Davie Allan & The Arrows Blues Theme

[crownprussian]

We thought We were the only one who loved, or even REMEMBERED, this song! Thank you!

[hergestridge2roubaix]

KICK ASS! NOBODY can do fuzz like Davie Allan! The other two cats are kickin' ass as well. Fantastic. Thanks for posting...

[Souplesse000]

Dig the Leonard Nimoy looking motherfucker on bass.

[karjbuch1]

used to play blues theme when I DJed & people would run up to ask what it was. it was a popular favorite along with the wild angels soundtrack. folks even loved the mike curb congregation! mike had it all down years before polyphonic spree...

[bec2112]

I caught Davie at the Guitar Geek Festival in January. Epic.

[djdudemanhey]

TeenCretin- fitting name

[sawmillslim]

Perhaps, Teen Cretin will be posting his video/ cover of this medley soon.

[sawmillslim]

I understand that Davey had a gig with Mike Curb in the late '60's doing soundtracks for the "B" biker flicks, etc. It was a good move for him at the time.......as it could be a bitch for musicians........unless you were from England.

[sawmillslim]

It's great to see that Davie is out and about...rockin'! His guitar style seems to bridge the gap between Dick Dale and.......Jimi Hendrix....like surf with fuzz and a psychodelic twist.

[fredxmertz]

This was used as the theme to Rodney on the ROQ (KROQ 106.7 FM Pasadena, CA) when I was a lad. I would stay up Sunday nights after Dr. Demento to hear Rodney Bingenheimer and The Young Marquis and Stanley. Of course, I found the vinyl soundtrack to WILD ANGELS years back, and play if often! Viva Davie Allen and the Arrows! (the movie aint that great...)

[retrorides1]

In AWE! Amazing!

[umajunkcollector]

I learned this riff on my Radio Shack Realistic MIJ Gibson copy ""electric geetar"" w FUZZ back in the 70s! This, Little Black Egg, Sunshine of Your Love, and Smoke On The Water were a MUST!

[TeenCretin]

Uh, you guys wouldn't know a good guitar player from your elbow. That song is embarassingly simplistic........I bet he wrote it when he was 14 years old....cause it sounds like it was written by a 14 year old. And it's NO mystery to anybody that knows anything about music why he ISNT mentioned in the same breath as Dick Dale or the Ventures.

[XianSlader]

One of most under-rated guitarists EVER. Songs made it into movies like "Wild Angels" and "Shape of Things to Come (Fourteen Or Fight!)

[Codini273]

Fucking amazing, Davie Allan rules

[oddfinger87]

I`ve seen a group on a cable access show called "The Fuzztones" do a kick-ass version of this track,so...this is the origional...this kicks ass better than the cover!!

[adjoshe69]

Great guy. We corresponded awhile back and I told him how influencial The Arrows have been in my life. What really grabbed me was how cool and down to Earth he is. I ended up buying every one of his albums and Davie autographed them all for me! Just love the band and everything they've produced. Go Arrows!!!!

[bc191]

This is an example of how good even a 3 piece band can sound live with the right material.

[delbhoye]

He looks even cooler now than he did back in the 60s.

[0luke]

Thats what I thought. That old video of them doing this they look like kinda like mods with their fancy suite jackets and what not. Doesn't quite sound the same as the film. I wish I'd been around to see it at the time!

[Gregrg7]

Killer song, so simple and brilliant. If this song doesn't make people want to play guitar for the pure fun of it, I say never buy a guitar then.

I've been playing 17 years now and last night played along with Blues Theme at least 4 times. I can play WAY more technical but there is beauty in the simplicity. It gets the job done. Hypnotic, driving, catchy...and fuzzy :)

[999manman]

Couldn't have phrased it better myself.

This just shows you don't need a million sweep-picked notes to get the message across!

[Gregrg7]

Damn right. I'll take "Blues' Theme" over ANYTHING Rusty Cooleyt has EVER recorded EVER.

This tune should be on Guitar Hero. I don't know if it's downloadable... I play real guitar. :-)

[999manman]

You and me both! I won't allow Guitar Hero to disgrace my house as long as I have a REAL axe on premises!!! Kerrang!!!

[confuzzsion]

LONG LIVE TO THE KING OF FUZZ!!!

[diuga1]

"Why this man is not mentioned in the same breath as Dick Dale or The Ventures is beyond me."

-I second that...

[moviefann1]

Davie Allan is the king.

I wish he would tour more.

[supermaxitaly67]

Great stuff indeed... anyone knows the title of the song he plays in the video after Blues Theme, right after the drum break?

[sageguitar70]

I read on Wikipedia that this was the first song Eddie van Halen learned to play.

[thsensor]

Ya know, I so loved this song that "Born to be wild" brought me down. I still to this day don`t care for it. Its almost "bubblegum" compared to "blues theme"

[cooleyreece]

WOW! What a pleasure it is too see him doing this live.

[porchestra]

STELLER!

[johnrunion]

fuzz master general! a living legend!

[guitargreats2]

Awsome. Better than the original.

