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Kathy Marshall - the Queen of the Surf Guitar

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big_papu Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires	Posted on Oct 20 2009 12:52 PM any info about this lady? — El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Top
supertonesurf Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 419 n.y.c.	Posted on Oct 20 2009 01:03 PM she has a neat custom head stock on her jag as well, did she ever record any thing, i don't think i ever heard any thing by her — Facebook pages theSupertones or @ Timothy C Sullivan Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19292 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Oct 20 2009 01:14 PM There is a chapter on her in Bob Dalley's "Surfin' Guitars" book. She apparently recorded only to acetate and it was never released. Tom Duncan (tdsurf) has hinted they have dug up a lot of info on her for the Sound of the Surf movie. Maybe Eddie Bertrand could be convinced to post about her as well... ;) — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Oct 20 2009 01:45 PM Was she any good? Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Oct 20 2009 01:52 PM She says so, speaking to Dalley. I believe it's a reasonable self-assessment. Last edited: Nov 14, 2009 15:13:12 Top
Sonichris Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1892 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies	Posted on Oct 20 2009 02:05 PM Eddie Bertrand told me she really could play. — "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Oct 20 2009 02:11 PM After reading about her in Dalley, I was thinking it would be cool if she could be persuaded to come to the SG101 thing, though I think Dalley says she had given up playing. It wasn't easy being a female musician back in the day. Maybe not always today, either. By the way, I don't think has to be in The Shallow End. Top
big_papu Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires	Posted on Oct 20 2009 06:37 PM Tuck After reading about her in Dalley, I was thinking it would be cool if she could be persuaded to come to the SG101 thing, though I think Dalley says she had given up playing. It wasn't easy being a female musician back in the day. Maybe not always today, either. By the way, I don't think has to be in The Shallow End. you are right, I´m sorry, I don´t see where I´m putting the thread when I started it — El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19292 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Oct 20 2009 07:12 PM I moved it to the general forum. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
big_papu Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires	Posted on Oct 20 2009 07:25 PM Brian I moved it to the general forum. thanks !! — El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Top
PolloGuitar Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5097 San Francisco	Posted on Oct 20 2009 07:46 PM I thought I heard that Tom Duncan had found her and interviewed her for his movie. He hinted that tapes do exist. — Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp Buy Spin the Bottle @ Bandcamp My Blog- Euro Tour Blog Pool Boys on Spotify INSTAGRAM Frankie & The Pool Boys on FB Pollo Del Mar on FB DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2354 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on Oct 20 2009 07:56 PM This is sacrilegious!!! Carol is the Queen of the Surf Guitar!!! Bob — Bob Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25568 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Oct 20 2009 10:02 PM I had heard that she could really rip it up. I am up for her coming to the sg101 convention. though, I had heard that she has no interest in playing again. maybe Tom can talk her into coming. and possibly doing a song with Carol on Rhythm. and then vice a versa. Kristena(Tiki Tena) on Keys, her daughter Kathrine on Bass and Rikki Styxx on drums. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Last edited: Oct 20, 2009 22:19:03 Top
seafoam_johnny Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam)	Posted on Oct 20 2009 10:15 PM bigtikidude I had heard that she could really rip it up. I am up for her coming to the sg101 convention. though, I had heard that she has no interest in playing again. maybe Tom can talk her into coming. and possibly doing a song with Carol on Rhythm. and then vice a versa. Kristena(Tiki Tena) on Keys, her daughter Kathrine on Keys. and Rikki Styxx on drums. But who would play bass Jeff ??????? Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25568 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Oct 20 2009 10:18 PM whooops I meant Kristena's daughter on Bass. she played pipeline at the sg101 convention. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
tdsurf Joined: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 409	Posted on Oct 20 2009 10:25 PM Hey all. Yeah, John Blair interviewed Kathy and her story will be told in "Sound Of The Surf". She's been very kind and allowed us to share a couple of pics for now. Kathy poses with the custom strat that Eddie had made for her. image Larry Carlton with the Showmen, reacts to Kathy's guitar. image Revelaire Club Interior (courtesy of Eddie Bertrand) image — Sound of the Surf, the movie Facebook SOTS Top
big_papu Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires	Posted on Oct 20 2009 10:50 PM great stuff tdsurf !! — El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Top
websurfer Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753	Posted on Oct 20 2009 11:58 PM tdsurf Kathy poses with the custom strat that Eddie had made for her. image I remember Eddie mentioning this guitar (page 6 of the "eddie in the news" thread). Man, talk about your holy grails of custom colors! eddie_bertrand I had painted my jag black, fading into silver...sort of a "black sunburst" if you will. I liked the idea, so I asked Leo if he would make me a black sunburst metalflake strat. He built two actually. One was very classy, subtle flakes really bitchin lookin' guitar. The other one was way too "pretty" for me...a bit femimine. Kathy Marshall wound up with that one. Top
BoardwalkerJeff Joined: Jan 24, 2008 Posts: 376 Santa Monica, Ca.	Posted on Oct 21 2009 02:23 AM websurfer tdsurf Kathy poses with the custom strat that Eddie had made for her. image I remember Eddie mentioning this guitar (page 6 of the "eddie in the news" thread). Man, talk about your holy grails of custom colors! eddie_bertrand I had painted my jag black, fading into silver...sort of a "black sunburst" if you will. I liked the idea, so I asked Leo if he would make me a black sunburst metalflake strat. He built two actually. One was very classy, subtle flakes really bitchin lookin' guitar. The other one was way too "pretty" for me...a bit femimine. Kathy Marshall wound up with that one. Who cares about the specs. on the git-fiddle! She was smokin' hot and played lead. Man, Totally future ex-wife`material... — Jeff Utterback Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Oct 21 2009 01:06 PM FWIW, I believe she mentions starting out by mastering the Ventures catalog. Of course, there was a lot less of it at the time, but it still sounds like an excellent start. It was kind of sad, though, that she never got to be in her own band. It sounded to me, reading between the lines, like she had missed out on being more than a novelty, though maybe without realizing it. Recordings would be great. Top

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