Editing Davie Allan (section)

==Biography==
Allan grew up in the [[San Fernando Valley]] in [[Southern California]], and learned to play guitar as a teenager.  His career as a musician began when he teamed up with [[Mike Curb]], a friend he met in the choir at Grant High School in [[Valley Glen]], California, to form an instrumental [[surf music|surf]] combo.  In 1963, Curb founded Curb Records, the first of many labels he would run, and released the first Davie Allan single, “War Path”.  Allan participated in recording a number of other singles for Curb's label, under group names like the Sudells, the Heyburners, and the Zanies.

In 1964, Curb founded [[Sidewalk Records]] (which was distributed by [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] subsidiary [[Tower Records (record label)|Tower Records]]), brought Allan with him as a session musician, and secured a recording contract for the newly formed Arrows.  Curb had also made a deal to supply [[Roger Corman]]'s [[American International Pictures]] with soundtracks. Allan had come to Corman's attention from his playing on the soundtrack of ''[[Skaterdater]]''.<ref>[http://www.davieallan.com/ Davie Allan and The Arrows<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>