simoncoil
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Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 04:13 AM
Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
Just this weekend I was reading the history of the band in Bob Dalley's boo "Surfin' Guitars". The Surftones surely were pretty unique considering the background of some of the musicians and the fact that Dave Myers himself could also play the trumpet and the sax.
What puzzles me: Did Seaton Blanco really play the tuba on any of your gigs or even on record???
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 02:52 PM
Yeah, Seaton played the tuba on 'Frogwalk' but never on stage. I don't remember him ever holding a tuba.
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ArtGuy
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 05:47 PM
The New Dimensions performed on the same bill with Dave Myers and the Surftones. They were in a word great! Good music, professional performance and smooth sounds. My best, Art Guy drummer, The New Dimensions band. P.S. Only wish I could remember where the venue was?
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 08:33 PM
Thank you so much for sharing all these cool photos and memories with us!!
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 08:43 PM
I just posted a new thread abut about my time and experiences with Dave Myers and the Surftones.
"Surftone Memories / Dave Myers And The Surftones By Dennis Merritt".
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 08:45 PM
And here is a link for completeness:
http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/23279/
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 10:56 PM
Thanks Brian...love your avitar...Dennis
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 11:14 PM
Just found this old menu from Bob's Big Boy in the surf scrapbook. Geez!, brings back some memories of that place after a gig.
Checkout the prices.
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bigtikidude
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Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 11:45 PM
Mmmmmmmm Bob's big boy burger!
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Matt22
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 17 2014 11:59 PM
Just had to:
I miss Bob's. They were bought out by JB's in the Phoenix area in the 1980s. I think it changed to Elias' Big Boy in the L.A. area...
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HelveTiki
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Argovia - Switzerland
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Posted on Feb 18 2014 12:03 AM
Wow.. this is Great stuff !!
I own the "Hangin' Twenty" and "Surf Battle!" Albums for years.
just recently I bought the "Greatest Racing Themes" LP.
... and the GNP Crescendo "Original Surfin' Hits" aswell.
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bigtikidude
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Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 18 2014 12:25 AM
Matt there are still a couple Bob's still around.
One in Downey, one in Burbank.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Noel
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Feb 18 2014 08:12 AM
ArtGuy wrote:
The New Dimensions performed on the same bill with Dave Myers and the Surftones. They were in a word great! Good music, professional performance and smooth sounds. My best, Art Guy drummer, The New Dimensions band. P.S. Only wish I could remember where the venue was?
I just caught up with these posts, and read the other first. The entire time I was reading Dennis's recollections, I wondered if you had crossed paths. What an extraordinary time and place to be young and talented!
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homerhead
Joined: Mar 17, 2006
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Portland, OR
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Posted on Feb 18 2014 11:06 AM
bigtikidude wrote:
Matt there are still a couple Bob's still around.
One in Downey, one in Burbank.
Ah, Bob's Big Boy. Used to go there quite often on Saturday nights in high school days after working at Lion's Drag Strip. And then Carol, my girlfriend at the time and now wife, worked at the Long Beach Bob's on Bellflower (long gone) and financed a large chunk of my scuba gear with her tips. My Grandma loved their strawberry pie.
Rick
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 18 2014 03:35 PM
Just ran across this photo of Don Snow who played rhythm guitar for us around 66.
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surfinsax
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 38
Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 19 2014 12:43 PM
Just found this snapshot of Dave at Harmony Park playing the bongos. That's Larry Blogett on drums in the background.
Notice the stand Dave had made up for his stuff...room for a guitar at either end, trumpet on top and tambourine, etc. below.
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Tuck
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Denver, CO
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Posted on Feb 19 2014 05:09 PM
These are amazing pictures! Thank you, Dennis!
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Feb 19 2014 09:27 PM
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surfinsax
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Phoenix Arizona
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Posted on Mar 09 2014 07:59 PM
*Found a few more pics from the scrapbook.*
The first pic is a shot for a Fender promotion ad.Check out the Go Go chicks with the white boots...what a trip. The group then consisted of: L-R, Seaton Blanco on bass, Dave Mohr on piano, Dave Myers, Larry Blodgett on drums,Bob Riley on Rhythm guitar and Dennis Merritt on Guitar.
The next pic is Dave Mohr singing at Harmony Park, sadly Dave has passed away.
The pic with my new Mustang is an early shot of the group taken up in the hills above Laguna Beach.L-R, Johnny Curtis, Seaton Blanco, Dennis Merritt, Dave Myers, Ross Von Kliest.
Next is the Union membership card from from local #7 Orange County California.
A newspaper clipping from the local Laguna paper.Dave grew up in Laguna and was in fact Senior president of Laguna Beach High School, his ties with the town were deep and sometimes just for fun we would play a local spot in Laguna on Wednesday nights during the summer.
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simoncoil
Joined: Sep 28, 2012
Posts: 897
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Apr 28 2014 06:45 AM
Kind of funny: I already knew the Fender ad from Richard Smith's book "Fender: the sound heard 'round the world" and thought the band looked somewhat familiar. But somehow I didn't figure out that it's Dave Myers and company... I perhaps would have, if it weren' for the atypical guitar: Did Dave actually play a Fender Coronado during that time or was it just for the photo shoot?
(Sidenote: There are pictures of other surfbands in this book: Dick Dale, Surfaris, even Eddie & the Showmen. And all of them got proper captions underneath their photos, except for Dave Myers...)
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