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Awww shucks. Thanks.
Actually the ska thing came from Joe and Kevin. They were really into
it. Joe even still has a Vespa. And the sax played right into the whole
thing. When Chris Ashford produced the first 2 albums for What?/Iloki,
he was also really pushing us to be a ska/surf band. I do enjoy playing
that kind of rhythm more than any other.
The Deoras have a CD that we sell at shows. It's all covers. It started
out as our promo CD for trying to booking shows and we pressed up a
bunch for sale. The website has a couple of cuts from it
(www.deoras.com). We are at the very early stages of starting to work
on the first real CD, but with Mike in Europe for the next 6 weeks
(Agent Orange), it'll be a while before we got back to it.
Rick
Halibuts/Deoras
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> You know, we were just talking about rhythm guitar in surf, and it
> didn't even occur to me that Rick has been posting here lately!
> Well, here is a guy who is a true master of rhythm guitar!! I
> actually remember seeing a video of one of those all day surf
> extravaganzas with a whole bunch of surf bands crammed in one day
> somewhere in SoCal from probably somewhere around '96 or '97. Well,
> most of the bands were not very good, but then the Halibuts came on,
> and the whole atmosphere changed - it was finally a party! And the
> best part of the band: Rick. His rhythm guitar playing was so
> precise, assured and full-sounding, I just couldn't take my eyes off
> him. However, it seems to me that Rick is coming from more of a ska
> background in his approach rather than the usual Astronauts stuff -
> more like a mix of ska and Paul Johnson. Very strummy. I loved it.
>
> My guess is that the sax was because of the ska background, as well.
>
>
> So, Rick, when will the Deoras CD be coming out? Are you on all of
> it? Any of it? I'm really looking forward to this. I wish I could
> see you guys play...
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...>
> wrote:
> > I scored a copy of Chumming off of half.com. I ordered it on Friday
>
> and got
> > in on Monday -- through regular 1st class US mail! Anyway, this is
> great
> > stuff, a great change of pace for me. I love Bowling Ball Gardens!
> Cool!
> >
> > Hey Rick, I was curious about the sax. Not too many 2nd or 3rd
> wavers kept
> > that tradition alive (The Fathoms are the only ones off the top of
> my head).
> > When you guys started, did other bands at the time have them? I
> don't think
> > Jon & The Nightriders did, but what about the Surf Raiders? Did you
>
> just
> > happen to know a guy who played the sax or was their a conscious
> decision to
> > get a sax player to make a "proper" surf band?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > BN
>
>
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