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Hi Dick!
Good to hear from you, and thanks for the nice comments. I read
about your accident. No guitar playing for 3 weeks!! Ouch. I think
I'd just have them shoot me - like a horse with a broken leg. No
point in going on - I'm useless!! I hope you can cope with it a bit
better! :)
Any chance of making the June 5th gig? What the heck, make it an
annual thing! :)
Good luck with your recovery, and listen to a lot of surf music to
speed it along.
Ivan
--- In , "Dick" <rmessick2@c...> wrote:
> Thanks for posting those tunes, Ivan - great stuff! As one who had
> the pleasure of seeing The Troubadours and D!E in Indy last year, I
> think we're going to see some fine work from this band!
>
> Can't wait to hear more! This sort of thing will make my broken
> collarbone recovery a bit easier (I busted it skimboarding on
> vacation last week - in a sling for at least 3 more weeks, so no
> guitar playing for while :( . . . )
>
> Thanks again, Ivan!
>
> -Dick
>
>
> --- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
> wrote:
> > Hi, this is Ivan Pongracic, formerly of the Space Cossacks and
> > currently of the Troubadours.
> >
> > I'm extremely happy to introduce my new surf band, the Madeira.
> The
> > Madeira has Dane Carter on drums, Scott Waddell on bass, Patrick
> > O'Connor on rhythm guitar, and myself on lead guitar (Scott and
> Dane
> > have been known to show up on SG101). Dane and Scott are also in
> the
> > Troubadours with me, and Patrick is also the lead guitar player
in
> > Destination: Earth! from Indianapolis (D:E! is still together and
> > they'll continue to subjugate the Earthlings throughout the
> Midwest).
> >
> > We spent a weekend in mid-April practicing for the first time,
and
> > sparks were flying! I can honestly say that I have never played
> with
> > a finer group of musicians than this, and I'm just giddy with
> > excitement over the possibilities. I'm also really happy to be
> > getting back to surf music proper after playing only Shadows
> covers
> > for the last four years (the Troubadours, BTW, will also
> continue).
> > We fully intend to make this an original band and we're already
> > working on three new originals with more to come soon. But for
> now
> > it's mostly covers, though not your usual covers. We'll be doing
> > some Space Cossacks stuff, some New World Relampagos, some rarer
> > first wave things and even some third wave songs by the Treble
> > Spankers and the Surf Coasters. Oh, and then there's that Paco
de
> > Lucia cover! We're aiming to develop the whole North African
> > (Morocco, etc.) and Southern Spain (Andalucia, flamenco stuff)
> > connection to the surf sound - that's the MO. Still keeping the
> feet
> > firmly planted in the trad sounds, but with the eyes aimed at the
> > horizons, trying to peer a bit beyond. It promises to be
> > interesting, if nothing else!
> >
> > Brian Neal has kindly put up a temporary website for us as part
of
> > the SG101 website (Thanks Brian you RULE!!). Go here:
> >
> >
> >
> > It's very bare at this moment, but there are two mp3s available
> for
> > download. Both songs are covers: "Express to Bagdad" originally
> by
> > the Atlantics (from '64) and "Intruder" originally by the Surf
> > Coasters. The first seemed quite topical as well as effectively
> > showcasing the band chops, and the second is just a mind-blowing
> tune
> > that seemed like a really nice challenge - hopefully we lived up
> to
> > it! The recording is from our first practice session in a very
hi-
> fi-
> > hostile environment. It was recorded in Dane's basement with
bare
> > hard walls and the sound bouncing all over the place. In
> addition,
> > we could only record on two tracks so we had two mics for four
> > instruments. (Yes, that's what they call an ambient recording.)
> And
> > to top it off, we didn't really have the time to ensure the best
> mic
> > instrument balance, and as a result the rhythm guitar got buried
> > (fortunately Patrick set up the recording so he can't claim a
> > conspiracy to keep him quiet! :). But we're quite pleased by the
> > results, and it'll give you some idea of what this band is all
> > about. We hope to have a few more mp3s from the same practice
> > session to put up in the next few days
> >
> > Finally, we would like to announce our first gig. It'll be on
> > Saturday, June 5th, at Zanies Too in Indianapolis, with the
> Volcanos
> > and the Troubadours (the same venue where the Troubadours played
> with
> > Destination: Earth! and the Nebulas last year). So, you'll get
> the
> > hard-driving exotic-tinged surf of the Madeira, groovy trad surf
> of
> > the near-legendary Volcanos AND the finest (well, the only)
> American
> > Shadows cover band! Consider this an invitation for people from
> all
> > over the country - we'll try to make it a memorable show and
worth
> > your airfare or long hours on the road! I hope at least a few of
> you
> > can make it.
> >
> > Thanks for reading and listening, and hope to see all of you over
> the
> > next few years.
> >
> > Ivan
