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Ted,
If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
about the shows?
2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
material out?
Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great shows.
BN
7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
America's top vocalists?
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> Ted,
>
> If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> material out?
>
> Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
>
> In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great shows.
>
> BN
On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun that
weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were more
of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an ok
performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and conveying
to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to see
you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow, ok,
let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
does have a ring of truth to it.
It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
(Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked up
with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never heard
of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie Speaker.
The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q & A.
1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
about the shows?
We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any better
in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate the
music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local fans
dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had played
the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the shop
getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My first
practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!! Dave's
reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was the
sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we weren't
too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
"Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not playing
at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a lot
worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear that
night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your touch
of red right here."
4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously fit
into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in all,
that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and not
having played together for so long.
5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the Dual
Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best, because
the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
material out?
Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes have
been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release it,
though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he has
control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way to
finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
would be worth it.
If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices, so
a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
America's top vocalists?
No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in the
US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be honest, I
think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
(except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
-Ted Pilgrim
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> Ted,
>
> If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> material out?
>
> Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
>
> In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great shows.
>
> BN
--- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
>
> On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> thank you.
Wow...thanks Ted.
I must warn everyone who goes to see Satan's Pilgrims in the future,
the side effects are as follows, although they vary from person to person:
* Inability to stop smiling
* Real world problems and annoyances stop bothering you as you
continually repeat to yourself "I saw Satan's Pilgrims...none of this
sh*t matters"
* This may be just me, but I've taken to wearing a cape to work, home,
and other social events.
Again, thank you Satan's Pilgrims.
BN
Ted,
Thanks for that awesome response! Like Brian stated, it was seriously a
pivotal moment in my life. Some moments you just can't recreate and I
think the Portland show was one of those. All the anticipation and
excitement was incredible and the band delivered a great show to the
audience. I can't believe what I heard now that you tell us there were
only a few practices before the show!
-Kristena
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 21:36:01 -0000 "spskins" <>
writes:
>
> On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun
> that
> weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were
> more
> of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an
> ok
> performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and
> conveying
> to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to
> see
> you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow,
> ok,
> let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke,
> but
> does have a ring of truth to it.
> It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination
> of
> cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked
> up
> with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never
> heard
> of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick
> Selby,
> who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie
> Speaker.
> The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q &
> A.
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any
> better
> in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate
> the
> music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local
> fans
> dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was
> it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had
> played
> the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and
> Ragtop
> we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
>
> We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the
> shop
> getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My
> first
> practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!!
> Dave's
> reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was
> the
> sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we
> weren't
> too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning
> to
> sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not
> playing
> at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a
> lot
> worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear
> that
> night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your
> touch
> of red right here."
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing
> around
> with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously
> fit
> into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in
> all,
> that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and
> not
> having played together for so long.
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play
> through
> got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the
> Dual
> Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman
> head
> that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from
> our
> buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best,
> because
> the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting
> new
> material out?
>
> Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we
> can
> all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded
> 10
> songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes
> have
> been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release
> it,
> though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he
> has
> control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way
> to
> finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> would be worth it.
> If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices,
> so
> a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
>
> 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> America's top vocalists?
>
> No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never
> in
> the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe
> (even
> though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as
> an
> encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in
> the
> US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be honest,
> I
> think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
>
> Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either
> a
> record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> -Ted Pilgrim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
> wrote:
> > Ted,
> >
> > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like?
> Was it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was
> this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting
> new
> > material out?
> >
> > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> >
> > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great
> shows.
> >
> > BN
>
>
>
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-- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...>
wrote:
>
> On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun
that
> weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were
more
> of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an
ok
> performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and
conveying
> to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to
see
> you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow,
ok,
> let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
> does have a ring of truth to it.
> It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
> cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked
up
> with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never
heard
> of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
> who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie
Speaker.
> The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q &
A.
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any
better
> in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate
the
> music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local
fans
> dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was
it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had
played
> the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
> we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
> We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the
shop
> getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My
first
> practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!!
Dave's
> reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was
the
> sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we
weren't
> too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
> sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not
playing
> at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a
lot
> worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear
that
> night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your
touch
> of red right here."
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
> with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously
fit
> into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in
all,
> that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and
not
> having played together for so long.
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
> got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the
Dual
> Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
> that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
> buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best,
because
> the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> material out?
>
> Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
> all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
> songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes
have
> been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release
it,
> though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he
has
> control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way
to
> finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> would be worth it.
> If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices,
so
> a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
>
> 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> America's top vocalists?
>
> No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
> the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
> though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
> encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in
the
> US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be
honest, I
> think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
>
> Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
> record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> -Ted Pilgrim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
> > Ted,
> >
> > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like?
Was it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was
this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting
new
> > material out?
> >
> > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> >
> > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great
shows.
> >
> > BN
yes, the germans have been there!
3days in great town seattle (too bad, we couldnt make portland), and one
night at the funhouse! everything is been said. we enjoyed it very much. 3
great bands. special thanks to satans pilgrims, the reason for us to go. pity,
doors closed at 2h. that was new to us. anyway, it was worth every f*****
meter we reclined.
hope to see you guys again somewhere.
thanks brian for the pics and clips. hope for more!!!
marco
--- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
>
> On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun that
> weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were more
> of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an ok
> performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and conveying
> to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to see
> you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow, ok,
> let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
> does have a ring of truth to it.
