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Post #574491 by Club Nouméa on Thu, Feb 3, 2011 1:29 AM

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On a related note, this site, packed with photos, newspaper clippings, audio samples and even videos, is well worth a look:

http://johnnycampbell.co.nz/

It tells the story of Johnny Campbell & The Detours, an instrumental group popular in Christchurch in the early 1960s, who were the resident act at Surf City, a venue out at South Brighton Beach.

"Johnny who and the what?" I hear you ask... Well, among their other accomplishments, The Detours played on the same bill as The Beach Boys, The Surfaris, The Rolling Stones, and Roy Orbison.

CN