Jim Fuller (musician)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". James Evans Fuller (27 June 1947 – 3 March 2017)[1] was the lead guitarist and main songwriter for the 1960s rock band The Surfaris.[2][3][4]
Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music.
He was also a studio musician, and performed on many other artists' such as "The Seeds", rock, folk, and blues songs throughout his career, performing vocals, lead and bass guitar.
Fuller, with his Fender Stratocaster guitar in photographs and its sound on The Surfaris albums, contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments.
He is featured on "Hollywood's Rock Walk of Fame".
As of 2004[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he continued to perform with The Surfaris and his other band, "Jim Fuller & The Beatnik" with a fan base in United States, Europe, and Japan.
He died on 3 March 2017, in Arcadia, California, at the age of 69.[5]
Along with the rest of the Surfaris, Fuller was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2019.
Best known hits
- "Wipe Out"
- "Point Panic"
- "Surfer Joe"
- "Waikiki Run...."
References
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- ↑ In Memory of James Evans Fuller June 27, 1947 – March 3, 2017 accessdate 19 January 2018
- ↑ The Surfaris.com: The Surfaris website Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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- 1947 births
- 2017 deaths
- The Surfaris members
- Surf musicians
- American rock guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American rock singers
- American rock songwriters
- American male singer-songwriters
- Musicians from Los Angeles County, California
- Singer-songwriters from California
- People from Monrovia, California
- People from the San Gabriel Valley
- Guitarists from California
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians