Guitar Geek Fest surf bands and Giligan Island music Sat Jan 17th

Hey y'all--

I know I don't get to post much on the list, so apologies for the promotional
emails...but
figured that there's a lot of listers who would be really interested in this
show. Surf
content, we've got The Ghastly Ones, Slacktone, the "All-Mosrite Band" and
headlining the
show are Buddy Holly's Original Crickets, 2 weeks before the 50th anniversary of
Buddy
Holly's plane crash! This is going to be a hell of a show. Hope to see some of
you there.
Thanks, Deke

THE BEST GUITAR FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD!

Deke Dickerson's 6th annual GUITAR GEEK FESTIVAL!

Saturday, January 17, 2009

At the Anaheim Plaza Hotel
(upstairs ballroom)
1700 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, California
(one block from the old Jolly Roger and the Convention Center / NAMM show)
400 free parking spaces available!!

Buy tickets at http://www.guitargeekfestival.com

featuring your host and emcee, Deke Dickerson, and STARRING:

BUDDY HOLLY'S ORIGINAL CRICKETS! (11:30 p.m.)
Honoring the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly's plane crash 1959-2009! With
original
members Sonny Curtis on guitar, Joe B. Mauldin on bass, and Jerry Allison on
drums.
Sonny Curtis of course played on all the classic early 1955-56 Buddy Holly
recordings,
including "Blue Days, Black Nights," "Love Me," and the early version of
"That'll Be the Day."
Sonny Curtis is also the man who wrote the hit song "I Fought the Law!" The
rhythm
section of Joe B. Mauldin and Jerry Allison was famous as Buddy Holly's
Crickets, but also
backed up Eddie Cochran and the Everly Brothers! This is as close to royalty as
we have in
this country: THE ORIGINAL CRICKETS! Plus many special surprise GUESTS we can
not
announce here . . .

THE ALL-MOSRITE BAND featuring BRIAN LONBECK, VENTURESMANIA, and others! (10:30
p.m.)
A special tribute to Semie Moseley and the wild and wonderful "Mosrite" guitars
he created.
Last year's "All-Bigsby Band" was such a hit, we decided to take the idea a step
further and
have an "All-Mosrite band" with a stage full of vintage Mosrite guitars played
by the
masters of twang and surf. Bakersfield Barn Burner Brian Lonbeck is back to lead
the pack,
with Ventures tribute band Venturesmania and many other surprise guests!

THE GHASTLY ONES: ALL "ELIKI" SET! (9:40 p.m.)
SoCal surf favorites pay tribute to the Japanese "group sound" guitar
instrumental music of
the 1960s, played on original rare Japanese guitars and basses! Our guitar
museum will
also feature a special Japanese "Eliki" display courtesy of the Ghastly Ones
Garrett Immel!

DEKE DICKERSON: LOST ART OF "GILLIGAN GUITAR!" (8:50 p.m.)
A special set by Deke presenting one of his favorite "lost" guitar styles, the
go-go-
instrumental style best described as "the music that would come out of the radio
on
Gilligan's Island." Something different and once-in-a-lifetime from your host
with the
most: Deke Dickerson!

JENNIFER BATTEN: GUITAR PLAYER COVER STAR! (8:10 p.m.)
This guitar heroine with insane skill toured with Michael Jackson and Jeff Beck,
among
many others. This is the first Geekfest to feature a Guitar Player magazine
cover star, and
we are pleased to have her!

RICKENBACKER BAKELITE BAND! (7:15 p.m.)
Another set for vintage gear Geeks! We've assembled an all-star cast of hot jazz
, western
swing, and blues players to perform an entire set on Rickenbacker bakelite
instruments
from the 1930s and 1940s: the world's first solid-body electric guitar! We have
D. B.
Berzansky and Pat Quilter on bakelite lap steels, T. K. Smith and Deke on
bakelite Spanish
electric guitars, Trent Ruane and John Reynolds on bakelite Tenor electric
guitars, Wally
Hersom on his 1930s Rickenbacker aluminum electric bass, and 84-year-old ukelele
legend Travis Harrelson on his electric Rickenbacker uke. Many more special
guests! This
will be a once-in-a-lifetime event, never before attempted!

SLACKTONE! (6:25 p.m.)
An early set from Southern California surf favorites . . . by popular demand!
Featuring
much-respected surf guitarist Dave Wronski, bassist Sam Bolle from Dick Dale's
band, and
powerhouse drummer Dusty Watson from Agent Orange, Dick Dale, and the
Supersuckers!

DEL CASHER: FROM GENE AUTRY TO FRANK ZAPPA! (5:45 p.m.)
Featuring our favorite resident guitar genius and show-biz casualty with stories
about
Elvis, Lawrence Welk, Gene Autry, and Frank Zappa! This time Del and Deke will
replicate
sections of the Ecco-Fonic Demonstration Record and the Vox Wah-Wah pedal radio
commercial . . . Not to mention guitar jokes banned in the Catskills long ago!

"GUITAR ZACK" WIESINGER! (5 p.m.)
This is the first act we've signed for the Geekfest solely based on YouTube
videos! This
guy struck us as the greatest thing we've seen since Crazy Joe. He's funny and
he plays his
ass off. . . . You've got to trust us, this cat is incredible!

BREAKOUT TALENT SHOWCASE! (4 p.m.)
Featuring two great acts, plus surprises: Joao Erbetta from Brazil, "Guitar
Bizarre," and Jay
Hartke from El Paso, "Pradabilly!" Opening the show with a bang!

