John O,
thanks for the pics,
and here is my Thank you post form SG101.
Needless to say,
I am completely exhausted.
but extremely happy in the turn out of the event.
Such a Huge outpouring of love, and generosity towards Eddie.
Thanks again go out to Tim(HB Kahunna)
Matt Quilter of the Reventlos and John Benton for the Amps,
Dusty Watson for the Drums.
To Mike and Sandy from 9th Wave for helping my Dad, and me.
(you guys are just so kind) I owe you big time.
Thanks Dad for running the front door with Mike n Sandy.
Thanks goes out to Don the Beachcomber in HB.
they graciously let us use the room for the day/night.
and I hope that they were pleased with the turnout.
Thanks to so many of you who came from Far away for this.
and most of all,
Thanks to all of the bands that gave their time for this benefit.
I got so many congrats.
but I am just the Organizer.
Thanks to all of the performers, and helpers.
Jeff(btd)
On 2011-02-06 09:08, JOHN-O wrote:
What a great event !!
Surf music legends and some of the best of the Third Wave playing 8 hours of non-stop music in a historic Tiki palace.
And all for a great cause !! This was a great celebration of tribal love and community. :)
A big THANK YOU to BigTikiDude for organizing such a fantastic day.
Everyone had a great time and from what I understand successfully raised a lot of well needed funds for Eddie.
The room(s) were packed...
Here's BTD with Eddie who was able to attend for a short time...
I wish I could have gotten more shots of the bands but it was super crowded up near the stage. The highlight of the event was former Bel-Airs and Showmen jamming through some of their classics. That's Paul Johnson second from left, Dick Dodd (and former Mouseketeer) on drums, and DTBC regular (and former Nocturne) Jim Frias on sax. I forgot the person who was channeling Eddie but he was great (help BTD).
Here's the Eliminators with Surf music historian (and 2nd-Wave Nightrider) Jon Blair second from left.
They did a stunning Surf music version of "Bali Hi".
Tiki Central role call for the day...
left (Trevor, Tiki Kitty, "Ding Dong Devil" Caltiki), right (Chris of chrisandsarahb, Dinah, "Hula Girl" Spike)
left ("Insect Surfer" JonPaul, Mr. J), right (Jungle Ginger, Atomic Tiki Punk, Mrs. Caltiki)
left (Kick The Reverb & his daughter), right (Whorehay aka Mambo King & Dana)
Oops, I can't find HappyChi in any of my pictures. Sorry Stacey.
And oh yeah, Crazy Al showed up towards the end.
[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2011-02-06 19:21 ]
