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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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Yeah baby!!
---- Jeff <> 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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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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--- 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)
> >
> >
OH MAN
back east, some of think BIG BOB is some kinda porn star ?
not to be confused with BIG BEN!
Unsteady Freddie
--back east, some of think BIG BOB is some kinda porn star ?
Are you sure your not thinkin' Neil and Bob?
;D
-- Unsteady Freddie <> wrote:> --- 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)
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
>
> OH MAN
>
> back east, some of think BIG BOB is some kinda porn star ?
>
> not to be confused with BIG BEN!
>
> Unsteady Freddie
>
>
>
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You can write a happy surf tune about the Bob's that still exist in Glendale and
Burbank. I only said that the original Bob's location on Colorado is gone.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Bobs big boy, was... Maybe more than you wanted
to know
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.
> >
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Hesperia CA? That's my neighborhood! That Bob's has good
burgers!
-dp
--- Jeff <> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > .
> > > Visit
> for archived
> messages, bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
> > >
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---- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
> You can write a happy surf tune about the Bob's that still exist in Glendale
and Burbank. I only said that the original Bob's location on Colorado is gone.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:34 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Bobs big boy, was... Maybe more than you wanted
to know
>
>
> 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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