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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!

Unfortunately I found this CD only last week though it was already released 2009: The Waikiki Kuks from Finland with No Man's Wave.

This album contains 15 stunning reverb drenched instrumentals, vintage surf covers, as well as original compositions by members of the band. One track is as good or even better as the others. You can preview the tracks and purchase the album at CD Baby. A MUST for every fan!!

-Ruediger from Germany

Watch this fantastic clip of MoAM?, it's nearly 30 minutes long! Click the text link below to watch it on Vimeo in a larger size.

WE HAVE SIGNAL: Man or Astro-Man? from We Have Signal on Vimeo.

Hey everyone, head on over to Archive.org to check out the SG101 2010 MP3 Compilation! You can download all the songs separately, together, or even stream them with their player.

Thanks everyone for participating! We had a record number of entries. Check out the forums as we will likely have an IRC listening party.

Surf music fans lost this week someone who I feel was a great contibutor to the genre . Astronauts guitarist, Bob Demmon passed away on Saturday and although inactive from the surf scene for many years, his influence will be with us forever.

Here is a link to the details:  http://www.dailycamera.com/obits/ci_16912332.

Jesse

 

 

The Interstellar Sounds of The Thunderchiefs is out now on Wormtome Records. Featuring 13 new space themed originals from the Texas Kings of land lock Surf Music.

Order from Wormtone Records or your resident SurfGuitar 101 music supplier extraordinaire: Double Crown Records.

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:

Surf music is alive no matter what Jimi Hendrix said...

"Reverb Junkies" is a high-energy feature film documenting the current surf music scene in southern California. Shot over the course of the summer of 2010, "Reverb Junkies" takes you inside this little known sub-genre of Rock and Roll. This documentary introduces you to some of the people playing the fastest, hottest instrumental music around and to the rabid fans of all ages who can't get enough.

Executive Producer/Director Steve Seagren, along with Producer Alan Altur, Producer Tony Dimond and Producer/Director of Photography Steve Gelder shot almost 200 hours of live performances and interviews with some of the best surf music bands from southern California and the world, including The Ghastly Ones, The Dynotones, The Space Cossacks, Surfside IV, Thee Swank Bastards and Szandora, Wadadli Riders from Antigua, Space Rangers from Germany, The Tequila Worms, Creepy Creeps, CHUM, Jason Lee and the R.I.P.Tides, Exene Cervenka from X, Dominic Priore (author of 'Pop Surf Culture'), Tiki Tena, surf radio hosts Clint Beachwood and Cousin Mary, Glasgow Tiki Shakers, Pyronauts, Kelp, Pollo Del Mar, and many, many more.

We are currently entering the post-production phase of our project, and we are looking for funds to complete the editing, color correction and a sound mix, as well as for some festival entry fees, press kits, etc. All of this adds up quickly, and in order to complete the movie properly, we feel we need to raise at least $10,000 with this Kickstarter campaign - so, here we go!

We have some great items available to those who choose to participate at various levels (DVDs, t-shirts, posters, etc. - check them out over there to the right...), and we've even opened up three (3) Associate Producer credits. These will be a unofficial title only (you don't get to put your buddy's surf band in the movie, sorry), but your name will appear in the credits of the movie and with the film on the official Internet Movie Data Base (imdb.com). Also, as an Associate Producer, you will receive updates on when and where "Reverb Junkies" is playing at various film festivals, and occasional invitations to some of these screenings (transportation and lodging not included).

If you'd like to contribute without getting anything in return, you have that option, too. Thanks from all of us involved with "Reverb Junkies" for checking out our Kickstarter profile, and when you eventually see our movie, PLAY IT LOUD!

Please go here to kick-start Reverb Junkies!