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Jim Fuller RIP
By: cockroach Date: March 4, 2017, 7:48 am
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Sad news..apparently he passed away a day or so ago..he was 69..
Jim was the original lead guitarist in The Surfaris and played
on Wipe Out and a number of subsequent hits..
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Re: Jim Fuller RIP
By: Jeff Green Date: March 17, 2017, 10:19 pm
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Sad news!
We Pickniks opened for The Surfaris at The Cleveland's Beachland
Ballroom in 2004.
Paul Johnson was with The Surfaris and specifically asked us to
play his classic, "Mr. Moto".
We really didn't think it was appropriate for us to play it at
that show, but he insisted.
After hearing it, he said he was delighted that our arrangement
incorporated some new ideas.
He told us that hopefully one of his future projects was to
release an album completely of "Mr. Motos".
Ours was one he said he'd for sure want on it.
Some Bad Luck! Jim Pash's guitar was lost at Hopkin's Airport.
So... Jim Pash borrowed my Black Jazzmaster, and used it to play
"Wipeout!". Wow!
I took that same Jazzmaster as a backup to the 2013 Ventures Fan
Fest, and Bob Spalding, who'd brought
an acoustic to The Fan Fest that year, no electric guitar,
borrowed my Black Beauty to play that day.
Among the tunes he played was "Walk": Don't Run!" Wow again!
BTW, it's also the very same Jazzmaster that I had with me on
the 2003 Cruise To Baja with The Ventures.
It's absolutely amazing, because other than the cruise, the
other happenings were unexpected turns of events.
OK, on The Surfaris original recording of "Wipeout!", Jim Fuller
did play the lead guitar, Jim Pash was the saxophone player.
But, Jim Pash was not present at the session when "Wipeout!" was
recorded, so he's not on the group's biggest hit.
So what's up at The Beachland gig with Jim Fuller playing
unplugged acoustic guitar, and Jim Pash playing lead guitar?
...Jim Fuller was having a too much of a good time drinking Wild
Turkey, straight, no chaser!
Yet, I have to include that when they held a "Wipeout!" drum
contest, led by Jim Pash,
it was Jim Fuller who picked up Don Ressler's Red DiPinto
Galaxie, and played "Wipeout!" flawlessly!
The next morning I had breakfast with The Surfaris, and Jim Pash
was not there.
He had gone back to the airport after receiving the call that
his missing Fender Stratocaster was found. Yay!
I was with Jim Fuller was at breakfast. Can you guess his
breakfast? It was Yogurt and fruit! Health foods!
Nice guy Jim Fuller signed my record sleeve for The Surfaris
"Wipeout!"
Sad, about exactly to the day, a year later, Jim Pash passed
away, and now Jim Fuller is gone.
I'm glad I met those guys. I was totally enthralled when I heard
"Wipeout!", which I learned
to play in 1963 from my school classmate Bob Barner.(fine
guitarist!)
Oh, and The Winner of The Drum Contest is...Sally West, drummer
for The Surf Dawgs!===
Jeff Green
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