Can't believe Hukilau 2011 is already over... Crazy!
Just wanted to say a few thank you's to some much deserving people...
First of all to Lewis Bailey... We ran our own sound and lights this year... which is not an easy task by any means... The plan was for Lewis, and I to both work on this together... except I ended up with a case of food poisoning Thursday night... I played my set with The Intoxicators! even though I was sick, and immediately went back to my room to throw up some more... :(
This continued for pretty much the whole weekend... Lewis picked up the slack Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and did a great job... The guys in The Intoxicators! also helped out... so they deserve thanks too...
I heard about Lewis doing a crazy jam session in the penthouse since we couldn't do The Disasternauts gig like we had planned... There's even a youtube clip from it... Crazy!!!
Speaking of Crazy... I heard the rumor that The Disasternauts drummer missed the gig because he had the runs... This makes no since since everyone knows that astronauts wear diapers anyway... lol
OK... back to the Thank you's...
Mike Jones for the use of your PA... the chili, coffee, and mojitos on Wednesday...
Joe and Nicole Desmond for the ride back from The Mai Kai on Wednesday... and also for driving around the block real slow so we could sing Midnight Train to Georgia... :wink:
King Kukulele, The Exotics, Fisherman, Ekaterina, Tikiyaki Orchestra, Grinder Nova, Marina The Fire Eating Mermaid, and her pod-o-mermaids, The Intoxicators!, Jeff Berry and the Rum Rat Pack (seriously one of the most amazing things I have seen at Hukilau ever... at The Mai Kai no less!!!), Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily, Paul Roe, Vintage Roadside, Laura and Drew, Jack and Gina, DJ Sensitive Side, Mikey Ramirez, James Brown's Sweat, and The Disasternauts... Thank you all. You put on amazing performances/seminars/dj sets. I have heard nothing but positive reviews... :)
Thanks to Tiki Kiliki, and Amy, and Mike, and Jim, and Chris, and Dave, and John, and Aaron for all of their work to put on this amazing event...
Harold Golen Gallery for bringing Bunny Yeagar pictures back to Hukilau... :)
Oh... Can't forget Go-11 Media... They were everywhere with their green screen... They are totally nice people and they totally saved me... My daughter told me not to come back from Hukilau without a picture of me hanging out with Marina The Mermaid... and they made sure that this happened...
If you need some photo/video/web site/web hosting work give them a call... http://go11media.com
Thanks again to Woody Compton from Comptone Drums and his wife Kim for helping me out too... The cherry stave snare drum that he built for me is the most amazing drum I have ever played... If you saw me playing on Friday or Saturday you got to hear it... AMAZING!!!! http://www.comptone.com
Also thanks to Gary M. for the use of his vibraphone... Some of you may remember him from playing marimba with The Robert Drasnin Orchestra at Hukilau several years ago... A heck of a nice guy for letting us use his personal gear... setting it up... and delivering it to every venue... :)
Last but not least, thank you to The Mai Kai. AMAZING as always. Let's do this again next year... :wink:
Cheers!
Brian Crum
