Hello From Long Island

Radspin

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Hi Everybody,

I'm from East Northport, Long Island, been reading TGP for a while and decided it's time to actively participate. I've been posting on TDPRI for over a year and also on the Grosh Guitars forum (I recently bought a beautiful Grosh ElectraJet Standard, a fantastic guitar). I've been playing guitar, occasionally professionally, for more than 40 years and find something new about it every day.
 
Radspin

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Hi Everyone,

I figured there'd be a number of Long Islanders here. My real name is Frank Doris. ("Radspin" is a play on my favorite author's last name--Norman Spinrad--although if I want to start a career as a DJ it's probably a good handle.) I've been playing for almost 41 years. I'm sure many of us have a number of good stories to tell about the LI music scene both today and back in the day (Among other bands, I used to play in a New Wave band in the late '70s and early '80s and those were interesting times in the clubs, to say the least.
 
Frankenstrat2

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Welcome to the Forum.
Long Beach checking in.
I drive out to Patchogue most Sundays to play with my buddies.
Plenty of great players out in Suffolk
 
Ken I

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Welcome aboard! Spent my first 50 years in Deer Park before retiring to South Carolina a few years ago.
 
Lespaulsignature 74

Lespaulsignature 74

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Welcome from one Long Islander to another....I grew up in OZ Park, Queens but I have been living in Valley Stream for the past 9 years. What was the name of your band? We might have crossed paths, I was playing in a top 40/party band during the early to mid 80's. We were "The Minx".
 
Lespaulsignature 74

Lespaulsignature 74

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Frankenstrat2 said:
Welcome to the Forum.
Long Beach checking in.
I drive out to Patchogue most Sundays to play with my buddies.
Plenty of great players out in Suffolk
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Hey Frankenstrat...I used to play with a band in Long Beach a few years ago...They were Real Hot Lanta, we played on New York Beach.
 
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Welcome, 'nuther Long Islander here. Grew up in Kings Park, lived in Commack, Huntington, Lake Grove, and Holbrook.
 
Radspin

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Hi everyone. in answer to some questions--the band I was in was called The Lines. We did originals and new wave stuff like Elvis Costello, the Talking Heads, Television and so on. A few claims to fame--we warmed up for Duran Duran on their first-ever U.S. gig, at a place called Spit in Levittown. We had Madonna's first band, the Millionaires, warm up for us! We also played on the bill with the Jam, the Ramones (Joey Ramone was a really nice guy and gave us a lot of encouragement--he passed away much too soon), the Bush Tetras, the Go Gos, Our Daughters Wedding, Defunkt and others. Those were fun times, if a little crazy.

I've been in other bands but none that achieved that much notoriety. These days I play about four gigs a year with a band called Assisted Living--we do '60s and '70s rock. In fact, I'd like to find another band to play with at this point.

My amps are:

--'65 Princeton Reverb (original)
--'64 Bandmaster
--'68 Ampeg Reverbojet
--circa late '60s Dual Showman Reverb head with a funky old Univox bottom
--Vox DA-5 (a great little practice amp)
--a couple of other garage sale amps
 
onemind

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I remember Spit, we used to dress everyone to party there, my wife and I had a store in Valley Stream called "Futuri."
 
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