Photo of the Day
Shoutbox

sysmalakian: TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
317 days ago

dp: dude
298 days ago

Bango_Rilla: Shout Bananas!!
253 days ago

BillyBlastOff: See you kiddies at the Convention!
237 days ago

GDW: showman
189 days ago

Emilien03: https://losg...
110 days ago

Pyronauts: Happy Tanks-Kicking!!!
104 days ago

glennmagi: CLAM SHACK guitar
89 days ago

Hothorseraddish: surf music is amazing
69 days ago

dp: get reverberated!
20 days ago

Please login or register to shout.

IRC Status
  • racc

Join them in the #ShallowEnd!

Need help getting started?

Current Polls

No polls at this time. Check out our past polls.

Current Contests

No contests at this time. Check out our past contests.

Donations

Help us meet our monthly goal:

9%

9%

Donate Now

Cake March Birthdays Cake
SG101 Banner

SurfGuitar101 Forums » Surf Videos »

Permalink A Surge! tune you probably have not heard: Hell Hole.

New Topic
Page 1 of 1

A friend of WoodyJ's shot this video of The Surge! doing a song called Hell Hole at the East Atlanta Strut on Sept.17th, which I believe was around before I was in the band but for some reason we never played, which is a shame, because listening to it here I realize it's very good. I guess they decided to bring it back. Yet another example of how good sound can be on a little hand held cam.

Hell Hole

The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
SSS Agent #31

Thanks for posting that, Richard. Unfortunately it appears you have to have a Facebook account to view it.

Hell Hole is actually a Mariners song that is on the "Wrong Planet" CD we did back in 2000. I wrote the chords and our pal Eddie Katcher graciously came up with the melody. When The Surge was the X-Rays back in the late 90's-early 2000's we played it from time to time and got good crowd response so we recently brought it back into the set. We'll most likely play it this weekend at the Clarkston Surf Fest.

My daughter recorded the vid on a camera phone and the audio came out better than I expected.

Jack Booth
(aka WoodyJ)

The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005)
The Hula Hounds (1996-current)
The X-Rays (1997-2004)
The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012)
Various non-surf bands that actually made money
(1978-1990)

Last edited: Sep 18, 2011 20:29:07

Hey Jack, check your email. I'll see if I can get that vid uploaded to Youtube. I thought I remembered seeing it on the old X-Ray's "Senseless Acts of Surf" disc and was unaware of The Mariner's disc. Was I remembering right?

The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
SSS Agent #31

Hey I love Hell Hole! I hope to hear it next saturday!
Wink

According to Jack, you just may. It'll be good to see you there, Guy.

The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
SSS Agent #31

Richard wrote:

Hey Jack, check your email. I'll see if I can get that
vid uploaded to Youtube. I thought I remembered seeing
it on the old X-Ray's "Senseless Acts of Surf" disc and
was unaware of The Mariner's disc. Was I remembering
right?

Ah, you are right, Richard...I had forgotten that Hell Hole is also on the X-Rays "Senseless Acts" CD. I played bass on that version, lead on The Mariners one. Both were recorded a long time ago! Confused

Jack Booth
(aka WoodyJ)

The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005)
The Hula Hounds (1996-current)
The X-Rays (1997-2004)
The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012)
Various non-surf bands that actually made money
(1978-1990)

Hell Hole got it's name from the Ocoee River powerhouse rapid where Eddie K has been known to play in his whitewater canoe.

Check out the youtube vids on Ocoee's Hell Hole. In the early days we had no real clue what ocean surfing was all about but "surfing" river rapids was what gave me the inspiration to write Paddle or Die, Patton's Run, Boofin'. Surf! you Turkey, Second Helping, How the West was Surfed, and Durango Beach.

One thing about Hell Hole.................you do NOT want to swim there as "Power House" is right behind it and can be really ugly. It is shallow with a mean re-circ. It can kick your ass.

eddie k

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

Here's the YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaygF5k-Uuk

Jack Booth
(aka WoodyJ)

The Mariners (1964-68, 1996-2005)
The Hula Hounds (1996-current)
The X-Rays (1997-2004)
The Surge! (2004, 2011-2012)
Various non-surf bands that actually made money
(1978-1990)

Page 1 of 1
Top