Los Straitjackets Tour 2/2011

Los Straitjackets

Turning Point – Piermont, NY, Wed Feb 16
Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT, Thu Feb 17
Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, ME, Fri Feb 18
Narrows Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA, Sat Feb 19
Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA, Sun Feb 20
The Record Collector Store – Bordentown, NJ, Tue Feb 22
Rams Head On Stage – Annapolis, MD, Wed Feb 23
Birchmere – Alexandria, VA, Thu Feb 24
The Bellhouse – Brooklyn, NY, Fri Feb 25
Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, PA, Sat Feb 26

Quoting from their message in my mailbox:

Los Straitjackets are preparing to bring a refreshing blast of Lucha Surf to the Northeast. The cure for any February cabin fever is a Los Straitjackets show!

This run has a few great surprises… Sarah Borges will join the ‘Jackets in Fall River and The Iron Horse with solo opening sets. In Annapolis, the band will play a double bill with the incomporable Bill Kirchen and at the Birchmere, the band will be sharing the stage with the very cool www.jameshuntermusic.com/James Hunter.

In Brooklyn and Sellersville, we’ve planned a grand experiment… a full on Rock & Burlesque spectacular. The band will be joined on stage by old friends The World Famous Pontani Sisters as well asMiss Saturn & Ruby Valentine. In Brooklyn, the very cool band Jenny Dee & The Dee-linquents will open the show.

If you are not worn out from all the mouse-clicking to check out these great artists, make tracks to buy tickets to one (or more!) of these great shows.

While Daddy O Grande is still unable to tour, he is battling hard and doing well. Gregorio El Grande will be on guitar for these shows.

Big Event/Benefit Show for
Eddie Bertrand

Eddie has had a couple of really bad falls, and broken his hips. He is in financial hard times right now, so Tim (H.B. Kahuna) and Jeff (Big Tiki Dude) Hanson are putting on a Huge benifit show for the man who basically invented Surf Music for us to all love. Now it’s our turn to show the love…

Ok here is the Line up for the Big Show (not in order of appearance)

  • 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

and an All Star Jam doing songs of the Bel-Air and Eddie and the Showmen,
Feat. John Blair, Paul Johnson, Tim Fitzpatrick, John Benton, Jim Frias and Matt Quilter and possibly some other legends.

I wouldn’t miss this!

Saturday February 5th 2011
Don The Beachcombers
16278 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, CA

By the way, just found this bit on musician healthcare:
that’s more like it: Ohio co-op helps musicians handle medical insurance…

Links for 1/19/11

www.surferjoemusic.com

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