Eddie & the Showmen
Eddie & the Showmen were an American surf rock band of the 1960s. Formed in Southern California by Eddie Bertrand, formerly of The Bel-Airs, they released several singles on Liberty Records.[1] Their highest-charting single in Los Angeles was "Mr. Rebel", which reached No. 4 on the Wallichs Music City Hit List on February 10, 1964.
The band originally formed because Bertrand wanted to move on from the Bel-Airs. While the Bel-Airs focused more on guitar interplay, and a moderate sound, Eddie & the Showmen played more in the style of Dick Dale with a prominent lead guitar and heavy sound.[2] The band's original drummer was former Mousketeer Dick Dodd, who later joined The Standells. One of the guitar players Larry Carlton later became a famous jazz guitarist, and another was Rob Edwards of Colours who was the guitarist on the title track for the surf movie, Pacific Vibrations.[3]
One of Eddie & the Showmen's biggest hits, "Squad Car", was a cover version of the Bel-Airs track. Eddie and the Showmen are included in the Hard Rock Cafe: Surf 1998 compilation of surf bands and surf music on track 11. Mr. Rebel.[4] They are also included in The Birth of Surf compilation track 20 Squad Car [5] and are on 10 tracks of Toes On The Nose: 32 Surf Age Instrumentals compilation.[6]
Eddie Bertrand died of cancer in November 2012.[7]
Singles
- " Mr Moto" b/w "LITTLE BROWN JUG" (Label/Cat #: Arvee A-5034, 1961)
- "Toes on the Nose" b/w "Border Town" (Liberty Records 55566, 1963)
- "Squad Car" b/w "Scratch" (Liberty Records 55608, 1963)
- "Mr Rebel" b/w "Movin'" (Liberty Records 55659, 1963)
- "Lanky Bones" b/w "Far Away Places" (Liberty Records 55695, 1964)
- "We Are The Young" b/w "Young and Lonely" (Liberty Records 55720, 1964)
Albums
- Squad Car (complete singles collection plus seven bonus tracks)
Personnel
- Eddie Bertrand - Composer, Executive Producer, Guitar Producer
- Rob Edwards - Guitar (Rhythm)
- Larry Carlton - Guitar (Rhythm)
- John Anderson - Guitar (Rhythm)
- Freddy Buxton - Bass
- Doug Henson - Bass
- Dick Dodd - Drums
- Michael Mills - Drums
- Bobby Knight - Saxophone
- Sterling Storm - Saxophone
- Phillip Pruden - Saxophone
- Nokie Edwards - Composer
- R. Dodd - Composer
- Lee Hazlewood - Composer
- Paul Johnson - Composer
- Andreas Kramer - Composer
- Joan Whitney - Composer
- Tom Mouton - Mastering, Mixing
- Greg Vaughn - Mastering, Mixing
- Pete Ciccone - Art Direction, Design
- Patti Drosins - Executive Producer
- Bones Howe - Producer
- Drew Jessel - Assistant Producer
- Lanky Linstrot - Producer
- Dave Pell - Producer
- Stephanie Press - Assistant Producer
- Domenic Priore - Compilation Producer, Liner Notes
- Rob Santos - Compilation Producer
- Jim York - Producer[8]
References
- ↑ Koda, Cub. "Eddie & the Showmen - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ↑ Koda, Cub. "Squad Car - Eddie & the Showmen : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ↑ "ricky lancelotti". United-mutations.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ↑ Hard Rock Cafe: Surf [Limited Edition]. "Hard Rock Cafe: Surf [Limited Edition]: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
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- ↑ "Influential surf guitarist Eddie Bertrand of the Bel-Airs dies". Los Angeles Times. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ↑ "Squad Car - Eddie & the Showmen : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-03.