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I don't like posting show reports, 'cause as the tour
manager, it ends up sounding like hype. But I am
surprized only Matt mentioned the SF show, and he was
only there for the last bit. Also, considering how
many regular Cow and SG101 members were inattendance--
maybe they are to dumbstruck to say anything???
Briefly, let me just say that the Bottom of the Hill
show was an amazing event. This is one of SF's best
nightclubs, and was nearly sold out. I am guessing
that there were atleast 300 people in attendance. The
sound man, Donny, truly understood surf sound, and he
even requested during sound check that Jeremy play a
"standard surf beat" so he could get reverbs just
right. KFJC Uncle Al was spining surf tunes between
the sets. And the crowd was packed right up to the
front of the stage. Pollo played first, Slacktone
followed, and if I may say, the "killed". Surf
Coasters shut down the place. They played 4 songs they
hadn't yet performed on the tour. Another huge sale at
the merch table (I have never seen a band sell so many
CDs). The biggest thrill for me was seeing all the
obviously non-surf fans come to check out our scene,
and really dig it!
Last night in Sacto was another good time. Shigeo sat
in with Pollo for Tsunami Struck- (I sat out, and it
was great to hear PDM live!) The Surf Coasters really
electrified the crowd, and were called back for two
encores.
In yesterday's San Jose Mercury, there was a nice long
article about the Surf Coasters and the show for The
Blank Club on sunday. I will try and post the text of
it. If anybody has a hardcopy of the article, please
save it for me.
thanks,
ferenc
PS to Matt and all-- yes it was great to see Rick
Escobar out and about. and here is a little gossip...
I am planning the next "Battle of the Bands" for June
and Rick will headline, playing a set of Woodies
tunes!
--- matt kora <> wrote:
>
> I only made the last 30 min of the Surf Coasters
> show
> at the Bottom of the Hill in SF on Thurs. My first
> thought when entering was "who the hell are ALL
> these
> people?" Room was more packed than for any other
> surf show I've seen there (and this was at the end
> of
> the night). As the show ended, I started to see
> most
> of the local SF surf musician mafia. Special
> mention
> goes to Ric Escobar (Woodys), a very, very rare
> sighting.
>
> Surf Coasters did a quiet "sensitive" song, I
> presume
> from the new CD, however, since I gave my personal
> copy to Ferenc in Vegas, I can't give a title. And
> yes, they FINALLY played "Dreams" (which they
> haven't
> played so far on this tour). Kuri's fuzz bass part
> is
> heaven on earth.
>
> matt
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Also attended by many who never saw these bands to begin with. I guess
we're all trying to "reconstitute" after the amazing meltdown of
Thursday night.
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Becker [mailto:]
>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:38 PM
>To:
>Cc:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] RE: [cowabunga] dream on, SoCal
>
>
>Yes, Ferenc! I'm still kinda dumbstruck but also waiting for the San
>Jose events to add some comments and compare. :-O
>
>San Fran BotH event was killer! Attended by just about anyone who has
>ever seen a surf show in the past.
>
>bIG wAvE Dave
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:]
>>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:36 AM
>>To:
>>Subject: Re: [cowabunga] dream on, SoCal
>>
>>
>>I don't like posting show reports, 'cause as the tour
>>manager, it ends up sounding like hype. But I am
>>surprized only Matt mentioned the SF show, and he was
>>only there for the last bit. Also, considering how
>>many regular Cow and SG101 members were inattendance--
>>maybe they are to dumbstruck to say anything???
>>Briefly, let me just say that the Bottom of the Hill
>>show was an amazing event. This is one of SF's best
>>nightclubs, and was nearly sold out. I am guessing
>>that there were atleast 300 people in attendance. The
>>sound man, Donny, truly understood surf sound, and he
>>even requested during sound check that Jeremy play a
>>"standard surf beat" so he could get reverbs just
>>right. KFJC Uncle Al was spining surf tunes between
>>the sets. And the crowd was packed right up to the
>>front of the stage. Pollo played first, Slacktone
>>followed, and if I may say, the "killed". Surf
>>Coasters shut down the place. They played 4 songs they
>>hadn't yet performed on the tour. Another huge sale at
>>the merch table (I have never seen a band sell so many
>>CDs). The biggest thrill for me was seeing all the
>>obviously non-surf fans come to check out our scene,
>>and really dig it!
>>Last night in Sacto was another good time. Shigeo sat
>>in with Pollo for Tsunami Struck- (I sat out, and it
>>was great to hear PDM live!) The Surf Coasters really
>>electrified the crowd, and were called back for two
>>encores.
>>In yesterday's San Jose Mercury, there was a nice long
>>article about the Surf Coasters and the show for The
>>Blank Club on sunday. I will try and post the text of
>>it. If anybody has a hardcopy of the article, please
>>save it for me.
>>thanks,
>>ferenc
>>
>>PS to Matt and all-- yes it was great to see Rick
>>Escobar out and about. and here is a little gossip...
>>I am planning the next "Battle of the Bands" for June
>>and Rick will headline, playing a set of Woodies
>>tunes!
>>
>>--- matt kora <> wrote:
>>>
>>> I only made the last 30 min of the Surf Coasters
>>> show
>>> at the Bottom of the Hill in SF on Thurs. My first
>>> thought when entering was "who the hell are ALL
>>> these
>>> people?" Room was more packed than for any other
>>> surf show I've seen there (and this was at the end
>>> of
>>> the night). As the show ended, I started to see
>>> most
>>> of the local SF surf musician mafia. Special
>>> mention
>>> goes to Ric Escobar (Woodys), a very, very rare
>>> sighting.
>>>
>>> Surf Coasters did a quiet "sensitive" song, I
>>> presume
>>> from the new CD, however, since I gave my personal
>>> copy to Ferenc in Vegas, I can't give a title. And
>>> yes, they FINALLY played "Dreams" (which they
>>> haven't
>>> played so far on this tour). Kuri's fuzz bass part
>>> is
>>> heaven on earth.
>>>
>>> matt
>>>
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> I don't like posting show reports, 'cause as the tour
> manager, it ends up sounding like hype. But I am
> surprized only Matt mentioned the SF show, and he was
> only there for the last bit.
I'm no great wordsmith, but here are a few words on my experience:
I flew out from Boston Thursday morning, saw the show in San Francisco
that evening, and flew home Friday. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
I've spent the last two days wishing I had taken another couple days
off, and seen more shows.
If you have a chance to see the Suff Coasters: Stop! Do not pass GO! See
the show. See them twice if you can. I know the next time they are out,
I will.
--
Steve Kalkwarf
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