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Ace,
were was that Dealership you worked at?
It sounds very familiar to me, but I can't place it.
Where do you live now? there are tons of surf shows in So. Cal.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "acehaze06" <acehaze06@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new here, just found the main site the other day. Wanted to say
> thanks for the mp3 compilation, it kicks ass. I'm fairly new to
> learning surf guitar/rock. Just started trying to learn some covers
> (just learned Surf Rider), though I've always loved the sound. I've
> been playing guitar for 13 years, self taught (which means I lack
> theory/proper technique, but make up for it with pure energy and
> improvisation. Not the best not the worst) Anyway, my roots go
back to
> metal, it's where I started, and my playing will always have a
metal
> element to it, like I said it's my roots.
>
> Back when I was 18 and playing metal I worked for a chevy
dealership
> as a lot porter, cleaning cars, details, gas ups, dealer trades
(Got
> to drive new Corvettes everyday, <g>), anyway, my boss at the
> dealership was Pat Connelly of the Surfaris, no lie. At the time I
had
> no idea who the Surfaris were. One day I told him I play guitar,
and
> he told me who he was, I was like "who?" and he said "ever heard
the
> song Wipeout?" I said "yeah, of course", and he say's "I wrote the
> guitar part" I was impressed even then, but only now can I realize
the
> magnitude of that. He said he didn't play music anymore, and told
me
> he disliked metal. So, I never asked him for lessons or anything.
Man,
> today I wish I pushed him harder for lessons, he was a hard man,
but a
> fair boss, and he seemed to like me, though he tried not to show
it.
>
> I remember every morning at the lot I would have to put out the
keys
> in all the lock boxes on over 400 cars (also had to retrive the
keys
> in reverse order at closing), even if it was raining outside. On
these
> rainy days after I put out the keys Pat would let me sit in the
office
> and just shoot the shit with him. He bought me lunch a few times
even.
> And every Sunday we would watch football in the office together,
have
> cook outs and drink beer. Cool job, but very hard work, 12 hour
days
> sun up to sun down. I ended up moving about an hour away and have
> since lost touch with Pat. This was many years ago. Now that I'm
into
> surf guitar, I might just try and track him down again, though I
think
> he has retired from the car business.
>
> I've learned alot about Surf music in the past few days but I have
> many questions regarding surf guitar, which I won't bombard you all
> with at once. But, for my first question, I was planning on
picking up
> the book Surf Guitar by Roy Zimmerman to start out with and was
> wondering what you guys thought of the book, and any others you
might
> suggest?
>
> =Ace Haze
>
