In a message dated 3/9/99 3:22:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< I can't think of many twang bands who
incorporate surf other than the Sadies >>
Deke dickerson did a few surfy numbers at the Cheapo instore on saturday. Good
stuff.
Slim
In a message dated 3/9/99 3:02:04 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< True. I offer surf for a reason, as it is an instrumentally-based style
of rock. Off the top of my head, I can't think of many twang bands who
incorporate surf other than the Sadies (though I haven't hear
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 9-Mar-99 RE: instrumentally
speaking.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne
> > The Sadies have a few on their album (I think the
> > surf influence has a lot to do with it...
>
> Not to mention the bluegrass/country one , which I'm reminded of because
> there w
>See, now, and I thought the whole *point* of punk was to *not* be able to
>play well. .."F**k this elitist, bourgeois, closed music system. We're gonna
>play even though we don't know how, and maybe that'll turn the world of
>music on its ear, and even if it doesn't we'll have a good time with
Sez Carl:
>> One problem I see with your logic, Jon, is that much of the rock side of
>> alt.country's influences (especially the punk artists), for whatever
>> reason, don't include many instrumentals. Bands influenced by the
>> Clash, the Sex Pistols, and the Velvet Ungerground tend to sing (o
> > I'd be
> > hard-pressed to think of examples of instrumentals in the
> alt.country field
> > that don't fall pretty clearly into the out-of-classic-country stream,
> > rather than the, er, UT-and-before-and-after one.
>
> One problem I see with your logic, Jon, is that much of the rock side of
