Rock-n-Roll in Paradise

[pslamont]

I am visiting Southern California for another week or so..... and catching up with the many friends I left behind. Some of those friends are Rock-n-Rollers from yesteryear and have begun asking me when we are putting together a Rock Festival on the big island. (I admit a did a little promoting for bands while in So Cal the last 10 years). So how about it? Is anyone interested in putting together either a WEEKEND OF FUN AND MUSIC in Hilo and maybe in Kona too? Or maybe just a couple bands at the Ashram in Hilo or some such concert? Most of my contacts do Rock from the 60's and 70's with some awesome blues thrown in, but there are also people doing Jimmy Buffett stuff, Country Western and even some of the newer pieces rearranged for us over 30 types. If we could put together a festival OR if there is a summer festival for 2006 looking for talent I would like to know who to contact. I could then work on booking the bands into some of the Kona resorts to make the transport over here cost effective. In recent conversations my friends don't expect to make much of any money in the venture but do expect to have expenses covered.

So, what does anyone think? Is this doable? I don't know the entertainment climate in Hilo well enough in Hilo to tell them what I might be able to do. Who has ideas?



Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!