MadScientist
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
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Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 11:08 AM
I’m going to buck my trend a bit and not wait forever to chime in on this great weekend!
Such an incredible time once again! Fellow Atlanta surf fans Suellen and Surf King Bob were my travel companions and we did our best to make the most out of the weekend and do whatever we could! Completely exhausting, but totally worth it! I truly enjoyed every band I saw. Every year provides a stellar lineup, but this year was just TOPS. The best yet! Some personal highlights in a weekend full of joy:
The Fender Factory Tour! I’m so glad that I could finally work out doing this! Thoroughly enjoyed!
The Hanson BBQ. Always a treat to hang out with everyone and catch up a bit before the whirlwind begins. Big thanks to the Hansons for opening up their home to us all.
The Purple Orchid. I do enjoy that bar! We got there early enough to score a killer seat right up front! It was a fantastic experience, and a great introduction to the European bands live! POWERFUL live performances every time!
Witnessing The Surf Coasters. What a complete joy. I thought I would never have a chance to see them, so I am super grateful that I did… TWICE.
The Boss Martians. I had very little experience with them before this, but I really loved their set! Great energy and a great sound!
Witnessing the reaction to Slacktone from people that hadn’t seen them before. I have now been lucky enough to see them a handful of times and always find the experience downright enrapturing. Seeing the wide-eyed reaction from my friends to this is really quite joyous.
Getting to spend some great time with JonPaul and Marie as well as Josheboy and Jenny. I love these people!
So many thanks to the bands that played all weekend. Every single one a joy to witness. I know the effort it takes to do a weekend like this, and it really is appreciated! I hope you all enjoyed performing as much as I enjoyed witnessing it!
Biggest thanks of all once again goes to Jeff BigTIkiDude Hanson! Your efforts are so greatly appreciated. You put on a monster event that just grows and improves every year. It’s quite the feat! 1001 kudos!
to anyone that hasn’t made this event, START PREPARING FOR IT NOW AND GO. It’s like a big family reunion jam packed with killer music from start to finish. It’s pretty much impossible not to have one of the most memorable experiences of your life!
I’m going through pics and will post them in this thread as soon as I get them out in the world.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 11:41 AM
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CrazyAces
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Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 11:43 AM
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 12:13 PM
Thanks, Jeff!
I was able to shoot five videos, too - three of Frankie & the Pool Boys and two of the Surf Coasters, both from the Pier. Unfortunately, I lost my good camera the week before in Milwaukee, so in California I had to use my old camera, which has limited memory and doesn't shoot in HD. But it's better than nothing!
F&TPB kick SERIOUS a$$ on Dead Man Surfin' here!!! I'll upload the rest of the videos next. Enjoy!
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 12:34 PM
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 01:01 PM
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 01:26 PM
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 01:50 PM
Annnndddd... here's the last of my videos - the Surf Coasters playing Yuzo Kuyama's eleki classic "Black Sand Beach" with Ruiko of the Whys sharing lead guitar duties with Shigeo! (Ruiko came along on the trip, just to hang out!)
— Ivan
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enigmaticMrC
Joined: May 27, 2012
Posts: 105
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 04:52 PM
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 05:04 PM
She's really good,
And cute as a button too.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 05:16 PM
Hey Ivan thanks for catching those videos, really so enjoyable.
I notice Shigeo left a nice message to you all HERE
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NeedsMoreReverb
Joined: Dec 12, 2007
Posts: 318
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 05:45 PM
Thanks for posting the videos Ivan, so great to relive this.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19195
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 09:06 PM
Thanks for the videos Ivan!
I'll start writing a trip report in parts since I'm pressed for time. Hope you can forgive me for writing so much but I want to remember this in a few years.
Brian's Trip Report Part 1: Preliminaries
As always it is a semi-big deal to travel out to California from Iowa. I have to get permission from the family and hope there are no conflicts. This year I again lucked out. This was my 6th convention, missing only 1 so far.
