The Belairs

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Two young guitarists heavily influenced by the likes of the Fireballs, Johnny & The Hurricanes, Duane Eddy and Link Wray were Paul Johnson and Eddie Bertrand. As Lullaby Of The Leaves was being launched in the spring of 1961 they were busy recording their first single, Paul's minor key composition Mr Moto, at Liberty Records in Hollywood. The band were from the South Bay area of Los Angeles, and over the following year it was the association between groups like the Belairs and Dick Dale & The Del-Tones and the burgeoning beach culture of surfers which resulted in their evolving rock instrumental styles becoming known as surf music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.