RON EGLIT — guitar

a Surfari since mid-’05

The newest member of the Surfaris (replacing original member Jim Pash, who passed away in May ’05), Ron is a veteran surf music star in his own right, having played bass with Dick Dale from 1979 through 2003. (His surf credentials go all the way back to 1963, when he played guitar with Adrian & The Sunsets…)

Throughout the ‘60s and beyond, Ron was an active part of the So Cal rock ‘n roll scene. He is a multi-instrumentalist (adept at guitar, bass, pedal steel, keyboard, banjo & dobro) and a “human spark plug” who adds a great deal of zest to any band or project fortunate enough to have him on board.

In one capacity or another, Ron has shared the stage or studio with: Jackie De Shannon, Sandy Nelson, Ian Whitcomb, Freddie Fender, Paul Peterson, Kingfish (members of Grateful Dead), the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Connie Van Dyke, Dennis Weaver and many others. He has also acted in numerous films and TV shows. Surf music fans may recall his appearance along with Dick Dale in 1987, in the Frankie & Annette revisit to their Beach Party series, Back to the Beach.

It IS mainly for his stint with Dick Dale that Ron has won the respect and admiration of so many surf music fans. And now the Surfaris are reaping the benefit of all those years, as the qualities of musicianship that were honed by that experience are most evident in the energy and finesse that he now brings to the band.