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I gotta tell ya, New England's SPF-4 were swinging through the New York City
area yesterday, and were looking for a gig
So I reached out to OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD, and they let me put together a
"mini" SURF-ROCK SHINDIG - 2 bands, SPF-4 and TARANTINOS/NYC
Very grateful to OTTO's for giving me this available time
And thanks for local artists TARANTINOS/NYC for stepping up and taking the 8
pm slot, and giving SPF-4 the 9 pm slot
I suspect the Blue StingRaye will eventually post a review, and, as usual, I
like to defer to her
But, as the saying goes, YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE!
I have watched both of these bands - SPF-4 for a longer period - grow and
develop into powerhouse live acts -- it was a wonderful double-whammy of a bill
(forgive the obvious pun) -- the playing was precision-sharp, the tone each band
got from their guitar amps was clean and not-too-loud -- it just came together
musically and visually in quite stunning a fashion
TARANTINOS/NYC were lookin' sharp as usual - give them a lot of credit for
honing their craft - they play tribute to a lot of movie genre instro, and have
a lot of fun doing it; you gotta love a drummer who yells out hilarious stuff
and gives himself his own rimshots!! Great nonsensical sense of humor and
killer twang (hey that's what TWANG SHEBANG is all about!) - I think this band
HAS to be seen LIVE to be fully appreciated -- you can hear them on the upcoming
edition #31 of TWANG SHEBANG where I have devoted the show exclusively to
"unsteady spaghetti western"/scary-horror/and spy-fi
For real: I was in tears when SPF-4 did their intense version of the
CHANTAYS' 'CRYSTAL T' - I think this, for me, is their signature song -- it
brought everybody to a hollerin' crescendo; and 'JOURNEY TO THE STARS' is also
killer; heard some NEW, YEAH ORIGINAL!! NUMBERS from SPF-4 -- like I've said
about bands like THE SURFALICIOUS DUDES, when these bands start getting inspired
and begin offering ORIGINAL tunes, look out! stand back!
I'm proud to know these artists, and thrilled that I am allowed to bring these
live shows to the surf-hungry New York City nightlife; yeah in the dead of
winter, no less
what I noticed is that when the people who are coming to OTTO's for the 10 pm+
music that followed the mini-Shindig start trickling in, like around 9, 915, 930
pm, and come in the back room to hear the music WE are presenting, they stay,
and then totally go NUTS for it...the point is, add the challenge is...getting
exposure for LIVE SURF MUSIC to people who probably never heard this stuff in a
live setting -- the result, I find, is almost exclusively, sheer appreciation --
outside of the internet and a few FM outlets here and there, people don't get
the opportunity to hear this music -- so when they walk in on this stuff being
played LIVE -- I get a real kick out of watching the reaction of folks who have
come there NOT to hear SURF MUSIC, but end up leaving WANTING TO HEAR MORE
SURF!! I suspect people in these Yahoo groups know exactly what I am talking
about????
Cannot wait to FEB 4th - in one week - when we are back at OTTO's with 4 more
great surf/instro artists: THE OUTPATIENTS, THE CLAMS, THE MOFOS, and THE EAST
COAST TREMORS
and EVERY FIRST-SATURDAY-OF-THE-MONTH after that.....I actually have bands
asking me to hold slots for AUGUST, OCTOBER!! It would appear we are getting
entrenched, and this thing is starting to happen in a big way
upcoming shows' posters can be found in 2 places:
www.catch-the-waves.com
www.myspace.com/unsteadyfreddie
TWANG IT
AND THEY WILL COME!!
thanks to everyone!!
Unsteady Freddie
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