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Marty, all,
Slacktone does play Apache when they play at the Baja Cantina
in Marina Del Rey, Ca. they have to play 3 sets so it helps with
time, and they usually start out with a mild set of covers and
thier tamer tunes.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
p.s. his playing on it, is b u tee ful
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Dave use to play Apache live with the Nightriders. I haven't heard
him do it with the Slacktones.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jacobdobner
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:03 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Slacktone Live in Berlin Now
Available
>
>
>
> I think you may have misread my review/notice. The only thing I
said
> that was better in Prague was the quality. That lacked the word
> recording in front of quality. I prefer the Misirlou to the Prague
> version ten fold. Slacktone is doing the signiture version of
Misirlou
> these days. The Surf Coasters version is good but Dave owns that
song.
> This was also the first time I had ever heard Rumble at Waikiki
and I
> loved it. At first, since I didn't recognize it, I thought it was
a
> new Slacktone tune and ran to the liner notes and noticed it was a
> John Blair song. A little disappointed it wasn't a new Slacktone
tune
> but good tunes are good tunes. Was Longboard Legato not on
Prague? I
> always thought it was. I have all my Slacktone albums put onto
> minidisc so I can listen at school and the albums kind of run
together.
>
> On a related note. Does Dave ever play Apache live? The version I
mean
> is the one on the Fiberglass Rocket album with the awesome intro
he plays.
>
> --- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...>
> wrote:
> > I have a much higher opinion of Slacktone's "Live in Berlin"
CD. I
> consider it a little better than the Prague live CD for the
following
> reasons. I like the fact that they left in the flubs, of which
there
> are very few anyway, but it's very honest that way. I'm thrilled
that
> among the 18 great tunes, they've included the Jon and the
Nightriders
> classic "Rumble at Waikiki". In addition to that Nightrider tune,
the
> other live versions exclusive to the Berlin CD include "Coffin
> Closer", "Longboard Legatto", "Rosarito 3-Day", "Rell Sun Aloha",
and
> "Penetration". With "Coffin Closer" and "Longboard Legatto" being
> among the best Slactone tunes period, I think "Live in Berlin"
makes a
> better overview of the Slacktone songbook.
> >
> > -Marty
Thanks for the info. That arrangement of Apache makes that song so
different. The Shadows is good but Jon and the Nightriders version is
great. I would love to see Dave play it someday.
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> Marty, all,
> Slacktone does play Apache when they play at the Baja Cantina
> in Marina Del Rey, Ca. they have to play 3 sets so it helps with
> time, and they usually start out with a mild set of covers and
> thier tamer tunes.
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
> p.s. his playing on it, is b u tee ful
>
>
>
> --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > Dave use to play Apache live with the Nightriders. I haven't heard
> him do it with the Slacktones.
> > -Marty
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jacobdobner
> > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:03 PM
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Slacktone Live in Berlin Now
> Available
> >
> >
> >
> > I think you may have misread my review/notice. The only thing I
> said
> > that was better in Prague was the quality. That lacked the word
> > recording in front of quality. I prefer the Misirlou to the Prague
> > version ten fold. Slacktone is doing the signiture version of
> Misirlou
> > these days. The Surf Coasters version is good but Dave owns that
> song.
> > This was also the first time I had ever heard Rumble at Waikiki
> and I
> > loved it. At first, since I didn't recognize it, I thought it was
> a
> > new Slacktone tune and ran to the liner notes and noticed it was a
> > John Blair song. A little disappointed it wasn't a new Slacktone
> tune
> > but good tunes are good tunes. Was Longboard Legato not on
> Prague? I
> > always thought it was. I have all my Slacktone albums put onto
> > minidisc so I can listen at school and the albums kind of run
> together.
> >
> > On a related note. Does Dave ever play Apache live? The version I
> mean
> > is the one on the Fiberglass Rocket album with the awesome intro
> he plays.
> >
> > --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> <mctippens@e...>
> > wrote:
> > > I have a much higher opinion of Slacktone's "Live in Berlin"
> CD. I
> > consider it a little better than the Prague live CD for the
> following
> > reasons. I like the fact that they left in the flubs, of which
> there
> > are very few anyway, but it's very honest that way. I'm thrilled
> that
> > among the 18 great tunes, they've included the Jon and the
> Nightriders
> > classic "Rumble at Waikiki". In addition to that Nightrider tune,
> the
> > other live versions exclusive to the Berlin CD include "Coffin
> > Closer", "Longboard Legatto", "Rosarito 3-Day", "Rell Sun Aloha",
> and
> > "Penetration". With "Coffin Closer" and "Longboard Legatto" being
> > among the best Slactone tunes period, I think "Live in Berlin"
> makes a
> > better overview of the Slacktone songbook.
> > >
> > > -Marty
