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Man I was a goober back in the day. When I was 20 I turned away a chick that came and jumped in my bed on a Saturday morning. I’d literally and against my will agreed to get back together with my ex the night before. The ex just wouldn’t take “No” for an answer. I finally agreed to get back together with her cause I was exhausted and she wouldn’t leave.
Next morning a chick I’d met the night before who’d come calling for my little brother and looked like she’d just stepped from Vixen video leaped into my bed and asked, “Did you ever just wanna rip off your clothes and make love to someone you just met?”
Talk a out a mental face palm. If I’d stuck to my guns the night before my conscience would have green lighted the offer but I turned her down and explained the situation.
Every time I see or here of Vixen I think about that morning. The chick was a drummer too! And she was Hotter Than Hell!
I guess I dodged a bullet cause she turned out to be pretty psycho. But the ex wasted 9 years of my life so who knows?
Dang I was a lot better of a man when I was younger. Turned down a lot of offers cause of my conscience and guilt I knew I’d face.
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
YOU BUNCH OF FRIGGING REDNECKS, BEACH MUSIC IS IN MY SOUL
SLICK, tell what ya know about the Godfather of surf music?
It’s a long read but worth it.....
The Dick Dale Phenomenon. His style is something different and unique. Since his first appearances Balboa, Ca. at the famed Rendezvous Ballroom, he has set and broken attendance records everywhere he's performed. His appearances at the Rendezvous Ballroom broke every existing record for the Ballroom by drawing capacity crowds of over four thousand screaming dancing fans every weekend each night down on the Balboa peninsula.
Dick Dale invented surf music in the 1950's. Not the '60's as is commonly believed. He was given the title "King of the Surf Guitar" by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from sun-up to sun-down. He met Leo Fender the guitar and amplifier Guru and Leo asked Dale to play his newly creation, the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief, he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards, Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed and changing the chords in his head then transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before.
Leo Fender gave the Fender Stratocaster along with a Fender Amp to Dale and told him to beat it to death and tell him what he thought of it. Dale took the guitar and started to beat it to death, and he blew up Leo Fender's amp and blew out the speaker. Dale proceeded to blow up forty nine amps and speakers; they would actually catch on fire. Leo would say, 'Dick, why do you have to play so loud?' Dale would explain that he wanted to create the sound of Gene Krupa the famous jazz drummer that created the sounds of the native dancers in the jungles along with the roar of mother nature's creature's and the roar of the ocean.
Leo Fender kept giving Dale amps and Dale kept blowing them up! Till one night Leo and his right hand man Freddy T. went down to the Rendezvous Ballroom on the Balboa Peninsula in Balboa, California and stood in the middle of Four Thousand screaming dancing Dick Dale fans and said to Freddy, I now know what Dick Dale is trying to tell me. Back to the drawing board. A special 85 watt output transformer was made that peaked 100 watts when dale would pump up the volume of his amp, this transformer would create the sounds along with Dale's style of playing, the kind of sounds that Dale dreamed of. BUT! they now needed a speaker that would handle the power and not burn up from the volume that would come from Dale's guitar.
Leo, Freddy and Dale went to the James B. Lansing speaker company, and they explained that they wanted a fifteen inch speaker built to their specifications. That speaker would soon be known as the 15'' JBL -D130 speaker. It made the complete package for Dale to play through and was named the Single Showman Amp. When Dale plugged his Fender Stratocaster guitar into the new Showman Amp and speaker cabinet, Dale became the first creature on earth to jump from the volume scale of a modest quiet guitar player on a scale of 4 to blasting up through the volume scale to TEN! That is when Dale became the "Father of Heavy Metal" as quoted from Guitar Player Magazine. Dale broke through the electronic barrier limitations of that era!
Dale still wanted to go further, and as the crowds increased, Dale's volume increased, but he still wanted a bigger punch with thickness in the sound so that it would pulsate into the audience and leave them breathless. The JBL-D130 was doing its job until Dale froze it in the frame that held the speaker, the speaker cone would twist from the heavy playing from Dale and it would soon twist and stop to fluctuate back n forth.
Leo, Freddy and Dale went back to the JBL speaker company and told them to rubberize the front ridge of the speaker allowing it to push forward and backward from the signal of Dale's guitar without cocking and twisting. The new updated version was called the JBL D-130F; the F stood for Fender.
