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For any one who has been asking when we are playing, and there are not many of you, here ya go.

For these shows, we will be playing the hits of Carlos Garde, Argentinas Tango maestrol, with a surprise appearance by Gauchito Gil.

Mel Phantom Surfers

ODM will be playing at Columbine Lounge & Restaurant  on Wed. 3/2/11 from 7:30-8:30 pm.  CL&R is located at 7660 S Pierce, Littleton, CO.

Hope to see you there.

Gary

The Insect Surfers will appear at the First Los Angeles Spaghetti Western Festival on March 19th at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.  The festival will be an all-day celebration of spaghetti westerns, with films, live music and special guests. The Insect Surfers will close out the festival (and no doubt bring down the house) with an instrumental tribute to Ennio Morricone's Spaghetti Western themes. For more info, visit www.SpaghettiWesternFestival.com.

Surf and Turf 3
The third annual surf and rockabilly rumble
Live at The Cadillac Lounge
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
 
featuring performances by:
Tennessee Voodoo Coupe
and The Flying Bordelos
with DJ Surfin’ Dave Faris
 
$10 cover, doors 9 pm, showtime 10 pm
1296 Queen St. W., www.cadillaclounge.com
Toronto, Canada
sponsored by Mill St. Brewery
 
Rockhouse T.O. presents Surf and Turf 3, the first hot ticket of 2011, Saturday, January 22nd at the Cadillac Lounge. Don’t miss the third annual surf and rockabilly rumble, hosted by Toronto’s  Tennessee Voodoo Coupe, geared up and ready for action, with a brand new CD in their mitts. Mysterious trio The Flying Bordelos will be astounding the audience with their phenomenal surf and instrumental sounds, and no doubt dressed to kill. DJ Surfin’ Dave Faris will also be in the house to provide a sizzling mix of amped-up surf, hot rod and rockabilly tunes throughout the evening. Fire up your engines and catch the wave at the Caddy, Surf and Turf only happens once a year!

Hey Everybody.

Doing a big benefit show to raise money for Eddie Bertrand. He's had a couple falls and broken his hips. Tim(HB Kahuna) and I are puttin together a big show of love for Eddie. The show will feature:

• The Riptides (South Bay band - not Jason Lee and the RIP tides)
• Outerwave
• The Eliminators
• Slacktone
• The Insect Surfers
• Secret Samurai
• The Men Of Mystery
• All Star Jam, doing songs of the Bel-Airs, and Eddie and the Showmen w/John Blair, Paul Johnson, Tim Fitzpatrick, John Benton, Jim Frias, and Matt Quilter (and possibly some other legends)

It will be at Don the Beachcomber in Sunset Beach Ca., 16278 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA, 92649, (562) 592-1321, on Sat. Feb. 5th. from 2 pm to 10 pm. We will be located in the back in the High Chiefs Room and Hidden Village. We will have many cool raffle items!

Make plans now. You won't want to miss this. If you really can't make it we will probably have a site, or Paypal account where you can donate to Eddie from afar. But please try to make it if you can. Also, if you want to do a tribute show in your area, and send the funds to Eddie, that would be excellent. If you want to send some merch from your band for the raffle, that would be great too.

Here is the link to the Eddie Benefit Facebook Page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Benefit-EventShow-For-Eddie-MrRebel-Bertrand/165464580157920

and while there you can go to the FBML page, to donate to his Fund.

Thanks everybody.

Please send me a PM or e-mail at Bigtikidude@yahoo.com

Thanks everyone.
Jeff(bigtikidude)

It's the moment you've been waiting for... The lineup of Deke Dickerson's 8th Annual Guitar Geek Festival has been finalized! The headliner for this year is JUNIOR BROWN!

The show takes place at the Anaheim Plaza Hotel in Anaheim, California, on SATURDAY, JANUARY 15.

Advance $35 tickets (and lots of extra info to help you plan your trip) now available at www.guitargeekfestival.com

This show will sell out! Buy your tickets today!

THE LINEUP:

• JUNIOR BROWN--Master of the Guit-Steel!
• THE TRASHMEN--Minnesota surf guitar legends!
• SKIP PITTS--Memphis wah-wah genius who brought you the "Theme from Shaft!"
• DAVIE ALLAN--King of the fuzz guitar! Biker movie soundtrack king!
• JOEL PATERSON & THE MODERN SOUNDS--Triumphant return after last year's stellar show!
• Z.Z. LISTENING--Z.Z. TOP TRIBUTE featuring Joel Paterson in a secret life as Billy Gibbons!
• DEKE DICKERSON--Weird guitar showcase and geek-out!
• BRIAN LONBECK--Bakersfield barn burner!
• TRIBUTE TO R.C. ALLEN--THE ALL-R.C. ALLEN BAND featuring
• DEL CASHER!--A tribute to California's original luthier (bring your R.C. Allen guitar if you want to join in!)
• THE BIG BOTTOM BASS OFF!--To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Leo Fender's precision bass, bring your bass and join the All-Bass Band!
• THE PAN-AMERICANS--Joao Erbetta, Pete Curry, Rob Douglas, and special guest!

MUCH, MUCH MORE TO COME!

This event is ALL AGES! Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

GET READY TO RUMBLE! 13 Guitar Rumble to Honor Link Wray

Save the date, note your calendar, check flight and train schedules, mark your hand but don't miss the 13 GUITAR RUMBLE: THE LINK WRAY TRIBUTE at the REDWOOD BAR & GRILL Downtown Los Angeles, on Friday, November 19 at 9PM 316 W. 2nd St.

13 GUITAR RUMBLE honors the late, great guitarist LINK WRAY, the man who invented the power chord.  Wray's notable songs include "Ace of Spades", "Jack the Ripper", and his banned from radio/signature reverb classic, "Rumble".  Wray toured relentlessly for over five decades until just weeks before his death in November 2005.  Originally conceived in 2006 by Burnin' Mike Vernon of Austin, Texas' 3 Balls of Fire, the show features different combination's of L.A. guitarists playing the Wray catalog culminating with thirteen guitarists on stage playing “Rumble” at the same time!!

Performing in memory of Wray will be:

Here is the current schedule for the SurfGuitar101.com 2010 Convention at The Starting Gate in Los Alamitos on Saturday, August 7th. To keep up with changes, please monitor this forum thread.

• 10am The SG101 Members jam
• 11am A "60's Legends of Surf" jam
• Noon Men of Mystery
• 1pm The Surfside IV
• 2pm The Wadadli Riders
• 3pm The Space Rangers
• 4pm The Atomic Mosquitos
• 5pm The Insect Surfers
• 6pm Frankie and the Pool Boys
• 7pm Space Cossacks

The cost is $20.

Instromania is Australian instrumental music at its best

The lineup this time is Martin Cilia - a member of legendary Australian surf band "The Atlantics" and one of Australia's best known surf guitarists and Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum is a high-energy, surf-style trio dedicated to reverb drenched surf/gypsy/Tarantino guitar. Guaranteed to be LSD* free. Also, be prepared for a secret surprise support act.

Image*Lead singer disease

Friday 20th August - St Kilda RSL (St Kilda Army/Navy)
88 Acland St, St Kilda
8pm - 11pm

Saturday 21st August - The Studio
37 Geringhap St, Geelong
8pm - 11pm

Sunday 22nd August - 303
303 High St, Northcote
3pm - 7pm

More info: http://www.instromania.com.au
Tickets available from Moshtix http://www.moshtix.com.au