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Kudos to Ferenc for being an all around good guy. Thanks for bringing
the Surf Coasters my way.
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> Wow, what a great event!!!
>
> I think it's important that we recognize one guy who's quietly
> becoming the leading promoter of surf music today: Ferenc
> Dobronyi. Check it out:
>
> 1) brought the Surf Coasters to the US not once, but TWICE in the
> last two years!!
> 2) set up this show for Guitar Player magazine (yep, that was him)
> 3) brought Rick Escobar out of surf music retirement and played
> rhythm guitar for him in the new Woodies (probably got the rest of
> the musicians together, too!)
> 4) is producing truly incredible and adventurous music with Pollo
> Del Mar for over ten years now.
> 5) produced a great trad surf album with the Mach IV.
> 6) released the Woodies on CD after the recordings sat around for
> years
> 6) has designed many fantastic covers for many different surf bands
>
> People, Ferenc deserves our greatest grattitude! A big round of
> applause for him, and let's pray that his wife may continue to put
> up with all these non-family activities!
>
> Thank you, Ferenc!
> Ivan
>
> --- In , Rick & Carol Selby
> <selby@e...> wrote:
> > Well, they've done it again. Dave, Dusty and Sam, along with our
> favorite
> > chickens of the sea, Pollo del Mar, put on a tremendous
> (mandatory, hence I
> > was there...) show on Tuesday night at the Boom Boom Room in SF. I
> kept no
> > set list as the enjoyment factor was so great (and the room was
> pretty
> > dark), so I won't try to repiece it together from memory. PDM's
> opening
> > slot was cool and sophisticated, lapsed into wild and rockin' with
> Jeremy's
> > Bonzo drum solo with smiles all around. A bit of the automotive
> night with
> > Route 666, Cutlass Supreme and (I believe) Red Asphalt. Flash of
> Green is
> > so very nice as well. I loved it. And then the three piece wonder
> that is
> > Slacktone. It never ceases to amaze me just how hard all three of
> these
> > guys play - definitely a whole is greater than the sum of the
> parts thing.
> > On every song - except maybe Rell Sunn Aloha which is 'just'
> intensely
> > beautiful. Some side trips and explorations, as Dave described
> them, were
> > offered as well, including a tribute to Paul Johnson in the form
> of Mr.
> > Moto. It was great to get to hang with Paul the Pyronaut (who once
> again
> > provided my old ears with plugs) and his gal Sherry (apologies for
> any
> > misspelling/confusion); We went down to a 50's style burger joint
> and
> > observed both bands in pre-show fortification mode :) Great
> visiting with
> > Jeff, bass PDM, there and the always-outgoing Ferenc. Also fun
> chatting
> > with Matt Kora and meeting Stanitarium. Jaimie and Jim Thomas
> representing
> > the Mermen contingent were also fun to catch up with. So many
> great players
> > in one room at the same time! The surf scene is the best. Thanx to
> Guitar
> > Player for making this happen and Slacktone and Pollo del Mar for
> doing
> > what they do so well. Hopefully they'll do it in Portland as well
> sometime
> > soon.
> >
> > Off to Florida for a week, hopefully not into another round of
> hurricane
> > madness,
> > Rick
