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* Suemi T shirts on the way*
We will be offering all the goodies T-shirts; baseball hats; and many other cool Suemi stuff soon. Get pictures of all your favorite Suemi artists. Coming soon!
*We are currently talking to NORTON RECORDS about a release they have in mind of early El Paso rock-n-roll and hopefully some early Suemi stuff will be included. www.nortonrecords.com
**We are looking for a European label to release a much needed UK Lou Pride CD.
*** Howard Steele
I got an email from Howard Steele the other day, for you folks that keep up with the old El Paso music scene of the 60.s, Howard was the guru of sound recording in El Paso. He engineered at KHEY and did a lot of stuff with a lot of the local bands including our (I Fought the Law) Bobby Fuller. He moved to LA and had a long successful audio career there and moved on to Denver area where he is Audio Video consultant. It was nice to here from him.
**** Wailing Wall
We are working with Rockadelic Records on a second vinyl release targeted for release in late summer on the group Wailing Wall. In doing the research, I came across Doug Adams; Darrell Adams and David Rutledge three of the four original members of Wailing Wall. The Adams brothers are alive and well the San Francisco Bay area . Happy to say, they are both still heavy into the music making. David Rutledge is in New Mexico outside of El Paso doing interesting musical projects, he is still a great writer and drummer. The forth Member, Mike Cancellari is in the Austin, Texas area playing first-rate-blues and if anyone is in touch with him please drop me a line.
Rod Crosby
Talked to Rod Crosby and he is doing well in El Paso. He quit the 8 to 5 world and is living the life of music. He has a state-of-the -art studio called Rosewood Studios and has been doing some significant sessions. One group he spoke of is "Sparta". They are making waves in the music world. Rod also has a sound company doing all the big gigs coming to El Paso.
Jazzman Records puts Lou Pride track on compilation CD
Jazzman Records from London England is putting out a CD of funk music from Texas circa 1970 recorded on small labels. Lou Pride's "There's Got to Be Someone for Me" is being included in the compilation.
COMING SOON!!
* We are putting together a country compilation CD of many of the unique country acts that have recorded at Suemi Records over the years.
** Also, we are listening and formulating a jazz release as well. There were some fine jazz players in El Paso and in Memphis as well.
*** Looking into live tapes of groups that played Lafayettes Music Room-Memphis: Kiss; Waylon Jennings; Chic Corea and Return To Forever"; Hoyt Axton; Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes; Phoebe Snow; Ramsey Lewis; Jerry Lee Lewis; Mary Mc Crary; Minnie Ripperton; Maria Mauldaur; Pure Prairie League; Niels Lofgren; Henry Gross; Susy Quatro; Ace Cannon; Tony Joe White
NEWS FEB. 2005
hello folks, it has been a long time since I ventured into the dark regions of internet web updates.
MIKE CICCARELLI
Been talking to Mike Ciccarelli lately and he is well and happy in southern Calif. He jams with Randy Fuller some, he played bass for a while and switched back to guitar. That is good, for he is one of the finest guitar players ever to come out of El Paso and folks, that is saying a lot.
FRANK SOTELO
Frankie Sotelo is happily married and running his own business. He has a studio at his house and has been recording some of the greats like Paul West, Pat Blanks, Jack Woodberry, Terry Wuznak. He wants to put some tunes here and I cant wait to here them.
I got to jam with Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) in Tacoma, WA and as I talked to him he mentioned that he had played with Bobby Fuller band and while in El Paso, he went to The Lobby in Juarez and heard Long John Hunter. He said it changed his life and he brought that sound back to WA. Mike Ciccarelli played with Jerrys old band (The Wailers) in CA, what a small world.
For those of you that write once in a while I appologise for not returning all you emails but I have a basic laxy streak in me.
LINKS:
NORTON RECORDS www.nortonrecords.com
SEVERN RECORDS www.severnrecords.com
HARMLESS RECORDS
TO CONTACT SUEMI RECORDS
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* HC-103 "LOU PRIDE" will be a late 2002 release on Severn Records and we honor that so it will not sold here.
CONTACT Severn Records at: www.severnrecords.com
** HC-109 "IOTA" will be released on Rockadelic Records as a limited edition vinyl release in March 2002. you can reach them at :
ROCKADELIC RECORDS
P.O. BOX 154473
IRVING, TEXAS 75015
PHONE- 972-255-2272
*** HC106 "WAILING WALL" and HC-110 "MEDICINE BAND" are currently being considered as vinyl releases on Rockadelic Records .
**** Lou Prides' "IT'S A MANS MANS MANS WORLD" was included on a UK compilation CD "Doing The James Brown" Harmless Records-HURT 032.