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Bigtikidude's 5th Annual Surf Guitar 101 Convention - Sat, Aug 11th 2012

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Hey Everybody,

Hope you will check out the RFB- SG101 convention(promo) show I did.
I played 2 songs by all of the bands playing the big event.
plus the 1 song by each legend band,
and 1 song each of the bands helping with surrounding weekend shows.
Thank you Mr. Hay!

http://www.radiofreebakersfield.com/shows/rfb278.mp3

RFB 278--The 2012 SG101 Convention!

exotics--invaders
exotics--lonely girl; milwaukee
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-EXOTICS/110496192313202

9th wave--tsunami escape route
9th wave--pbr 1000; storrs mansfield
http://www.9thwavesurf.com

Surf Guitar 101 Pick of the Week
madeira--tribal fury
madeira--crescent moon; indianapolis
http://themadeira.net
http://surfguitar101.com

jon & the nightriders--rumble at waikiki
jon & the nightriders--moving target; los angeles
http://www.facebook.com/JonandtheNightriders

el ray--space car 2001
el ray--hynotic; denmark
http://www.elray.dk

intoxicators--indira
intoxicators--tijuana catfight; tallahassee
http://www.intoxicators.com

los venturas--andalucia
los venturas--theme from P.O.R.N.; belgium
http://www.reverbnation.com/losventuras

dynotones--devil's martini
dynotones--gear grinder; orange
http://www.dynotones.com

3 balls of fire--baia; austin/los angeles
http://www.3ballsoffire.com
insect surfers--black sea; los angeles
http://www.insectsurfers.com
secret samurai--haulin' honda; san diego
http://secretsamurai.org
nocturnes--3rd star to the left; south bay
http://www.amazon.com/Rare-Surf-2-Nocturnes/dp/B000XE7X8A
astronauts--baja; boulder
http://www.amazon.com/Surfin-Astronauts-Everything-OK-2/dp/B0000008BM

http://www.radiofreebakersfield.com/shows/rfb278.mp3

Surf Guitar 101 Convention #5
August 11, 2012
The Starting Gate
5052 Katella Ave
Los Alamitos CA 90720
10am - 8pm
Doors at 8am
Food served all day!
$30 cover

Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH.
http://www.myspace.com/pronouncedwhorehay
http://radiofreebakersfield.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Bakersfield/172410279636
http://www.sandiegojoe.com/rfb.htm

Jeff(bigtikidude)

If anybody from Out of State or at least a few hours away,
is planning on coming to this,please know that it could possibly sell out this year.
If you want to come and be assured entrance,
please email me at [email protected] and I will put you on the guaranteed entrance list.
$30 each is the Ticket price.

for those that are local,
doors at 8 am, vendors at 9 am, show at 10 am,
Food served all day, great breakfast specials,
come early grab a seat before they are gone.

Venue holds 400, each year we have grown in attendance by 50 to 75 people.
Will be close this year I think.

Thanks to those who are planning on coming.
Jeff(btd)

and the RFB show is still available to listen to
thru this direct link
http://www.radiofreebakersfield.com/shows/rfb278.mp3

J

This Sunday, July 22nd is a great warm-up event for the Convention. It's one of the best line-ups for the free Surf shows that are hosted next to the Huntington Beach Pier (11am-4pm).

It features many bands that have appeared at past SG101 Conventions...

  1. PYRONAUTS (Auburn, Ca.)
  2. SURGE (Atlanta)
  3. SECRET SAMURAI (San Diego)
  4. HULA GIRLS
  5. SLACKTONE

Hey how did The Hula Girls get on that line-up ?? Spike better play some Surf instrumentals !! :)

actually John O,
here is the line up for the whole weekend, July 19th to 22nd.

Thursday, July 19, hosted by 3 Balls of Fire,
at the Redwood Bar & Grill in downtown LA is the scene for Guitars A Go Go #10 featuring Los Straitjacket and surf legend Pete Curry and his cool new band,
The Outta Sites.
3 Balls of Fire will kick it off at 10pm b and
Guitars Inc. closes after midnite.
Lotta out a site rock & roll, crime jazz and surfin goin down so come on down!

Fri. July 20th 9 pm to midnite 5 bucks
The Pyronauts, Tahiti Shuttle Experiment, The Surge,
Suzy's Bar n Grill, 1141 Aviation Boulevard Hermosa Beach, CA 90254‎
(310) 379-6171

Sat. July 21st, 10 pm to midnite, free, but tips welcome.
The Surge,Don the Beachcomber,(in the Longboard room,after the comedy show)
16278 Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach,
part of Huntington Beach, CA 92649
(562) 592-1321

Sun. JULY 22 Huntington Beach PIER PLAZA 11AM TO 5 PM
PCH at Main street.

