Surf-friendly venues.

tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Feb 07 2013 05:32 AM We played gutsily at a blues club tonight for two hours - getting more surfy as we went. At the end, we had a hard core of dedicated followers - everyone else having voted with their feet. Whereas yesterday we played to an auditorium of 800 or so peeps for 1/2 an hour and got genuine applause for the entire set with after-show pleading for encores. The crowd say you? Yup. — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
Surfgitar Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 1342 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	Posted on Feb 07 2013 07:25 AM Yup. Once people hear it they get it - and like it. We've had the same thing happen at unlikely venues. — CUTBACK Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Feb 07 2013 12:55 PM As long as you and the audience don't have conflicting expectations and you play it like you like it a lot it's not hard to sell it. Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Feb 07 2013 10:31 PM Yep I put the blues club experience down to audience (and my own) expectations. I knew it would be touch'n'go doing surf music there from the beginning but friends of mine who had heard our band and who go to that club regularly encouraged me to get a gig there. One dedicated blues miester there called it 'intense'. (Wooooah! I never thought of it like that before) Lots of good comments from others in the audience though. Horses for courses. In hindsight, and in all fairness to the club's patrons, I set myself up for the experience. Here's a pic of us at the previous day's gig: Me with the OTM jazzy that changes colour with the light. — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Last edited: Feb 07, 2013 22:33:35 Top
Paul Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 29 Santa Barbara, CA	Posted on Feb 08 2013 12:04 AM Well, we have it easy in SoCal. (though sometimes there's the anti-surf audience member - ask Bernard Yin about "Goddamn Sunshine Music!!!". Curiously, while the crowds almost universally LOVE the reverb (I remember more than one show with girls dancing ON the bar), the folks who are hard to convince are the owners. Even Tootie at Hermosa Beach's Pitcher House used to complain and resist hiring surf bands. Proof's in the pudding (a happy crowded house after last call) but I will say that it's still a SELL to get a show booked. Surf's not dead but it's still a stranger, eh? Top

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Surf-friendly venues.