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I like your take on this. In the 90s, all the new surf bands were a
refreshing change from all the boring crap that received air time.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Dan Bartley
<> writes:
> It's interesting how history plays itself out. When the long hairs
> with their Marshalls came along in the mid 60's it must have been
> quite astounding and revolutionary to behold. Nowadays, there is
> nothing more boring, mundane, contrived, un-original, un-inspired
> and just plain shlocky than some dude with a distorted tone wanking
> away on the 'ol blues/pentatonic scale tripe. Don't get me wrong, a
> good player is a good player no matter what the genre, but let's
> face it, that Hendrix/Clapton thing has been done to death.
> Traditional surf and rock'billy guitar, in my opinion, sounds more
> fresh and modern. BUT, it must be played well, or it risks sounding
> contrived as well. I feel that our job is much more difficult than
> that of the mainstream wanker, but that is ultimately our
> satisfaction. It's like winning this year's Daytona 500 in a ' 62
> Dodge.
> Dan
>
> Marty Tippens <> wrote:
> You are correct, Bill, the scars run deep.
>
> Rick Griffin, who illustrated the Challengers album covers, did a
> cartoon in the early '60's that reflected the mind of many surf
> music and pre-Beatles rock fans. I think it's reprinted in John
> Blair's book and/or the Dumb Angel Gazette. A surfer kid comes upon
> a long hair with ruffled shirt and Beatle boots and asks, "What are
> you?" and the hipster replies with something such as, "Ya gotta have
> long hair to be cool" and it goes on from there. Griffin's attitude
> is clearly that the long hairs are a bunch a phonies. I know some
> older folks on the Ventures list who still carry that anti-long hair
> attitude.
>
> The Boss Martians do a very clever homage to this circa '64 attitude
> on their "13 Evil Tales" CD in a song called, "Long Hair Lenny".
> It's a 1997 tune but sounds as if it could very well have been a
> cut on a Trashmen album. "Long Hair Lenny took my girl
> away"..."Looked like a chick from head to socks". Very well done.
>
> -Marty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: supertwangreverb
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 6:34 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Eddie Bertrand (was: strings and
> strats)
>
>
> I'm pretty sure Hendrix, Clapton and the British bands played a
> role
> in this. Not only did those guys end surf music but they screwed
> up
> alot of the firstwavers. Put yourself in a surf band 1965 (which
>
> was pretty late for surf bands)and your competition is some long
> haired guys that the girls are screming for. Psychologically
> these
> guys have scars that run pretty deep :).
>
> Bill
>
> --- In , Dan Bartley
> <bigtwangguy@y...>
> wrote:
> > I wonder if that's because when Hendrix and Clapton came along
> the
> Chantays felt like they got left behind in the dust and are still
> to
> this day trying to show everybody that they can keep up with the
> Jones?
> > Dan
> >
> > Marty Tippens <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > The Chantays play with a lot of energy and a three-guitar line
> up,
> plus bass. They always get a great crowd response BUT theirs is
> more
> a modern guitar god distortion lead guitar sound than a high
> energy
> trad surf sound.
> > -Marty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: DP
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Eddie Bertrand (was: strings
>
> and strats)
> >
> >
> > RE: "It's sad to hear that some of our favorite bands from
> > the 1st wave don't play with much enthusiasm anymore..."
> >
> > Yeah, it is sad that many lose energy as they get older...
> >
> > but,then again, I did see the Tornadoes play a rippin' 2
> > hour set in San Bernardino a couple of years ago, and Dick
> > Dale (whether you like him or not) always seems to be High
> > Energy...Paul Johnson still rips it up too!...
> >
> > so...like anything in this world, it all depends upon who
> > you are watching or hearing...some actually get better as
> > they age...
> >
> > regards,
> > DP
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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