  1. PYRONAUTS (Auburn, Ca.)
  2. SURGE (ATLANTA)
  3. SECRET SAMURAI (San Diego)
  4. HULA GIRLS
  5. SLACKTONE

Sun. July 22nd, 7 pm to 10 pm
Baja Marty Memorial event, and show,
free, but donations for wife accepted,
Eliminators, High Tide, and The Surge.
The Starting Gate, 5052 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos Ca.

I will be selling Baja Marty's surf collection at all of these shows,
all the money goes to his wife.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

J

Sun. July 22nd, 7 pm to 10 pm
Baja Marty Memorial event, and show,
free, but donations for wife accepted,
Eliminators, High Tide, and The Surge.
The Starting Gate, 5052 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos Ca.

I will be selling Baja Marty's surf collection at all of these shows,
all the money goes to his wife.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Great job last night Jeff !!...

"It was a wonderful show: a feel-good, helluva party, yet sad at the same time. There were a number of instances where there was not a dry eye in the house. Lots of wonderful remembrances and anecdotes about Marty. The "head down, fist-up" salute at the end of the show gave me, and probably everyone there, goosebumps."

Thanks John O,

I am honored that you were there,
and that you got some of Marty's surf music collection.

Jeff(btd)

On 2012-03-29 09:17, bigtikidude wrote:

For more info see this thread here on SG101:
Thanks to Jonpaul Balak
http://surfguitar101.com/convention/HOME.html

http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/17547/

or on Facebook here:
info
http://www.facebook.com/SG101Convention?sk=info
wall
http://www.facebook.com/SG101Convention?sk=wall

These 3 Guitars will be for raffle at the SG101 convention.

Thanks to our sponsors, Fender, and Eastwood Guitars

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2012-07-26 11:02 ]

On 2012-04-26 10:59, Jason Wickedly wrote:
Here's some YouTube samples of the featured bands:

Los Venturas - http://youtu.be/FmrzenPRLu8
Jon and the Nightriders - http://youtu.be/QO5yyAKZWBw
The Exotics - http://youtu.be/_tEguQvuQnQ
The Intoxicators - http://youtu.be/aZEEPBqDkkM
The Dynotones - http://youtu.be/95aLCim37l4
The Madeira - http://youtu.be/IO0MMVlDpIQ
El Ray - http://youtu.be/JwgfzvNyHoU
9th Wave - http://youtu.be/tinyP5IxTZg

It's getting closer!

bump

I'm gonna be doing higlight posts on each band for the next coming days leading up to the event.

I just realized that you can hear almost everything by El Ray here:
http://elray.dk/press/music.html

Lots of Spy type songs,
I know that Otto wanted them for Tiki Oasis,
but they couldn't stay for 2 weeks plus
;-(

But at least Nor. Cal. and So. Cal.
can see them before Oasis.
at F.I.
and the SG101 con.

Jeff(btd)

coming up in 10 min,
at 6pm Pacific time,

listen to me on the Ray Boylan show

try this link,
I think its the direct one to his show
http://www.latalkradio.com/Boylan.php

If that doesn't work go here
http://www.latalkradio.com/
and its on the Channel 1

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2012-08-01 17:53 ]

for anyone that missed the show,
it can be heard in the archive here:
http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Boylan-080112.shtml

Jeff(btd)

Chek out the article on page 20 here: http://www.webpublished.com/gallery/view.asp?seq=193316&path=120731162638 Cowabunga!!!

Thanks for posting that Chris,

Jeff(btd)

9T

For the Pre-convention surf show at Don the Beachcomber Friday, August 10, 2012. 9th wave will mix in more of our exotic / tiki surf into our set. Much like our Ohana (2012 Lake George, NY) set.

I’m planning to play different sets of originals throughout the 3 shows this weekend. Look forward to seeing and meeting all that attend.

Mike

Very Cool!!!

thanks for posting that Mike.

Jeff(btd)

You guys were great at Ohana!!!!!

for a contest for 2 tix to the sg101 convention,
go here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=43561&forum=1

there has to be some people on here,
that have seen or heard of the bands,
and get the tiki/surf connection for them.

Jeff(btd)

J
JOHN-O posted on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 5:03 PM

John O, you win!!!

J
JOHN-O posted on Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:11 PM

Here's a great interview with Ivan of the Madeira, who will be playing this Sat at the Convention.

The Madeira are considered one of the TOP bands of the current scene, and the interview is a great background into the band, as well as an informative Surf Music "State of the Union" overview.

REALLY looking forward to this Sat !! :)

thanks for posting that John O.

