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Hello Rick;
So, how do those of us that don't have the privilege of being at your
shows in person get our greedy little mitts on your 'demo' CD? I
downloaded the songs off your website some time ago, and greatly
enjoyed them.
BTW, I really love ska elements in surf music - I think the two forms
of music are very complementary, and I don't think anybody has really
exploited all the possibilities that such a combination offers. I
have your LP Gnarly, and really love the songs with the ska thing
going on, but you moved away from that on your CDs, which is too bad
(not to say the CDs are bad - they are quite great, actually). In
fact, I notice also that on Gnarly you were behind a lot of the
songwriting, whereas on the CDs Pete completely took over - does that
account for the move away from ska?
It's too bad that you shelved the CD release of Live At Toes - i
would have welcomed it.
Keep on skankin'...
Ivan
--- In , Halibut Rick <halibutrick@y...>
wrote:
> 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 <ipongrac@g...> 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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