Post #247444 by thejab on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 4:59 PM

I had a blast!! Big mahalos to the event organizers, to Mission Tiki Drive-In, and to Voodoo Rum for the free drinks - yes, free drinks! Also, mahalo to kick-the-reverb for the Reverb Crash, and to bigtikidude for the lawn chair, and to Inkylouise and Mrsmiley for sharing their "backyard" with us - they had an astroturf lawn, umbrella, tiki lights, lounge chairs, and a barbeque!

The crowd was a great mix of folks and I never saw anyone get in an argument or fight. There were tiki folks and hot rodders and rockabillies and mods and bikers and everyone got along. Amazing!

After I had a Reverb Crash at around 1:00 things really started getting fun. Once the Forbidden Island regulars and Hoiti Toities started arriving I brought out my Knockout Punch. We finished all 2 gallons worth by the time the movie started! MaiTai and Inkylouise got K.O.'d!

Davie Allan was terrific - the crowd was small but gave him great feedback which made him happy and his band (that looked like all original members) played a great rockin' set with plenty of instrumentals (I loved the Mancini tunes) and some well-chosen vocal numbers.

The Ghastly Ones put everything into high gear with their energetic set, a sexy go-go dancer, and their great spooky instrumentals and killer 60s punk tunes.

The Woggles were amazing as usual! They had us dancing right from the start and throughout their whole glorious set of stompin' garage R&B.

The Martini Kings played several short sets in between bands, which was a real nice break from the rock 'n roll action. They really have the classic exotica sound down. I have to say they are the best new exotica band I've seen, and I'm glad I finally got to see them.

There was so much variety to the music so most people got to hear at least 2 or 3 bands they liked.

Oh yeah, we saw a movie too - Cobra Woman!