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Yeah, "A Run For Life" is also one of my favorite Dick Dale tunes!
Besides the stuff you mentioned, I also think the tambourine (!)
really ads to it. Also always thought that "A Run For Life" was
recorded after "The Wedge"?
Speaking of "The Wedge", one of my favorite versions is the teenage
mayhem onslaught recorded by Johnny Barakat and the Vestells. Anyone
who haven't heard it can listen to it from the link below (don't
forget to crank up the volume!)
/ Klas
--- In , "kahunatikiman" <chris@b...>
wrote:
>One of my
> favorite D.D. songs is the original version of "The Wedge"
called "A
> Run for Life" there are so many cool thinks going on on that
song.
> The haunting vocal backing, the cool horns, the
> accoustic "Shadows" rhythm guitar. It might be my favorite all
> time surf song!
>
> Speaking of "The Wedge", one of my favorite versions is the
teenage
> mayhem onslaught recorded by Johnny Barakat and the Vestells.
Anyone
> who haven't heard it can listen to it from the link below (don't
> forget to crank up the volume!)
>
>
>
> / Klas
> The Johnny Barakat version is great! If there was ever any doubt
about the origins of punk, this song might solve it. I can't
believe how fast and out of control it is. The drummer is going
nuts! Live surf music in the early sixties must have really been
something!
Chris
>
> --- In , "kahunatikiman" <chris@b...>
> wrote:
>
> >One of my
> > favorite D.D. songs is the original version of "The Wedge"
> called "A
> > Run for Life" there are so many cool thinks going on on that
> song.
> > The haunting vocal backing, the cool horns, the
> > accoustic "Shadows" rhythm guitar. It might be my favorite all
> > time surf song!
ARFL was rerecorded as The Wedge, and IMHO, ARFL is MUCH better than
anything else DD ever did. It's vibrant, manic, explosive, tense, and you're
just exhausted by the end. He totally captured the mood and emotion of
surfing. Miserlou and all the stuff that followed was down hill after it.
JB may chime in on this, he knows all the details and facts - "Legends Of
Surf Guitar Vol.1" and his linernotes are what turned me onto it in the
first place.
Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klas Fjellgren" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:14 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Dick Dale "A Run For Life"
>
>
> Yeah, "A Run For Life" is also one of my favorite Dick Dale tunes!
> Besides the stuff you mentioned, I also think the tambourine (!)
> really ads to it. Also always thought that "A Run For Life" was
> recorded after "The Wedge"?
>
> Speaking of "The Wedge", one of my favorite versions is the teenage
> mayhem onslaught recorded by Johnny Barakat and the Vestells. Anyone
> who haven't heard it can listen to it from the link below (don't
> forget to crank up the volume!)
>
>
>
> / Klas
>
>
> --- In , "kahunatikiman" <chris@b...>
> wrote:
>
>>One of my
>> favorite D.D. songs is the original version of "The Wedge"
> called "A
>> Run for Life" there are so many cool thinks going on on that
> song.
>> The haunting vocal backing, the cool horns, the
>> accoustic "Shadows" rhythm guitar. It might be my favorite all
>> time surf song!
>
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