Wednesday's happen, this one just happened to be in Fresno. Only SG101ers in attendance were me, and Tom an HapHazzard from the Neptunes. Despite a nice write up and photo in the local rag, audidence was small, about 30 people in the Babylon pool hall. The small crowd didn't slow the SCs, and it was fun to hear the reaction from casual attendees (those there to shoot pool, not watch music- they used the word "jawdropping" quite a bit. The Neptunes rocked, they have a very full sound and are tighter than ever. My nomination for best band to have at your next rumble. See you in Vegas!

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More Surf Coasters photosets from the Sunday night 9/7 show in San Jose.
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$5…….great price for two unbelievable ROCK/SURF INSTRUMENTAL BANDS…..The Neptunes started at 9pm….I got their new cd on SPINOUT RECORDS…..owned by EDDIE ANGEL…_….name of the cd is DAVY JONES’ HOUSE BAND…….great cover photo of an octopus who is very upset and RED…….12 tunes……..11 are originals……the lone cover is an obscure one written by DJANGO RIENDHARDT from the 1930s…….called of all things…….MINOR SURF…….Leader Tom Walzem wrote 10 of the other tunes and sax man J. Van Horn wrote one too………John Shafer played his usual thundering frantic drums……..most tunes were uptempo and more rock than surf but it all sounded great……….they did two of their tribute tunes……..SURF COASTER and ATTACK OF THE AQUA MARINES…….loved them both…….I went and bought the SURF COASTERS new cd prior to hearing it…….OUTSIDE BREAK is the title with a surfer on a 20+ ft. wave……..got the band members to sign the inserts too……..THE SURF COASTERS on a mini tour……..thru California with Ferenc of POLLO DEL MAR in tow…..MASA their manager was manning the cd and t shirt booth……I gave him a copy (extra) of THE VULTURES cd as a gift for the band….acoustic surf and instrumentals with NORTON BUFFALO and others…..the kids from JAPAN did most of the cuts from their new cd and and a few covers like RUMBLE, BLACK WIDOW, and BANZAI WASHOUT……and of course BUMBLE BEE (Flight of the…..) and MISIRLOU as their finale……..AMAZING VERSION as usual……someone in the front row had a movie camera on a small tripod filming the entire set……would love to see some of that on YOU TUBE……It was good to see Ferenc again……he looked tired and said he was….during the Neptunes set after watching a few tunes done…..laid down on one of the long padded bench seats and seemed to be resting his eyes for about 30 minutes…..the Surf Coasters sat during the entire set of the NEPTUNES and were really digging on the tunes…..in the crowd was BLAKE JONES, MIKE SCOTT, and later MOFO PARTY BANDS harp player JOHN CLIFTON…….small enthusiastic crowd with lots of applause and standing ovations for both bands…….and especially THE SURF COASTERS…….their next stops are in San Diego and El Segundo as I recall. I am rocking to both cds here at work…….and they are HOT…….DUKE OF THE DISCS

George B. Feist, "DUKE"

THe NEpTuNeS

Miles, you have to offer for her to come along and mention all the fun stuff you can do down and around LA. Maybe you can visit the beach, some nice shops, do some touristy stuff, and oh yeah! The surf coasters are playing tonight! Let's catch that as well.

The Surf Coasters absolutely blew the joint up last night in San Diego. Stunning performance. I stood probably two feet from Shigeo for the entire set. Such a great guitar player! All I can say is Holy Sh*t they were rockin' the place!

The Sand Devils went on right before The Surf Coasters and played a really good set. I especially liked the Bauhaus, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy Opus Medley at the end of the set. So cool!

Pretty decent crowd in atttendance. It was cool hanging out with BTD, Marty, Clint, Gavin (Reptile Records), and Ran again.

The highlight of the night for me clearly was Bumble Bee. Sheigo just nails it. Also Tom and John Blair were in the house filming for the Sound of Surf documentary. I'm glad they were able to capture last night's performance.

I'm going up to the Purple Orchid show tonight to catch them one last time. Thanks Ferenc, for helping to bring the Surf Coasters back to Southern California!!

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Did anyone catch them in Vegas? Does anyone have photos of any of the later shows?

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Both the Fri. and Sat. shows were really good.

I especially enjoyed the Sand Devils and Slacktone sets.
as playing for big crowds that were here for the surf coasters shows,
got some great turnout for the venues.

I was blown away to get to the Purple Orchid right at 10 pm as Slacktone was just starting.
and see the place absolutely packed.

I do wish that the surf coasters could have played a bit longer on Sat nite.
as stopping right at midnite was a bit premature.
But I'm assuming that they had only rehearsed 1 hour set.

I was a bit let down by the newer tunes, as they are not really surf.
and more rock. But they did start off and finish each set with more surfy songs.

thanks again to them for coming over,
and Thanks a ton for Ferenc for organizing it again.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

All I can say is WOW, Surf Coasters in San Diego were going off!

Ferenc, thank you so much for arranging and helping with this, we all owe you our gratitude. Thanks again!

td

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I put a bunch of pics up on their myspace page.

Thanks for all the "Thanks"! My pleasure!

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So how do the guys feel about the whole tour? Did they enjoy themselves?

Yeah they had a great time. As I have mentioned, the band has been broken up for two years now. Nao and Kuri are starting families and have day jobs, they took their vacation time to do this tour. For Shigeo it a chance to play his own music (tonight, Tuesday in Tokyo- he is playing in front of 30,000 people at the Tokyo Dome when Puffy opens for Avril Lavigne). So, imagine if you could go on vacation, play in front of adoring audiences, break even (almost) and listen to the hilariously incomprehensible jokes of your van driver for a week. Sounds like a great time, doesn't it. In fact, I practically had to stuff Nao back in the van after the Purple Orchid show, he didn't want to leave. For a guy who speaks so little English, he has to be one of the chattiest people I know!

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