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deepeddy Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas	Posted on Feb 16 2014 02:42 PM 3 Balls of Fire The Sea Turtles — Ted James Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com Top
JonW Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 237 Indiana	Posted on Feb 17 2014 09:51 AM Oh my. There is some amazing music in here. The Ray Barbee, Ray Corvair Trio, and Gold Dust Lounge songs are amazing. I’ll look for more from these bands. Thanks for posting those. The best part about sg101 is all the bands that I’ve learned about, that I would never have heard of otherwise. Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Mar 04 2014 01:16 PM Check out Waka Jawaka. — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
tahitijack Joined: Nov 03, 2006 Posts: 693 San Clemente, CA	Posted on Mar 10 2014 07:28 PM Hawaii Five O was slowed down by the Blue Hawaiian's and called Martini Five O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA1fkP8vD0 — Happy Sunsets! Top
crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Mar 10 2014 07:39 PM I half remember a cd called "Naked City" which dabbled in some jazzy surf. John Zorn Top
slopoke Joined: Dec 24, 2013 Posts: 145 Maribor	Posted on Mar 11 2014 09:28 PM Great stuff! Thanks to everyone for the links. — https://striciizozadja.bandcamp.com/ Top
guitarup Joined: Feb 23, 2014 Posts: 41 Colorado Springs, CO	Posted on Mar 12 2014 12:27 AM Surf Jazz Classic Well You Needn't — https://www.facebook.com/theterrasurfers https://www.youtube.com/@theterrasurfers https://terrasurfers.bandcamp.com http://guitarup.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/@guitarup9863 http://facebook.com/guitarupband Top
killbabykill34 Joined: Apr 03, 2010 Posts: 3201 Jacksonville, AL	Posted on Mar 12 2014 08:07 AM Look up the band Grinning Man from Indiana. There is a lot of Jazz influence there. — THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com http://www.deepeddy.net/artists/thekbk/ www.reverbnation.com/thekbk www.facebook.com/thekbkal Top
revmike Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3860 North Atlantic	Posted on Mar 15 2014 06:49 PM Here's a batch of Jazz - Surf Mancini tunes from our 19th Birthday Bash. Banzai Pipeline, Push the Button Max, Pink Panther & Shot in the Dark. Rev — Canadian Surf http://www.urbansurfkings.com/ Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Mar 15 2014 07:18 PM andreuthegiant wrote: Ray Barbee rules: He sure makes that VM Squire sound good. — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Mar 15 2014 07:28 PM raito wrote: Does this count? Definitely! — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
simoncoil Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Jun 16 2014 09:08 AM simoncoil wrote: JObeast wrote: Now the other great jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell is doing something surfy with his 'Guitar in the Space Age' show currently touring with a 'surf' band. When a record comes out it will be a revelation. Many of the genre lines we post-moderns like to reify were fairly fluid when the sound of modernist guitar was being invented. Even Joe Pass played a Jazzmaster for a little while. A record with Frisell playing surf would be great, but I think it is rather improbable to happen. It seems like only few of the man's projects ever get on a record. He also played on John Zorn's "Naked City" which has quite a few but very brief spy/surf moments thrown into the tunes. Pretty wild stuff! Looks like I was wrong: "Guitars in the Space Age" is scheduled to be released as the new album from Bill Frisell in autumn 2014. But judging from the trailer I am not really sure, whether I will like it as much as some of the other stuff he did. Did anybody see the one of the concerts so far? — 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! Top
JObeast Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan	Posted on Jun 16 2014 12:31 PM Guitars in the Space Age out this Fall! Baja – I'm Psyched! or rather, "Stoked"! Also cool that it's on Okeh Records, if it's the same as the original 'Race' label of yore. — Squink Out! Top
JetBlue Joined: May 30, 2006 Posts: 746 Cool, CA	Posted on Jun 16 2014 07:46 PM Check out The Mag Seven's CD "Cotton Needle Sessions". You can hear samples on Amazon. — Don Top
