Ep. 6: Only a Dad

Host: Richard Gibbs
Guest announcer: Keegan Gibbs
Engineer: Lance Powell

The man who made me want to surf - Bruce Brown, director of The Endless Summer

The true beginning of a film composer - RG’s first credit (look closely at the very bottom)

The true beginning of a film composer - RG’s first credit (look closely at the very bottom)


Dana Brown, scion of Bruce, director of Step Into Liquid

The Gibbs boys hitting the surf at Little Dume - Riley, Dad, and Keegan

Step Into Liquid official movie poster

Step Into Liquid official movie poster

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea laid down a few basslines on RG’s Step Into Liquid score

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea laid down a few basslines on RG’s Step Into Liquid score

The sunrise shot in Lawrence of Arabia - the inspiration for the Endless Summer sunball

The sunrise shot in Lawrence of Arabia - the inspiration for the Endless Summer sunball

Inside the Endless Summer Cafe in Santa Barbara

Inside the Endless Summer Cafe in Santa Barbara

Dana’s paean to his dad - A Life of Endless Summers

Dana’s paean to his dad - A Life of Endless Summers


Munky, from Korn, also contributed some of his signature textures to the score

Munky, from Korn, also contributed some of his signature textures to the score

The Endless Summer official movie poster, with sunball



Little RG hard at work on his long lost Baldwin, with big brother Gary up to something behind










Bob (L) and Ron Condon (R), flanking some guy named Swayze on the set of Point Break - the brothers shot the heavy wave sequences

Music:

invisible arts Theme
artists: Richard Gibbs and George Doering
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI

Fairfield
written and performed by Richard Gibbs
BMI, Ribbs MX

Main Theme
Endless Summer
artist: The Sandals
composers: John Blakeley, Gaston Georis, Walter Georis
ASCAP, BMI

Surfin USA
artist: The Beach Boys
composer: Chuck Berry
BMI, Arc Music, Isalee Music

Green Onions
artist: Booker T. and the MG’s
composers: Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., Stephen Lee Cropper, Lewie Steinberg
BMI, AL Jackson Jr Music, Downtown DSP Songs, Irving Music, Lewie Steinberg Music

Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II
artist: King Crimson
composers: William Scott Buford, David Francis Cross, Robert Fripp, Jamie Muir, John Kenneth Wetton
PRS, ASCAP, Universal Music Careers

Jessica
artist: The Allman Brothers Band
composer: Dickey Betts
BMI, Forest Richard Betts Music, Unichappel Music

Rapa Nui
Step into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, Ribbs MX

Size Doesn’t Matter
Step into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, Ribbs MX

Main Theme
Lawerence of Arabia
composer: Jarre Maurice
ASCAP, SACEM

Jesse
Step Into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, RibbsMX

Main Theme
Step Into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, RibbsMX

Glassier and Glassier
Step Into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, RibbsMX

Ready for Takeoff
Step Into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, RibbsMX

Female Surfers
Step Into Liquid
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI, RibbsMX

invisible arts Theme
artists: Richard Gibbs and George Doering
composer: Richard Gibbs
BMI