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The new El Ray album is currently being printed and due for release in August! It will be out on 180 gram vinyl, Cd, iTunes etc.

Check out a few songs from the album on our Bandcamp page.

http://elray.bandcamp.com/

Laramie Dean Split 7" Release Party! Two dates, July 9th at the Doll Hut and July 10th at the Cat Club. Check out my new website www.laramiedean.com. Hope to see you there!

The Exotics, the Midwest's classic instrumental combo with the Big Go Go Beat, are embarking on a California tour in August! See you on the dance floor at the following dates:

• Aug 11: TBA
• Aug 12 Forbidden Island - Alameda
• Aug 13 Trader Vic's - Los Angeles
• Aug 14 Don The Beachcomber - Huntington Beach
• Aug 15 Int'l Surfing Museum Concert on the Pier - Huntington Beach
• Aug 17 Bar Pink's "TIKI TUES" - San Diego
• Aug 18 Tiki House - San Diego w/ Secret Samurai

For up to date news, be sure to follow this SurfGuitar101 forum thread.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: the festival's location has changed.

We are still in LIVORNO, of course, and the new event area is fantastic! We are just 5 min. from the sea, but not right on the coast anymore. We are sorry about this, but we had to do this. But - hey - we can tell you this is much more fun! All the rest is the same, lots of people coming from everywhere.

New location for the weekend: OTTO E MEZZO STUDIOS

Updates on www.surferjoemusic.com will be available over the weekend. Again guys: Livorno is NOT L.A. It's 20 min. to go around it. The actual distance from the old and new location is 5 min. Internal transportation, buses and eventually shuttle buses will be available.

Write me for any help: info@surferjoemusic.com

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Marie is the bar manager for Don The Beachcomber in Sunset Beach Ca, a very surf friendly venue. Marie had a bad car accident a few weeks back and we are putting on this event to raise funds for her.

Save this date: Sun. May 30th 2pm to midnight. Tickets for the big event can be bought here. Here is a list of the bands, and their myspace page to give them a listen.

• The Board Walkers
• Outerwave
• The Eliminators
• Slacktone
• Exotiki
• The Smokin Menehunes
• Glasgow Tiki Shakers
• Tikiyaki Orchestra

If you would like to donate to the fund, but cannot attend go here. If you do show up, there will be tons of stuff donated for a raffle, and auction.

We hope some of you can attend. More info to come soon.
Thanks
Jeff(btd)

Here are 9, count them, 9 videos from The Space Cossacks 10 year reunion show at IOTA, in Arlington Virginia, on Saturday, May 15th, 2010. A big SG101 thank-you to our own morphball for shooting and uploading this priceless footage! Dig it!

Don't miss the 5th Annual Great Lakes Surf Battle! With 7 bands over 2 nights, it is guaranteed to be total surf & rock'n'roll mayhem! Both nights at the Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This year will be better than ever so plan for it now!

Return of the Jaguar

(the 40 year journey of an Australian guitar)

Martin Cilia is guitarist with the legendary Australian surf band  The Atlantics. He is also regarded as one of Australia's finest.

Around 2006 Martin got a phone call to demonstrate some guitar sounds for ABC’s The Collectors TV show. He had original versions of all the guitars they wanted to demo, except for one - a Fender Jaguar. Steve Jackson of Jackson's Rare Guitars sent over one of his Jaguars to use.

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Instromania presents the opportunity for music fans to join forces to witness a day of instrumental madness. 

Date: 12th June 2010
Time: 8pm- Midnight
Location: The Chandelier Room
91 Cochranes Road, Moorabbin (Melbourne, Aust.)
http://www.chandelierroom.com.au/
(ample parking available)
Lineup:

• Martin Cilia
• Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum
• The Futuras
• Harry's Webb

Tickets: $15 (at the door)
More info: http://www.instromania.com.au/

 

I finally broke down and created an "official" SG101 twitter feed: @SurfGuitar101. I'll be tweeting about news and events relating to the site as well as interesting surf music links.