Surf's Down

Brian Carman was 17 when he co-wrote "Pipeline" with fellow Chantays member Bob Spickard. That's according to Carman's obit in the L.A. Times.

Carman was 69 when he died this week. Here's an excuse to show the fresh-faced young men making an odd appearance on "The Lawrence Welk Show," of all places, pantomiming to the (band's only) hit surf tune, to the consternation of the polka-heads in the house band. The iconic song was, Welk noted at the time (1962), "very, very popular with the young folks throughout the nation."