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The Woodies were a major fight waiting for a surf band to happen.
Rick:)
> Well, now you know why I'm going out of business-
>
> Yes, the Woodies CD is still available from poprecords.com/mart and
after the
> Mart closes you can get it from zptduda.com
>
> ferenc
>
>
>
>
> rick.johnston@u... wrote:
> > Hey, is this CD still available???
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:ferencnd@n...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:09 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Woodies CD (was End of the POP Mart)
> >
> >
> > Oh, and Phil Dirt- it definitely wouldn't have happened without
Phil. He
> > always
> > encouraged the Woodies when they were working and never stopped
playing them
> > on
> > his show after they had broken up. He wrote brilliant and
complete liner
> > notes,
> > and encouraged the project from beginining to end.
> >
> > Ferenc
> >
> >
> > ferencnd@n... wrote:
> >
> >>OK, here is what happened...
> >>
> >>I was and am a huge Woodies fan, I saw them play in clubs, and
eventually
> >
> > Pollo
> >
> >>Del Mar played a few shows with them. Rick was giving away a
cassette
> >
> > version of
> >
> >>their recordings, always with an unspecified release date. I was
at the
> >
> > last
> >
> >>Woodies show (with the infamous "acrimonious onstage breakup") on
> >
> > September 15,
> >
> >>1996. It was a weird show, any band might have broken up that day-
Here is
> >
> > the
> >
> >>Pollo account of the day:
> >>
> >
> > <>
> >
> >>In 1984 I started POP Records when I was in college. We put out
10 albums
> >
> > before
> >
> >>we lost all our money. 1996 I reactivated POP to handle the Pollo
Del Mar
> >
> > stuff.
> >
> >>So, on New Years Day 1998, I was sitting in my hot tub listening
to the
> >
> > Woodies
> >
> >>tape and saying, damn this is great, this is, in fact, a lost
treasure,
> >
> > why
> >
> >>doesn't someone put this out. Hey, I could put it out... so I
called Rick,
> >
> > and
> >
> >>he said "OK", and I thought we could put it out pretty quickly as
the CD
> >
> > was
> >
> >>finished, but no, it took 10 months. Rick's friend Mark Fassett
did an
> >>unbelievably good job with the mastering.
> >>
> >>Rick did an interview with New Gandy Dancer that covers the
history of the
> >
> > band:
> >
> >>
> >
> > <>
> >
> >>Ferenc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>bneal@i... wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Oh Yeah! One of the first 90's surf CD's I bought was The
Woodies and I
> >>>bought it from Ferenc. I was later disappointed to find out that
not all
> >>>90's surf bands are as good as The Woodies ;-)
> >>>
> >>>So Rick and Ferenc, how did The Woodies CD come about? I
understand the
> >>
> > band
> >
> >>>had broken up when it was released. The liner notes mention "an
> >>
> > acrimonious
> >
> >>>on-stage break up" too...
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>BN
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Rick Escobar [mailto:maxxreverb@y...]
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:05 PM
> >>>>To:
> >>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: End of the road for the POP MART
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>A Huge thanks to Ferenc,
> >>>>
> >>>>Dude if it wasn't for you The Woodies CD would never have
happened.
> >>>>I'm setting my reverb at half volume today.
> >>>>
> >>>>Rick
