Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jul 09 2013 08:45 PM
DBurch wrote:
Noel wrote:
DBurch wrote:
I couldn't really say I've been to a full on Surf band concert yet but I've seen some close to its: Agent Orange a few times, Supernova were pretty surfy, and recently saw Man or Astroman? a couple weeks back.
Try to catch The Sharkskins and Great White Caps. They're from here and play regularly in and around Philly.
Will do, thanks!
The Sharkskins in Phoenixville. https://www.facebook.com/hotrod.hoedown
The Sharkskins in Ocean City. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=646847118677196&set=a.144494015579178.24565.120271461334767&type=1&theater
The Great White Caps all over. https://www.facebook.com/greatwhitecaps/events
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25560
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 09 2013 08:50 PM
Could we get this thread back on topic please?
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jul 09 2013 08:56 PM
bigtikidude wrote:
Could we get this thread back on topic please?
 Just trying to get some folks to their first real surf show. We can now resume the regularly scheduled topic. 
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jul 09 2013 11:08 PM
I don't appear to have really chimed in.
First surf show was the Surf Coasters at the EMP. I was very freshly 21 and had no 21 year old friends. So I took my mom! She had a great time, I was practically standing on Shigeo. It was also my first meeting of the beloved Ferenc Dobronyi who I have met several times since and it is always a pleasure!
Two days later we drove to Canada with some friends to catch them, hell of a show! Thankfully 19 is the drinking age in Canada so I could experience the Surf Coasters with people I enjoy music with!
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vintagesurfdude
Joined: Nov 28, 2011
Posts: 795
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 12:01 AM
When I saw the thread title, I thought it was the first surf show you played, and I actually have a photo of that. But the first surf band I ever saw live was the Surf Men in 1964 at a Serra High School Fiesta Dance.
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simoncoil
Joined: Sep 28, 2012
Posts: 915
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 04:39 AM
1964? Then this were not the Surfmen that became the Lively Ones, right?
The first surfband I ever saw live were Plan9 (then still billed as "Plan 9 from Outta Space"). I was 16 so it must have been 1999. I went there with a good friend from school, who later became the bass player in my own surfband.
My brother had pointed out that gig to me, because the guys in the band were friends of him (he later joyned them on trumpet) and he had noticed that I was getting more and more into surf. He then lived in the same street as the venue, which helped to convince my parents that it was okay for us kids to go there. I have seen them many times since then and they are definitely still one of my favorites.
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OzReverb
Joined: Apr 28, 2009
Posts: 460
Victoria
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 06:51 AM
The Atlantics when they played as part of a concert series here in Australia about 12 years ago.
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DNAdude
Joined: Aug 01, 2008
Posts: 404
North Carolina
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 07:42 AM
Instro Summitt 2011. How's that for a first show?
— Ralph
The Storm Surfers
Be at one with the universe. If you can't do that, at least be at one with your guitar.
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vintagesurfdude
Joined: Nov 28, 2011
Posts: 795
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 05:31 PM
simoncoil wrote:
1964? Then this were not the Surfmen that became the Lively Ones, right?
Actually, I do believe these were same Surfmen who became the Lively Ones. It was either late '63 or early '64 I forget, that was a long time ago. Serra High School, in Gardena CA, had the best bands at the Fiesta Dances, which were part of annual fund raisers for the school. The Fiesta itself was a huge carnival. We got to see folks like Sandy Nelson, Dusty Springfield, Dick Dale, The Hollywood Allstars (2 guys from the Coasters and 2 guys from the Drifters) The Kingsmen, The Crossfires and many other acts. They would put on 2 pro acts per nite for 3 nites straight. It was pretty cool to say the least.
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Louie7
Joined: Jan 30, 2007
Posts: 448
50,000 Light-Years Beyond Planet Claire
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Posted on Jul 10 2013 06:01 PM
Oct. 1964 --- that's me playing the Alamo guitar. (my Fender Musicmaster was in for repairs that weekend.) I think we were playing 'Tall Cool One', or 'Waikiki Run'.
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simoncoil
Joined: Sep 28, 2012
Posts: 915
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Jul 15 2013 07:09 AM
vintagesurfdude wrote:
simoncoil wrote:
1964? Then this were not the Surfmen that became the Lively Ones, right?
Actually, I do believe these were same Surfmen who became the Lively Ones. It was either late '63 or early '64 I forget, that was a long time ago.
As far as I know the Lively Ones formed in '62, but it is never the less possible, that original guitarist Ray Hunt continued playing with other guys as the Surfmen. Either version is quite impressive for a first surf show!
— Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin)
"Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms!
"Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records!