> It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
> cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked up
> with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never heard
> of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
> who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie Speaker.
> The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q & A.
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any better
> in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate the
> music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local fans
> dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had played
> the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
> we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
> We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the shop
> getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My first
> practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!! Dave's
> reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was the
> sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we weren't
> too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
> sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not playing
> at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a lot
> worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear that
> night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your touch
> of red right here."
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
> with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously fit
> into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in all,
> that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and not
> having played together for so long.
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
> got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the Dual
> Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
> that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
> buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best, because
> the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> material out?
>
> Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
> all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
> songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes have
> been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release it,
> though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he has
> control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way to
> finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> would be worth it.
> If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices, so
> a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
>
> 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> America's top vocalists?
>
> No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
> the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
> though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
> encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in the
> US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be honest, I
> think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
>
> Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
> record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> -Ted Pilgrim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > Ted,
> >
> > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> > material out?
> >
> > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> >
> > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great shows.
> >
> > BN
Marco,
Wow, glad you made it and had a good time. I wish I had been able to
talk to you. I was looking for the white flower, but never saw it.
Thanks!
Ted Pilgrim
--- In , "madluca2002" <m.westphal@h...>
wrote:
> yes, the germans have been there!
> 3days in great town seattle (too bad, we couldnt make portland), and
one
> night at the funhouse! everything is been said. we enjoyed it very
much. 3
> great bands. special thanks to satans pilgrims, the reason for us to
go. pity,
> doors closed at 2h. that was new to us. anyway, it was worth every
f*****
> meter we reclined.
>
> hope to see you guys again somewhere.
>
> thanks brian for the pics and clips. hope for more!!!
>
> marco
>
> --- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...>
wrote:
> >
> > On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> > thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun that
> > weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were more
> > of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> > truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> > this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> > mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> > goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an ok
> > performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and conveying
> > to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to see
> > you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow, ok,
> > let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> > like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
> > does have a ring of truth to it.
> > It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> > (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> > Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
> > cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked up
> > with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> > newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never heard
> > of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
> > who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> > I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> > because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie Speaker.
> > The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> > assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q
& A.
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> > gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> > well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> > get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any better
> > in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate the
> > music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local fans
> > dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> > Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> > together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had played
> > the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
> > we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
> > We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> > got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the shop
> > getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> > Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My first
> > practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> > very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!! Dave's
> > reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was the
> > sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> > fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we weren't
> > too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
> > sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not playing
> > at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a lot
> > worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> > any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> > Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear that
> > night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your touch
> > of red right here."
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> > bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
> > with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> > where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> > audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously fit
> > into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in all,
> > that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and not
> > having played together for so long.
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> > too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> > weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
> > got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the Dual
> > Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
> > that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
> > buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best, because
> > the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> > material out?
> >
> > Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
> > all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> > idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> > did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> > re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> > Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
> > songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> > didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes have
> > been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release it,
> > though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he has
> > control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> > worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> > Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way to
> > finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> > would be worth it.
> > If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices, so
> > a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
> >
> > 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> > America's top vocalists?
> >
> > No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
> > the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
> > though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
> > encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in the
> > US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be honest, I
> > think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> > (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
> >
> > Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
> > record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> > -Ted Pilgrim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
> > > Ted,
> > >
> > > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> > >
> > > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > > about the shows?
> > >
> > > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like?
Was it
> > > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> > > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> > >
> > > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> > >
> > > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> > >
> > > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> > >
> > > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> > > material out?
> > >
> > > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> > >
> > > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great
shows.
> > >
> > > BN
I can say it, think it, hope for it, etc. We'll work on it and see
what's possible.
Thanks,
Ted
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
> Ted.
> Can you say Calif. Tour in 2006 ?
>
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> -- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...>
> wrote:
> >
> > On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> > thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun
> that
> > weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were
> more
> > of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> > truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> > this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> > mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> > goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an
> ok
> > performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and
> conveying
> > to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to
> see
> > you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow,
> ok,
> > let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> > like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
> > does have a ring of truth to it.
> > It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> > (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> > Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
> > cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked
> up
> > with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> > newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never
> heard
> > of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
> > who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> > I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> > because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie
> Speaker.
> > The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> > assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q &
> A.
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> > gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> > well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> > get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any
> better
> > in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate
> the
> > music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local
> fans
> > dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was
> it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> > Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> > together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had
> played
> > the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
> > we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
> > We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> > got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the
> shop
> > getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> > Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My
> first
> > practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> > very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!!
> Dave's
> > reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was
> the
> > sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> > fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we
> weren't
> > too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
> > sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not
> playing
> > at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a
> lot
> > worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> > any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> > Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear
> that
> > night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your
> touch
> > of red right here."
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> > bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
> > with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> > where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> > audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously
> fit
> > into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in
> all,
> > that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and
> not
> > having played together for so long.
