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Billy I'll fly if you buy, But I want the Double Big boy special
and Oinion Rings instead of Fries, and you gotta get us 2 of
the Hot Fudge Sundays after, Damn!! I haven't eaten at Bobs in
about 10 years.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , scanman@a... wrote:
>
> Yeah baby!!
>
>
> ---- Jeff <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
> > Billy, The Bob's Chain is not all gone, there are still a few
> > around.
> > I know of One up In the High Dessert(Hesperia area)off the 15 and
395
> > freeways. So if you are ever on your way to Vegas, stop off
there.
> >
> > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , scanman@a... wrote:
> > >
> > > That sucks!! I love Bob's Big Boy!!
> > > I'll take the Big Bob's Combo with Blu dressing
> > please.............. They rocked!!
> > > Wow. Maybe it's time to write a sad song.................;(
> > > Billy
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Marty Tippens <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > > > Thanks for this post, Kim. It's great to hear that there was
some
> > kinda surf history in the Pasadena / Goondale area. I regularly
went
> > to that drive up at Bob's #1 on Colorado in the '70's. It ain't
no
> > more.
> > > > -Marty
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Kim Sweeney
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:09 PM
> > > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Big Tiki Dude - Maybe more than
you
> > wanted to know
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>>Jeff(bigtikidude)
> > > > >>>p.s. I'd love to go back to the 60's or 80's to see
what
> > those
> > > > >>>shows and turnouts were like.
> > > >
> > > > Big Tiki Dude,
> > > > I can tell you about one of the venues, and the turnouts in
> > 1963-4-5-6.
> > > > This was our local scene, up in San Gabriel Valley.
> > > >
> > > > The Pasadena Civic Auditorium had a Dance every Saturday
Night.
> > > > We called it "The Civic"
> > > > It was open to all high school kids in the area.
> > > > Pasadena, John Muir(Altadena-my school), San Gabriel,
Sierra
> > Madre, La
> > > > Canada, La Cresenta, Arcadia, Glendale, South Pasadena,
Eagle
> > Rock, San
> > > > Gabriel High Schools etc.
> > > >
> > > > The Civic would feature 3 bands for the evening.
> > > > The house band was called "The Diaboliques" and then two
other
> > bands
> > > > Sometimes SURF (mostly) and sometimes R&B Like, Righteous
Bros,
> > Ike and
> > > > Tina, Dick and DeeDee, Thee Midnighters.
> > > > The rules were, had to have a Student Body Card from one of
> > these high
> > > > schools, dresses for girls, slacks(no jeans) for boys,
shirt
> > tucked IN
> > > > And a tie, or you could not get in. Of course no smoking or
> > drinking.
> > > > The crowd inside was easily 500 kids or more.
> > > > You would have to park blocks away. And as you approached
the
> > hall,
> > > > You first heard the BASS and then the drums and then the
> > reverbed
> > > > guitars
> > > > And most usually a sax, sometimes up to three saxes.
> > > > What a sound! It was held in the Ballroom, behind the
> > Auditorium.
> > > >
> > > > I remember seeing the Pyramids, they would start off
wearing
> > Beatle wigs
> > > > And halfway through the first song, they would tear off
their
> > wigs, and
> > > > They were BALD! The first Skinheads? This was the times of
> > Bushy Bushy
> > > > Blonde Hairdoos...Peroxide ran rampant. Long Shaggy blonde
hair.
> > > > All the Surf Bands played The Civic. The Nomads were
regulars.
> > The
> > > > Esquires.
> > > > These band names are from my memory, there were plenty of
bands!
> > > >
> > > > So I guess what I am trying to emphasize is that "turnouts"
> > were not a
> > > > Problem. Everybody came to these dances, even if they had
no
> > intention
> > > > of
> > > > Coming in and dancing. It was a place to "pick up chicks"
> > and "meet a
> > > > cute guy" The traffic out front was a non-stop flow of cars
> > that cruised
> > > > from "Bobs Big Boy" Drive-in in East Pasadena, along
Colorado
> > Boulevard,
> > > > whip a circle around The Civic and then continue on
Colorado
> > out through
> > > > Eagle Rock into Glendale and then drive through THAT "Bob's
Big
> > Boy"
> > > > (The original) and then back again, over and over.
> > > > And I do mean every car would drive through the drive-in,
too!
> > 16 miles
> > > > of
> > > > Bumper to bumper cars and kids.
> > > > But wait! That's not all! You could get into this cruising
> > activity all
> > > > over
> > > > The Southland. Whittier Boulevard from Downtown out to
> > Whittier, or
> > > > Lankershim Blvd. In The Valley, or Hollywood Blvd from
> > Hollywood to
> > > > Malibu, or Hawthorne Blvd., Rosecrans, the Beach Cities
Hermosa,
> > > > Manhattan and Redondo, home of the Belairs and the
Crossfires,
> > and on
> > > > into Orange County
> > > > To Dick Dale territory. This was going on everywhere!
> > > > And to finalize this review, forty years later, the surf
bands
> > I saw all
> > > > Had these great steps they would do while they were
playing.
> > There would
> > > >
> > > > Be a line of like, three of them, next to each other, take
a
> > few steps
> > > > forward, Dip their guitar/sax down, three steps back, raise
> > their
> > > > instrument, repeat.
> > > > All in a line, all in unison. Wearing their suits, this
looked
> > really
> > > > cool.
> > > > I have not seen to much of this activity in film, but every
> > band had
> > > > their
> > > > Own style of moving on stage.
> > > >
> > > > Aloha to you all,
> > > > Kim in Kohala
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