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supertwang:
Man, and I thought my 31st birthday was when it all started
to look like a one way street straight to nowhere! (I
should be careful here...the big 40 is just around the
corner for me in June...YIPES!)
hey...where's my Ibanez and compressor pedal?
DP
--- supertwangreverb <> wrote:
>
>
> Very true, I guess Link Wray is still pretty crazy in his
> 70s. But
> Dick Dale looks like a moron, he'll never live down "Back
> to the
> Beach" Being 22(23 next week)I'm starting to feel old,
> atleast
> compared to the guys I listen to. Your 21st birthday
> really is the
> last one you look foward to.
>
> So many of those old surf bands have gone weird in their
> later age.
> I guess their are other options than playing surf songs
> on an Ibanze
> with a compressor when I'm 40. Maybe when I'm that old
> I'll sell
> all my gear for Chet Atkins gear.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> --- In , DP <noetical1@y...>
> wrote:
> > supertwang:
> > I thought I'd chime in on this one: in many cases, as
> > musicians age they tend to "evolve", but just remember:
> >
> > The Ramones
> > The Tornadoes
> > Neil Young and Crazy Horse
> > Lightning Hopkins
> > Link Wray
> > Mike Watt
> > and of course, our old pal, Dick Dale
> >
> > I think they are all great examples of older musicians
> who
> > in many case struggled and fought tooth and nail to
> > preserve their "raw" spirit and simple style well into
> > their golden years. My conclusion? Musical lameness is
> not
> > alway synonymous with "old age".
> >
> > with much respect, I remain-
> >
> > DP
> >
> >
> > --- supertwangreverb <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I often find myself going back to the earliest surf
> > > recordings for
> > > inspiration in my own
> > > > playing because, no insult intended, a lot of the
> > > current surf
> > > music is a little too good. The
> > > > musicianship is there, but the raw character of the
> > > teenage surf
> > > bands is part of the
> > > > genre's appeal for me. Sometimes, our modern surf
> bands
> > > play a
> > > little too well for my
> > > > taste.
> > >
> > > Nicely put, do you think getting older would make one
> > > loose
> > > that "raw" feeling in their playing?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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