PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5115
San Francisco
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Posted on May 09 2025 08:49 PM
simoncoil wrote:
I love the stories from the recording studio!
Me too!
revmike wrote:
Keep the stories coming!
Rev
Alright then... here's another one. Thanks for reading, and listening!
I am cross posting these stories with the Pool Boys Facebook page, but I think SG101 is a better format because I can add links, which, hopefully, give context to the songs.
— Buy Endless Drummer @ Bandcamp
Frankie and the Pool Boys website
Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Pollo Del Mar website
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on Facebook
Pollo Del Mar on Facebook
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5115
San Francisco
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Posted on May 10 2025 09:29 AM
The Endless Drummer story, Part 5
Track 3- “Seki Go Eleki”
Naotaka Seki has been a friend since I first met him when I went to Japan in 2003, and first saw the Surf Coasters. In 2004, the Surf Coasters came to America for their first tour and I got to spend a lot of time in a van with the band. Naotaka is very friendly and despite the huge language barrier, very funny and easy to get along with. He's always up for any gag and generally seems to enjoy his life. Naotaka was the first live drummer for Frankie and the Pool Boys, and came over from Japan in 2010 to play an eight show mini tour that took us through Las Vegas and finally to the Surf Guitar 101 Convention.
In 2022, Naotaka wrote and said he would like to come and stay for a week in the summer, and if possible play some shows but mostly just to hang out in California. Sure! We arranged an action packed week with lots of food, hikes, a few gigs and hanging out with friends. I can't remember if we had a recording session in the plans, but I definitely didn't have a song ready. So, I went into my room and came up with "Seki Go Eleki" in less than an hour, with Naotaka listening in and encouraging me. We went downstairs to work it out and Nao realized the main riff of the song was in 7/4 (I didn't notice!). Oh well. He was fine with it, but I remember what he said about doing an accented surf style drum roll over the riff: "It is difficult."
The next day, July 19,2022, I set up the mics and we recorded Seki Go Eleki. Danny Snyder came over later and we recorded two more songs, a cover of the Surf Coasters' swinger "Code Name SG7" and an original song of Danny's, "This Is All I Can Do" which you can hear on the 2023 Surf Guitar 101 compilation. After Nao went back to Japan, I recorded all my parts using a POD, and I put the song on the 2022 SG101 compilation, and then forgot about it until the Endless Drummer concept emerged. In early 2024, I re-recorded all my parts using Fender amps, a Surfy Bear. The two guitars are, on rhythm, a '62 Jazzmaster and for the lead a '00 Yamaha SGB 800. I played the keyboards on the Yamaha Reface and the bass is a '66 Fender Mustang. Nao played my Rogers kit with a Ludwig snare, and it looks like we borrowed Jonathan Rodriguez's nice cymbals. The overhead mics are the amazing Neumann KM56.
Danny Snyder, Jeff turner, Jonathan Rodriguez, Miss amber Waves, Frankie and Naotaka
Endless Drummers... Pieter Dedoncker, Dusty Watson, Naotaka Seki
Pool Boys by the pool inLas Vegas, 2010
— Buy Endless Drummer @ Bandcamp
Frankie and the Pool Boys website
Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Pollo Del Mar website
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on Facebook
Pollo Del Mar on Facebook
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio
Last edited: May 10, 2025 11:47:28
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25689
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 10 2025 12:54 PM
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— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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