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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19316 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Feb 22 2018 04:47 PM
Another great article by Deke Dickerson about Larry Collins with an interesting plot twist for surf guitar fans: The kid who recorded the first punk rock record (and invented surf guitar) —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 17, 2015 Posts: 113 Knoxville, Tennessee
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Posted on Feb 22 2018 06:13 PM
Great article. Deke can write almost as well as he can play. —PhantomOperators.bandcamp.com |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2063 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Feb 22 2018 06:18 PM
Great article. Paul |
Joined: Aug 08, 2015 Posts: 214 Gainesville, Florida
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Posted on Feb 23 2018 12:40 AM
Thanks for the link Brian. Impressed again with Deke's writing. Last edited: Feb 23, 2018 01:39:29 |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2846 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Feb 24 2018 11:41 AM
I enjoyed that. I've known about the Collins Kids for many years. I loved their version "Just Because" and played it often. I remembered hearing that Larry was 12 or 13 when it was recorded and it blew my mind. I'll admit that I'd never heard "Whistle Bait" before, but it is such an odd song written by a teenage kid who may or may not have known what he was saying. Still, it's pretty odd and does have sort of a punk edge to it. Thanks to the age of Youtube, I was finally able to watch some Collins Kids clips to watch Larry hop all over the place like a kid who drank a 2-liter bottle of Coke on top of 3 bags of Skittles. That also blew me away how wild his antics were, especially for the ultra-conservative country crowd. I'll admit that I had a huge crush on Lorrie as well but had never seen her play until, of course, youTube. Attached is Ricky and Lorrie playing "Just Because" on Ozzie and Harriet, where I first caught a glimpse of her outside of photographs. Then the Collins Kids playing the same song on television (which I had never seen as a teen/young adult). Loved those kids! Had I seen these early appearances of Larry like the ones in Deke's article, I think I would have been more influenced by Larry than I was just hearing the records as a kid. Again, I really enjoyed reading the article and it's renewed my interest in Larry Collins. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2307 Stockholm, Sweden 
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Posted on Feb 25 2018 04:33 AM
"The Girl Can't Dance" is pretty punk as well and backed by Link Wray and his Raymen. And as for "Whistle Bait", I used to think it was a girl singing! — |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25621 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 25 2018 08:58 AM
Deke and the Untamed Youth doing Whistle Bait, Trashmen style. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZFuMLUcT4 —Jeff(bigtikidude) Last edited: Feb 25, 2018 08:58:38 |
Joined: Feb 25, 2016 Posts: 242 Seattle, WA
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Posted on Feb 25 2018 10:12 PM
Love how Whistle Bait sounds like L7. Skins for The Delstroyers |
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Posted on Feb 26 2018 08:06 AM
Always loved their stuff but...Wolfman Jack was not on Mexican radio until the early 60's. That is according to the Wolfman himself (in his autobiography). He was on a small R&B station in Newport News, VA. in 1961, known as Daddy Jules. If you can find this book, it is a great read. Great article on Larry Collins...good job Deje! |
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Posted on Feb 26 2018 08:07 AM
That's Deke. Damn Spell check. |
Joined: Sep 02, 2018 Posts: 27 Tenerife, Las Islas Canarias 
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Posted on Nov 10 2018 05:39 PM
Once again, I'm learning great stuff here thank you Deke Dickerson AND surfguitar101 for taking me further down the rabbit hole! |
Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1378 New Orleans
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Posted on Nov 12 2018 10:00 AM
Klas wrote:
Incredible article and that Girl Can’t Dance is unbelievably cool!!! —Daniel Deathtide |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2846 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Nov 12 2018 10:53 AM
Klas wrote:
Always one of my favorites. I heard it first on a German comp I bought back in the 90s called Lookey Dookey or something like that. Punk as all hell! Funny how I had to learn about this gem from outside of the country it was recorded in. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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