mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5320
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on May 24 2015 10:42 PM
i'm watching this right now. surf content......early on in the documentary with the squires.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDsDnr18PM
— www.surfintheeye.com
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2750
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on May 25 2015 12:02 AM
Awesome! Love Neil Young, great to see him willing to acknowledge this
— Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio
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MrBackwards
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 86
On the Island of Hawaii
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Posted on May 25 2015 04:52 AM
Thank You Mom Surfing! I went right over and watched that, it was fabulous.
I remember Neil from when he first rolled into LA. This was at the transition point of First Wave surf bands careers. They were faced with the choice of starting to sing songs, or not get booked. They didn't mention Jim Messina in the film, but, he was involved in Buffalo Springfield as well. As a producer and he played bass in the recordings.
That is amazing, as the surf bands melted away, their best musicians merged into new, really fine bands. His surf band was The Jesters ever since he was 15! This was at the heyday of "cruising" I saw him on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood and on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. The Surfers had station wagons, service vans and Woodies all stuffed with surfboards. Neil's Hearse was really noticeable, it was stuffed with drums and Amplifiers, and it was a hearse! He still has the hearse, too.
Thanks again, brought back great memories.
was stacked with Drums and Fender Amps.
— "To do, is to be" Aristotle ~ "To be, is to do" Socrates ~ "Doobie, doobie- doo" Sinatra
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MrBackwards
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 86
On the Island of Hawaii
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Posted on May 25 2015 05:02 AM
I should point out/confess at this time, that I was really digging all those fine cruisers, I liked the old school low-riders too. The Woodies were my favorites. But, I never did own one. the woodie in our Logo is as close as I got. I always drew cartoons of the cars I dreamed about.
— "To do, is to be" Aristotle ~ "To be, is to do" Socrates ~ "Doobie, doobie- doo" Sinatra
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25679
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 25 2015 09:35 AM
I watched it too. Very good! Always been a Niel Young Fan.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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eltwang
Joined: Feb 26, 2008
Posts: 543
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted on May 25 2015 01:50 PM
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DaveF
Joined: May 10, 2009
Posts: 1117
Green Valley, AZ
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Posted on May 25 2015 03:32 PM
On Randy Bachman's Any Road cd is a song called Prairie Town
he did with Neil Young, a song about growing up in Winnipeg, being in bands & leaving town.
Neil did 2 versions of Prairie Town.
A heavy version ( 1st video )
and a mellow countryish version ( 2nd video )
with Margo Timmons of the Cowboy Junkies singing.
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