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I really loved seeing Paul Johnson play. That was a treat that I wasn't
expecting. I knew Ferenc and Dave were guests, but I guess I overlooked
the rest of the guest list. You guys need to put together more shows
like that!
Over 4 hours of surf, and no one even looked tired by the end of the
night.
-Kristena
PS: O think I actually heard Dusty call it a "love fest" last night.
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:54:46 -0800 (PST) Ferenc Dobronyi
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>
> A "Love Fest" comes to mind as the first description
> of what happened last night in Hermosa. Slacktone
> could do no wrong, (and they didn't,) and were feeding
> of the energy of the crowd. You could see their faces
> shine when they recognized someone in the audience,
> and then play the next phrase a little bit harder in
> dedication. The first set was unbelievably powerful.
> Dave's face turning bright red in the first song, Sam,
> the essence of keeping a cool head in storm, anchoring
> the band so they don't fly out of orbit. Dusty,
> hamming it up with extra finesse and dynamic, taking a
> brilliant solo turn in "Tiki Bar Crawl".
> Between songs, Dave told stories about some of the
> audience members and how they had influenced the band,
> whether musically or just by inspiration. Lots of
> words about the early days, and memories of Mike
> Sullivan. Dusty told about how, after having not seen
> Dave for 10 years, Dave suggested that they form a
> surf band. Dusty was expecting to play "Pipeline", but
> Dave came to practice with "Chaos", 'Skateboard
> commando" and "PCH", and Dusty's jaw dropped ib awe
> (the original name of the band was Slackjaw, right?).
> Big Tiki Jeff told about working at the Surf Museum
> and seeing the name for the band on the list of bands
> to play in the parking lot, and figured they were some
> Hawaiian slack guitar band, and how pleasantly blown
> away when he saw them first perform.
> The second set featured friends of the band sitting
> in, and performing either Slacktone songs or their own
> band's material. Dave Arnson added arrpegiated
> atmospherics to "Rell Sun Aloha", Bernard Yin stomped
> through Led Zep's "Immigrant Song". I fulfilled a
> personal dream by playing "Surf Party". Rich and Katie
> from the Balboas did a bit of psyche-surf. And the
> highlight for me- Paul Johnson, the man who started it
> all, playing "Mr. Moto" and "Squad Car" before taking
> the rhythm guitar spot behind Dave for "Glide", and
> for the first time ever on stage, "Gung Ho for Don
> Ho". I forgot to mention that Slacktone played 3 new
> original tunes in the first set, a taste of a new
> album I hope. And, as for new albums, a special CD was
> available at last night's show, a live set from
> Berlin's Wild at Heart club, recorded on last year's
> Euro tour.
> The star studded crowd- Big Tiki, Clint Beachwood
> (acting as MC), all of The Detonators, Marty Tippens,
> Gregory Fleeman, in the tapers corner- Matt Kora,
> Steve Liblis, and Mike, MuSick Art, the HBISM crew,
> gadzooks too many too mention... (though I still
> didn't meet Kristina Hernandez...)
> By the time I got there all the tables were taken,
> so we were hovering over a group about to leave, and
> the guy stands up, then says to me, "who's the band
> tonight, are they any good?" I told him to stick
> around and see the band, they're pretty good. I want
> you to know that that guy was still there when I left,
> and will probably be at Slacktone's 20th!
> See you there,
> Ferenc
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