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RIP Eddie Bertrand, was Benefit show for Surf Guitar Legend Eddie Bertrand at Dons

Tonga Tom
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Posted: 2011-02-06 1:28 pm Permalink

Thanks for the pics JOHN-O!

chrisandsarahb
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From: Cucamonga, CA

Posted: 2011-02-06 5:03 pm Permalink

I had such a blast at this marathon event! Stellar surf music, incredible talent, and awesome time hanging out with pals. John-O, I owe you a rum barrel bro! Mr. Jay, you are a true celebrity in my book, and Spike, thanks for the mai tai! BigTikiDude, you are promoter extraordinaire! Big mahaloz for all your hard work, dedication, and good will. Good karma coming your way bro!

Cheers,

Chris

P.S. Video Coming Soon.......

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bigtikidude
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Posted: 2011-02-06 7:12 pm Permalink

Chris, John O,

thanks for the Kudos,
and thanks for coming to this event.

Jeff(btd)

bigtikidude
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Posted: 2011-02-06 7:15 pm Permalink

John O,
thanks for the pics,
and here is my Thank you post form SG101.
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Needless to say,
I am completely exhausted.
but extremely happy in the turn out of the event.
Such a Huge outpouring of love, and generosity towards Eddie.

Thanks again go out to Tim(HB Kahunna)
Matt Quilter of the Reventlos and John Benton for the Amps,
Dusty Watson for the Drums.
To Mike and Sandy from 9th Wave for helping my Dad, and me.
(you guys are just so kind) I owe you big time.
Thanks Dad for running the front door with Mike n Sandy.

Thanks goes out to Don the Beachcomber in HB.
they graciously let us use the room for the day/night.
and I hope that they were pleased with the turnout.

Thanks to so many of you who came from Far away for this.

and most of all,
Thanks to all of the bands that gave their time for this benefit.

I got so many congrats.
but I am just the Organizer.
Thanks to all of the performers, and helpers.

Jeff(btd)
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Quote:

On 2011-02-06 09:08, JOHN-O wrote:
What a great event !!

Surf music legends and some of the best of the Third Wave playing 8 hours of non-stop music in a historic Tiki palace.

And all for a great cause !! This was a great celebration of tribal love and community.

A big THANK YOU to BigTikiDude for organizing such a fantastic day.

Everyone had a great time and from what I understand successfully raised a lot of well needed funds for Eddie.

The room(s) were packed...

Here's BTD with Eddie who was able to attend for a short time...

I wish I could have gotten more shots of the bands but it was super crowded up near the stage. The highlight of the event was former Bel-Airs and Showmen jamming through some of their classics. That's Paul Johnson second from left, Dick Dodd (and former Mouseketeer) on drums, and DTBC regular (and former Nocturne) Jim Frias on sax. I forgot the person who was channeling Eddie but he was great (help BTD).

Here's the Eliminators with Surf music historian (and 2nd-Wave Nightrider) Jon Blair second from left.

They did a stunning Surf music version of "Bali Hi".

Tiki Central role call for the day...

left (Trevor, Tiki Kitty, "Ding Dong Devil" Caltiki), right (Chris of chrisandsarahb, Dinah, "Hula Girl" Spike)

left ("Insect Surfer" JonPaul, Mr. J), right (Jungle Ginger, Atomic Tiki Punk, Mrs. Caltiki)

left (Kick The Reverb & his daughter), right (Whorehay aka Mambo King & Dana)

Oops, I can't find HappyChi in any of my pictures. Sorry Stacey.

And oh yeah, Crazy Al showed up towards the end.

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bigtikidude
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Posted: 2011-02-06 7:20 pm Permalink

John O,
that is Matt Quilter of Costa Mesa band,
the Reventlos.
http://www.reventlos.com/
videos for the Reventlos
http://www.google.com/search?q=The+Reventlos&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox#q=The+Reventlos&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=60c&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=IGNPTc7xMIXGsAOJw-CdCg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQqwQwAQ&fp=d9844f08d4525a5

not a Trad surf band, but amazing none the less.
Jeff(btd)

Quote:

On 2011-02-06 09:08, JOHN-O wrote:

The highlight of the event was former Bel-Airs and Showmen jamming through some of their classics. That's Paul Johnson second from left, Dick Dodd (and former Mouseketeer) on drums, and DTBC regular (and former Nocturne) Jim Frias on sax. I forgot the person who was channeling Eddie but he was great (help BTD).

bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.

