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Brian,
Joe (sax), Kevin (bass), and I started the Halibuts. We were friends
going way back as kids. We were all surfers, longboarders. We were way
into the whole 60's endless summer thing. We were living in Manhattan
Beach and the whole 60's longboard revival thing was starting up. Dewey
Weber was having these contests, inviting all the old timers back -way
cool. That 60's thing got us going into collecting surf music and of
course playing surf music. We were only goofing around the garage back
then. Jim Dunfrund had/has his surf music show on KXLU and introduced
us to Chris Ashford from What?. Chris was putting together the first
What? Surf compilations and asked us to do a track. That was the push
that moved us from the garage to getting a little more serious.
We met Pete during the first recordings for What? records. He was the
engineering for us in his studio. We all hit it off pretty well and
asked him to sit in with us at an afternoon college gig we had coming
up. We kept asking him along to other gigs and it wasn't long before he
was a flatfish.
When we started playing, there were just 2 other surf bands in LA. Jon
& the Nightriders and the Surf Raiders. When we were starting out, I
remember asking Bob and Neal of the SR lots of questions. They were
very cool to us. We shared quite a few gigs together.
When we started, I had a Fender Deluxe and a '72 Jaguar. Pete was
playing a Deluxe and and some kind of Yamaha guitar. We both used
outboard reverbs instead of the built in reverb. But, within a few
years, we both had Showmans and a few more guitars. Lucky for us, in
the early 80's that old fender stuff was a lot cheaper than it is now.
Right now I play out of either a 63 blonde showman with a 12 tone ring
cab, or a 65 blackface showman with a 2x12 cab. I use a 66 blackface
reverb - the only one I've ever owned. For guitars I play either a 64
Lake Placid Blue Jaguar or a 63 Olympic White Jaguar. I've always
played Jaguars. Pete usually plays out of a blond bandmaster or a blond
showman, a Jazzmaster, & reverb. He does have a few different
amps/guitars to pick from.
I'm not sure about Pete and the reissue story. He used to have a
relationship with the Fender folks, but I'm not sure about that one.
Rick
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Thanks for that info. Very cool. Who started the band and how did you
> get
> interested in surf music?
>
> You guys are considered 2nd wave...were there any other surf bands
> active
> when you started the Halibuts? What prompted you guys to start a surf
> band?
>
> What kind of gear did you guys have then and now?
>
> I understand Pete Curry is a real gear nut also and has some really
> old
> Jazzmasters???? I read somewhere that they were used as reference
> material
> when Fender decided to create the American Vintage reissues?
>
> I got to meet Pete briefly at a LS show. He was super cool along with
> the
> other guys in LS.
>
> Thanks again!
> BN
>
> PS I recall reading a post on Cowabunga from a guy who had played
> with Eddie
> Angel in Europe in the Neanderthals. I thought he was an ex-Halibut.
> I must
> have got that confused, sorry.
>
> PPS Sorry for the barrage of questions but I eat this stuff up.
>
>
>
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