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Drummer Hans Gasterland, of Richfield
Minnesota , was a
founding member of the orginal Skogie and the Flaming Pachucos in early
1970.
SEE:
Only In America
Skogie & the Flaming Pachucos
v1
Skogie & the Flaming Pachucos
v2
Skogie & the Flaming Pachucos
v3
Skogie & the Flaming Pachucos
v4
AUDIO ARCHIVE:
Skogie & The Flaming Pachucos
(v2) Slide Show: Live at
Coffeehouse Extemporé March 1971
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Skogie & The Flaming
Pachucos (v2) Song List : Coffeehouse
Extemporé Band Bio and Songlist
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Hans Gasterland's current band "The Percolators"
perform old R&R mostly for weddings and dances. "We never practice." claims
Hans, "I've got 2 or 3 players for every position, but Marc
Partridge (of Euphoria and Skogie & the Flaming
Pachucos V1) is my first-call lead guitar."
The
Gasterland's are in the process of building a new home near downtown
Minneapolis, a few blocks east of Theodore Wirth Parkway, and a
block south of Glenwood Avenue. Not quite Golden Valley. North of
Hwy 12 (now 394). A very green almost "secret" neighborhood in
Minneapolis. Technically called the Bryn Mawr neighborhood.
Back in
the early 1970s, in addition to his duties on drums, Gasterland
developed a sideline silk screening business of his own. "I sold all
my silkscreen stuff several years ago, because Barb is allergic to
the chemicals."
"Frederick Moore certainly left a dent in my memory. I can still remember
a lot of the old tunes we were doing when I was in the band. Some I think still
stand up pretty good."
Gasterland reported "I've written 2 songs in my
life and they are both funny. First one is "The Swedish Blues" which
I sing in the alternate persona of 'Deaf Lemon Swenson'. The other
is an extended jingle for a hardware store done to the tune of "My
Girl". Neither have been recorded. That might be a good thing.
Moore
believed (and still believes) that a band can play triplets
over/under straight notes a la Early Elvis Presley. Now of course
that is a very common beat (especially in world music). Moore and
Gasterland still disagree on that particular point. Gasterland: "I
remember saying you can't do 6/8 triplets over straight eighth notes
in 4/4. It still sounds goofy to me, but I've backed off a lot from
my headstrong ways. I keep my players by not working them too hard.
If somebody wants to play straight over my triplets, I don't
complain. I just smile and think about what the next song should
be."
(Note: this bio is a work in
progress)
Brenner,
Gasterland, Kubera, Goldstein 1971. Pachucos Verison3
Gregg Kubera, Rick 'Skogie' Moore, Mark Goldstein, Hans
Gasterland, Dick Rogers - Coffeehouse Extemporé. March 1971.
Pachucos Version
2
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Mark Goldstaein, Hans
Gasterland |
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