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Ted, you make an excellent point and directly hit on something I was not
consciously thinking of when I threw my postings in a couple of weeks ago.
However, in all fairness to everyone concerned, after coming out of the "Dark
Ages" of the 70's, with the Second and Third Waves starting 25 years ago, DD has
continued to perform his classics in a less original form, which is
frustratingly dissatisfying to his long-term fans.
Is it possible his ego has outgrown his motivation to please the crowd? If so,
he loses a degree of entitlement to claim ownership of songs he no longer
performs as the audiences want him to, IMHO.
Bruce D
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Sorry for bringing back a dead thread, but I never weighed in while it
was going on. I was definitely in the "disappointed" category of DD
fand since the first time we played with him back in 94. Even though
Pulp Fiction and Miserlou were HUGE at the time, he just included it
in the medley as usaual w/o really giving it the treatment it deserved
and the psuedo heavy-rock trio thing really bummed me out. There
wasn't a surf beat to be had during the whole 2 hours. Of course, I
wanted the Del-Tones sound and it just bummed me out.
Anyway, this morning I was leafing through my Surfin' Guitars by Bob
Dalley and decided to read the DD chapter again. I had forgotten so
much about all the shit he went through, especially the rectal cancer
and surgeries that put him out of commission from 65-71. We all know
that 1971 was a lot different than 1965, but he decided to keep trying
to make it as a musician, which meant adapting to give people what
they wanted. We've all seen the semi-nude pic from the Playgirl Club
gig, etc..and along with his massive ego, this had to be tough for him.
The point I'm getting at is that I'm not so hard on him anymore. After
playing with Dick, Link Wray, the Ventures, and the Wailers, there is
always some level of disappointment compared to what I hold so great
about their original records (though I'd say the Ventures and Wailers
had more moments where I was transported back in time and was hearing
what I wanted to hear). But, for them, they've been making a living
doing this for some 40 years that also happened to be the most
radically changing period in rock n' roll.
Most of us on this list do it as a hobby, it's something we love. We
have the luxury of retro-hindsight and doing what we want, while
they've got a whole infrastructure to support and make their decisons
based on that. After what they've been through, playing through the
decades, it is no wonder they are the way they are and look at us like
spoiled brats when we ask them why they don't play like they did in
the early 60s.
Ted Pilgrim
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