DOG TRUMPET X THE SURF FILM ARCHIVE

Legendary duo ‘Dog Trumpet’ have just released their latest album ‘Shadowland’. We we’re stoked when they approached us chasing some old footage for a music video they were working on. Chris and Peter have written a track called ‘The Ballad Of Clayton Looby’ which is an anti-establishment ode to the late great larrakin surfer.

"This song is a reminiscence of growing up in the 1970’s on the northern beaches of Sydney.  Barrenjoey High was built behind the sand hills at Avalon and in those days it was a pretty relaxed atmosphere where we seemed to spend more time at the beach than at school.  Clayton Looby was a free-spirited larrikin in my year; an obsessive surfer and ratbag. The song references his unconventional pirate life following the surf, sailing, riding motorbikes, living in Bali and spending a couple of years in a Japanese jail.  He died a couple of years ago and this song is a salute to his memory and his life.” - Peter O'Doherty

Watch the clip below and make sure you listen to the rest of the album ‘Shadowland’. A big thanks to Peter and Reg for using some of the archives footage and continuing to put the spotlight onto Australian surf history.