Stormtiger
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Ventura, CA
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 11:08 AM
On the "Hang on to Your Ego" CD single? Yeah, that one was pretty disappointing. Long, too.
That wasn't the song I had in mind, he actually has one called Surf Epic that is the closest he ever came to actual surf music. As the name implies, it is also long. He later revived the melody and added words on one of his Frank Black and the Catholics CDs, it didn't really help.
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wilkat1
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southern Illinois
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 11:28 AM
I would love to hear Brian Setzer do some all-out surf music. He may be the best all-around rock and roll guitarist period. I don't think there's any filter between what he can imagine and what he can do on the fretboard.
I would also love to hear Rev. Horton Heat, Mike Campbell, Jim Campilongo, and Robert Rodriguez do some full-fledged surf. (Not together, but that might be cool too).
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tn
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 11:34 AM
zak
Try and find the Mickey Baker record "Wildest Guitar" - it was recorded in '59, has Mickey playing some jazz standards on a Jazzmaster, lots of echo and reverb...excellent record. Not surf, not jazz, but an interesting hybrid of the two, recorded before surf existed!
You can hear some samples HERE
Check out his take on Old Devil Moon! Killer stuff. His versions of Lullabye of the Leaves and Gloomy Sunday on that record are pretty phenomenal as well.
Thanks for this tip, Zak! I'm really diggin' this. It has never passed through my transom before.
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 01:17 PM
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SURFmole
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 01:25 PM
UnsteadyFreddie
Now someone a couple of years ago sent me this mp3 of (allegedly) JEFF BECK performing "WALK DON'T RUN"
Can anyone verify this?
Or provide more info?
Thx,,,,,,dig it!
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tenderfoot
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Ellicott City, Maryland
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 01:27 PM
Had Buddy Holly lived (RIP)....maybe he would had tried some surf songs.
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Mrgreen
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Toronto, ON
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 02:05 PM
wilkat1
I would love to hear Brian Setzer do some all-out surf music. He may be the best all-around rock and roll guitarist period. I don't think there's any filter between what he can imagine and what he can do on the fretboard.
I would also love to hear Rev. Horton Heat, Mike Campbell, Jim Campilongo, and Robert Rodriguez do some full-fledged surf. (Not together, but that might be cool too).
Robert Rodriguez had some Western songs composed for KilBill Vol. 2, on the special features section of the DVD they included the concert they gave at the premiere of the film, on that concert they include a song that is called "Fideo del Oeste", it's one of the western songs he did for the movie.
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WR
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 05:38 PM
wilkat1
Mike Campbell
...rather dissapointing...

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wilkat1
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 05:44 PM
Come to think of it I have heard a couple of tunes from the Blue Stingrays and I simply forgot Mike Campbell was one of them. There was one song I really liked, but I can't remember which one. I'll have to go back thru my LastFM history.
Hearing Rodriguez play on the Kill Bill special features (yes, Virginia, there is a Tarantino-loving, surf guitar-playing clergyperson!) is what makes me want to hear what he could do with some surf material. He's a better guitarist than a filmmaker IMHO, and he is (usually) a good filmmaker.
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Brian
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 05:45 PM
Ah, you beat me to it WR. I had heard such a buzz about that CD so I was rather excited to get it. Wow what a huge disappointment. I listened to it once and have no memory of it. 
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JakeDobner
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 06:53 PM
Which is exactly why I want Mike Campbell to do another, more surfy record. It was too tame, not very surfy. Listening to Mike's stuff in the Heartbreakers I know he can be a pretty exciting guitarist to listen to.
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Brian
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:19 PM
I agree, that's why it was such a shock.
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:22 PM
Brian
Ah, you beat me to it WR. I had heard such a buzz about that CD so I was rather excited to get it. Wow what a huge disappointment. I listened to it once and have no memory of it. 
Could only listen to it once.
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bigtikidude
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:23 PM
I have listened to it about 5 times in 10 years.
its a good recording, and the songs are decent, but not great.
but I just keep thinking where is the reverb???
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Brian
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:33 PM
I really think some people just have a radically different idea of what surf music is than me. As the webmaster for this site I get 2 or 3 requests a month to link to some site or myspace page with their "surf" music. When I listen I hear bluesy acoustic music or new age-y crap. Huh?
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bigtikidude
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:35 PM
Once in awhile Kristena will fwd me a band link that wants to be added to her myspace. and I think what the hell???
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websurfer
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 07:36 PM
There are guys from the contemporary country music field that would kill on surf. Not only the studio hotshots like Brent Mason and Albert Lee, but even Vince Gill, who some might just know for his sort of sappy balads. Amazing player. In fact, Mark Knoffler once invited him to join Dire Straits.
Their tone is almost there---very clean and twangy (pardon the expression). Wouldn't be as big a leap for them as for some of the rock/pop guys.
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P2gee
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Waco Texas
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Posted on Jan 17 2008 10:25 PM
wilkat1
I would love to hear Brian Setzer do some all-out surf music. He may be the best all-around rock and roll guitarist period. I don't think there's any filter between what he can imagine and what he can do on the fretboard.
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Dont want to turn this into a Setzer thread but i just absolutly have to agree with the quote above!! I have the Rumble in Brixton DVD and in an hour and a half of live playing there is no squeekers or sqwakers and he is never at a loss for what to do fretboard wise. I try not to watch Brian too much.......I get so depressed about my own playing that I think about throwing all my gear in the trash and saying to hell with it.
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JakeDobner
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Posted on Jan 18 2008 12:27 AM
I've been utterly disappointed by Setzer on every album post-'68 Comeback Special. I LOVE everything before that.
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Posted on Jan 20 2008 07:46 PM
JakeDobner
I've been utterly disappointed by Setzer on every album post-'68 Comeback Special. I LOVE everything before that.

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