Leo, Freddy and Dale designed a speaker cabinet and in which they installed 2 -15''-JBL-D130F's. This caused Leo Fender to have to create a new and more powerful output transformer, they would call it the Dick Dale Transformer and it was made by the Triad Company.
This became the 100 watt output transformer that would actually peak 180 watts. Nothing like this had ever been done before in the world of guitars and amplifiers. This became known as the Dual-Showman Piggy Back Amp. This is why Dick Dale is called the Father of all the power Players in the world!
It is a Phenomena, that Dale is still playing with not only the same vengeance as he did in the 50's, but his playing is unleashed and shredding into the 90's with a focus and power as if from mother nature. He shares the stage with fellow players of all generations up into the alternative's of the 90's. Being completely self taught, Dick Dale plays left handed upside down which was a result of holding the guitar left-handed. The strings became upside-down, chords are designed for right handed players making it very difficult for a left handed player unless he were to change the strings for a left handed guitar, something that Dale never did.
Dale is also a master at the Acoustic, Electronic, Bass and Spanish Guitars'. As well as the Ukulele, Banjo, Drums, Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboard, Harpsichord, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Harmonica, Xylophone and, believe it or not... the Accordion!
Dale was also responsible for another creation to the world of guitar players, "The Fender Tank Reverb". As Dale sang in his shows, he found that he did not have a vibrato in his voice, and he did not like the straight flat dry sound. to sustain his vocal notes, he turned to an old Hammond organ and found a reverb unit and showed it to Leo Fender and together they came up with the "Fender Tank Reverb". Dale then plugged a Shure Dynamic Bird cage Microphone into it and as Dale sang, his voice took on a very rich, sexy and full sound. Later, Dale then plugged his Fender Stratocaster guitar into the Reverb Tank to sustain his guitar notes which became Dale's trademark sound.) (NOTE) Dale had already been titled "King of the Surf Guitar" by his surfer friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first album called "Surfer's Choice" was the first Surfing album to be commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in San Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold over eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the 90's it would be like 4 million. There was not one song on that album that had a Reverb for effects, everything was played with nothing but Dale's sheer force and power. A bit of trivia, Dale's recording of "Miserlou" became the title song for Quentin Tarantino's Blockbuster movie "Pulp Fiction".
Dick Dale has been called one of the hardest working men in show business. In the past five years he has maintained a heavy concert tour and public appearance schedule throughout the world. Focusing in Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, South America and the U.S.
He makes time to endorse some of his favorite products, including Dean Markley strings, Dale's string sizes are 16p, 18p, 20p. 38w, 48w, 58w...they use to be 39w, 49w, 60w.....he says he's getting lazy now. Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Graphtech String Saddles, Billabong clothing and Australia's Ugg Boot Company. Perhaps his most prominent endorsement would have to be for Fender Musical Instruments. Because of the popularity of Dale's signature playing, Fender added to their inventory of guitars, the making of the Dick Dale Signature Stratocaster which seems to be a favorite amongst the Dick Dale guitar players. John English, Fender's custom guitar maker set out to the task of building Dale's Signature Stratocaster guitar with Dale being the overseer. To be included with his favorites was the honor distinction to be the first musician ever to be endorsed by Telex Corp. Using the Telex FMR450 Digital Wireless which has made it possible for Dale to play his guitar walking into the audience.
Along with his Dual Showman Fender Amps, Dale is particular in what tubes that he uses to help create his sound, he has chosen Ruby Tubes from a company called Magic Parts located in Point Reyes Station, California (800) 451-1992
Dale has also recorded original material for Disneyland's Space Mountain roller coaster ride, and the soundtrack for the History of NASA video shown in Space Mountain. Dale's music is being used in all the Disneyland's throughout the world along with being featured in a Disneyland Music album which is being sold by Disneyland. May 21, 1998 a historical day for Disneyland, Dick Dale was chosen to be the person to highlight the grand opening of Tomorrowland by standing on top of Space Mountain (without the use of a safety harness) with his Gold Fender Stratocaster guitar (the beast) and play for all to hear throughout Disneyland "Ghost Riders"& "Miserlou" - Dale's music has gone down in the annals of Disneyland history.