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vintagesurfdude
Joined: Nov 28, 2011
Posts: 795
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on Jul 16 2013 01:08 AM
simoncoil wrote:
vintagesurfdude wrote:
simoncoil wrote:
1964? Then this were not the Surfmen that became the Lively Ones, right?
Actually, I do believe these were same Surfmen who became the Lively Ones. It was either late '63 or early '64 I forget, that was a long time ago.
As far as I know the Lively Ones formed in '62, but it is never the less possible, that original guitarist Ray Hunt continued playing with other guys as the Surfmen. Either version is quite impressive for a first surf show!
Interesting!, You're most likely right, I remember them as being awesome. Got my attention for sure, I was in a fledgling surf band by late '64. Cool, good info, thanks!
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RobC
Joined: Oct 11, 2010
Posts: 152
Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Posted on Jul 16 2013 12:32 PM
First surf gig was 2011 at a fund raiser. We were an auction item purchase at a nearby blueberry farm. I had been playing bass in a cover band for years and this was the first step out front as lead guitar playing surf. we did a couple other blues and alt rock song but here was the playlist as I remember it not in order
Walk Don't Run Ventures version
Hawaii five o: Ventures
Flash of green: Pollo Del Mar
Ewa on the Beach: FATPB
Speed Boat: Torquays
9 miles to Stuckeys: Torquays
Board in the stone: Torquays
Goo Goo Muck: Cramps
Ocean Man: Ween
Voodoo Lady: Ween
We had two sets and can't remember the other songs.
Of we butchered a song, one mild to moderate train wreck. But as is usually the case, the audience didn't even notice. I run all the sound for my cover band so it was fun tweaking the board for the surf sound.
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5095
San Francisco
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Posted on Dec 30 2013 08:30 PM
You have great taste in cover songs, Rob!
RobC wrote:
... but here was the playlist as I remember it not in order
Flash of green: Pollo Del Mar
Ewa on the Beach: FATPB
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Johnny-O
Joined: Sep 06, 2010
Posts: 133
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Posted on Dec 30 2013 10:23 PM
Out of curiosity I thumbed through some old Monthly Planners to see what Surf Music I might have seen in the early 1990's. At the time, I really didn't understand it as a genre other than it was a good compliment to the Punk shows that my friends and I used to go see.
I see that I saw a double bill of the Insect Surfers and the Halibuts at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica on Dec 3rd, 1993. That's pretty funny to think I recently saw the Insects 20 years later.
I saw Dick Dale for the first time at Santa Monica Pier on Aug 12th, 1994.
I do recall seeing Los Straightjackets and Man or Astro-man at some of their earliest L.A. shows but I pretty much missed out on the whole post "Pulp Fiction" Surf Music explosion. 
I didn't even know there was a "scene" still going on until I met BigTikiDude in 2009. Going to my first my SG101 Convention in 2010 was like a religious awakening. An epiphany !! 
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DepthCharger
Joined: Feb 22, 2014
Posts: 23
B.C.
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Posted on Apr 27 2014 03:37 PM
My first surf show was Man or Astro-Man? at the Starfish room in Vancouver in July of 96. Incredible show! I booked the next day off work cuz I thought it was gonna be a late night. Turns out, the next day the band stopped at the gas station where I was working at the time, my co-worker told them what a huge fan I was (and went to their show) so when I went to work the following day there was a t-shirt and a bunch of swag waiting for me! Great memories.
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on Apr 27 2014 04:01 PM
Dick Dale, May of 1994 at The Zephyr Club, Salt Lake City. First date with my now wife. She's not a surf fan and doesn't like guitar music in general. She made it through the date, so I guess she's a keeper!
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5302
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Apr 27 2014 06:48 PM
imafunkyman wrote:
Dick Dale, May of 1994 at The Zephyr Club, Salt Lake City. First date with my now wife. She's not a surf fan and doesn't like guitar music in general. She made it through the date, so I guess she's a keeper!
i think that's the place we saw social distortion play. kind of an old warehouse of some sort?
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BenPerkins
Joined: Oct 19, 2011
Posts: 144
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Posted on Dec 20 2015 11:12 PM
Hi guys,
First surf gig I saw was Dick Dale at Fender Museum in Corona. This was around 2006? After that, I've seen Slacktone a few times at Don The Beachcomber.
If I was rich, I'd fly the Nebulas and Fathoms out to California for a couple shows. Probably at Don The Beachcomber and then Mr. Rick's in Avila Beach..
— I want to hear Caravan with a drum solo.
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on Dec 21 2015 08:50 AM
I was there too Mom! It was my first date with my now wife. The good ol Zephyr Club. I miss that place.
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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