This is going to be a great way to showcase our club (and the Divas) in a public forum...We stand to make a few dollars for the club, and we all know that every little bit helps...

Personally, I love music festivals and this should be a good one!  Many thanks to Paul Hendricks (of the Accentrix) for allowing us to be a part (and benefactor) of the event...And of course to "dirt" (Frankie Pietras) for donating his parking lot and working to iron out some of the behind the scenes details...

As always, we will need a little help in manning booths during the show, taking contributions, memberships, selling THTB goodies, etc...Any assistance would be appreciated...

I am a bit curious, WHY that location?

WorkoutChick wrote on 05/11/07 at 2:54pm:


Our club treasurer, trail coordinator, and former president is owner of Infinities End...They are the festival sponsor, along with the THTB and hopefully the Dirt Divas...

Enoch wrote on 05/11/07 at 3:12pm:


Damn, it never occurred to me how handy that will be!  Benefits at every turn!

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Ugggh....What about Jerry? 

    Sadly, the Moonshine Racers are currently off the list of performing artists .

    More will be added soon.....

Now that sounds like fun...Now where can we get identically prepared trikes?  Maybe NASCAR has some tips on IROC racing...

Hey Cran, know anybody that might be interested in showing off their trials skills?

joncmack wrote on 05/14/07 at 8:11pm:


C-mack knows the same guys as I do.

flyinelvis wrote on 05/14/07 at 7:52pm:


Is that any different then their regular racing?   

I've received tickets for the show, $5.00 each, get 'em while they're hot!

flyinelvis wrote on 05/17/07 at 7:46pm:


I have no problem with the $5, but how are you going to keep people from just hang'n in the lot, drink'n beer, and listening/watching the show?

I called he trials guys I know and gave them your e-mail....it's in their court now.  I'll PM you Elvis

I'm going to set up out there and sell grilled cheese sandwiches 

flyinelvis wrote on 05/21/07 at 1:10pm:



"One for $3.....2 for $5!".........Damn I miss shakedown.
So, who's bring'n the tank?

Here's the initial Event Flyer:

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Forget the veggie burritos, I'm looking for kind burritos. And magic brownies....

cranberry wrote on 05/21/07 at 2:07pm:

Don't know about a tank,but how about a box or two of whip-its

Foghat



Are there any originals still alive? heck, I saw them when I was a kid......

doswaldos wrote on 05/30/07 at 3:34pm:

Rod Price died a couple years back after a tumble down the stairs. Roger Earle and Craig McGregor are heading up the band now. Did you Know that 3 original members came from Savoy Brown ,they added Rod Price and sold more albums the all of Savoy Browns albums put together. Take a listen to Blue Matter though. Especially to side two. It's when lead singer Chris Yolden was out Sick, and Lonesome Dave had to take over on Lead Vocals. It's a classic. Another 70's rocker, Ted Nugent. Ck out Free for all LP. Meat Loaf is the lead vocalist on 8 of the 10 tracks. Little know tidbit. Together and Writing On The Wall are two tracks that should have been classic

wow, is the glass half empty there Paul or what????

Jeez, at least we're not talking ABBA here,,,,, but keep it up and we will......

....as people all across the land start losing their breakfast....thanks Jen.

Now I can't get Dancin Queen or Slow Ride out of my head.

Thanks alot!

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Back in the late 80s ,early 90s. I saw the Rod Price led Foghat at a small club in Detroit called the I-Rock. It was Rod price with a lot younger musicians. The were fairly alright, and with enough drinks they sounded like any good tribute band. Ricky Medlock was spending a lot of time in Detroit back then. He started sitting in regularly with a local band called Strut. After about a year ,they adopted the name Blackfoot. You have to look at the guys in these band and know that they skipped getting an education or adopting job skills to play in Bands. So when members die or just get too old. Touring fairs and such are their way of keeping money in thier pockets. And some of these bands are not bad if your into nostalgia. Look at Lynyrd Skynyrd. Alice Cooper has been playing the Michigan State Fair for 5 years now. He is always really good and for the $7 dollar fair admission. Abba doesn't even have any members, and their shows get a lot of people. If any of these bands play nearby at a fair or something. I'll go to that instead of paying $150 to se the Police. As far as women from those days, there are a lot of fine women in their 40s,50s, and up that I wouldn't mind seeing in bikinis. I've noticed a lot of these women on the trails  Now ,the ones who like Abba, I'd have to think about those for a sec........yeah ,they would be cool also:) 

c-berry... i think they need to set up a box jump out there. that would be schweet

Hey everyone!
Tomorrow (Sunday) at 8:30 pm 106.5 The End in Charlotte will play an interview about the Fat Tire Music Fest and they will be playing music from some of the bands on the bill. Paul made a couple of plugs about the Trailblazers and Dirt Divas and even read a paraphrased version of the "goal" as stated on this website. You can hear it at 1065.com if you are a fan that is out of the listening range of the station. 
The DJ Divakar did the interview, and he is a really nice guy who showed us around all of the radio station. They share a space with The Fox (99.7) Home of John Boy and Billy. We actually parked NEXT to Raiford's parking place (not in it because he'd get cranky). Anyway, hope you enjoy the interview and music if you're able to hear it!! They will be playing tracks from James Deem, The Accentrix (our band), Carmona, and Blanco Diablo. Please come out to the festival if you're available! Tickets will be $8 at the gate. Hope to see you there!

Much Love!
Hollie

    I just heard that there will be at least one special guest at the show. Tom Constantin from the early days of the Grateful Dead is supposed to play with the first band at noon, Able Bodied Posse. I think Tom may have been the Dead's first keyboard player. Anyway, all of the talent should be great, so come check it out and help out the Trailblazers at the same time.   

Hope to see everybody at the shows! Come on out after you ride on Saturday.    Frank P.

The 1st Annual Fat Tire Festival was a huge success!  Paul Hendricks and Dave Carmona put together a terrific line-up of local talent and brought them together in a cool festival atmosphere.  Infinities End (thanks Frankie) played host to the festival and the result was nothing short of phenomenal!  The local music scene is one that really deserves some attention...Although (due to a prior commitment) we had to leave at the halfway point of the show, it was really on a roll and I'd love to hear how the rest of the show went...

A few photos:

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Seems like everyone had an excuse for free entrance 

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The Able-Bodied Posse opened the show...

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They were a dreamy, eclectic mix...

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Charlotte resident, Tom Constantine, former keyboard player of the Grateful Dead sat it with the 'Posse....

Unfortunately, we didn't get any photos of James Deem, who played a bouncy set of Beattlesque, pop rock...

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Here, yours truly makes his singing debut with WSNB 

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WNSB, out of the Hickory area (We Sing Nasty Blues) was HUGE, playin' a swampy blues set of primarily original material...John Popper and Blues Traveler better not look back, cause these guys are comin' fast!

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Nathan atttacks the slide on his Dan Electro...

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And the last act we saw was Near Gravity, an acoustic driven, jam rock sound...

The FAFTF was a big success!  The amount of exposure that the clubs received over the past several weeks from the promotion of the show is worth more that money can buy...I know I'm looking forward to the 2nd Annual, next June!

Thanks again to all that came, volunteered and supported the show!

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   Yep, Waldo is wearing one in the first pic. Thanks everyone for supporting the local music scene and the Trailblazers and Dirt Divas clubs! It was a great time.   Frank P.

any left for sale?