Posted: 2011-02-06 8:28 pm Permalink

Video of 2 of the bands from the Event,
From Dave LeDude:

http://surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=14406

Jungle Ginger
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Posted: 2011-02-07 01:12 am Permalink

Jeff- thank you for putting on such a great event! What a great gathering of bands and good friends for a worthy cause. You really hit it out of the park. Thanks again for everything.

Nancy&Lance

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congawa
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From: Long Beach, CA

Posted: 2011-02-07 09:39 am Permalink

I had a great time! Thanks, Big Tiki Dude, for all your hard work (and HB Kahuna, and everyone else who volunteered, assisted and got the word out). Hopefully this will give Eddie a little help and boost in his recovery process.

Caltiki Brent

bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.

Posted: 2011-02-07 3:41 pm Permalink

Thanks gang,

Stay tuned:
possibly a south bay show in a few months.

Old friends gather with Eddie: Dick Dodd, Randy Neuert, Ed Fournier and Bobby Knight

Special People: Ranyd Neuert, Jim Roberts, Ed Fournier, Paul Johnson, The Photog Rich.

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bigtikidude
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Posted: 2011-02-07 3:57 pm Permalink

Men of Mystery "A Place in the Sun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6buGuDFF4k

Riptides, don't know the name of this tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraiMcwYomg

Riptides "Penetration"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzge942gyyM

Belairs ( PJ & Matt Quilter )

"The Crawler / It was I"
PJ talks about how the Belairs started
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz_yPJtgpBQ

bigtikidude
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Posts: 8252
From: Anaheim,Ca.

Posted: 2011-02-07 4:39 pm Permalink

I don't like to review my own gigs,
but here is a post from SG101 that sums up the day pretty well.
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A wonderful show today at Don's. Reminded me of the SG101 convention shows that I attended. There was over 8 hours of great bands and good times. There was a ton of love for Eddie, for surf, and for each other. There were more than a few choked-up and teary eyed people during various points of the show. Eddie was in attendance, but unfortunately couldn't play. He was grinnin' from ear-to-ear, blown away that so many people cared so much to help him.

A brief rundown:

The Men of Mystery: terrific Shadows tribute band; nice way to open the show.

The Riptides: solid and fun tradition-style surf. Good set.

Bel Airs Reunion: Paul Johnson, Dick Dodds, the original keyboard player, Jim Frias on sax, and (as PJ Moto said) Matt Quilter was channeling Eddie Bertrand. Artie Fisher joined in on the last three songs. Smiles and joy, everywhere. Pure magic.

The Eddie and the Showmen Tribute Band was a great enegetic set by John Benton and John Blair on guitars, Dick dodds on drums, JIm Frias on sax, and Matt on bass. Smiles all around. Magic.

The Secret Sammurai fllored everybody with their jaw-dropping virtuosity.

The Outerwave played a solid traditional-style set, whcih inclued a cool version of the Mermen's "Curve".

Ventures-Mania, featuring Deke Dickerson was off-the-hook in energy, authenticty, and volume. It's not often that you hear Showmnan amps breaking-up. Very cool, but only 15 minutes long.

Slacktone: no words can describe the greatness of these guys. Wow!!! Worship Worship Worship

The Eliminators: GREAT, GREAT GREAT! (How is it that the tone of these guys through the same backline sounded significantly better than every band tha preceded them?) Awesome!

The Insect surfers: always a favorite of mine. They played a lot of very cool new material. Can't wait for the next CD! Phenomenal set.

It was great seeing so many SG101'ers there, many having travelled great distances through miserable conditions to make it to the show.

A wonderful day. Now I'm going to sleep.

bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.

Posted: 2011-02-07 4:54 pm Permalink

Kristena and Sean's pics from the Event.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32298&id=165464580157920&ref=mf

bigtikidude
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Posts: 8252
From: Anaheim,Ca.

chrisandsarahb
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Posts: 510
From: Cucamonga, CA

Posted: 2011-02-08 07:28 am Permalink

Lost In Paradise #11: The Eddie Bertrand Benefit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40FXfjODMs

Cheers,
Chris
Lost In Paradise
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Lost-In-Paradise/190254427656607?v=wall

bigtikidude
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Posts: 8252
From: Anaheim,Ca.

Posted: 2011-02-08 11:50 am Permalink

very cool,
thanks Chris,

Jeff(btd)

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