Jeff(btd)

If anyone is interested,
there is an after Party,
after the sg101 convention at the Doll Hut in Anaheim. Ca.
http://www.facebook.com/events/248536915265127/?context=create

Local Faves,
the Tequila Worms, Slacktone,
and first time in Ca.
The Disasternauts from FLA.????

here is a pic of them

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2012-08-09 18:17 ]

Kudos to Jeff and everyone that helped put on SG101 yesterday. That was a killer day of live music and I also left with a ton of new stuff. It felt like all of the bands brought something unique to them, and the musicianship was stellar all day. I'm already looking forward to catching a couple of the bands again at Tiki Oasis this week. I only wish El Ray was playing a room party!

The crowd and the vibe all day were both really great. Looking across the audience as Jon & The Nightriders closed their set/the show and seeing members of the bands that had already played just hanging out and enjoying the music really says a lot about the community. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the tributes to Baja Marty. You didn't need to know him personally to feel how many people he had touched, and to see how much people cared for him.

Judging by the sheer volume of camera equipment in the audience, this was a pretty well-documented event. Here's a few photos of the bands anyway.

9th Wave

The Intoxicators

The Exotics

The Dynotones

The Rumblers

The Nocturnes

Paul Johnson

Los Venturas

El Ray

The Madeira

Jon & The Nightriders

kevin

TT

Great shots Kevin!
Thanks!

J

Thanks for the pictures, Kevin. :)

Wow, the Surf Music bar was raised yet another year. What a fantastic event !!

The great diversity of bands and sheer talent made the 10 hours just fly by. From 1st-wave legends like the Nocturnes, Rumblers, and Paul Johnson to 2nd-wave icons Jon & the Nightriders (FYI, John Blair is to Surf Music what Sven is to the Tiki Revival), and then the Madeira who may very well be the premier band of the 3rd-wave.

Two of my favorite performances were by the Intoxicators and the Exotics, both bands who also have a long relationship to the Tiki Revival.

The "wildcard" this year, at least for me, was El Ray. Holy smokes, what an incredible band !! I'll be seeing them for a 3rd time on Monday at Spike's in Rosemead before they return back to Belgium.

There were about a dozen TC peeps in the house and this is the 2nd year in a row a Tiki person has won the coveted guitar raffle, Spermy won the Stratocaster !!

Another "Tiki moment" was after "Bali Hai" was performed Surf-style, BTD comes up to mike, and says "That was for all the people who say Surf isn't Tiki". :D

BTD, I know you've been getting by each night on just a few hours of sleep, as you've been helping to book the out-of-state and international bands at other venues throughout the week to offset their travel costs, as well as schleping gear.

Thank you Jeff for all your hard and selfless work, the convention continues to get bigger and more amazing each year as does the whole Surf Music scene. You play such a large role in all this, it does not go unnoticed.

Looks like it was a awesome show :D. I definatly want to go next year. I have never been and I have been a surf music fiend for along time. Whats wrong with me? :/

J

It's not too late if you still want to see some of the Convention bands in the darkness of a nightclub with cocktail in hand.

Tomorrow (Mon, Aug 13th) Euro bands Los Venturas and El Ray will be playing at Spike's "Rhythm N Booze" Annual Tiki Party in Rosemead.

http://www.spikes-bar.com/Rosemead.html

Los Venturas will be playing at Oasis but this will be El Ray's last So CA performance. Who knows when you'll get another chance to see them?

El Ray is HIGHLY HIGHLY recommended. Both BTD and Jonpaul have seen them like 6 times in the last 7 days if that tell you anything.

Bahooka pre-party ?? :)

Hey John-O. When is the Bahooka pre-party? El-Ray is amazingly cool :D. Listened to thier tracks on thier website. I got to start getting to these shows.

SF

GREAT GREAT SHOW, THANK YOU JEFF

Thanks for the pics, reviews, and kudos guys.
It really means a lot,
I'm off to San Diego soon,
For Los Venturas at Bar Pink
Hope to see some SD peeps there tonight

SF

Does anybody have a list of the - dates,times and who is playing the H.B. pier the rest of summer. I can't seem to find it. Thanks

You can always depend on BTD when it comes to knowledge of live surf music.

Surf Guitar 101: Huntington Beach Surf Museum, or HB pier, April to Sept. 2012

Thanks King

lots of reviews, videos, and pics starting here
http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/17547/?page=14

Thanks again to all of the people that I met at SG101 and Tiki Oasis that said that they were here,
from other states or countries. That makes really happy.

Jeff(btd)

SF

2012 Was GREAT. Now lets talk about(wishlist)2013.
The Slacktones
Saten's Pilgram's
The Elimintors
Tequila Worms
Daikaiju
The Finksville 5
The Dynotones
Riptides
Can't wait,its less than a year away.

J

Surf Fink, 3 of those bands played just last year and 1 a few weeks ago !! :D

How about the Bambi Molesters ?? If they can't get U.S. visas then maybe BTD can sneak them in via Mexico.

Bambi Molesters would be awesome!!!!! :D. One of my all time favorit surf bands.

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