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IkeFest III A fundraiser to assist musicians with equipment
lost in Hurricane Ike. On September 12 thru 13, 2009 the Galveston
Bay Area Musicians Alliance (GBAMA), in partnership with the
Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston (MBS) will host IkeFest
III. The two day event coincides with the anniversary of Hurricane
Ike and will feature bands from Galveston and neighboring communities. IkeFest III begins Saturday September 12, 2009
(12pm - 2am) @ the Texas Saloon in Pasadena and features Grammy
Recognized Vertigo Blue with performances by Andre B, Burnt
Face Jack, Direct Impact and various other local favorites.
The Texas Saloon is
located @ 7337 Spencer Hwy Pasadena, TX 77505 (281) 479.2679.
The two day event concludes Sunday September 13, 2009 @ Fish
Bonz in Bacliff, TX on the anniversary of Hurricane Ike. This
location features The Guppies From Outer Space, Krankshaft,
Scruz Loose, Slide Effect, The Sugarland Brass Company and more.
Fish Bonz is located at 725 Grand Ave. in Bacliff, TX 77518.
Contacts: Herman Garcia 832.875.2523 hermangarciahgh@aol.com
On April 4 -5, 2009 the
Galveston Bay Area Musicians Alliance (GBAMA), in partnership
with the Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston (MBS) and Heads-n-Tails
Bar & Grill, will be hosting a Spring Music Festival/fundraiser
to assist musicians that lost their equipment in Hurricane Ike.
The all day family event is titled “Smoke On the Bayou”
and will feature local entertainers that are donating their
performance time to give back to the music community as well
as some that were victimized by Hurricane Ike. There will also
be activities for the little ones including moonwalks, face
painting and more. "Smoke
On The Bayou" - April 4 & 5 -
(02/19/09 On April 4 -5, 2009 the Galveston Bay Area Musicians Alliance (GBAMA), in partnership with the Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston (MBS) and Heads-n-Tails Bar & Grill, will be hosting a Spring Music Festival/fundraiser to assist musicians that lost their equipment in Hurricane Ike. The all day family event is titled “Smoke On the Bayou” and will feature entertainers that are donating their performance time to give back to the music community as well as some that were victimized by Hurricane Ike. There will also be activities for the little ones including moonwalks. Special thanks to Erik Miller and the outstanding staff @ Heads-n-Tails for their assistance with IkeFest I & II and now, “Smoke On the Bayou” (thank you Erik for the name!). Heads-n-Tails will be providing, in addition to a great live music venue, crawfish, bar-b-que and spirits for the event. Musical performances by Benny Brasket, Cymblem, End Game, Sid Maxwell, Slide Effect, Undesided, 10 String Stro-Kings and more. Sponsors for this event include Dimensions In Design, Heads-n-Tails Bar & Grill, kemahcitylimits.com, KILT-FM, Nitelife Entertainment, Performance Sound & Light, and The SCENE Magazine. To date GBAMA and MBS have assisted Galveston
Bay Area musicians with equipment ranging from drums and guitars
to P.A. Systems, and are in the process of assisting additional
musicians from funds donated by generous individuals from
all over the United States. (12/30/08) The Galveston Bay Area Musicians Alliance (GBAMA), in partnership with the Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston, thanks the numerous volunteers and organizations for volunteering and supporting fundraisers IkeFest, League City 's Holiday in the Park, and IkeFest II. The three combined events brought in excess of $8,500 and will be used to purchase musical equipment for musicians who lost theirs in Hurricane Ike. Special thanks to Betsey and John Ennis, Andy Eng and staff @ the SCENE Magazine for advertising and covering all three events. And, thanks to Alicen Newman and John Prince from KILT-FM for their support of IkeFest I and II. GBAMA also thanks Danny D's Guitar Hacienda, Nitelife Entertainment, www.kemahcitylimits.com , Performance Sound & Light, Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon, Katie's Bar & Grill, Dimensions In Design, R & B Cookers, Texas Gold, Creative Sign & Display, Pyramid Recording Studio, Instant Replay, Hilton Clear Lake, Clifton's Seaside Diner, IkeFest Cookers, Templin Photography and www.wiredin.cc for their sponsorship and support. GBAMA thanks the following entertainers for their performances and spreading the word: Abrahams Tree, Andy & the Dreamsicles, Benny Brasket, Billy Bourbon, Cymblem, Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats, Driven, End Game, Funksion, Jabo & the Southside Playboys, Jack Saunders, Mambo Jazz Kings, Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards w/Adam Walton, Perfect Stranger, Slide Effect, The Lost Boys, The Posse, The Snakecharmers, Thrill Hill & the Real Deal, Tom Rodgers and Tommie Lee Bradley. GBAMA would not exists without the numerous volunteers that have donated time, product and services for the fundraisers. It is through their hard work and commitment that musicians that lost equipment in Hurricane Ike are now having their equipment replaced and/or repaired using money collected for these fundraisers. We applaud these volunteers and the difference they have made in the lives and dreams of so many. (12/10/08)
The Galveston Bay Area Musicians Alliance (GBAMA) today, in
partnership with the Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston,
delivered checks to Rockin' Robin Guitars and Danny D's Guitar
Hacienda for the purchase of equipment for three musicians
that lost their equipment in Hurricane Ike. The checks totaled
$1,188.00 and came from donations and monies collected at
IkeFest and at League City's Holiday in the Park, the first
and second in a series of fundraisers sponsored by GBAMA.
A third fundraiser, IkeFest II, is scheduled for December
14, 2008 @ Katie's in Bacliff. The
recipients of the equipment qualified for GBAMA assistance
by going online to www.kemahcitylimits.com and submitting
a Request for Assistance. GBAMA is working with several other
musicians at this time to replace their Ike damaged and/or
destroyed equipment and looks forward to continuing to provide
assistance to the Galveston Bay Area musical community.