[mikal9000]

Agree 100%. It's hard to believe the man could top his own work of nearly 40 years ago, but he's caught here doing just that. Definitely one of the greatest rock instrumentals of all time, by a surf/fuzz guitarist par excellence. Thanks for posting this!

[wnorcott]

The original recording was not played on Fender instruments, the whole band used Mosrite guitars and basses. The Arrows did use Fender amps though.

[oakie1010]

The original recording of Blues Theme WAS recorded on Fender guitars.The whole things confusing as the band are pictures holding Mosrites on the cover of the Blues Theme album.

[NODISCOonkrth]

Fender Tube Amps The Best. Marshall's are Britt Copies.

Fender Tube Amps

Wonderful

[wnorcott]

Agreed. Dick Dale of the Del-Tones owned the very first 100 watt Fender amp ever made it was a custom job by Leo Fender. Leo was a big fan of the California surf scene. Fender get a brighter sound than Marshall and a cleaner sound too.

[capnquirky]

Awesome.

[bc191]

Thats definitely Fender tone he's got. Fender amps and guitars are usually quite versatile in what you can use them for. I'll take a Fender tube amp over any other.

[packingten]

My Friend and I learned this Song around 1969, We had an Old Supro Amp and He had JUST bought a Guild Foxy Lady Fuzz Tone We had it down pretty good,The first Effect on any Recording was Marty Robbins ,'Don't Worry but Me", Something went wrong with the Amp or Speaker,there are NUMEROUS Stories!!, One says Speaker another said Amp blew, in any event the Engineer like it and kept it, so There another Rock and Roll Moment in history.....:)

[code2high]

Davie Allen was KING of the 60's FUZZ GUITAR !!!

[SykesMacab]

Awesum.

[superstitionfree]

Sorry, but I'm not impressed.

[55racer]

If this doesn't impress you, somethin's wrong!

[nitrohuffer1320]

the guitar is a mosrite. allen used to play that sucker through a gibby fuzz box. try finding a mosrite nowadays.

[Levesque999]

Looks like a custom jazzmaster to me.

[nitrohuffer1320]

you're probably right, though the tuning stock & the tail piece look slightly "un-fenderlike" (actual word?). anyways, i know he used to play mosrites back in the 60's. i have several of his old albums on vinyl. yeah, i'm a geezer.

[Levesque999]

Looks like a Jazzmaster tailpiece to me.

Like I said, its a custom job. Some dude put it together for him.

[mjhida]

It is a Jazzmaster. For he is on myspace and I asked him that question and that is what he told me!.

[nitrohuffer1320]

the song "blues theme" is from the movie "the wild angels". i not only have a video of the movie, i also managed to find the soundtrack album on cd about ten years ago. check it out if you can find it, its great.bruce dern is a dope smoking, glue sniffing burnout that makes the whole movie, not to mention fonda, nancy sinatra and diane ladd, who was pregnant with laura dern during the filming of this movie.one of roger corman's best.

[problem49]

"The Wild Angels" was successful enough to spawn two official soundtrack albums. I found the most popular version many years ago at the Salvation Army Store for a whopping fifty cents.

[Levesque999]

Holy shit, who makes that guitar? I know that's not a fender

[juliandunn]

that's a fender, you can see the fender logo on the trem

[nitrohuffer1320]

you are correct, sir.

my mistake.

sorry, i was raised a drummer.

[kawasakigood]

i have never heard a Triumph sound that good.

You sure that was not a panhead.

[wilkinsgy]

I used to listen to this in the sixties with my older cousin driving around in his Dodge Dart. Really brings back memories of the swinging sixties when life was really an adventure !

[InteriorCommando]

I have a 66' album of David Allen and the Arrows. This cat is definately BOSS. I'm glad that so many of these unsung heros from back in the day are getting some recognition now.

This kind of music was what you listened to if you wanted to stay away from that bubble gum crap. Long live rock!

[jhrunion]

fuzz master general!

[reefhawg]

Wow! I have not heard this song in about 38 years. I had the 45(record)it had the sound of a Harley in it.

[problem49]

It wasn't a Harley; It was Peter Fonda kicking over his Triumph in "The Wild Angels."

[Teenagekicks]

I didnt know he still toured! This is amazing!

[doncovay3]

Nice fuzz on his classic blues theme you should also hear another song of his called fuzz theme just as great!

[ledfingers1]

This'll gitcher moter runnin'

[Galaxy2blue]

YEAH!!!!...takes me back to "THE WILD ANGELS"...thanks for sharing...

[hitwitstuff]

Glad you guys dig this. I just posted a clip from another Davie Allan show I taped on July 15, The Toxic Terror. Keep watching my posts for more Davie and other shrederific surf bands. Davie Rules!

[jhrunion]

Thanks for posting this! fantastic. you are most right. davie should be placed right up there with dale, link wray, duane eddy and the ventures in the general concenus of great guitarists.

[problem49]

Too right! At least Davey has kept himself healthy enough to exploit the retro craze that celebrates everything from the populuxe era.

[ghoulardi]

Awesome! thanks for posting this.