Surf Sounds of the ’60s, With the Beach Boys and Other Greats

Coast into summer with rock historian and author Richie Unterberger, who presents a program of surf music performers. It’s an epic virtual journey featuring rare vintage film clips and audio recordings that date back to the music’s heyday in the early-to-mid-1960s. You’ll groove along with vocal stars like the Beach Boys as well as instrumental guitar twangers like Jan and Dean, the majority from Southern California, where the style originated. You’ll also jet off to other parts of the US, the UK, and as far away as Australia and Japan. 

Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books, including volumes on the Beatles, the Who, the Velvet Underground, Bob Marley, and 1960s folk-rock, which played a large part in the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He gives regular presentations on rock and soul history throughout the Bay Area Unterberger teaches courses on rock history at several Bay Area colleges, including the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State. His next book, to be published by Taschen in 2021, is San Francisco: Portrait of a City.