GBAMA wants to give special thanks to the
SCENE Magazine, KILT-FM, KILT DJ John Prince, Big Texas Dance
Hall & Saloon, Dimensions In Design, R & B Cookers,
Texas Gold, Creative Sign & Display, Nitelife Entertainment,
www.kemahcitylimits.com , Performance Sound & Light, Pyramid
Recording Studio, Instant Replay, Danny D's Guitar Hacienda,
Hilton Clear Lake, Clifton's Seaside Diner and www.wiredin.cc
for their sponsorship and support. Hurricane Ike "6"
Galveston Bay Musicians Artists "0" 10/04/2008 Good afternoon everyone and welcome to today's broadcast. We are in the top of the second inning and your home team, the Galveston Bay Area Musicians, have been shut out so far. While the pitcher is warming up, let's re-cap the first inning. Basically, no matter what our starting pitcher brought, whether it was a slider from Slide Effect or a curve ball by reliever Bodacious Tata’s, the visiting team, Hurricane Ike was shattering the bats ( venues with blown off roofs, guitars, pianos, drums destroyed, etc.) and knocking it all over the playing field (Galveston, San Leon, Bacliff, Kemah, Houston, etc.). If it were not for some blue star plays by the defense (evacuations, boarded up windows, etc.) the home team would be getting killed. Unfortunately, we've had some injuries: Rex Bell (Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe) was hit by a season ending pitch and was left stranded on first (Reports say he will be back and we wish him the best), and of course, the career ending blow to the old timer and future hall of famer Balinese. Inning two started out with a triple from Brittney Wilson-Sullivan on the Channel 11 Debra Duncan show but was left stranded when power hitters Channel 13 and News 2 Houston failed to lay down a sacrifice. It's going to take a bit of coaching here to survive this but it can be done. The way I see it is our pitchers (musicians and bands spreading the word) need to throw strikes. Defense has already cleaned it up for the most part and we'll need the hitters (music community, venues, media, and fans) to band together to overcome Ike. And now it's the third
inning..... Rex Bell from the Old Quarter lost everything. The Balinese, Maribelle’s and the 18th Street Pier are gone. Pat and Holly Beadles from Slide Effect suffered severe damage and equipment loss to their home in San Leon. Sandbar is shut down for 8 months. Taildraggers’ Troy Long lost his amplifier and had significant damage to his home. San Leon Beach Pub is shut
down till October. Chris Elliot of the Bodacious
TaTa's home is unlivable. Andy
Upchurch of Andy and the Dreamsicles lost two keyboards. T-Bone Toms, Monkey Bar,
Palapas, Gingers, Green Parrot and the Amadeus Lounge will be
delayed in re-opening. What do we need to do? We need to raise funds to help get these people their equipment replaced so that they can continue to perform. How do we do that? We will
ask the communities, the fans, and the media to support an event
or several events that raise the funds. We will form a Pitch
Team to ask for equipment donations. We will create an awareness
of our situation. What else can I do? Email me at onleadguitar@sbcglobal.net with what you are willing to do to help this cause. We need sales people, graphic artists, web site designer(s), people with marketing skills for press releases, people who have contacts with the media; people have contacts with the local city councils, etc. Who will coordinate all
this? The Galveston Bay Area Musicians are forming an alliance
to start organizing fund raisers. Bill Perkins is contacting
the Mayor's offices of the local municipalities to find out
if they are planning any Ike related events, Jay Trevino and
Rick Valente are contacting out door venues for the event and
assisting with the formation of an alliance of Galveston Bay
Area Musicians. Dave Raub and Alexis Thomas are assisting with
development and marketing. Andy Eng (Andy and the Dreamsicles)
is assisting with the development and Scene Magazine’s
John and Betsey Ennis have weighed in and are willing to help.
We’ll ask Barry Radcliffe to assist in legal matters.
Christi from “theCrisis”, Brandi, Steve Revak and
Bobby Emerson (Wood ‘N Wind) will be assisting us as well.
Toree Montgomery, who made sure that our alliance was mentioned
on The Great Day Houston Show with Debra Duncan through Britney
Wilson-Sullivan’s interview, will be contacting the media
via emails daily.
Here is some support from Ohio From: Kathy Hill <gncwildlife@nls.net> Dear Friends and Family: During this past weekend, Richard and I took a drive through areas that are so devastated we cried. People still waiting in long lines just for water, 26 days after Ike hit! We witnessed a couple in the front of their home, his arm around her shoulder, both crying knowing their home was a total loss. This was in an area that was low income housing anyway, most likely not insured. We saw houses flattened from the weight of the water; we saw watermarks on houses and fences 5 feet high in this area. Mind you, this is an area not even on the Island of Galveston ! It was very disturbing and disheartening to view peoples life possessions piled high along the roadway for pick up. On Sunday I attended a Musicians Meeting with Richard in which he is a member. The meeting was an effort to promote a benefit event that will take place on November 16th to generate money for the musicians in the Bay Area. Many musicians have lost their instruments, homes and their livelihood. The venues at which they performed no longer exist or are so damaged…they will not open for months. This benefit will help defray costs such as house payments, car payments, insurance payments, and many bills the musicians are unable to pay during this time. My goal is to petition Ohio corporations, friends and family to help in anyway they can. I want to let the musicians of the Bay Area know that Ohioans, care about their situation and want in some way to help monetarily resolve their dilemma. I feel so Blessed to have
my home and all the amenities that make my life an easy path
to follow, I want to help these friends to have hope again!
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