Surfocaster wrote:

I live in England, dont think i will ever be in a Surf band

Tell your friends that they are going to be in a surf band with you. If you write some songs and teach them the parts, then they might have fun.

not very intersting story... we had to quit the old band (punk&hardcore stuff) because our drummer moved to another city.
I felt very sad after having thsat band for 14 years.

but - lucky me - just by that time i read a post somewhere in the internet that some guys im my area are looking for a guitar to continue their already existing surf band. so I started practicing surf tunes - what i didn´t before, I listened to surf music from time to time but never really thought about playing it -
Well finally after a very bad and a little better audition I have now the great pleasure to play in a surf band with two really good and well experienced surf musicans (drums and bass). I changed all my guitar stuff from overdriven marshall and strat towards clean fender with reverb and an offset guitar.
This was around last christmas.

Now, on saturday and sunday we play our second and third gig together with a 1,5h (28 songs) set of traditional tunes, that I have all learned since january. It´s been tough but mostly great fun...
LoeD

here´s a first try of a promotion photo:
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here comes the WEST SAMOA SURFER LEAGUE

LoeD,
I'm very happy for you, sounds like a fantastic situation for you... and a little sad at the same time. I think I recognize your band mates.

LoeD wrote:

not very intersting story... we had to quit the old band (punk&hardcore stuff) because our drummer moved to another city.
I felt very sad after having thsat band for 14 years.

but - lucky me - just by that time i read a post somewhere in the internet that some guys im my area are looking for a guitar to continue their already existing surf band. so I started practicing surf tunes - what i didn´t before, I listened to surf music from time to time but never really thought about playing it -
Well finally after a very bad and a little better audition I have now the great pleasure to play in a surf band with two really good and well experienced surf musicans (drums and bass). I changed all my guitar stuff from overdriven marshall and strat towards clean fender with reverb and an offset guitar.
This was around last christmas.

Now, on saturday and sunday we play our second and third gig together with a 1,5h (28 songs) set of traditional tunes, that I have all learned since january. It´s been tough but mostly great fun...
LoeD

here´s a first try of a promotion photo:
image

Fady

El Mirage @ ReverbNation

Onslow_Beach wrote:

LoeD,
I'm very happy for you, sounds like a fantastic situation for you... > and a little sad at the same time.

yes it´s really a great opportunity to get into surf and beeing teached by those guys who know how to do it!

erm.. but why are you a little sad?

here comes the WEST SAMOA SURFER LEAGUE

Too cool, Bill. Have a blast!

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

El Fuerte and I played together in a rock band with a singer and all...
We just wanted to do stuff more simple! (and more undercover:-)
Along came Twang - and here we are, almost in a airplane set to the 2012 convention!!
How cool can it get?!
I´m just asking

El Firetone,
www.elray.dk
El Ray

JakeDobner wrote:

Tell your friends that they are going to be in a surf band with you. If you write some songs and teach them the parts, then they might have fun.

I'm re-posting my sage advice since nobody appears to be reading it.

Firetone wrote:

El Fuerte and I played together in a rock band with a singer and all...
We just wanted to do stuff more simple! (and more undercover:-)
Along came Twang - and here we are, almost in a airplane set to the 2012 convention!!
How cool can it get?!
I´m just asking

WAY COOL, you don't know how happy some of us are,
that you are coming here.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Poor ole WoodyJ forgot a couple of key points in the story about the beginning of "The Mariners". Our first drummer was a freshman cheerleader named Donna. A dadgum good drummer and sure looked better than us three hairy-legged guitarists. We actually did start out as "The Mariners", we began as "The Jaguars"... named because of Woody's recently (then) acquired Fender Jaguar (it turned pink on him.. another funny story). Our first real gig was a big talent show, where we somehow managed to kick the butts of the premier band in the area at the time. Our name changed with the launch of the Mariner IV satellite in the mid '60's. Woody got my first guitar right but I didn't own a Fender then (Mom and Dad couldn't afford it) so my second guitar and the one I played with through the rest of high school and college was a triple pickup semi-solid body Silvertone. Still have that guitar too. Dang those were great days!!! And thanks for the awesome topic. Sure brings back a ton of memories.

Ron (ToneBoy)
The Mariners (1964 to Present) www.myspace.com/themarinersfirstwave
Lonzo & Oscar (1999 to Present) www.lonzoandoscar.net
www.myspace.com/lonzoandoscarcomedy
Billy Henson & Summerstorm (2001 to Present)

Well, Our most recent Bio reads like this:
Introducing Crazy Aces, Nashville's only Surfadelic Spy-a-Go Go band! Jeff Senn, Sam Hawksley, Justin "Oscar" Cary and Tom Hoey donned their tin foil hats, tuned into the spirit of Link Wray through a Japanese eleki radio station and received the message to start a new band using the ancient devices of tremolo, reverb, fuzz and twang to bring joy, happiness and fun to audiences as far reaching as their spaceship would carry them. As spaceships are difficult to build and maintain, the band has remained in Nashville and has just finished their first record "Crazy Aces Greatest Hits Volume 2"
But in actuality, I live in Nashville surrounded by some very serious (and accomplished of course) music industry guitar players and just wanted to break away from the "proving ground" mentality of things and just create some fun, guitar based music. I've listened to Duane Eddy and the Ventures since I was a kid and this is the music that I thought I'd have the most fun creating and playing. After meeting some like minded, albeit hesitant at first, musicians willing to give it a go, Crazy Aces was started and continues to grow musically to this day, all the while retaining the aspects of fun and joy through performing. Most rewarding musical thing I've ever done. Start a band, wherever you are, Now!

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