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Those who like Ska rhythums may also like our song 'Eyes of the sea', on our
album Warning Heavy Surf Advisory. The rhythum track has a nice reggae feel to
it. dogfish of the concaves from santa cruz
----- Original Message -----
From: Halibut Rick
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: The Halibuts -- Halibut Rick???
Drop Mike a line at the Deoras website about how to get the CD (he's
the keeper of the CD stock). He won't be able to get back to you for
about another month though.
After Gnarly!, I got a little lazy with writing songs and Pete was
punping them out as fast as we could record them. So I think that did
have an effect on the amount of ska we were doing. BTW, one of the
songs we had added to CD version of Live At Toes was a ska version of
Moment of Truth.
Rick
--- ipongrac <> wrote:
> 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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