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Marty-
Hey...my Uncle let me borrow his Country Gentleman...that
thing has sweet tones...I use it when I play my lounge
version of Hawaii-50...it's great for 1/2 speed lounge
sound...I love it's full bodied tone especially when it
goes through the old reverb and tremolo...no wonder Brian
Setzer is so hooked on Gretsch...
dp
--- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
>
> Whadya mean Dick won't live down "Back to the Beach"? I
> haven't associated him in that movie once since he
> started recording again and I actually like the movie.
> Now this is not to say Dick doesn't have eccentricities,
> he's got plenty. But so do a lot of the great rock and
> rollers including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee,
> you name 'em. I expect those funny personality flaws they
> gain in older age. Such flaws do nothing to obstruct
> their incredible legacies.
>
> -Marty
> P.S. I do love my Chet Atkins Gretsch Country Gentlemen,
> but I didn't sell my surf gear to get it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: supertwangreverb
> To:
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:24 AM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Hendrix, surf, and the
> difference between musicianship, artistry and emotion.
>
>
>
> 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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