[bomp] [Old Guitarists Die Hard )was bomp] re: dick dale

["Rocky Serkowney" <rocky.serkowney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

This reminds me of the time we caught Link Wray a couple years ago.  Kinda
disappointing in that the band was pretty metallic sounding and Link
insisted on playing looong versions of only a handful of his tunes.  Case in
point, he played about a 10-minute "Comanchi" until he blew his amp.  After
the opening band (the Chickens, I think came to the rescue by lending an amp
within 5 minutes or so, what did we hear?  Ten more minutes of "Comanchi"!!

So I guess it's always a bit of a crap shoot when it comes to current live
performances by these guitar "legends".  Still, hard not to check 'em out if
they hit town, especially if one hasn't had the live experience with 'em
before.

Squirrely.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Emery" <jemery@pstrategies.com>
To: <bomp@router.xnet2.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: [bomp] re: dick dale


>
> he's just nuts.  when he plays live now you're treated to a lengthy
version
> of peter gunn, sometimes more than once per set.  you get a vocal
rendition
> of house of the rising sun, also sometimes more than once per set.
miserlou
> is still great, but chances are you won't hear any of his other monster
> instro tunes from the 60s.  last time i saw him he spent about 5 full
> minutes mid-set talking all this crap about deforestation of the trees in
> south america and whatnot, said, "this next song is about how we must take
> care of our environment" -- then he plays "the victor"!

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