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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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