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I went to the Vegas Rockaround 2003 and saw the UTY reunion concert - I
thought they ripped as did alot of other bands - The Volcanics, Los
Straitjackets, Deadbolt, Saturn V, Dynotones, The Now (with Ghastly Garret
and Lord Hunt on lead and rhythm, respectively) - good times.
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From: "supertwangreverb" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Untamed Youth
>> I say get anything of the Untamed Youth you can find.
>> I think some of the early albums are on vinyl only.
>> I wish Deke would do a bit of surf stuff now and then, but he is a
>> great picker for all the other stuff too.
>>
>> Jeff(bigtikidude)
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> I echo those thoughts Jeff. When I saw Deke I was hoping he'd do an
> Untamed Youth song or two. But I wouldn't say I was let down.
> Infact I was blown away. Jimmy Sutton is in his touring band and
> I've talked with him and from what I've gathered it sounds like they
> don't do any of the older stuff. But they do a surf song, or frat
> song every now and then.
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> Yes, some of the early albums are vinyl only. But, Untamed Melodies
> does help a bit. For example 9 songs from their first album "Some
> Kinda Fun" are on the Untamed Melodies CD.
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> For the guitar geek in all of us, Deke told me this about a year
> ago.
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> "I used the Jag on the first Untamed Youth album. I used Sammy's
> reissue Jazzmaster on the 2nd Youth album, I used the 335 on the
> Sophisticated Int. Playboys EP and all later albums like Planet Mace
> and Youth Runs Wild. My 335 has been modified. The humbucking
> coils on each pickup have
> been taken out of the circuit, so that each pickup is only single
> coil.
> It sounds more like a Fender than a Gibson, and through the reverb
> unit and into a Blonde Showman it's got a great, ballsy tone!"
>
> Bill
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