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> > too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> > weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
> > got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the
> Dual
> > Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
> > that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
> > buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best,
> because
> > the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> > material out?
> >
> > Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
> > all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> > idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> > did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> > re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> > Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
> > songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> > didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes
> have
> > been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release
> it,
> > though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he
> has
> > control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> > worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> > Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way
> to
> > finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> > would be worth it.
> > If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices,
> so
> > a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
> >
> > 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> > America's top vocalists?
> >
> > No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
> > the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
> > though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
> > encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in
> the
> > US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be
> honest, I
> > think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> > (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
> >
> > Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
> > record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> > -Ted Pilgrim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
> wrote:
> > > Ted,
> > >
> > > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> > >
> > > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > > about the shows?
> > >
> > > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like?
> Was it
> > > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was
> this
> > > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> > >
> > > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> > >
> > > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> > >
> > > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> > >
> > > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting
> new
> > > material out?
> > >
> > > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> > >
> > > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great
> shows.
> > >
> > > BN
Sweet, that would be most Bad Ass.
I'm sure there would be quite a few bands around Bay area, and So.
Cal. that would/could help out with show venues, and wanna play with
You guys. I'm crossing my fingers.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...>
wrote:
> I can say it, think it, hope for it, etc. We'll work on it and see
> what's possible.
> Thanks,
> Ted
>
> --- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...>
wrote:
> > Ted.
> > Can you say Calif. Tour in 2006 ?
> >
> > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > -- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of
SG101 is
> > > thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin'
fun
> > that
> > > weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there
were
> > more
> > > of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you
the
> > > truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing
for
> > > this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in
the
> > > mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver
the
> > > goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on
an
> > ok
> > > performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and
> > conveying
> > > to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here
to
> > see
> > > you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and
go "wow,
> > ok,
> > > let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we
felt
> > > like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb
joke, but
> > > does have a ring of truth to it.
> > > It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> > > (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> > > Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great
combination of
> > > cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us
hooked
> > up
> > > with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of
other
> > > newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never
> > heard
> > > of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick
Selby,
> > > who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> > > I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond
organ,
> > > because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie
> > Speaker.
> > > The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with
his
> > > assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the
Q &
> > A.
> > >
> > > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys
feel
> > > about the shows?
> > >
> > > We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a
real
> > > gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to
go
> > > well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried
not to
> > > get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any
> > better
> > > in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that
appreciate
> > the
> > > music travel long distances to see us combined with our old
local
> > fans
> > > dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for
us.
> > >
> > > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like?
Was
> > it
> > > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was
this
> > > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> > >
> > > Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> > > Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had
played
> > > together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had
> > played
> > > the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and
Ragtop
> > > we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing
live.
> > > We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other
guys
> > > got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in
the
> > shop
> > > getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin,
an
> > > Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My
> > first
> > > practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they
seemed
> > > very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!!
> > Dave's
> > > reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it
was
> > the
> > > sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it
was
> > > fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we
> > weren't
> > > too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was
beginning to
> > > sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
> > >
> > > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> > >
> > > "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not
> > playing
> > > at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it
looked a
> > lot
> > > worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show
without
> > > any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because,
as
> > > Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage
wear
> > that
> > > night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got
your
> > touch
> > > of red right here."
> > >
> > > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> > >
> > > We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> > > bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing
around
> > > with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The
shows
> > > where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> > > audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows
obviously
> > fit
> > > into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all
in
> > all,
> > > that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower,
and
> > not
> > > having played together for so long.
> > >
> > > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear,
outfits,
> > > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> > >
> > > We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little
stinky
> > > too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple
of
> > > weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play
through
> > > got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used
the
> > Dual
> > > Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman
head
> > > that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed
from our
> > > buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best,
> > because
> > > the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
> > >
> > > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and
putting new
> > > material out?
> > >
> > > Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever
we can
> > > all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long
distance
> > > idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and
writing we
> > > did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> > > re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> > > Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we
recorded 10
> > > songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because
he
> > > didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original
tapes
> > have
> > > been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to
release
> > it,
> > > though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so
he
> > has
> > > control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band
thing
> > > worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> > > Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only
way
> > to
> > > finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking,
but
> > > would be worth it.
> > > If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our
practices,
> > so
> > > a release of new original material is definitely possible as
well.
> > >
> > > 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being
one of
> > > America's top vocalists?
> > >
> > > No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV,
never in
> > > the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe
(even
> > > though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it
as an
> > > encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here
in
> > the
> > > US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be
> > honest, I
> > > think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> > > (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
> > >
> > > Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006,
either a
> > > record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> > > -Ted Pilgrim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In , "Brian Neal"
<bgneal@g...>
> > wrote:
> > > > Ted,
> > > >
> > > > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys
feel
> > > > about the shows?
> > > >
> > > > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs
like?
> > Was it
> > > > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click?
Was
> > this
> > > > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> > > >
> > > > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> > > >
> > > > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> > > >
> > > > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear,
outfits,
> > > > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> > > >
> > > > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and
putting
> > new
> > > > material out?
> > > >
> > > > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the
great
> > shows.
> > > >
> > > > BN
