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Dang...sadness :(
I watched you guys at the 2000 Rendevous Reunion out at the
Galaxy Theatre...You guys played a tight set!
that's too bad, but the Cossacks left their mark on me.
are you or the other members of the Cossacks involved in
any current projects/bands?
are you all still out in the Virginia/ Washington DC area?
inquiring minds would like to know,
Dave P
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> Hello Dave;
>
> Thanks for the nice words. The Space Cossacks are kaput
> - have been
> for almost three years now. No mo'... However, we do
> have one more
> imminent release: the new Link Wray tribute on MuSick
> will feature a
> song by us. Art told me that he just got the CDs from
> the
> manufacturer, so look for it in the next couple of
> months. There is
> still some unreleased stuff, but nothing that absolutely
> has to come
> out, so this will probably be the last you will hear from
> the
> Cossacks. Though I wouldn't mind if the live recording
> of a
> California show from '98 comes out eventually (the same
> night that
> Jon & the Nightriders recorded their Raw and Alive CD)...
> Alas,
> MuSick is not interested...
>
> Best,
> Ivan
>
> --- In , DP <noetical1@y...>
> wrote:
> > so, the question is...
> > when will the world hear the space cossacks again?!?!!
> > any upcoming gigage or releasage ???
> > Dave P
> >
> > ps thank you for the wonderful words of wisdom, I
> > especially enjoyed the behind-the-sounds description of
> the
> > Solaris Stomp session...peace!
> > dp
> >
> > --- ipongrac <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> > > Excellent stuff, Dano!! You really filled out all
> the
> > > holes I left
> > > off. I couldn't add anything else.
> > >
> > > > The song I think emphasizes this in the most
> incredible
> > > way is
> > > Solaris
> > > > Stomp by The Space Cossacks. To me that rhythm part
> at
> > > the
> > > beginning is just
> > > > unbelievable. JUST the right amount of subtlety but
> the
> > > right
> > > amount of "sack" to drive the song. AWESOME!
> > >
> > > Thanks, man! Very nice of you. Just to tie this in
> with
> > > my earlier
> > > points, we recorded Solaris Stomp within a month of
> the
> > > first time we
> > > played with the Fathoms. We've been playing around
> with
> > > the song for
> > > a while, and it used to have an arrangement that
> sounded
> > > similar
> > > to "Neutron Sabre" - so, more of the Dick
> > > Dale/Miserlou/Hava Nagila
> > > beat. I grew quite dissatisfied with it, and after
> > > seeing the
> > > Fathoms had an epiphany. As I mentioned, I bought
> the
> > > Jazzmaster,
> > > and rearranged the song, basing it much more on the
> > > smoother sound of
> > > the Jazzmaster with flatwounds (and playing it in
> lower
> > > registers
> > > than I did originally, I think). Changed the
> syncopated
> > > beat to the
> > > steady, smooth surf-beat - in fact, I remember
> playing
> > > "XKE" by the
> > > Boss Martians to Doug (drummer) when we first tried
> > > playing the new
> > > arrangement to explain to him what I wanted - I just
> > > loved how that
> > > song moved along - though I think he played a simpler
> > > part than on
> > > XKE. And the last thing I did was add that intro
> which
> > > was TOTALLY
> > > Fathoms - at least in my mind. There's a lot to be
> said
> > > about
> > > ripping off... err, I mean, being INSPIRED by other
> > > bands. Yeah,
> > > that's it! :) We recorded that in January of '97, on
> the
> > > same date
> > > that yielded Neutron Sabre and Shark Attack from that
> > > split EP with
> > > the Penetrators. We rerecorded Neutron Sabre when we
> > > were recording
> > > the first album in September of '97, and we tried to
> > > rerecord Solaris
> > > Stomp, too - but the new version just lacked that
> special
> > > something
> > > that the original recording had, so we just used the
> > > original for the
> > > album, too. It was just a beautiful confluence of
> > > factors. The
> > > first time that I used my (Jap) Jazzmaster on a
> recording
> > > session,
> > > too. Oh, and my reverb tank was a reissue, but
> BEFORE I
> > > made the
> > > usual mods, so it was completely original. Oh yeah,
> the
> > > pickups in
> > > the Jazzmaster were also the original Jap pickups!
> Go
> > > figure.
> > > People still point to that song as my best recorded
> > > authentic trad
> > > tone - and I was using crappy pickups AND an unmodded
> > > reissue reverb
> > > tank! It can be done, apparently... (Soon after
> that
> > > session, I
> > > switched to Seymour Duncan pickups and had the mods
> made,
> > > including
> > > the NOS tubes - and never again sounded as good! :)
> > >
> > > Postscript: if you will please indulge me while I
> brag
> > > for a second.
> > > We were really interested in having Deke Dickerson
> > > produce our first
> > > album, cause, well, cause Deke is God! That man
> knows
> > > sound, and
> > > knows guitar. I got in touch with him, and he wanted
> to
> > > hear what we
> > > sounded like, so I sent him those early tracks. I
> was so
> > > proud when
> > > I heard back from him - paraphrasing, he said
> something
> > > like "Solaris
> > > Stomp is an ultimate surf song"!! (he wasn't as
> thrilled
> > > by the
> > > other two, but no need to talk about that. :)) You
> could
> > > have
> > > knocked me over with a feather. That was cool. If
> he
> > > only knew -
> > > Jap pickups and unmodded reissue reverb tanks! It
> would
> > > have been
> > > quite costly to have him come to Washington to
> produce
> > > us, so he just
> > > told us to try to make the album sound like Solaris
> > > Stomp, and we'll
> > > be fine. A great guy.
> > >
> > > Ivan
> > >
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