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ldk Joined: Nov 08, 2017 Posts: 356 San Francisco Bay Area	Posted on Apr 10 2019 11:01 AM John wrote: Jon Martin member of The Newporters (along with Scott Engel and John Stewart). I don't think Jon Martin was a member of The Newporters. References? Jon Martin says so at 4:14 minutes in Noel's Feb 09, 2014 video. — If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. Bringing instruments back to life since 2013. Top
John Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 582 Monterey County, California	Posted on Apr 10 2019 11:16 AM That video is only 3:09 long, so there is no 4:14 mark. Anyway, I've listened to it several times before and I don't hear any reference to the Newporters. Is there another video or am I simply losing my mind? — www.johnblair.us www.soundofthesurf.com Top
summerfun Joined: Sep 16, 2013 Posts: 245	Posted on Apr 10 2019 11:32 AM John wrote: That video is only 3:09 long, so there is no 4:14 mark. Anyway, I've listened to it several times before and I don't hear any reference to the Newporters. Is there another video or am I simply losing my mind? The reference was to the first of the two videos that Noel posted on February 9, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1OTd_5TKc Top
John Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 582 Monterey County, California	Posted on Apr 10 2019 12:18 PM OK...it's interesting that Randy didn't immediately pick up on that reference by asking about Scott Engel (aka Walker) or Jonathan Young. Without further information, I don't believe that Jon Martin played in the same Scott Engel band. In other words, more than one Newporters. I've always been under the assumption that The Newporters on Scotchtown was a one-off Engel/Young studio effort. I also don't believe THAT band ever played gigs. So, I remain skeptical that Jon Martin played in the same band. — www.johnblair.us www.soundofthesurf.com Last edited: Apr 10, 2019 12:25:08 Top
summerfun Joined: Sep 16, 2013 Posts: 245	Posted on Apr 10 2019 12:56 PM In a December 18, 2013 post to The Challengers Facebook page, Randy Nauert discusses this video, and states: "Jon played in a band called the "Newporters". I'd jam with them in the game room above Jon's garage on Harbor Island back when I lived on Balboa Island in 1963." https://www.facebook.com/pg/The-Challengers-Band-216378048397404/posts/ Top
John Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 582 Monterey County, California	Posted on Apr 10 2019 01:49 PM Yes, I heard that comment in the video as well. I remain unconvinced that the two Newporters are one and the same without more information. Furthermore, given Randy's proclivity to always find a way to post a Challengers' recording, you would think that he would have posted their version of "Adventures in Paradise" as part of his comment about jamming with the Newporters. — www.johnblair.us www.soundofthesurf.com Last edited: Apr 10, 2019 13:50:57 Top

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