In episode 7 of Isolation, Mark troubleshoots some technical difficulties with his jump line and then does some spring cleaning and riding on an established trail that runs parallel to his new jump line. The new line is progressing incredibly quickly and Mark spends the first half of the video testing out its first feature, then heads over to Cumberland to ride some of his favorite trails: Cupcake, Baker's Dozen, and Knuckers. In the dirt moving department, Mark packs in the first lip and digs a rough run out so he can get to testing the new line. New bike day! Mark's new Marin Hawk Hill gets its final touches at Dodge City Cycles in Cumberland, BC and it's ready to hit the trails once the rain clears. The deeper Mark digs, the better the dirt gets and the more promising the future of the trails becomes.Ĭlick the image below to watch Mark ride one of his immaculate jump lines in Rainy Daze. Will he pick option A or B?Įpisode 4 is all about trail building and wrestling gnarled stumps out of the ground. After a quick ride on his trail bike, Mark fills us in on the direction of his new jump line. There's nothing like some laps at the local dirt jumps to start the day and get the blood flowing. With the location of the first jump finalized it's time to move a ton of dirt and work on the landing. Mark kicks off episode 2 with a ride on a dual slalom-esque course aboard his Marin Mount Vision. Without being able to push riding and ride with groups of friends, it's time to build some sick new stuff! I'm starting this new series to track what I'm up to during isolation. Isolation with Mark Matthews - Episode 1Īll this downtime at home is giving me a bit of extra time for starting some new build projects. Follow along with the building in Mark's new video series, Isolation, and check back in a few days for new episodes. While we're used to seeing his trails as a completed project in videos like Rainy Daze and Hometown, this time we get a front row seat to all of the decisions and hard work that go into the design process. He also produced two songs on Tina Turner's 1984 comeback smash Private Dancer before moving into artist management.Mark Matthews is practicing social distancing in his own way: by taking to the woods to create his latest masterpiece. Gilbert soon after retired from music, but Carter forged on, later writing for Sammy Hagar and the Motels. He and Carter next masterminded Horses, a country-rock quintet whose eponymous 1969 LP was a victim of White Whale's pending bankruptcy. ![]() No doubt the success of "Incense and Peppermints" contributed to splitting the Rainy Daze in early 1968, but Gilbert nevertheless signed to White Whale to record one final Daze single, "Make Me Laugh," backed by L.A. Gilbert and Carter added lyrics and a new melody, titling the finished song "Incense and Peppermints." Thee Sixpence cut the new tune, renamed themselves the Strawberry Alarm Clock immediately thereafter, and in late 1967 topped the Billboard pop charts. However, by this time Gilbert and Carter were earning notice as a crack songwriting duo, and via Slay earned a crack at revamping a demo track cut by an unknown psych-pop outfit known as Thee Sixpence. After an LP, That Acapulco Gold, and a Tim Gilbert solo single, "Early October," UNI dropped the group. ![]() release but still failing to crack pop radio. The follow-up, "Fe Fi Fo," was quickly deleted and reissued under the new and improved title "Blood of Oblivion," even securing a U.K. The Rainy Daze quickly resurfaced with "Discount City," which went nowhere. Once radio programmers finally intuited the song's pro-marijuana content, it was pulled from play lists coast to coast. When the single caught fire locally the fledgling UNI label snapped up national distribution rights, but with "That Acapulco Gold" at number 70 on the Billboard charts, the bottom fell out. A massive publicity campaign was in the planning stages when the spectacular failure of his magnum opus, Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High," left Spector's career in shambles the Rainy Daze were among the collateral damage, and only in 1967 did their debut single, "That Acapulco Gold" - written by Tim Gilbert in collaboration with his college roommate John Carter - appear on Denver producer Frank Slay's Chicory label. Comprised of singer/guitarist Tim Gilbert, his brother Kip on drums, lead guitarist Mac Ferris, bassist Sam Fuller, and keyboardist Bob Heckendorf, the group started as little more than a covers act, nevertheless parlaying a string of frat party gigs into a local television appearance that reportedly caught the attention of famed producer Phil Spector, who extended a management contract. ![]() Psychedelic pop combo the Rainy Daze formed in Denver, CO, in 1965.
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