SurfGuitar101 Convention, Aug. 2008 (1st year)

bigtikidude · Last edited by bigtikidude on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:31 pm; edited 24 times in total

Hey Everybody,
just a Heads up about the
Surf Guitar 101 Convention,

This will be:
Suzy's Bar and Grill
1141 Aviation Blvd. (at Prospect)
Hermosa Beach, California
Noon to 5 or 7 pm, separate night show is 8 pm to midnight
but your welcome to come at 11 am or so.

1st off its gonna be many things
a Swap Meet of surf music(cds, lp's 45s -new used), and instrument/gear
shirts, posters, hats etc. if you have surf swag/merch to sell bring it, grab a free table and sell away.
Major Vendors will be.
Double Crown Records,
Dionysus Records,
Golly Gee Records
Gomez Amplification
Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
John Blair with his re-issue of The 80's album Stampede on CDw bonus trx
Machturtle Productions, and many surf bands cds.
plus many other bands members will be there selling their cds.
and there will be 1 table with Tiki magazine and other tiki related stuff
if you get tired of the Surf stuff. Wink

**but Please save enough Money for the Night show, and their Merch. they need money too, as some of them are coming from The Mid West and
Nor. Cal.

and multi media presentations,
Dominic Priore's Assistant Brian from the Dumb Angel Gazette and Surf Pop Culture Books, will have some of their books and mags.showing surf music clips from the 60's and a slide show of historic pictures.
and Possibly have the Original Surfaris Sufari LP for sale.(Lmited qtys)

There will be a short trailer of the "Sound of Surf" music documentary that is in production now, and they may be doing interviews at this event for the film.

Paul Johnson will be having the premier of the Pounding Surf! DVD
plus historic stories and footage from the 60's surf scene.
plus all of the different cds he has for sale.

and Surf Show
4 Bands
The Boardwalkers(LA)
Outterwave,(LA)
The Aquasonics(Colorado)
Secret Samurai,(San Diego)

ALSO just added a short 4 song Eliminators set,
4 songs of Eddie Bertrand with the Eliminators,
and a 30 min Slacktone set.

Surf Jam/ (sign up list to join will be posted soon)many songs,
you play a Standard along with a Live backing band
here is the Link to the Tread with the list of songs to choose to play with Outterwave.
this list will be close soon, so join in now.
http://www.surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=81631#81631

and get together/meet and greet

I am still talking to people about coming to it, and being involved.
But I wanted to Officially announce when it will be.

Later that night.
The Madeira from Mid west, Pollo Del Mar from Nor. Cal., Insect Surfers and Detonators are playing 8 pm till Midnight.

also
On Sun. Aug 3rd at the Huntington Beach Pier, 11 am to 5 pm will be.
The Fabulous Nomads, The Relix, Aquasonics from Colorado, Pollo Del Mar,
The Madeira , and The Surftones, Feat. Matt Q from Reventlos, and Kerry Chester ex of DD's 80s band.

I Figured it would be best to announce it asap, as I know the sooner the better, for arranging for airfare and sleeping and car accommodations.

There is also a San Diego show with Pollo Del Mar,Madeira,Secret Samurai, and Zombie Surf Camp, on the Fri. nite. Aug 1st. If anybody would like to go down there to get an early start on the Reverb overdose weekend.

here is rough schedule.

Swap meet Noon to 2 pm
1:30 to 1:45 slide show of old surf history by Brian Chidister.
1:45 to 2pm, clips from the surf drumming dvd
2pm drum off with Dusty Watson, and Jeff Utterback.
2:20 ish. The Sound of Surf trailer clips , surf music documentary
2:30 Slacktone,
3pm Eddie Bertrand, and PJ and Norm of Ghastly Ones do Squad Car and Mr. Moto.
3 :15, Jams with some people playing with Dusty and PJ.
3:45ish. Outterwave
4:15ish Eddie Bertrand w Eliminators 4 songs. Then Eliminators 4 songs
4:45ish Boardwalkers
5:15ish Aquasonics
5:45 Secret Samurai
6:15 back to the Jam,
7 pm end of the show.

If anybody wants to see a list of good places to eat, and cool places to go while here, look at this thread:
http://www.surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6437

Jeff(bigtikidude)

wooza · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject:

This sounds awesome! I'm there with bells on! Groovy!

mom_surfing · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

i'll be there too!

goober · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Count me in.

Goober

RobbieReverb · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject:

I'm there! Count me in, too! Thumbs Up

U DA MAN, JEFF!!!! Worship

Bob

bigtikidude · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys.
its gonna be a killer event.
Hope tons of people come from all over to see it.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Ruhar · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

Should be a blast! Thanks for stepping up and organizing this Jeff! Now I only need to figure out how to get away for the entire weekend Laughing

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diceophonic · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

If money and time allow I'm there you know me BTD Guitar!

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HBkahuna · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

For those that cant make it to San Diego, The Eliminators are working on a show for Friday August 1 in Orange County with a special guest band. This is a work in progress & unconfirmed at this time.

DGG · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

FYI, Gomez Amps will be there too. Kudos and many thanks to Jeff for pulling this together. Dario
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Ruhar · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject:

bigtikidude · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks Everybody,
still working on gettin some cool surf dignitaries to be there.
and such.
and some people to do some surf related slides, movies, clips, and
discussion about the historical events and places of Surf in So. Cal.

please tell everybody you know about this,
Verbal, phone call. and e-mail.
and about the show later that night.
As I want it to be a fun all day event,
and no hard feelings.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

groucho26 · Gremmie Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 111

Very cool - I'll be planning to drive down from NorCal - surf's up!
Worship

Maui · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:58 am Post subject:

Hey Jeff,
Thanks for your efforts! It looks like this is going to be an event to remember.
I think it's a really good idea to have bands in the afternoon and evening. There are a lot of us coming from parts unknown and far away. We are coming for 1 reason, our love for the music so the more the better.
Like I've said before, we don't get to be around too many cats that are into Surf music around here, hell, we are happy just to run across someone in the crowd that knows what surf music is!
Anyway, it is going to be great fun seeing all our friends in So Cal and meeting a bunch more!
Keep up the good work !

Clint · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

I love these all day events... it's only a two hour drive from San Diego (traffic willing), and it is often the case where we drive 4-5 hours (total) to see a 3 hour show. And I'm only coming from San Diego. It'll be fun to meet so many SG101-ites. Thanks for doing all the leg-work!!

Clint