Posted on Dec 03 2016 12:05 PM
JohnnyMosrite wrote:
I hoped "The Defector" and "Exolumina" would be included on the CD, but Catherine Gray's "The Spy Satellite" made up for that. That is one hell of a tune as is "Solarus Stomp".
Thanks, John! The show is from July '98, and I believe we worked up The Defector the following month, right before recording it. (Tsar Wars was recorded in two separate weekend sessions, one in August '98, just before I moved to Indiana, and then another in the summer of '99.) So, we didn't yet have it in our repertoire. The same with Exolumina, which we didn't work up until '99.
I play Cossacks and Madeira tunes every so often. I get the "What was that??!!" look from people and players alike. Trust me, it's better than applause.
That's very cool - thanks again!
Hard to believe this CD is from 18 years ago - well better late than never.
I know. I'm just thrilled that it's finally out! I knew all along our fans would love it if it was released. Just had to stay patient for the right time to come around...
DannySnyder wrote:
Ivan is one lucky dude to have had 2 of the finest rhythm guitar players in the genre play with him. Not to mention they're both first rate songwriters.
TRUE DAT - both!!!
I urge all of you who are interested in stepping up your song arrangements to start paying attention to what the 2nd guitar can bring to a song, and how they do it. And you can't start anywhere better than The Madeira and Space Cossacks.
Thank you, my friend! That's very nice of you to say.
I had been weaned on the Shadows since I was born, and when my dad and I started playing Shadows songs together in my teens, he had impressed upon me the HUGE importance of the rhythm guitar in '60s instrumental music. That's just a necessary component in surf/instro music as far as I'm concerned. And then once Larry White exposed me to the Atlantics, it pushed that even further - but even bands like the Ventures or the South Bay surf bands, the Belairs, Eddie & the Showmen, put a great deal of emphasis and importance on the rhythm guitar. So, for me it was never even an option to play in a band that didn't have a good or even great rhythm guitarist, but, as you point out, my luck really overfloweth! (For this reason I also still have a very hard time with most trios, there just seems to be a massive hole in the sound and the arrangements to my ears.)
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