surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 15 2014 10:09 PM
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Matt22
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 15 2014 10:59 PM
Nice!
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TuneFan
Joined: Jul 21, 2009
Posts: 211
U.S. East Coast
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 12:02 AM
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
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New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 06:55 AM
This is awesome. Dave Myers & the Surftones had some really excellent stuff and I just heard one of the psych singles for the first time the other day. Just as excellent!
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Georgia
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 07:48 AM
Yes, thanks very much for these. I knew the band had continued post-surf, but didn't know all the different incarnations.
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surferjoemusic
Joined: Jan 01, 2008
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Livorno
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 09:12 AM
This is all MEGA cool!! Thanks for sharing!
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supertonesurf
Joined: Apr 28, 2006
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n.y.c.
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 09:12 AM
Cool stuff thanks for posting
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shivers13
Joined: Jul 29, 2009
Posts: 2605
Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 12:22 PM
Thanks Dennis!! It's such a treasure to have pics like these to see. Supercool when guys like you who were there for real share this stuff!
A few years back I found this DAVE MYERS EFFECT LP pictured below. I figure it was released around '68 or '69. It's all instrumental with some cool FUZZ. There's a cool re-working of Davie Allan's ANGRY BREED called "HELL'S RACERS" plus the theme from THUNDER ALLEY and more. This record is a cool little late-sixties gem. It's got Mike Curbs name on it of course! And produced by the Larry Brown, the guy who wrote the Angry Breed theme. Could you tell us any more about this LP. Thanks!
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
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Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 12:41 PM
Wow!!! Great pics!! Thanks for sharing!! Very cool!
And, yes, this LP seems very interesting!
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wfoguy
Joined: Dec 11, 2011
Posts: 2122
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 12:42 PM
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 01:11 PM
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 02:55 PM
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shivers13
Joined: Jul 29, 2009
Posts: 2605
Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 03:28 PM
Priceless stuff, Dennis! Love the Disneyland-Surf Band connection at the Space Bar in Tommorowland! Avengers VI and a few other surf groups played there. Always wondered if anyone has any super 8 home movie footage of any of that. That would be amazing to see.
Thanks for shedding more light on that GREATESTS RACING THEMES LP. Seem like a classic Crescendo move to repackage it with different covers. Fun record with a later 60's vibe. I dig the organ and fuzz stuff.
I was wondering about the Harley Hatcher and Larry Brown penned songs. They "wrote" some of the stuff that Davie Allan recorded for Curb as well. Did they provide demos of that stuff , or did they play the melody on a piano in the studio, etc? Any recollection of how those songs were worked through?
— BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS!
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www.doublecrownrecords.com
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 03:42 PM
Not exactly sure about some of the Hatcher / Brown stuff but if I remember right the songs were penned and given to us beforehand by Curb, no demos,etc. We did our own arranging of the material and I think Dave Mohr our organist brought a lot to the party in this example.
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 05:13 PM
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 05:28 PM
The group in 66-69,
Frome left to right...
Dave Mohr... piano, organ, vocals.
Bob Gay...Bass, vocals.
Dave Myers... Guitar, trumpet, vocals, bongos, saxophone.drums.
Daryl Devlin... drums, vocals
Dennis Merritt...Tenor saxophone, Soprano saxophone, vocals, guitar, conga drums, harmonica.
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TuneFan
Joined: Jul 21, 2009
Posts: 211
U.S. East Coast
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 07:45 PM
Dennis, wow, thanks so much; you have a number of 'surf music historian' types here(incl. me) and fabulous when an actual band member shares content and recollections. I have Hangin' Twenty, Lost Legends I, Surf Crazy, and will make it oh so much better when I listen to your music again.
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http://www.youtube.com/tunefan
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5095
San Francisco
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 08:35 PM
Dennis, this is awesome, please empty your vaults here! Many thanks!
$24 for 3 sets at Disneyland? I thought they paid better than that.
Ferenc
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 10:21 PM
Going through the old scrapbook I found this pic and it brought back some funny memories. If I remember right it was 1965 and we were doing a gig with the Chantays in Santa Ana Ca.
Obviously the Beatles were a big deal so of course we had our Nehru suits on and as a joke we put on Beatle wigs. We had bought them at a drugstore that day and wore them as we did a cover of 'I want to hold your hand'.
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 16 2014 11:39 PM
A couple years ago I wrote many of my memories, experiences and insights while in the group from 1962 to 1969. I may publish them here on another thread.
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