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The bass player for the Troubadors left? I loved that guy. He was
great in the video clips I have seen of your set at Shadowmania.
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
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> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > Well Dick Dale and Nokie Edwards have to be in or near their early
> > 60s. I think they still have it, and your dad certainly "had it" a
> > year ago.
>
> Thanks, Bill! I'll have him read your posts, I'm sure he'll love it.
>
> BTW, I'm pretty sure that both DD and Nokie were born in the
> thirties, and are at least five years or so older than my dad (who
> was born in '43). I bet both of those guys are pushing 70!
>
> > I could imagine arthritis, or some form of age related
> > pain syndrome could slow your dad down, however, from what I saw it
> > does not look like he's a candidate for anything like that.
>
> Thank God, no. He's in perfect health, knock on wood.
>
> > Hey, from what you told me the Troubadours hardly practice as a
> > band, so couldn't you keep both going if you had enough time?
>
> Absolutely. That's exactly what we plan on doing. However, we just
> had a bass player change, and the Madeira is the priority, so we'll
> have to wait for the new bass player to learn the Shadows material.
> that's all.
>
> > Yeah, he died in 2001 from Multiple Melanoma, a rather aggressive
> > form of bone marrow cancer.
>
> Man, that really sucks. My condolences.
>
> > He was more into 60s instro-guitar and
> > Chet Atkins than surf music(long time Strat player btw), but I
> think
> > he would have enjoyed the Aquanauts. I do know he would have
> > enjoyed seeing the Troubadours, looks like your father was born in
> > the early 40s, so my dad would have been about 7 or 8 years
> > younger.
>
> Damn! So, he was only about 50 when he passed away. That's way too
> young to die. Very sad.
>
> > I've got some songs, and guitars I play that certainly
> > remind me of him and when he taught them to me. I can imagine
> > you've got boat loads of similar memories. Like you said it's a
> > great experince to learn from your father, and both enjoy the same
> > music, I know a few guys who's dad's play but its entirely
> > different music. So in away it's nice to carry on the torch. I do
> > understand why you get so emotional over the Shads now!
>
> Thanks, Bill. Actually, sharing that experience with my dad is only
> one aspect of my love for the Shadows. I just loved them ever since
> I first started paying attention to music (I literally grew up with
> their music around the house, so that probably had something to do
> with it). I remember being ten and listening to their drum solo
> Little B over and over again! I just thought it was the best. And
> it was the Shadows that led me to surf music. In '86, after being in
> the USA for two years and being desperate to find ANYTHING to do with
> the Shadows, I went into a record store and saw a Rhino comp of the
> Challengers. The first thing I noticed was the cover: a B&W photo of
> five guys in sixties suits and ties holding Fender guitars - "Hey,
> THAT looks like the Shadows! What's this?" So, I pick up the LP,
> and then see that they play Apache, Dance on AND Foot Tapper! Well,
> I bought it immediately, and that was my first surf music LP. It all
> goes back to the Shadows for me.
>
> Ivan
