Big Kahuna Bash 2024 Part 3

 Saturday, July 27, 2024

For my third drink I got the Big Kahuna which the menu described as: "A tasty blend of dark rum, citrus, honey and passion fruit. Who's the Big Kahuna? You're the Big Kahuna!" Dale got another Coors Light. Please note: Dale and I were both drinking lots of water to combat the heat and humidity. We met a nice woman named Tea who was sitting next to us at the bar. It was fun chatting with her. 

We then headed out to listen to the Swongos. 

The Swongos are an instrumental surf, spy, and exotica band. We've seen them before and they never disappoint. 

I downloaded some of their music. 

The Big Kahuna Bash 2021 - Music

Saturday, July 31, 2021

First up for music was The Trashmen's Tony Andreason with the Surf Dogs. They're fun to listen to and fun to watch especially their enthusiastic drummer. 

Surfin' Bird, of course, was one of their selections. 

Next up were The Swongos, another fun band with a trippy exotica vibe. Above photo is from their Instagram page. 

Intoxicats were the headliners. I've never heard them before and they were great. They did an awesome cover of Genius of Love by the Tom Tom Club. They were overall so awesome that I bought a copy of their CD that included a cover of Blondie's Rapture which we listened to on the drive home. 

Quarantiki - Big Kahuna Bash 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Big Kahuna Bash today at Grumpy’s in Roseville! Dale and I had a LOT of fun. This is the second year for the event which we attended last year as well. Grumpy’s chef added a few Polynesian-style entrees to the menu for the event. I went with the pork sliders. Dale ordered a Cobb salad from the regular menu. 

Tiki drinks were provided by a the Tilted Tiki, a metro area tiki bar. I started with one called the Tilted Tiki’s Big Kahuna which consisted of dark rum, citrus, and honey in addition to some other things. 

My second was called The Surfin’ Bird which contained dark rum, herbs, fresh pineapple, and lime juice also in addition to a few other things. The name of the drink refers to the title of the most popular song by the Minneapolis garage band and surf legends, The Trashmen. Dale drank beer. 

Tony Andreason, the lead guitarist of The Trashmen played along with another Minneapolis surf band, The Surf Dawgs, and it was all two tons of fun. Mr. Andreason did the vocals for Surfin’ Bird and I’m sure he must have been the original vocalist on the song because he sounded EXACTLY like the recorded version. The band was obviously having a great time playing especially the petit female drummer who was playing behind the guitarists. Her constant smile was infectious. Sadly she’s obscured by shadows in the above photo. 

The event included a marketplace which is where I purchased the Marquesan tiki shown above. I hung it up on the wall of our porch as soon as we returned home. The name of the seller is Dave who runs Lake Tiki Woodcrafts. He’s also the carver. In addition I  bought a print of a design of the Creature from the Black Lagoon by the one and only Kymm! Bang. It was fun actually meet both artists. 

Dick Dale

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Dick Dale died on March 16, 2019. As I became more interested in surf music over the last few years he was one of the first artists I came across. 

From Wikipedia: "Richard Anthony Monsour, known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation. Dale is known as 'The King of Surf Guitar,' which was also the title of his second studio album."

Rest in peace.