simoncoil Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Jun 17 2014 05:10 AM This review of one of the Frisell-concerts shows makes all my fears of how this project would be received seem to become true: "Another real achievement here had to do with the handling of instrumental surf music, a midcentury phenomenon that deflated with the arrival of the Beatles. Its influence on popular music is incalculable—it expanded pop’s sonic language toward psychedelia and set new standards for virtuosity in rock ’n’ roll—but its legacy is one of kitsch and cult devotion. (Most of the great surf revival acts of the past 30 years have relied on a very good visual gimmick.) Frisell made surf music a plainclothes proposition, taking on genre standards like “Pipeline” in a way that restored their seriousness; these were and are compositions full of shadowy feeling and immaculate tunefulness." People see this show, buy the record and the impression most of them get is: Finally someone takes this music and works it with a modern approach. As if most people here wouldn't have done the same over the last two decades. Major bummer. (Don't get me wrong: I am sure Frisell had the best intentions and maybe the record will even turn out to be nice. But it will surely not turn more people on to check out contemporary surf music. the effect will likely be more the contrary.) — 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! Top
mattk Joined: Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 13	Posted on Jun 18 2014 09:16 PM I was at the first "Guitars in the Space Age" gig at SF Jazz and saw the four night run at Jazz Alley in Seattle, WA in Jan/Feb of 2014. Most of the reviews from Frisell fans (and jazz people in general, like the latest one on the Forums page) seem to talk about how Bill didn't do any "refreshing" of an "old" style of music. Personally, for me as a hardcore Frisell fan (been going to see him live since 1990) AND an instro surf fan, seeing Bill play songs like "Rumble", "Pipeline", "Baja", "Walk, Don't Run", and "Telstar" was a dream come true. OK, so he didn't do any radical re-interpretation of the songs. But do they REALLY need "re-inventing"? I had to "Smile" when I heard him do two songs from a band that most people mention when you mention "surf music" (Beach Boys). I've heard him do "Surfer Girl", but "In My Room" was sublime. In Seattle, they also did "Wind Cries Mary" (in tribute to local boy, Jimi Hendrix?). It usually takes a couple of years before a CD appears after Bill plays a certain kind of music, this project seems to be getting off the launch pad a bit quicker. BTW, I heard at least one of the recent shows in NYC was streamed on the Internet. I'd encourage any surf music fan to see Bill's "Guitars in the Space Age" show. He's doing it at quite a few jazz festivals this summer around North America (like Vancouver, BC, this Sun-Jun 22). I;m going to the show in Napa, CA, July 6, then flying to Mineapollis, MN, the next day to see two nights at the Dakota Jazz venue (two shows each night). Then wait for the CD release and the SG101 Convention (Surf Coasters, who did a great "re-invention" of "Baja", slowing it down, down down). PS Thanks for the link to the preview video of "Baja", check out that crazy jacket Bill's wearing! Top
simoncoil Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Jun 20 2014 06:28 AM Thanks for the review! mattk wrote: OK, so he didn't do any radical re-interpretation of the songs. But do they REALLY need "re-inventing"? I don't have a problem with either re-invention, interpretation or reproduction. But the problem is, that (as your list of song indicates) it's the same dozen (old) tunes again, to which surf music is reduced to in many cases (the stuff everybody knows). To me surf music isn't just a thing from the past, so new songs "in the style" or "inspired by" would have been a more interesting project from my perspective. Again: I really like some of Frisells other stuff, but somehow I expected something more original. — 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! Top
revmike Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3860 North Atlantic	Posted on Jun 20 2014 08:51 AM I am going to see Bill this summer at the Halifax Jazz Fest. The Baja clip is OK, but a little too polite for my liking. It is just personal taste. Julian Priester is openning...hoped it would be us, but I am excited to see Julian with Jerry Granelli. Rev — Canadian Surf http://www.urbansurfkings.com/ Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Jul 03 2014 10:30 PM — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Jul 03 2014 10:38 PM Bill Grew up in Colorado, and was a big fan of the Astronauts. He use to gush over that Everybody's A-OK record cover with all the blonde gear, he shared with me. Bill and I have had a couple conversations about surf music, really awesome guy! He speaks about it with real passion and nostalgia. He frequents my buddies' shop, and he bought my old '64 ES-330. Hell of a player. He is one of those great virtuosic players that actually creates great music. Top

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