DAVID KLINGAMAN (GUITAR/VOCALS),
LORRIN PETERSON (BASS/VOCALS),
BILL SUTTON (DRUMS/VOCALS),
LARRY TOMIO (GUITAR)
Influences
CHUBBY CHECKER, THE ROYAL TEENS, THE SURFARIS, LARRY VERNE, THE CHORDETTES, BOBBY DARIN, THE COASTERS, SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHAROAHS, DION AND THE BELMONTS, MARTY ROBBINS, THE DOVELLS, CONNIE FRANCIS, RONNIE SPECTOR, THE FOUR SEASONS, HERMAN'S HERMITS, BEACH BOYS, LAVERN BAKER, THE FOUR PREPS... PLEASE REQUEST ANY OR ALL THANK YOU
JOE CARDINAL [SAX, GUITAR, BASS, PIANO, ETC.] PERSUADES DAVID
KLINGAMAN, [ A AND R ] TO FORM DUO TO JAM AT THE BOHEMIAN CAFE, BOGARTS, IN L.B.C. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED TOGETHER IN ANOTHER L.A.
GROUP 3 CHEERS FOR DIXIE. UPON JAMMING FOR 5 MIN. IN JOES GARAGE, THET
WERE ISSUED A CEASE AND DISTIST ORDER BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. THEY IMMEDIATELY MOVED THEIR RACKET TO,
AS THE SONG SAYS ''BOGARTS IN THE MARINA'' DAVID BEING THE MORE
BOISTEROUS OF THE 2 SAID THEY COULD SAVE MORE LIVES IF THEY WERE LOUDER. [JOE HAD BEEN PLAYING ACOUSTIC BASS AND DAVD ACOUSTIC GUITAR.] SO THEY PLUGGED IN AND ADDED A DRUMMER. THAT UNDERSTOOD THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SANDY NELSON AND HAL BLAINE. FORTUNATE FOR THE S.B.S. JOE KNEW OF SUCH A DEITY. THERE WAS ONLY ON IN THE WORLD, FATE SMILED UPON THE S.B.S. AND THEY ADDED BILL SUTTON. ON DRUMS. BEING THAT JOE WAS A CAT OF MANY COLORS HE WAS NEEDED FOR THE FEATURED INSTRUMENT IN ROCK. THE TENOR SAXAPHONE. SO THEY HAD TO FIND A BASSIST. COMPLICATED, EH ?? READ ON!!
MEANWHILE UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF L.A. COUNTY. THERE WAS A
THRIVING DIARY COMMUNITY KNOWN AS PARAMOUNT. WHERE ANOTHER CAT WAS WRACKING HIS MIND TO COME WITH A REVELUTIONARY SOUND. LATER GIVEN THE
NAME , FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS DA BLUES. HE WAS SINGING KAROKE AND
TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE SRONGER SEX, [FEMALE] DAVID KNEW OF HIS
PREDICAMENT AND LIED TO HIM SAYING JOIN OUR MERRY BUNCH OF NOISE MAKERS AND THE STRONGER SEX [FEMALE] WILL BE AT YOUR EVERY BECKEN CALL.
LORRIN PETERSON WENT FOR IT AND AS THEY SAY THE REST IS HISTORY [THE BLUES WERE BORN AND THE EARTH WAS PROPAGATED]
ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE TOP. THEY PROMISED NOT TO NAME NAMES, BUT
THEY OPENED FOR X, SUBLIME THE U.S. BOMBS. AND ESTABLISHED A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEGENDARY VANDALS.
PT. 2, THE DEMISE OF A GARAGE OUTFIT: LEGEND HAS THAT CHRISTMAS 1998 THEY TRIED TO PERFORM AT THE WORLD FAMOUS RONDEVOUS BAR IN LORRINS HOMETOWN, AND AFTER TRYING TO NAIL THE FIRST SONG CLEARED THE ENTIRE ESTABLISHMENT OF 3 PEOPLE.. THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE. SO YOU HAVE THE STORY BEFORE, AFTER , TOURING THE GREATER L.A. O.C. CIRCUIT AND AFTER MANY DRUG BUSTS AND SUCACIDE ATTEMPTS, NOT TO MENTION EXTORTION AND VIOLENCE, THE MEMBERS WENT BACK TO THEIR FORMER LIVES. JOE IS PLAYING THE KLEZZMER CLASSICS, DAVID IS LOOKING FOR GARAGE RECORDS AND A LIFE PARTNER, BILL IS RAISING HIS DAUGHTER, VENESSA. LORRIN IS ''LOOKING FOR AN ECHO'' ANOTHER NEW SOUND THAT HE WON'T GET RIPPED OFF FOR.
THEY REFORM ONCE A YEAR AND PLAY SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. THERE IS 6 SONG E.P. AVAILABLE, A LIVE C.D. AND A DVD. THERE HAVE BEEN 3 ATTEMPTS AT A S.B.S. ROCKUMENTARY , NON HAVE BEEN SUCESSFUL. -DAVID KLINGAMAN JANUARY 6, 2007
South Bay Surfers show @ the Studio Wardrobe Department
Because of the record breaking crowd of over 1,000 people crammed between racks of pants and shirts at a used clothing store it wasn't surprising that the fire department got called out. But, because they too were mesmerized by the SBS performance instead of ushering people outside they stayed for the 2 + hour performance. For all of the unfortunate ones who missed it here's a link to a video from that show.
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