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Man, the Beatles sure threw a monkey wrench in the gameplan of alot of bands.
Imagine if the Beatles never existed.
I can't even fathom how many bands probably could have rose to the top. Those
rotten scoundrels!
B-B-O
---- Phil Dirt <> wrote:
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> Right-O. They, along with the Fireballs, gave the<BR>
> arrangement to the surfbands, gave rock 'n' roll back<BR>
> to kids in garages and at high school dances, and that<BR>
> is what birthed surf more than anything else IMHO,<BR>
> helped immensly by Leo Fender's volume and fullness.<BR>
> Remember, British amps were very weak and thin back<BR>
> then, as was everything in the US before the Fender<BR>
> revolution of '62.<BR>
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> The number of players back then who learned from the<BR>
> "PLay Guitar With..." series is endless. It did not<BR>
> matter whether they played the Ventures or not, they<BR>
> learned from them. Their sound was also much more<BR>
> suburban (in appeal and reproduction) than anything<BR>
> before it, as surf was in large part a suburban<BR>
> phenomenom musically once it got going, and the garage<BR>
> bands that followed of course.<BR>
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> > Like Phil Dirt said, the Ventures impact on rock n'<BR>
> > roll(and I hope this is what you meant Phil) is<BR>
> > more than just a list of Guitar Gods citing Nokie<BR>
> > Edwards as their idol (and there are A LOT). <BR>
> > It's the foundations they layed for young<BR>
> > guitarists starting out, the whole act that<BR>
> > started the concept behind garage rock, pick up<BR>
> > a guitar and play. They were part of the driving<BR>
> > force in America that influenced these kids, and<BR>
> > I think they were the driving force for the<BR>
> > Japanese kids. <BR>
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> Bill<BR>
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