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stopped by the UNDERGROUND LOUNGE uptown Manhattan last night and caught some
neat cool surf from 3 of our great local NESMA bands
all 3 acts were in fine twang n reverb
first up, TARANTINOS/NYC -- this band has got the sci-fi/spaghetti western/r &
b/spy "thang" down to a neat groove -- I especially love the BOOKER T. tunes
they cover, "GREEN ONIONS" and "TIME IS TIGHT" -- those 2 trax are personal
faves from my youth -- had both those recordings on 45 rpm -- and 'surfed up' -
well, it works; they also introduced some new material ... gotta get it on
disk or mp3 so we can get it on to one of my internet radio shows; hey Joey
Tarantino--if you're readin' this, don't you have anyone else in the audience to
talk to? HAHAHAHAHA
THIS SPY SURFS - I like to call them "film noir surf" -- with obvious jazzy
influences, this band just, as usual, gets their struttin' stuff goin' and don't
let up; and T-99 just roams around the room, playing his strat like it's part
of soul...seriously...this guy rarely misses a note, and doesn't even glance at
his guitar....way too proficient...though that ain''t a complaint
and God bless VENICE BEACH MUSCLE CLUB -- another band I have watched grow in
leaps and bounds ...great mix of tunes; EVAN's pickin' was sweet melodic and,
when it needed tgo be, blistering....by the way VBMC set up the gig....bravo to
them for keepin' the twang alive, and for contsantly looking for venues to bring
live surf to NYC
lookin' back, a wondrous night of fabulous surf music -- yeah, I'm happy as
Hell
and to those band members I didn't mention -- that doesn't mean I don't love
ya, or you didn't make the reverb superb -- each & every 1 of ya' are key
elements to the bands you play for....let that be said....
Unsteady Freddie
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