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In the spirit of seeking new and unusual
strains of music, I was wondering if any
of our intrepid musicians might consider
putting the surf twang onto a challenging
little number that was put out by Al DiMeola
on the Elegant Gypsy album....
"Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway".
Has anybody already done this?
Any takers?
Les, are you listening? :>)
Oh, I just listened to it again. Maybe it's
too many notes to be "Surfed". ;^P
He He
Bill
The indentured Surf
Heck, I'd love to hear 'Fantasia Suite' from "Friday Night in San
Francisco" (Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, and John McLaughlin) done up
surf style. Just the 2nd half from about 3:40 on, LOL. Get an
intense 3 way sparring contest going.
--- In , pwrose@j... wrote:
> In the spirit of seeking new and unusual
> strains of music, I was wondering if any
> of our intrepid musicians might consider
> putting the surf twang onto a challenging
> little number that was put out by Al DiMeola
> on the Elegant Gypsy album....
> "Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway".
>
> Has anybody already done this?
> Any takers?
> Les, are you listening? :>)
>
> Oh, I just listened to it again. Maybe it's
> too many notes to be "Surfed". ;^P
>
> He He
>
> Bill
> The indentured Surf
Bill,
Happy New Year.
I think I've already covered this idea for "surf." Between "Pintor" and
my classical excursions, I think I've played enough notes already :-)
Cheers,
Les
On Jan 2, 2005, at 9:58 PM, wrote:
>
> In the spirit of seeking new and unusual
> strains of music, I was wondering if any
> of our intrepid musicians might consider
> putting the surf twang onto a challenging
> little number that was put out by Al DiMeola
> on the Elegant Gypsy album....
> "Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway".
>
> Has anybody already done this?
> Any takers?
> Les, are you listening? :>)
>
> Oh, I just listened to it again. Maybe it's
> too many notes to be "Surfed". ;^P
>
> He He
>
> Bill
> The indentured Surf
>
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Not quite the same, but my band the Madeira covers Paco De
Lucia's "Almoraima". He's still one of my favorite guitarists. I
used to like Al DiMeola, but haven't listened to him in many years
now. John McLaughlin always played way too many notes and not enough
melodies...
Incidentally, here's a bit of trivia: in 1961 the Shadows original
drummer Tony Meehan left the band, to be followed next year by the
original bass player Jet Harris. Jet released a couple of singles on
his own, and then hooked up with Tony for a couple of singles
together, Diamonds and Scarlett O'Hara being the notable ones. The
songs were big hits, and the two of them started touring, backed by a
band of mostly young jazz-influenced players, including John Paul
Jones on bass (later from Led Zeppelin) and, yes, John McLaughlin on
guitar! In fact, there's a funny story by another guitarist in the
band who saw McLaughlin crying his eyes out one day while on tour
with either Jet and Tony or just Tony. He asked him what was the
matter, and McLaughlin told him that he's terribly depressed playing
this insipid music (Shadows-style instros), and that he feels like
he's getting nowhere in his career! Ain't that funny??
Ivan
--- In , "red_thundr" <red_thundr@y...>
wrote:
>
> Heck, I'd love to hear 'Fantasia Suite' from "Friday Night in San
> Francisco" (Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, and John McLaughlin) done up
> surf style. Just the 2nd half from about 3:40 on, LOL. Get an
> intense 3 way sparring contest going.
>
>
> --- In , pwrose@j... wrote:
> > In the spirit of seeking new and unusual
> > strains of music, I was wondering if any
> > of our intrepid musicians might consider
> > putting the surf twang onto a challenging
> > little number that was put out by Al DiMeola
> > on the Elegant Gypsy album....
> > "Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway".
> >
> > Has anybody already done this?
> > Any takers?
> > Les, are you listening? :>)
> >
> > Oh, I just listened to it again. Maybe it's
> > too many notes to be "Surfed". ;^P
> >
> > He He
> >
> > Bill
> > The indentured Surf
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
>
> John McLaughlin always played way too many notes and not enough
> melodies...
>
Speaking of 'too many notes', how about a surf version of Steve
Morse's "Tumeni Notes", from 'High Tension Wires'?
That's just some sick picking, I think even Al DiMeola might have a
struggle with that one!
More, Les! More!
You can never play too many notes.
(Just like you can never put too
much water into a nuclear reactor)
Les is More. :>D
Aside: My wife thinks "Jackson"
(Johnny & June Carter Cash)
done up a la surf might be a hoot.
Bill, the Indentured Surf &
Renea, the long suffering Surfragette
On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:16 AM, wrote:
Bill,
Happy New Year.
I think I've already covered this idea for "surf." Between "Pintor" and
my classical excursions, I think I've played enough notes already :-)
Cheers,
Les
On Jan 2, 2005, at 9:58 PM, wrote:
>SNIP<
> Les, are you listening? :>)
Bill,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Meanwhile, my newest instro CD is gonna be out by the end of this
month. It's called "While My Guitar Only Plays." Instros of all Beatles
tunes. I think you'll quite enjoy this one.
Cheers,
Les
On Jan 4, 2005, at 6:27 PM, wrote:
>
> More, Les! More!
> You can never play too many notes.
> (Just like you can never put too
> much water into a nuclear reactor)
> Les is More. :>D
>
> Aside: My wife thinks "Jackson"
> (Johnny & June Carter Cash)
> done up a la surf might be a hoot.
>
> Bill, the Indentured Surf &
> Renea, the long suffering Surfragette
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:16 AM, wrote:
>
> Bill,
> Happy New Year.
> I think I've already covered this idea for "surf." Between "Pintor" and
> my classical excursions, I think I've played enough notes already :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Les
>
> On Jan 2, 2005, at 9:58 PM, wrote:
>
>> SNIP<
>> Les, are you listening? :>)
>
>
>
> .
> Visit for archived
> messages, bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Yo, Les...
Put me down for one of dem dere thangs,
as your homage to the fab four is gonna blow
the doors off my garage whilst I work on my bikes!
=D
Bill, Your indentured Surf
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:04:47 -0700
From: Leslie Fradkin <>
Subject: Re: Re: Surf: New vs Old
Bill,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Meanwhile, my newest instro CD is gonna be out by the end of this
month. It's called "While My Guitar Only Plays." Instros of all Beatles
tunes. I think you'll quite enjoy this one.
Cheers,
Les
On Jan 4, 2005, at 6:27 PM, wrote:
>
> More, Les! More!
> You can never play too many notes.
> (Just like you can never put too
> much water into a nuclear reactor)
> Les is More. :>D
>
