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> Were the 'Coasters always a trio? I hear quite a bit of rhythm
guitar on the
> songs I have heard.
>
> BN
No, I know early on they had a rhythm guitarist, but he left in ...
God, I don't know. They've had a ton of line-up changes, but for the
past year and a half or so they've been a trio, and before that they
had an organist as a fourth member.
Even on the albums where Shigeo Naka's the only guitarist, though,
there's ample overdubbing--on their newest, Surf Express (Side note:
Hands down the best surf album I've heard released in 2003, and well
worth the import price), there are a few moments where it gets to be
a bit too much for a three-piece to capture live.
"Dead Tree," for example, has an acoustic rhythm guitar, a heavily
reverbed guitar buried way down in the mix, and it sounds like for at
least part of the song the lead/melody is doubled. That could be a
little difficult for one guitarist to pull off live.
So, I guess, in short ... no, they weren't.
-Warren
