Davie Allan
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Biography
Davie Allan, an American guitarist born in Southern California, began his musical journey as a teenager learning guitar. His career took off when he teamed up with Mike Curb to form an instrumental surf combo and release the single "War Path" on Curb Records in 1963. In 1964, Curb founded Sidewalk Records and secured a recording contract for Davie Allan & The Arrows. Their breakthrough came with the soundtrack for The Wild Angels, featuring "Blue's Theme", which peaked at number 37 on the Billboard charts and stayed there for 17 weeks. This success led to more soundtrack work, including Devil's Angels and Thunder Alley. By 1968, Allan had released over a dozen albums and numerous singles. After a period of reduced activity in the 1970s, Allan revived his career with the album Loud, Loose & Savage in 1994. Notable collaborations include the Phantom Surfers and the Ramonetures, who covered songs by X and The Ramones. Allan's fuzz guitar sound, popularized on "Blue's Theme", influenced later rock acts like Sonic Youth.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Cry Of The Lonely
- '67 Comeback
- Journey Into Darkness
- On The Surface by Davie Allan
- Space Rift
- The Stranger by Davie Allan
- Organized
- Demente
- Flashback
- Guitarra triste
- Fender Bender
- Wicked Woman
- Restless in L.A. by Davie Allan
- Arrow Highway
- The Loud, The Loose and the Savage
- Energized
- I Don't Like Living My Life Alone
- Brew's Theme
- Uprising
- Waitin' for the Mother Lode
- Weekend Cowboy's Fantasy
- Buzz Saw Effect
- I Still Want to Try
- Goin' Back to Carolina
