She also still owns the 60's Strat given to her by Eddie Bertrand.
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Kathy Marshall - the Queen of the Surf Guitar
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA. 
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Posted on Aug 22 2010 11:53 PM
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19292 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Dec 23 2013 04:30 PM
This is making the rounds on FB (grrr)... http://tomboystyle.blogspot.com/2013/12/icon-kathy-marshall.html —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Nov 16, 2013 Posts: 4536 Wisconsin
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Posted on Dec 23 2013 04:49 PM
HBkahuna wrote:
Even in the pic quality of the time at that FB blog thing, you can see the paint job in that guitar pops right along with her smile. —Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Dec 28 2013 02:39 PM
Man, this is just the greatest photo! Imagine being there for that show...
This is probably the best photo of the factory custom-painted gray-burst Strat that Eddie got from Leo Fender, too. What a beautiful guitar. I would love to have a Strat painted like that. I have a real weakness for Fender's pewter finish from the past 20-30 years. I'll post this photo here, too, just so we can all once again see the cool custom-painted Strat sibling to his own, that Eddie gave to Kathy:
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Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2106 Livorno 
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Posted on Dec 28 2013 02:43 PM
Yeeeeesss!!! I love these photos!!! thanks for sharing! —Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Posts: 580 San Antone, TX
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Posted on Dec 29 2013 10:02 PM
She was a cutie. Any of her music ever turn up? —The Phantomatics on Facebook |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on Mar 19 2015 08:38 PM
I want my 12-yr old to be like her, next year. Kathy is a great role model that girls need to hear more about. — |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 02 2016 09:13 PM
Here is this!
And bonus for what is now the best image of Eddie's sparkleburst strat:
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 05:36 AM
Cool, Jake. I've never seen the first pic. Is that a blackface/smooth blonde Showman? That would make this '64 or later, wouldn't it? I also never noticed in the second picture of her with the sparkle burst Strat that Dick Dale is in the background. —The Mystery Men? |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 11:13 AM
Yeah, probably '64. Here are more photos, one is a higher quality version that what was posted before. Can almost read the headstock.
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Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 01:05 PM
Makes me so sad that she never had a recording career and soon retired from the stages she shared with DD & EB. Did she ever speak about her reasons not to pursue music professionally? Maybe she realized it would be too painful. I think of the Runaways and what happened to them in their tender years. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 06:14 PM
Bob Dalley's book has a part on her that I read once, but I don't really remember. I need to read it again... She made a couple recordings written for her by the Ventures but they were never released. I think she ended up teaching guitar, academically. |
Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 06:40 PM
Great pics!! What's not to love about a girl in a lame' shift dress playing a gold Jag?? Here she is again at the Retail Clerks Hall with David Marks of the Beach Boys and The Marksmen. From the Pop Surf Culture book by Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester.
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 06:55 PM
Thanks Norm! I haven't seen the Sound of Surf, did Kathy say anything new in it? |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 06:57 PM
I don't think the Sound of Surf has come out. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jan 03 2016 07:01 PM
I was hoping some of your down in the LA area had seen a preview... |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 05 2016 10:15 PM
Nothing terribly profound to add to this thread except to point out that there is not a single photo of Kathy that doesn't have her smiling that radiant smile of hers! She was adorable. If she really was as good as they say, it must have been quite a shock to hear those sounds coming from the hands of that little girl! Finally, it pleases me GREATLY to see so many pics of Eddie playing a Strat JakeDobner wrote: — Ivan |
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Posted on Jan 06 2016 11:21 PM
I like the dedication by Eddie on the Squad Car comp: "Kathy Marshall whom I wish I married and lived happily ever after with". Nice to imagine what a story that would have been...our own surf royal couple. Those pics are great. I would also guess c.'64 for the above pic because of the addition of Larry Carlton to the group pictured with the Jazzmaster on the left. For those who don't know, he was already a burgeoning guitar monster, soon to conquer the LA studio scene (famously with Steely Dan) and still active today. Last edited: Jan 06, 2016 23:24:53 |
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Joined: Nov 16, 2013 Posts: 4536 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jan 07 2016 06:59 AM
Also awaiting "Sound of the Surf" news. Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. Last edited: Jan 07, 2016 07:01:19 |
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