The Misunderstood: The Californian Garage Band Interviewed About Their Time As Rock 'N' Roll Stars.
They started as just three kids from California, who all shared a mutual respect for Surf music. First formed as the ‘Blue Notes’ in 1964 with Greg Treadway and George Phelps on guitar and Rick Moe on drums, the trio was short-lived. While the group were still just as enthralled by the waves of that sunny-state sound, the ‘Blue Notes’ never got to any gigs and their musical tide had gone out. With most of the members spending more time with their surfboard than their band equipment, the former outfit had taken a back seat, but when Treadway met Rick Brown at a surf club, they became great friends and Brown was asked to be lead singer when the band regrouped in 1965, now as ‘Treadway & Company’. When I spoke to Brown, he remembered the meeting well. “I met Greg in first year of High school and we were best friends since. We were surfing and started hanging out in Encinitas and Swamis. We were founders and members of Swamis Surfing Association together. Here is a pic of our first eve