SHADOWNIGHT5150:
Bank accounts are a scam created by a shadow government
305 days ago
sysmalakian:
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
291 days ago
dp:
dude
272 days ago
Bango_Rilla:
Shout Bananas!!
227 days ago
BillyBlastOff:
See you kiddies at the Convention!
211 days ago
GDW:
showman
162 days ago
Emilien03:
https://losg...
84 days ago
Pyronauts:
Happy Tanks-Kicking!!!
78 days ago
glennmagi:
CLAM SHACK guitar
63 days ago
Hothorseraddish:
surf music is amazing
43 days ago
No polls at this time. Check out our past polls.
No contests at this time. Check out our past contests.
February Birthdays
Special Jon and the Nightriders
Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 490 Chicago 
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 11:21 AM
Our drummer made me a copy of Stampede CD from Jon and the Nightriders and I can't get the song "Special" out of my head I've musta listend to it 20 times the last two days. Did Jon Blair write that song. It sounds vaguely like Special by Garbage. Anyone know if its and original or cover. Steve |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle 
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 11:44 AM
Jon and company were covering Garbage for this song. Which seems very weird to me, but I like it! |
|
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 11:52 AM
Am I the only one who is thinking Dave plays lead guitar on this track? |
|
Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 490 Chicago
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 11:53 AM
Thanks, I suspected it but your right it did seem an odd choice of a song for them to cover. I think Dave is playing lead on it, it has that Slacktones octive & finger picking style that he injects into surf stuff very well. |
|
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 11:59 AM
Agreed, it was an odd choice. Great melody though. I barely remember that song from when it came out. I think I had that Garbage CD at one point. Garbage 2.0 was the name. I don't have it anymore and it would have been over 10 years ago. Not sure if it was mine or a friends that I maybe traded for. Anyways, I still enjoy the song "I Think I'm Paranoid" whenever I hear it. They have the track for Rock Band so I play it when I am at a friends house. |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2684 Ventura, CA 
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 12:07 PM
Dave is definitely playing lead, I think it says so in the liner notes. No one else sounds like that. |
|
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 12:12 PM
When did this version of the CD come out? I just have the original LP. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11058 Berkeley, CA
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 12:55 PM
John makes reference to it in the interview on our podcast. I don't remember the exact details but I think he describes why he chose that song. —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19305 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
|
Posted on Apr 12 2009 01:31 PM
Yeah, they picked "Special" and "Be my baby / Don't Worry Baby" to give Dave a showcase. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
|
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2684 Ventura, CA
|
Posted on Apr 13 2009 01:14 PM
John Blair reissued STAMPEDE last year, see his site. |
Please visit our friends in the surf music community:
Contact Us • About Us • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • Colophon
SurfGuitar101.com © 2004 - 2024 by Brian Neal. All comments and user contributed articles are property of the posters.
Thanks to all the surf bands, past and present. And thanks to all the fans who care about and keep surf music alive.
