The Lively Ones

The Lively Ones
1963 Performance Flyer
Background information
Origin	California, United States
Genres	Surf rock
Years active	1960s-present
Labels	Del-Fi
Members	Ed Chiaverini Joel Willenbring Tim Fitzpatrick John Benton Tracy Sands
Past members	Ron Griffith Jim Masoner

The Lively Ones were an American instrumental surf rock band active in Southern California in the 1960s. They played live mostly in California and Arizona. They recorded for Del-Fi records with production from Bob Keane. They recorded mostly cover songs, but there were a few originals.

Their 1963 song "Surf Rider" (written by Nokie Edwards from The Ventures) was featured in the final sequence as well as the end credits of Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction.^[1]

They are best known with these members:

• Lead guitar: Jim Masoner
• Rhythm guitar: Ed Chiaverini
• Bass guitar: Ron Griffith
• Saxophone: Joel Willenbring
• Drums: Tim Fitzpatrick

Currently, John Benton plays rhythm/alternate lead guitar and Tracy Sands plays bass guitar. Recent live shows have featured Earthman on rhythm/alternate lead guitar.

Discography

Albums

• Surf Rider! - 1963
• Surf Drums - 1963
• Surf City - 1963
• Surfin' South of the Border - 1964
• Bugalu Party - 1967

Singles

• "Miserlou" / "Livin'" - 1963
• "High Tide" / "Goofy Foot" - 1963
• "Telstar Surf" / "Surf City" - 1963
• "Surfin' South of the Border" / "Surf Mariachis" - 1964

Notes

1. "Surf Music and Seventies Soul: The Songs of 'Pulp Fiction'". Rolling Stone magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

References

• Burt, Rob (1986), Surf City, Drag City, Blandford Press, ISBN 0-7137-1890-0
• Dalley, Robert J. (1988), Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties, Surf Publications, ISBN 978-1-56075-042-0

External links

Surf Rider on YouTube