The Lively Ones

{{Short description|American surf music band}} {{about||the album by Vic Damone|The Lively Ones (album)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2010}} {{Expand German|topic=cult|The Lively Ones|date=April 2019}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Lively Ones | image = ComeWail009.jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = The Surfmen | caption = 1963 Performance Flyer | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[California]], U.S. | genre = [[Surf music|Surf]] | years_active = 1962-1965 | label = [[Del-Fi]] | associated_acts = | website =  | past_members = Jim Masoner Ed Chiaverini Joel Willenbring Tim Fitzpatrick John Benton Tracy Sands Earthman III Ron Griffith }} '''The Lively Ones''' , originally '''The Surfmen''', were an American [[surf music]] band from 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 version|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 (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/surf-music-and-seventies-soul-the-songs-of-pulp-fiction-20140521/the-lively-ones-surf-rider-0349535 | title=Surf Music and Seventies Soul: The Songs of 'Pulp Fiction' | publisher=Rolling Stone magazine | accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref> The Lively Ones were interviewed by the [[Pipeline Instrumental Review]] in 1997 which also showcased their discography.<ref>{{cite journal |editor-last=Burke |editor-first=Dave |date=1997 |title=The Lively Ones Interview |journal=[[Pipeline Instrumental Review]] |issue=36 |pages=5–9 |issn=1470-8353}}</ref>

They are best known with these members: *[[Lead guitar]]: Jim Masoner *[[Rhythm guitar]]: Ed Chiaverini *[[Bass guitar]]: Ron Griffith (d.January 2, 2025) *[[Saxophone]]: Joel Willenbring *[[Drum]]s: 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. Ron Griffith, original bassist, died January 2, 2025.

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Surf Rider!'' (Del-Fi DFLP-1226, 4/63) * ''Surf Drums'' (Del-Fi DFLP-1231, 6/63) * ''Surf City'' (Del-Fi DFLP-1237, 8/63) * ''The Great Surf Hits!'' (Del-Fi DFLP-1238, 9/63) * ''Surfin' South of the Border'' (Del-Fi DFLP-1240, 11/64) shared album with the Surf Mariachis * ''Bugalu Party'' (MGM SE-4449, 1967)

===CD compilations=== * ''Hang Five! The Best of the Lively Ones'' (Del-Fi DFCD-9004, 1995) * ''Heads Up! The Best of the Lively Ones, Vol. 2'' (Del-Fi DFCD-9005, 1999)

===Singles=== * "Crying Guitar" // "Guitarget" (Del-Fi DF-4184, 10/62) * "Miserlou" // "Livin'" (Del-Fi DF-4189, 11/62) * "Surf Rider" // "Surfer's Lament" (Del-Fi DF-4196, 2/63) * "Rik-A-Tic" // "Surfer Boogie" (Del-Fi DF-4205, 4/63) * "High Tide" // "Goofy Foot" (Del-Fi DF-4210, 6/63) * "Telstar Surf" // "Surf City" (Del-Fi DF-4217, 7/63) * "Exodus" // "Surfing Memories" (Del-Fi DF-4224, 10/63) * "Night And Day" // "Hey, Scrounge" (Smash S-1880, 2/64) * "Bugalu Movement" // "Take It While You Can" (MGM K-13691, 3/67)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{Citation | last = Burt | first = Rob | year = 1986 | title = Surf City, Drag City | publisher = Blandford Press | isbn = 0-7137-1890-0}} * {{Citation | last = Dalley | first = Robert J. | year = 1988 | title = [[Surfin' Guitars: Instrumental Surf Bands of the Sixties]] | publisher = Surf Publications | isbn = 978-1-56075-042-0}}

==External links== {{youTube|id=VXi3mCfv15k|title=Surf Rider}}

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