Moon_Dawg
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Fairfax, VA
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Posted on Feb 21 2007 04:48 PM
I went down to the campus radio station's studio and was interviewed this afternoon about the "For a Few Guitars More" CD (Dancing Bear, 2003) on which a variety of surf bands pay tribute to Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western themes. The interview is for a segment to air this weekend on the public radio pop-culture show "Weekend America". They're planning to interview Ferenc of Pollo del Mar tomorrow (while he's on vacation!). I also suggested they talk to Rick Mills and Spanky Twangler, but time is limited.
From what I gather, one of the show's hosts was looking for a different hook to the story about Ennio Morricone finally getting an Oscar. She found the PopMart website that has my liner notes for the CD and a link to Gregory Nicoll's article about it. The radio show will play from clips from the CD intercut with me and Ferenc talking about Morricone and the CD. I talked for half an hour, but I'm guessing they'll boil it down to 5 minutes.
The show airs at different times in different cities, usually on Saturday afternoon. The stations and times are listed here. Podcasts of the show are available after 3pm Saturday here.
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Brian
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Posted on Feb 21 2007 05:52 PM
That's great guys! Can't wait to hear it.
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bigtikidude
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Posted on Feb 21 2007 09:08 PM
cool promotion,
is the cd still available from Dancing Bear or other outlets?
and how many were pressed?
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Moon_Dawg
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Fairfax, VA
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Posted on Feb 21 2007 10:18 PM
bigtikidude
cool promotion,
is the cd still available from Dancing Bear or other outlets?
and how many were pressed?
Jeff(bigtikidude)
Ferenc has told me that he's looking into getting some more copies to sell through his PopMart website. We think Dancing Bear has some unsold inventory in Croatia. Ferenc, any luck on that? The pressing was around 2000 copies, I believe.
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bigtikidude
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Posted on Feb 21 2007 10:45 PM
cool, I always talk to some people that want to get it but dont know where to get it. I guess I should buy 10 or so, and have them to sell for those times. The last time I saw Pollo is so cal. Fernec, had the new ones with the correct track listing on the back.
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PolloGuitar
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San Francisco
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 12:29 AM
I am trying to get another batch. It is difficult. I am no longer in the biz of selling CDs, so that doesn't help. But, really, For A Few Guitars More is one of the best tribute CDs ever, in terms of quality and execution, and it should be available. I will let y'all know if I can get more.
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Reverb17
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NYC
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 09:38 AM
Please post when these CD's are available somewhere!
Would love to hear it. We have been playing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and sometimes Navajo Joe at our shows.
We saw Ennio's concert at Radio City in NY a few weeks ago, a great event. Also, NY's Film Forum has been featuring Morricone movies all month long. He's really getting his due. I guess Clint will probably introduce him at the Oscars. Looking forward to that.
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JetBlue
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Cool, CA
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 10:01 AM
I am interested in this CD, too.
Thanks for the heads-up about the radio show. It follows Car Talk on my local station. 
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gregorynicoll
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 10:45 AM
There's a new Morricone tribute due out this month, featuring acts such as Bruce Springsteen (oh yeah, like his name sure springs to mind when I think of artists with a spaghetti-twang influence! :roll:), but I'm bettin' it will be nowhere near as cool as the one Moon Dawg put together.
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 11:10 AM
gregorynicoll
There's a new Morricone tribute due out this month, featuring acts such as Bruce Springsteen (oh yeah, like his name sure springs to mind when I think of artists with a spaghetti-twang influence! :roll:),
Well, Born to Run has that cool twangy lead guitar line that does sound awfully Morricone-ish...
but I'm bettin' it will be nowhere near as cool as the one Moon Dawg put together.
Well, yeah, that's a given!
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PolloGuitar
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San Francisco
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 03:12 PM
I just did a short interview... I am sure I will come across sounding like an idiot. Sorry in advance. Ever get so excited talking about one of your favorite subjects that you end up just babbling? That's me.
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HBkahuna
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Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 03:26 PM
There was one copy at Amazon.com & its on it's way to me!
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Feb 22 2007 04:26 PM
I really love the Kim Humphrey's song.
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Moon_Dawg
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Fairfax, VA
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Posted on Feb 23 2007 06:03 PM
gregorynicoll
There's a new Morricone tribute due out this month, featuring acts such as Bruce Springsteen (oh yeah, like his name sure springs to mind when I think of artists with a spaghetti-twang influence! :roll:), but I'm bettin' it will be nowhere near as cool as the one Moon Dawg put together.
Thanks, Gregory! But that should be "the one Moon Dawg and Dalibor put together" with help from others. To quote the liner notes: > Thanks to all the musicians and recording engineers for their contributions. Il grande grazie to Ennio Morricone for the unforgettable music. Thanks also to Don Vigeant; to Mark Bandy; to Ferenc Dobronyi, Mark Huber, Roberto Ruggeri, and Dusty Watson for help in recruiting; to Roberto Zamori, Micke Lindgren, Laurence Staig, and Cenk Kiral for information; and to Thad Todt for asking on the Cowabunga list why nobody had done a tribute to Ennio Morricone CD.
Of course, the contributing bands did the most important work!
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Moon_Dawg
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Fairfax, VA
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Posted on Feb 24 2007 05:37 PM
If you didn't catch it on the radio, here is a blurb and links to RealPlayer and mp3 versions. The segment begins at 41:00 of the second hour.
I'm disappointed that they played only two brief cuts from the CD (bits of "Ecstasy of Gold" and "The Big Gundown"), and those not even from (what most people consider) the bitchingest tracks. And I'm disappointed that we didn't hear from Ferenc.
When the interviewer asked me to identify a scene where Morricone's soundtrack music is prominent, I named Tuco's cemetary sprint/"Ecstasy of Gold" from GBU. Maybe I should have cited the Bronson-Fonda gunfight/"As a Judgment" from OUaTiTW? Or a scene from Navajo Joe?
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PolloGuitar
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San Francisco
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Posted on Feb 24 2007 06:59 PM
They cut me out? -- Rats... At one point the engineer broke in to tell the host that the phone I was using didn't sound good. Oh well, maybe I just sounded like an idiot (see bove)^^.
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Brian
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Posted on Feb 25 2007 12:51 PM
As an aside, I just popped this disc in to rip it to my ipod, and the track listing it got online is full of errors (although it does have the Pollo Del Mar / Irreversable Slacks mix-up corrected). 
Edit: I just sent Gracenote the corrections...I don't know what the process is for accepting/resolving these things.
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Tuck
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Posted on Feb 25 2007 05:06 PM
PolloGuitar
Ever get so excited talking about one of your favorite subjects that you end up just babbling?
Yes. Babbling or boring. My sympathy.
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Twangler
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Posted on Feb 25 2007 08:42 PM
I haven't heard the segment yet. I got a 'compression error' message yesterday and haven't tried it yet today.
I did an interview with the guy Wednesday but he was typing and not recording me to the best of my knowledge so I was curious how that would play into the story if at all. Like Ferenc, I babled for 25 minutes and probably sounded like a goof ball so if they didn't use me it's just as well.
Spanky
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bigtikidude
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Posted on Feb 26 2007 03:32 PM
Don't cha just hate it when you really like something, and your trying to impress upon the people who aren't clued in how good it is, and they just completely miss the point?
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