Smokin' Menehunes will be at the Catalina Fish Kitchen in Huntington Beach this Friday, May 28th - California Events

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Thu, May 22, 2008 1:06 PM I don't have the exact address (Perhaps someone else can help with that?) But it is in Huntington beach, basically at the corner of Magnolia and Garfield. About a block south of the intersection. In the same strip mall as the rock club, Fitzgeralds. For those people who have not heard the Smoking Menehunes, we are a vintage Hawaiian Hapa-Haole cover band. No originals. Our style is mellow, a bit jazzy. We play no exotica, surf or slack-key. Only "tropical swing". That's either a good thing or a bad thing! Good, in that we play some classic songs (actually, since we have a 60+ song list ALL the classic hapa haole songs are in our repetoir) bad because I know how many exotica and surf fans belong to this forum (we love that music too, but feel there are enough great bands like Waitiki and the Tikiyaki Orchestra playing that style already-we just want to carve our own little nitch) The band hails from HB, but is led by Palika, who is a native Hawaiian. We are steel guitar, upright bass and uke. Nothing flashy. Just meat and potatos. The band was intitially started by Lucky Designs and Tiki Bong, way back in the old days as sort of a mix between rockabilly and Hawaiian. Over the years we have been honored to have some luminaries such as Squid, Crazy Al and King Kukulele help us out with our sound. We take requests, encourage ANYONE to get up and jam with us, and like to make a nice relaxing evening of it. Occasionally our Godfather Bill Tapia sits in on Uke and shows us young-uns how it is done. Our logo and custom hats were designed and created by Tiki central's own CAMMO, and we have some t-shirts and stickers available. No CD. I strongly encourage anyone wanting to hear really, really old stuff (or as Palika sings it "songs that are old but still new") to come on down! If you are coming down specifically for the band, try to get there around 6:30. The food is great (casual seafood) and they serve Beer (No exotic drinks). Afterwards, you can usually catch good punk bands a few doors down at Fitzgeralds. Hope to see you!!

I don't have the exact address (Perhaps someone else can help with that?)

But it is in Huntington beach, basically at the corner of Magnolia and Garfield. About a block south of the intersection. In the same strip mall as the rock club, Fitzgeralds.

For those people who have not heard the Smoking Menehunes, we are a vintage Hawaiian Hapa-Haole cover band. No originals. Our style is mellow, a bit jazzy. We play no exotica, surf or slack-key. Only "tropical swing". That's either a good thing or a bad thing! Good, in that we play some classic songs (actually, since we have a 60+ song list ALL the classic hapa haole songs are in our repetoir) bad because I know how many exotica and surf fans belong to this forum (we love that music too, but feel there are enough great bands like Waitiki and the Tikiyaki Orchestra playing that style already-we just want to carve our own little nitch)
The band hails from HB, but is led by Palika, who is a native Hawaiian. We are steel guitar, upright bass and uke. Nothing flashy. Just meat and potatos. The band was intitially started by Lucky Designs and Tiki Bong, way back in the old days as sort of a mix between rockabilly and Hawaiian. Over the years we have been honored to have some luminaries such as Squid, Crazy Al and King Kukulele help us out with our sound. We take requests, encourage ANYONE to get up and jam with us, and like to make a nice relaxing evening of it. Occasionally our Godfather Bill Tapia sits in on Uke and shows us young-uns how it is done.
Our logo and custom hats were designed and created by Tiki central's own CAMMO, and we have some t-shirts and stickers available. No CD. I strongly encourage anyone wanting to hear really, really old stuff (or as Palika sings it "songs that are old but still new") to come on down! If you are coming down specifically for the band, try to get there around 6:30. The food is great (casual seafood) and they serve Beer (No exotic drinks). Afterwards, you can usually catch good punk bands a few doors down at Fitzgeralds. Hope to see you!!

Post #381812 by tiki mick on Thu, May 22, 2008 1:06 PM