Bültmann & Gerriets
Surf City: The Jan and Dean Story
von Dean Torrence
Solist*in: Mike Love
Verlag: Select Books (NY)
Taschenbuch
ISBN: 978-1-59079-395-4
Erschienen am 27.09.2016
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 228 mm [H] x 151 mm [B] x 17 mm [T]
Gewicht: 347 Gramm
Umfang: 256 Seiten

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Biografische Anmerkung

Welcome to the musical vision of 1960s Southern California where the skies are always blue, and the summer lasts all year long. Riding high on the wave of the West Coast craze were the rock duo legends Jan Berry and Dean Torrence who played a pivotal role in crafting and popularizing the surf music styles and sound.

Surf City is the story of Jan & Dean's rise to stardom told through the eyes of Dean Torrence. After meeting on their high school football team, the two quickly discovered their mutual love of singing. From harmonizing in the locker rooms, they soon went on to dominate the charts. With hit singles like "Surf City," "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena," and "Dead Man's Curve," Jan & Dean helped pioneer the California Sound that would sweep the nation.

In Surf City, Torrence documents Jan & Dean's years of success followed by Jan's near-fatal accident and struggle with addiction. Filled with stories of Dean's time in the industry, including his long and storied relationship with The Beach Boys, anecdotes include a game of football with Elvis, scamming an ex-con, a near encounter with the Manson Family, and performing their first hit on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.

Surf City encapsulates the vibe of Southern California surf music in the sixties as Jan and Dean live a rock-and-roll lifestyle filled with surfing, hot rods, sun, fun, and girls.



Dean Ormsby Torrence is the cofounder of the rock-and-roll duo Jan & Dean. Born in Los Angeles in 1940, Torrence helped pioneer both the California Sound and the styles of Southern California surf culture during the sixties with top ten hits like "Surf City," "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," and "Dead Man's Curve." At the height of their career Jan & Dean had sixteen Top 40 hits, a total of twenty-six chart records, and they hosted and performed at the historic T.A.M.I. Show. Their story was featured in the 1978 film Deadman's Curve.

With six gold records to his name, one Grammy plus numerous nominations, and a successful graphic design studio, Dean Torrence is a rock legend. Torrence lives in Huntington Beach, "Surf City," and continues to tour with his band, The Surf City Allstars.