5/26/07 - East Coast Tremors
opening for Dick Dale in MA
Saturday nite at the Beachcomber on outer Cape Cod was a great time for surf
music on the dunes. The Dick Dale show was sold out to capacity of about 300
crazy surf music fans. I happened to take a last last minute trip to the outer
Cape and was lucky to catch the show with East Coast Tremors starting the fire
that nite. When I entered the club toward the end of their set, the crowd was
juiced and the dancefloor was packed full of surf beat twisters...they had just
come off a "marathon" line-up delivery of songs - with no breaks between
songs(approx 30 min.) and the sweat was pouring from the band...including the
new drummer Mike Purcell who sounded great. These guys were on their native turf
and they ripped through the opening slot with their brand of original
psycho-surf.
After catching a blistering set by East Coast Tremors and a couple of Goombay
Smashes(drinks), the 4 Showman cabinets were exposed and miked up, I watched Sam
and Brian hop on stage and wait for the sound of the "Beast". Soon Dick Dale
blew in from the side and proceeded to shred the stage. He was in a fiesty mood
that nite and chatted a little less than the Thursday Iron Horse/SPF-4
show...playing about 2 hours of his classic material, mixed with other surf
classics done his way. Of course, Brian and Sam were like a power machine
backing him and every quirk, tight as ever. The crowd was crazy and you could
see he was feeding off the energy, occasionally jumping into the packed dance
floor.
After the show, in his usual manor he greeted and signed for patrons. I had a
nice chat with Sam, Brian and the guys from East Coast Tremors, downed my last
Goombay and hit the road, only after watering the edge of the dunes above the
ocean. I had another good fix of surf music that nite.
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