Being a unique and versatile artist, Dick Dale is not limited to his musical skills. He has proved to be a respected Home designer and builder, personally designing and hand drawing the elevations and building his parents 7,000 square foot single story dream home in the California high desert so that he can be within easy reach to them. As of January 24, Dale's parent's celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary, his dad is 86 and his mother is 81 years young. Dale is an accomplished Horseman, Exotic Animal Trainer, Surfer, Martial Arts Expert, Archer, and Pilot. His favorite plane is a Cessna 337B Super Skymaster, a twin tailed, front and rear engine aircraft which was also flown in the military and also sold to the general aviation pilots. Dale has a twin engine pilot rating.
Featured in various articles including the Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, Guitar World Magazine, Guitar and Guitar Player Mag and just recently the back cover of Fender Frontline Magazine with his 5 year old son Jimmy Stix holding their Fender Strats. And in 1981, Dick Dale was awarded Guitarist of the Year by Guitar Player Magazine.
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
No it wasn’t The Ramones as some idiots on Youtube argue...
And no it wasn’t the Sex Pistols either...
And no, not The Bullocks...
It was a band name Los Saicos from Peru!!!
And no they were not influenced by The Beatles.
The Beatles earliest release was 1963. Less than a year later Los Saicos (The Psychos) released this song...
The lyrics....
Demolition
Tatata... Yayaya...
Let's bring down the train station
Let's bring down the train station
Let's bring down the train station
Let's bring down the train station
Demolish, demolish, demolish, demolish
Let's bring down the train station
Demolish, demolish the train station
Demolish, demolish the train station
Tatata... Yayaya...
We like to blow up the train station
Demolish, demolish, demolish, demolish
We like to blow up the train station
Demolish, demolish, demolish, demolish
Yeyeye... Yeyeye...
Yeyeye... Yeyeye...
Demolish, demolish, demolish, demolish
Tatata... Yayaya...
Probably the reason you’ve never heard of this band is because they only made music for 2 years before breaking up. They recorded their first record in their garage. Listen to Love Me Do by The Beatles....clearly not even in the ball park.
Dick Dale had been making music for 7 years before The Beatles came on the scene and it’s obvious from the opening guitar riff who they’re hero was.
Dick Dale also appeared on the Ed Sullivan show before the Beatles.
The timelines all match up, I just can’t figure out the missing piece. The lyrics, what drove Los Saicos to write such anarchic lyrics???
Any ideas? There’s some film on YouTube about the band. Believe it or not they were still performing as of 2015. Rock and Roll will never die.
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now this is just dang weird and a sign that a higher power is at play....
1st and Goal sent me a flag video....
I thought it was awesome...sent it out to several friends.
One of them happened to be an old friend from high school who’s a pastor now in Tennessee.
He wrote back and we chatted all night about everything going on. We got into music and he told me I was the dude who turned him onto Queen back in art class when I gave him a cassette with Bohemian Rhapsody on it.
He assumed I’d heard of Marc Martel. I confessed ignorance of the name. Turns out this guy made a name for himself as a Christian singer before being discovered as an almost flawless Freddie Mercury imitator. Heard he did a lot of the vocals for the movie.
So strange the confluence of events that a week apart I’d here this singer from a pastor in Tenn and then see the same singer posted by none other than SLICK who is clearly Satan’s illegitimate child. I kid I kid. That would be Trump. I kid I kid.
Strange times! I almost expect a Horde Of Locusts pretty soon!
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Been some great guitar players featured in this thread.
I might have missed it....am I the first to bring it with a player who was a living legend before he was taken from us in a helicopter crash? Only four studio albums before he died. What a shame.
Watch as he does a sound check! You can tell he’d just rolled out of bed...he’s walking around the stage actually yawning before he brings the noise!
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
My dad gave my brother Jud Couldn’t Stand The Weather for Christmas one year. He told him he might not like it but just listen to the whole tape first and if he didn’t like it my dad told Jud to let him know because my dad wanted it.
Jud admits to tossing it to the side that Christmas morning for several hours while he noodled with with his other gifts. Finally out of boredom he threw the cassette in and heard Scuttlebutton. His mind did cartwheels. Ran threw the house getting all of us to hear what he was hearing.
Several years later my dad took the whole family to see Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium during the Live Alive tour..
I’m not making it up when I say that show was magic!
Even remember the opening act!
Lonnie Mack....
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
My all time favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan track. It aint fast, it ain’t busy...it’s all about the tone and how a man can make a guitar literally cry. If you play and have a wah pedal this is first base!
He literally rips some of the notes out of his fender strat.
Another great wah player paying tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan....
Can’t touch Vaughan though.
“Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
