- Rhythm guitarist Robert Berryhill was born in 1947. In 1960 when Berryhill was thirteen-years-old he took a trip to the Hawaiian Islands, where he learned to surf and play the ukulele. Robert subsequently began seriously working on the guitar after returning to California. Berryhill was the rhythm guitarist and a founding member of the surf-rock group The Surfaris. The Surfaris had a huge hit with the exciting instrumental "Wipe Out," which Robert co-wrote and played rhythm guitar on. After the original incarnation of The Surfaris broke up, Berryhill formed a new version of the group made up of himself, his wife Gene, and sons Joel and Deven.
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- SpouseGene(? - present) (2 children)
- Rhythm guitarist for The Surfaris.
- His role of rhythm guitar merged into lead guitar later with his new band, The Surfaris featuring Bob Berryhill.
- Bob Berryhill is an American musician. He was the original guitarist for the surf band the Surfaris. The group of teenagers had a pop hit with "Surfer Joe," which was followed up by the 1963 chart topper "Wipe Out.".
- Bob Berryhill said: "Ronnie Wilson (=Ron Wilson, member of the group The Surfaris) loved Scottish marches and sometimes played with our high school Tartan marching band. That came into play coupled with my suggestion of bongo rock-type breaks for an arrangement, a drum-solo type of song with a simple guitar melody. Ronnie started playing the famous Wipe Out solo and in about ten minutes we had the song together.
- He was a member of surf music group The Surfaris and co-writer and recording artist of "Wipe Out" and other Surfaris' hits.
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