DEKE'S AMAZING GUITAR MUSEUM!
This year the museum will be twice as big as last year with a special Mosrite
exhibit, a
special Japanese "Eliki" guitar exhibit, and more new crazy guitars and amps to
feast your
eyes on than ever before!

This show is all ages! Full bar available! Booths from Hallmark, TNM Custom, and
more. DJ
Dan Moses! Guitar raffle courtesy Fender/Gretsch guitars! This is an EARLY SHOW:
Doors
at 3 p.m., show at 4 p.m. sharp! Tickets are $35 advance / $40 day of show / $35
with
NAMM pass.

Buy your tickets NOW! This show will sell out! http://www.guitargeekfestival.com

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2009-01-05 22:16 ]

bump,

There's this, happening over the next two weekends, you could do both on Saturday in LA and Anaheim.

Buy, sell & trade all the vintage guitars you can possibly take in a day...

http://www.texasguitarshows.com/CA09Poster.htm

I'm going to both of these... Get to Deke's thing early to see my buddy play in Slacktone... He's played bass in Dick Dale's band, Agent Orange, The Neanderthals, The Steeplejacks, and Fear.
By the way, I don't know why the Texas guitar show thing always says the show is in LA... It's at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, just a quick 20 mins from Anaheim. Really easy parking, and tons of amazing guitars, basses and amps for sale. That's gonna be one hell of a weekend!

also on the sun is the slack key fest in Redondo.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30839&forum=17&5

bump.
who's going?
Jeff(bigtikidude)

I'm going, thanks for telling us about it!
KiltedTiki

Yay! I'm excited!
What a eclectic and awesome line-up!
Thanks for the head-up Jeff. See you there!

I'm glad to see that there are a few hip kats and kittens here that will dig and and be at this show.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

I'll be there. I've been at every one except the first (it was at the Doll Hut, and I was going to go but got a late start so I knew I'd never get in).

I was at the 1st one and it was pretty cool.
I had no idea it would grow so big.

I missed the 2nd one.
heard it was great,
but between the super hot and crowded room,
and warm PBR beer.
I'm kinda glad I skipped it.

....I've been to every one except the Doll Hut one... It's a hell of a show! Defintley geared to guitar and music geeks though... I love it. Don't miss it if you fall into that catagory!

Several times, Deke has, on stage said, 'well, once again, I am the worst guitar player up here....' If you know how phenomenal Deke's playing is, you should know what to expect from the rest of the show.... Plus the CRICKETS?? -like, a couple of weeks right before the anniversary of that horrible night....

Yeah Deke is a smokin player for sure,
and some of these pickers are just flat amazing.
between this and the Slack Key fest on sun its gonna be a great guitar weekend.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Oh Man!! I so Wish I could Make the Show! Just wont be able to sweing it. Please post pic's!

On our way in just a bit!

Hope to see some TC Ohana there!

I am very intrigued by Deke's tribute to the Gilligan's Island Go-Go instrumentals. . . .

. . . not to be missed!

WOWie Ka-ZOWIE, kids this was one of the best mini-concerts I've EVER seen!!!! Considering every seat in the house was basically front row center, this was freaky amazaaudiotronic! It was like an open mic night with the talent cranked up to FULL.

The later night stuff was better attended by tattooed rockabilliers. Mostly it was an audience of chubby old guys. Saw BigDude, "Monkees" Ray and (I think) AKitty, a lot of spillover NAMM show types and the seemingly immortal Kustomized Dave Barris! Scored a Deke CD and a lot of Geek Fest git picks.

Best of the night - "Guitar Zack", who I thought was going to be the worst, and worst of the night - Jenny Batten, who was supposed to be the best!

This is going to be all over YouTube pretty soon, so you can tube it there....

a really good show over all except for a few kinda stinkers.

I was there the whole time, on my feet most of the time.

I'm wiped out.
pheeeeew.

good to see ya again Cammo.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

The Gilligan guitar set was, by far, my favorite..... That and Slacktone. Powerful and flawless..... The Crickets were really great to see also.

I'm feeling you, Jeff. I was standing the whole time too.... After a full day of standing and walking the NAMM show and after surfing that morning at 7:30. I'm exhausted too..... Aaaaand I surfed again this morning and went to the guitar show at the fairgrounds. I need to watch tv or something...

It was a blast...I've stood during most of this one and the previous years, and had sore legs at the end--at least this time there wasn't a mile walk to the car afterward.

Deke's palm tree guitar stand for the Gilligan guitar set was a great touch as well (but this is the same man who built a two story outhouse for Hillbilly Fest). The Rickenbacker bakelite guitar set was a lot of fun (when you could hear who was playing)--John Reynolds, the well-seasoned guy playing the 20's jazz style plectrum chord solos was a particular favorite of mine during the event. Some great lap steel playing during that as well.

Brent

[ Edited by: congawa 2009-01-19 14:21 ]

Everybody's right - there really wasn't one thing you could pick out as the best, they were all great and Deke is da Freakin' MAN. He clearly worked for a long time on his set, and it came out A-1 Slippery Slick.

Deke's producing a DVD of the entire thang, which I'm gonna get if it costs less than 50 clams which it probably will....

And how cool were those Japanese guitars?!

And the Bat-O-Guitar?!!

And Deke's light-up LED double-necked fretboard?!!?

Hey BigDude, your friend OK? Hope he wasn't driving.

reviews on sg101
http://www.surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7626&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

reviews on the mosrite forum
http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=818&start=0

photos
http://flickr.com/photos/29923336@N07/sets/72157612763194366/
and
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/billyblastoff/Deke2009/?albumview=slideshow