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Thanks for that story Dano. I really enjoy "Desolation Planet", you could
tell they put a lot of effort into making each song different. And the sad
song at the end, as if transmitted from a dying planet, compressed like its
over an AM radio, is really nice. Does anyone know what is up with this
band? The guitar player was (and maybe still is) on this list. If you like
Man or Astro-Man? you will like this CD. Lots of chord based groovin' rock.
It's not trad surf, but it fits nicely in the same neighborhood.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: -=Dan Ware=-
>
> One of my favorite surf cuts of all time is on Big Ray's "Desolation
> Planet" - the tune is "Sputnik". One night after seeing a Big Ray
> gig, I was
> hanging out on some steps of some apartment building with Paul
> the drummer
> from Big Ray and a couple of other friends of ours. This random
> girl pulls
> up in a big caddy and motions me over to her car, so being a true
> American
> youth, I go over to see what she wants. She asks me for a light
> so she can
> light her cigarette. I don't smoke, but I knew Paul did, so I
> yelled up to
> Paul to come down and help her out. By the time I got to the
> steps we were
> hanging on, Paul had jumped into the girls car and left with her.
> Turns out
> she was this nice girl from Russia who Paul wound up being pretty good
> friends with later on. Big Ray and crew asked her to be on the
> album and her
> voice is the one speaking Russian at the beginning of "Sputnik".
> Always felt
> that if a surf tune deserved a video, it was that one.
>
>
> -Dano
> -=The Nebulas=-
>
>
>
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
<Does anyone know what is up with this band? The
guitar player was (and maybe still is) on this list.>
I don't know how often Chris (Big Ray) reads the list
mail, but he lives in Atlanta about an hour north of
me. I'm actually on the guest list to see Big Ray and
The Futuras open for The Cindy Wilson band at Eddie's
Attic in Decatur this Thursday. The last time I asked
him about it (I'll ask him again when I see him if he
doesn't respond here) he had a couple of guys with him
filling in on the rythm section for Big Ray and he was
continuing to do gigs with Cindy Wilson band. His
original bass player and drummer still live in
Massachusets and that's who went with him on their
last Eurpean tour. So the band is still kicking in a
couple of different forms as far as I know. I'll post
a show review here after Thursday because I'm totally
looking forward to seeing them in action. I have two
albums, Desolation Planet and Airwaves, both of which
I enjoy immensely, and Airwaves is probably one of the
five best examples of live showmanship I've ever
heard.
Richard
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