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thought this post by ACE of the AQUAMARINES and my response (from
COWABUNGA YAHOO) would be worth re-posting here
Unsteady Freddie
--- In , "Ace Russell"
<the_aquamarines@y...> wrote:
>
> Aqua Surf Machines....
>
> Still trying to recover from the Brookdale Phil Dirt/KECG Unsteady
Freddie weekend. Didn't
> get to bed until 4:00 AM Saturday night (Sunday morning) at my
friend Bill's house in
> Brookdale. Just couldn't leave the party at the Lodge! Then were
abruptly awoken at 8AM
> by my friend's 4-year old who just couldn't wait to come into our
cottage and greet us!
>
> Sunday morning grabbed some quick breakfast, then dropped Yoshiko
off at home in San
> Francisco, took a quick shower, then headed over to Oakland for
the broadcast with
> Unsteady Freddie, Jimmy & Mark. Thank God Mark brought his mixer
and package of
> goodies, in addition to the microphones cables, and stuff I
brought. The station just wasn't
> set up to record live music, so we ran three mics (which we
supplied) through Mark's
> mixer, which was fed into an ancient cassette deck in the studio,
that in turn preamped
> and fed the station mixing board. We blew a fuse with our amps in
the studio about 10
> minutes before airtime. That shut down all our amps, effects, and
cassette deck 'mixer'.
> Replaced the fuse, ran an extension cord outside the studio into
the KECG 97.7 office, and
> reconnected all our power cables to my breakout box that ran about
30 feet away into the
> office. So far so good. Host DJ, Jeanne, wanted to run a video
camera of the event with
> Unsteady Freddie but couldn't figure out how to set up the camera.
So once again, Mark
> was recruited to be the A/V guy and of course pulled it off just
in time to do the show.
>
> Basically nothing short of a MIRACLE that we actually made it
work, but it did!
>
> Great show Saturday at Brookdale. People as far away as SoCal, New
York and Texas came
> for The Aquamarines 15-minute spot. No doubt others came equally
as far for the other
> fine bands that honored the show as well. A blast with Freddie and
the gang at KECG in
> Oakland on Sunday, too. What a nut job, and I mean that with all
affection for the guy!
> Rock instros need more guys like Freddie---and Phil Dirt. A lovely
surprise appearance by
> Drifting Sand's Spud during the show as well. Now there's a guy
with a a great spirit.
>
> Looking back on the year....State Fair, County Fairs, Street
Fairs, club gigs with fab bands
> (too many to mention, but I remember and love 'em all), many
private events, and public
> ones, too. It's been a fabulous year for The Aquamarines. Thank
you all for that.
>
> And I know its getting to be rather a cliché at this point, but
The Aquamarines owe an
> incredible debt of gratitude to Ferenc Dobronyi of Pollo Del Mar,
the New Millenium
> Superman of Instro Rock. Nobody more that Ferenc makes it all
happen for the benefit of
> so many people, and he never asks for anything in return. Before
too much time passes, I
> think we should honor Ferenc/Pollo Del Mar's contribution in the
manner in which Ferenc
> has honored Phil Dirt's contribution, and in return for the way
that Ferenc honors this
> genre, and all the bands and people involved.
>
> To everyone we had the pleasure of hanging out with, and I mean
EVERYONE....
> Nostrovia & AloooooooHA!
>
> Ace Russell
> The Aquamarines
Hey ACE
Bless you and your AQUAMARINE brothers for the effort way above and
beyond the call of duty at Oakland's 'More Public Radio'
It never would have come off without your actions taken
you turned "the pits" into a "pseudo Pit", if you will!!
Most most grateful to you (and the lads)
And also for the honesty in answering questions posed at you by me
while LIVE on the radio/internet for all to hear -- it helped make
surf music that more 'real', and more 'sincere' -- see, the thing
about surf music is that it's essentially unpretentious (is that a
word?), very little ego (OK sorry I forgot about Dick Dale!) -- it's
honest what-you-see/hear-is-what-you-get kind of music
so I think we all collectively did a great thing for the genre on
Sunday when we did that live show
thx, I cannot tell you what a thrill it was
Unsteady Freddie
