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Also attended by many who never saw these bands to begin with. I guess
we're all trying to "reconstitute" after the amazing meltdown of
Thursday night.
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Becker [mailto:]
>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:38 PM
>To:
>Cc:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] RE: [cowabunga] dream on, SoCal
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>Yes, Ferenc! I'm still kinda dumbstruck but also waiting for the San
>Jose events to add some comments and compare. :-O
>
>San Fran BotH event was killer! Attended by just about anyone who has
>ever seen a surf show in the past.
>
>bIG wAvE Dave
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:]
>>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:36 AM
>>To:
>>Subject: Re: [cowabunga] dream on, SoCal
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>>
>>I don't like posting show reports, 'cause as the tour
>>manager, it ends up sounding like hype. But I am
>>surprized only Matt mentioned the SF show, and he was
>>only there for the last bit. Also, considering how
>>many regular Cow and SG101 members were inattendance--
>>maybe they are to dumbstruck to say anything???
>>Briefly, let me just say that the Bottom of the Hill
>>show was an amazing event. This is one of SF's best
>>nightclubs, and was nearly sold out. I am guessing
>>that there were atleast 300 people in attendance. The
>>sound man, Donny, truly understood surf sound, and he
>>even requested during sound check that Jeremy play a
>>"standard surf beat" so he could get reverbs just
>>right. KFJC Uncle Al was spining surf tunes between
>>the sets. And the crowd was packed right up to the
>>front of the stage. Pollo played first, Slacktone
>>followed, and if I may say, the "killed". Surf
>>Coasters shut down the place. They played 4 songs they
>>hadn't yet performed on the tour. Another huge sale at
>>the merch table (I have never seen a band sell so many
>>CDs). The biggest thrill for me was seeing all the
>>obviously non-surf fans come to check out our scene,
>>and really dig it!
>>Last night in Sacto was another good time. Shigeo sat
>>in with Pollo for Tsunami Struck- (I sat out, and it
>>was great to hear PDM live!) The Surf Coasters really
>>electrified the crowd, and were called back for two
>>encores.
>>In yesterday's San Jose Mercury, there was a nice long
>>article about the Surf Coasters and the show for The
>>Blank Club on sunday. I will try and post the text of
>>it. If anybody has a hardcopy of the article, please
>>save it for me.
>>thanks,
>>ferenc
>>
>>PS to Matt and all-- yes it was great to see Rick
>>Escobar out and about. and here is a little gossip...
>>I am planning the next "Battle of the Bands" for June
>>and Rick will headline, playing a set of Woodies
>>tunes!
>>
>>--- matt kora <> wrote:
>>>
>>> I only made the last 30 min of the Surf Coasters
>>> show
>>> at the Bottom of the Hill in SF on Thurs. My first
>>> thought when entering was "who the hell are ALL
>>> these
>>> people?" Room was more packed than for any other
>>> surf show I've seen there (and this was at the end
>>> of
>>> the night). As the show ended, I started to see
>>> most
>>> of the local SF surf musician mafia. Special
>>> mention
>>> goes to Ric Escobar (Woodys), a very, very rare
>>> sighting.
>>>
>>> Surf Coasters did a quiet "sensitive" song, I
>>> presume
>>> from the new CD, however, since I gave my personal
>>> copy to Ferenc in Vegas, I can't give a title. And
>>> yes, they FINALLY played "Dreams" (which they
>>> haven't
>>> played so far on this tour). Kuri's fuzz bass part
>>> is
>>> heaven on earth.
>>>
>>> matt
>>>
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