Description: In 1967, Davie Allan and the Arrows were America's number one rock instrumental group. During the "Summer of Love," when The Beatles, The Doors, The Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and The Papas, The Turtles and The Rascals were singing about love, going to Monterey and getting high, Davie Allan was playing basic instrumental rock with his lead guitar and back-up group, The Arrows. Davie's big hit "Blues' Theme", was featured in Roger Corman's biker film "The Wild Angels", which starred Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. It was time to grab a little stardom before the summer got away.

At Grant High School in Van Nuys, California, Davie met Mike Curb in the school choir. They started writing songs together and formed the group, The Arrows. Also at Grant High during this time were fellow classmates, Tom Selleck, Mickey Dolenz, Tom Scott, Mike Post, Lana Wood (Natalie's sister), and Drew Bennett, bass player for The Arrows. After graduating from Grant High, Mike signed Davie and The Arrows to Tower Records, where they charted with "Apache '65" followed by "Moondawg '65", "Blues' Theme", "Theme from The Wild Angels" and "Devil's Angels". Davie Allan and The Arrows also backed up Linda Rondstadt on her first recording "So Fine" b/w "Everybody Has Their Own Ideas" (Sidewalk #937-1966).

Davie's fuzztone lead guitar was featured in well over a dozen movies such as "Skaterdater", "The Wild Angels", "Devil's Angels", "Thunder Alley", "The Glory Stompers", "Born Losers" and "The Golden Breed", a surf documentary.

During the success of "Blues' Theme", Davie and The Arrows appeared on live shows with The Turtles, The Grass Roots, Van Morrison, The Seeds, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Leaves, The Music Machine, The Standells, and Freddy Cannon. Also on the agenda were appearances on such television shows as "Shebang", "9th Street West", "Groovy", "Hollywood A-Go-Go" and "Boss City". At this time, Davie asked me to play rhythm guitar and join The Arrows to perform on "Boss City". As the years went by we became good friends and co-wrote and co-produced several records for MGM and the What/Iloki label.

Here's a collection of various solo performers and groups from around the world, paying tribute via their versions of Allan's past recordings.
(Liner Notes by Jim Pewter)