Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Apr 29 2011 10:35 AM
A couple of Frogmen links sent me by my friend Scott Hartman. I thought they might be interesting here:
Beware Below
Where did you ever find this record? If it is from a compilation, it was mis-labelled 'Underwater' This one was called 'Beware Below'. I was a co-founder of this group in 1961. My favorite tune we recorded was the other side of this one called 'TIOGA' which is an american Indian word meaning 'SWIFT WATERS' My name is Jim Young. I live in Long Beach CA now. I'm trying to get in touch with Dennis Farley, the other guitarist and co-founder.
Underwater & The Mad Rush
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drumuitar
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 813
Boise, ID
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Posted on Apr 29 2011 02:14 PM
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Apr 29 2011 03:10 PM
The gloss of Tioga is correct, but my linguistic side can't resist pointing out that there is no single American Indian language. There are several hundred in North America north of the Rio Grande to begin with. For example 15-20 Siouan languages, depending on how you count, and so on. Cutting to the chase, Tioga would in be one of the Iroquoian ones, which tend to have locative nouns in -oga, e.g., Conestoga. So, presumably in this case 'where they (the waters) run rapidly' (a rapids). See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicetown-Tioga,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
"Tioga" is a Mohawk and Iroquois word referring to a place where a stream or river current forks or runs swiftly.
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