My flight into LAX was uneventful. As I descended the stairs to the baggage claim I see the smiling face of my pal Danny Snyder! Of course I am bursting at the seams knowing about both Danny's surprise and Danny & Lorenzo's gift for Jeff. I'll have to play it cool for a day or two. Danny had arrived a bit earlier and had done some shopping. After retrieving his luggage from a service we head over to meet up with Ivan. Ivan arrives shortly and our party is almost complete. The three of us would be traveling together with Dane from the Madeira for the whole trip. Dane did not get in until later that night so we took a cab to the Purple Orchid area of El Segundo (which is conveniently nearby). We had a great relaxing dinner at an Italian place and then wandered next door to the Purple Orchid to wait for Dane. We had a good time catching up. Dane eventually arrived with the rental car. After having a drink with Dane we headed off to our home base for the week: Don's Turf Motel in Los Alamitos, conveniently located a block or two from the Starting Gate, the site of the convention. I highly recommend this place if you want a cheap, no-frills place to stay. They even had wi-fi this year. While it was spotty in our room it was good enough by the pool.
Don's Turf Motel is very appreciative of the business it gets for the convention and at least one staff person we talked to had made it to previous years. They even had signed photos of The 9th Wave and El Ray in their lobby! Support them!
Thursday morning we had a great breakfast at Gourmet Pie & Pastry just a few blocks away on Katella. This place was awesome and we went there several times during our trip. Just a damn good American style breakfast, and they were fast and efficient. After hanging out at the hotel for a bit Dane then went off to visit family nearby. Danny, Ivan, and I met up with Paul Wayne (ColtsSurf) to visit Danny's favorite lunch spot, Canter's Deli in Fairfax, and then onto a vintage guitar store. We would then go to the Atlantics Tribute rehearsal. We had a great time getting to know Paul on the way and at Canter's. Unfortunately the infamous LA traffic caused us to skip the trip to the guitar store as we had to meet Jonpaul for Atlantics practice. D'oh. Paul dropped us off at Jonpaul's practice space near downtown LA. Here we got to witness the 4 musicians run through the songs for the first time together. It was really cool seeing these guys work out their parts and go over the rough spots. It was quite evident everyone had done their homework so all that was required was to integrate everyone's parts together. It sounded remarkable, and many jokes were made about Danny playing a strat through a Marshall. The guys made me do the shark warning bell on a cowbell during Shark Attack. Fun!
Okay I'm out of time for now so I'll continue later starting with Thursday night, our first of the pre-shows: Alex's Bar in Long Beach featuring Threesome, The Kilaueas, and The Danny Amis All Star Band.
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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San Francisco
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 09:27 PM
Brian wrote:
I'll start writing a trip report in parts since I'm pressed for time. Hope you can forgive me for writing so much but I want to remember this in a few years.
<snip>
Love your tour reports, Brian! Keep 'em coming.
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DoNtFearTheReverbBass
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Land Locked CINCINNATI OH
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 09:49 PM
More cowbell Brian, More cowbell....nice to have met you in yet another city Brian, and pleasure meeting Paul and Danny for the first time in the pool courtyard with Ivan. I knew yer all up,to something....great time had by all.
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DaveF
Joined: May 10, 2009
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Old Mission, CA
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 10:10 PM
The Ding Dong Devils
Thursday, Aug 7, Alex's Bar in Long Beach
Their third cd Space Fezcapade out very soon
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DaveF
Joined: May 10, 2009
Posts: 1111
Old Mission, CA
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 10:38 PM
The Danny Amis All Stars, Alex's Bar
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 10:58 PM
Oh how jealous I am of all you folks... Having been to a couple conventions I know the weekend is a whirlwind, and it sounds like this one was above and beyond! Thanks for all the reports and videos, it sounds like a blast! I've gotta make it out to the next one...
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midwestsurfguy
Joined: Mar 19, 2006
Posts: 900
Oxford, Ohio
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 11:41 PM
Ok here is my first video for the jam sessions.
Dark Eyes
Players are
Maxx - Lead Guitar (Eddie Bertrand's guitar)
bIG wAvE Dave Becker - Bass Guitar
Scotty Bravo - Drums
Bruce Breington - Rhythm Guitar
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CaliforniaMaxx
Joined: Dec 05, 2010
Posts: 132
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Posted on Aug 14 2014 02:01 AM
midwestsurfguy wrote:
Ok here is my first video for the jam sessions.
Dark Eyes
Players are
Maxx - Lead Guitar (Eddie Bertrand's guitar)
bIG wAvE Dave Becker - Bass Guitar
Scotty Bravo - Drums
Bruce Breington - Rhythm Guitar
That was truly an honor to have used Eddie Bertrand's Jaguar for that song. I wonder if anyone else got that on video.
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