1945-2015), Bob Spickard (guitar), Bob Welch ( drums ), Rob Marshall ( piano ), Jim Frias ( Saxophone ) and Warren Waters ( bass ) in Santa Ana , California . With their hit Pipeline they reached number 4 on the Billboard charts in the USA . After the end of the "Chantays" in 1966 there were several revivals with different line-ups.

biography

In the summer of 1961, Bob Spickard and Warren Waters were high school students in Santa Ana, Orange County , California . Influenced by the band The Rhythm Rockers , they decided to start their own band. With no musical experience, Bob began playing guitar and Warren bass. Other school friends, Rob Marshall with classical piano training and Brian Carman, whose brother was a saxophonist with the "Rhythm Rockers", moved up into the band. After trying their luck with various drummers, including Gil Gonzales, Bob Welch stayed with the band and borrowed the drums from Gil Gonzales. After regular rehearsals they had their first appearance in December 1961 at the Tustin Youth Center and played under the name "The Chantays". At that time Jim Frias was already playing the saxophone for the "Chantays". They quickly achieved the popularity of the "Rhythm Rockers". At that time, the band's repertoire already included the title Liberty's Whip aka 44 Magnum . After band members documentary Endless Summer Bruce Brown two Californian surfers had seen, they called the piece in the pipeline ( English to "pipe"). In surfing, the term refers to the phenomenon of a perfect wave that collapses over the rider in such a way that a tube is created through which he can surf, and in particular the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii .

In July 1962 , disc jockey Jack Sands became aware of the band and took over the management from then on. The "Chantays" recorded a demo with the songs Pipeline and Move It in the studio "Pal" in Cucamonga , California . Sands took the demo to Los Angeles in search of an interested record label. The label "Downey Records", which had just signed The Rumblers with the single Boss , signed a contract with the "Chantays" and in December 1962 the single Move It was released with the B-side Pipeline .

Move It was u. a. played by the local broadcaster "KFXM", but got no response. A DJ had the lucky idea to also play the B-side of the single and now the first success began. Since all band members were still going to school, they could only respond to the requests for appearances on television and radio to a limited extent.

After appearances at the "Surf Battle of The Bands" at the "Deauville Castle Club" in Santa Monica , California and the "Lawrence Welk Show", Pipeline reached No. 4 on the Billboard charts in the USA and No. 16 in Great Britain in May 1963 .

After the success of Pipeline , the single Monsoon / Scotch Highs and the second album Two Sides Of The Chantays were released , but the "Chantays" could not build on their last success. After Bob Welch left the band to study in the summer of 1964, Steve Khan , a friend of the band, took over the vacant post. On the following three-month Hawaii tour, the "Chantays" had to forge their ID cards to be allowed to play in various bars and clubs. After the tour, Warren Waters left the band and was replaced by Denny Keller.

At the end of 1965, the "Chantays" were asked for a three-week tour in Japan. Since Waters, Carman and Khan didn't have time, the band toured with an almost completely new line-up. Spickard and John Longstreth, the founding bassist of the Rhythm Rockers , took over the guitar , Tommy Hanigan sat on drums , Rob Marshall on piano and Mark Howlett played bass. After studying the necessary repertoire at short notice, the tour became a success at the turn of 65/66.

In the following years there were always revivals of the band and to this day the "Chantays" still play together with occasional appearances.

Guitarist Brian Carman died on March 1, 2015, at the age of 69, at his home in Santa Ana, California, of complications from Crohn's disease .

Discography

Chantays albums

  • 1963 pipeline
  • 1964 Two Sides Of The Chantays
  • 1994 Next Set
  • 1997 Waiting For The Tide
  • 1997 Out Of The Blue EP

Chantays singles

  • 1962 Pipeline / Move It
  • 1963 Pipeline / Move It
  • 1963 Monsoon / Scotch Highs
  • 1963 Space Probe / Continental Missile
  • 1964 Only If You Care / Love Can Be Cruel
  • 1964 Beyond / I'll Be Back Someday
  • 1965 Greenz / Three Coins In A Fountain
  • 1965 Fear Of The Rain / So Be On Your Way
  • 1966 Pipeline / Move It

Appearances on compilations

  • 1982 The History of Surf Music
  • 1989 surf hits
  • 1996 Cowabunga! Surf box
  • 1996 Teen Beat - Vol 3
  • 1996 Let's Go Trippin '
  • 1997 Guitar Heroes
  • 1997 Smells Like Surf Spirit
  • 1998 Hard Rock Records - Surf
  • 1998 wipe out
  • 2000 A surfer's paradise
  • 2000 USA R&R 45s - Vol. 1
  • 2004 (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
  • 2005 pipeline
  • 2005 Sleepwalk Mania

Members of the Chantays

The Chantays were founded in 1961.

Current members

Original cast

former members

  • Gil Gonzales - drums
  • Rob Marshall - piano
  • Jim Frias - saxophone
  • Warren Waters - bass
  • Steve Khan - drums
  • Denny Keller - bass
  • John Longstreth - guitar
  • Tommy Hanigan - drums
  • Mark Howlett - bass

literature

  • John Blair (Ed.): The Illustrated Discography Of Surf Music. 1961-1965 . J. Bee Productions, Riverside CA 1978, ISBN 0-9601880-0-2 .
  • Robert J. Dalley: Surfin 'Guitars. Instrumental Surf Bands of The Sixties . Surf Publications for RJ Dalley, Azusa CA 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Chawkins: Brian Carman dies at 69; guitarist co-wrote surf classic 'Pipeline . In: Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2015 (accessed March 6, 2015).