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House of Blues Pub Crawl

What do you get when you combine 300 people, killer drink specials, a 20,000 watt sound system, the House of Blues main stage, and live band karaoke?

The Local’s Memorial Day Red, White, and Booze Pub Crawl to the Park. That’s what.

This is the kind of event where you just had to be there. Photographer, John Audley, with Be Water Photo captured some great moments during our 90-minute peformance; but you really had to be there to believe it. There’s probably lots of video floating around out there – if you have a great clip, contact us and we’ll put it on our YouTube page!

From what we could tell, the girls outnumbered the guys for this event. Not bad, considering we are in Man Diego.

The theme was Red, White, and Booze – sort of a “Top Gun” feel, which would explain the overwhelming number of aviator sunglasses.

From The Local Pub Crawl at House of Blues San Diego

We enjoyed all the stage antics, energy, dancing, and great vocals from the lucky participants. Highlights included the Vanilla Ice impression (by two chicks, of course), the Michael Jackson tribute during Billie Jean, and Chris’ stage dive after Rebel Yell. In the end, we were just stop #2 of 5 on a killer pub crawl. Here’s hoping that at least someone remembered us…

Special thanks to Scott, Todd, James, and the rest of the HOB San Diego crew for kicking ass with the production. Thanks Nancy, Nina, and the Local for having us – we had a blast!

Rock Out Karaoke is San Diego’s most dynamic live music performance group, combining the raw power of a live rock band with the fun of audience participation, where individual singers take center stage with the live band! Complete with lyrics displayed on a monitor in real-time with the music, nothing is missing from this unique karaoke show!

Will you… marry me?

“Will you marry me?”

History was made on the Rock Out Karaoke stage when a local karaoke singer said those words and proposed to his girlfriend in front of a packed house at the 710 Beach Club in San Diego on June 10, 2010. Brian first gave a stirring performance of Elvis’ “Jailhouse Rock,” complete with hip gyrations, finger pointing, sneering, and of course, great vocals. He definitely had the crowd’s attention after an awesome performance. When he asked his girlfriend, Limh, to join him on stage, we knew something was a-brewin’.

Like any gentleman, Brian took a knee and produced a shiny object in a small black box. He sealed his fate and entered the annals of Rock Out Karaoke history when he asked simply, “Will you marry me?” Limh said yes and the crowd went into a frenzy. Exiting the stage, they got plenty of high fives and probably a couple of drinks on the house.

In all the excitement, we failed to get a quality photo of the event. Here’s a fuzzy depiction of the scene that night just so you know we’re not making all this up.

From Misc

Glad to have our friend Mookie and the 91x crew in the house to witness what was an awesome turn of events. It has been noted by one Rock Out Karaoke fan that since the proposal happened on our stage, we become the wedding band by default. Sounds good to us! Best wishes to Brian and Limh – keep on rocking!

San Diego County Fair

Ok, so most folks still call it the Del Mar Fair, but it’s undeniably one of the biggest events in San Diego every year. Call it what you want – we’ve just been picked up to rock your faces every Saturday night of the San Diego County Fair! We’ll be rocking the SDG&E Showcase Stage from 9-11pm every Saturday of the Fair starting on June 12. Are you ready?

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Prom Night at Petco

When Petco Park first approached us about playing for a high school prom, we were a bit apprehensive. After all, we’re a bunch of old guys and there is no Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, or Ke$ha on our song list. Still, we’ll do anything for the kids, so why not? We agreed to rock the prom to the best of our collective abilities and the planning was on.

We first set out trying to make our song list a little more PG-13 by removing questionable tunes. Then we found out that we were playing for the fighting Eagles of Calvary Chapel High School (“Building tomorrow’s Christian Leaders Today”), so the song list scrub just went a little deeper. Have you ever really listened to the lyrics of most songs on the radio? Not exactly kid-friendly topics. More on the songs in a bit. On to the show…

This wasn’t an ordinary prom (however, I’m not really sure I’m qualified to determine what a “normal” prom would be. Mine was in a gym. With a gravel parking lot. In small town Texas. With 70 of my closest friends. But I digress). Petco really knows how to throw a party! Pool tables, foosball, air hockey, a magician, and of course, gourmet ball park dogs!

The setting was quite spectacular. Perched on top of the Western Metal Building at Petco Park, we had incredible views of downtown, East Village, Coronado, and of course, left field. The kids showed up around 7pm and we weren’t scheduled to take the mound until about 9. We hid in the shadows until after dark and took the stage just before 9. We didn’t have any singers ready to rock with the live band, so we kinda just solicited a kid from the crowd. Such a brave soul that Matthew was – to be the first to take the stage in front of 200+ of his classmates, by himself, with a live rock band, and literally knock The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ out of the park (pun intended)!

The rest is history. From the moment we started playing, the set list filled with names and great tunes. This was the night of the duet, with most singers opting to bring a friend (or two) on stage. The kids genuinely had a great time and they were all so polite! Of course, leave it to us to forget about one song with questionable content, which of course was about the 4th song chosen. I hid behind my mic stand for most of that one.

Overall, we had a killer time and most importantly, we think the kids did too. They all wanted this thing to go into extra innings. As an added bonus, we got some really killer photos from the evening taken by CCHS’ own, Bobby Brown. Yes, that’s his name, and no, he didn’t come up and sing ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ Check out Bobby’s awesome photos below or on his website/blog (which also happens to have it’s own iPhone app!).

Congratulations to the graduating seniors of Calvary Chapel HS and thanks for making the drive down to San Diego to sing karaoke with us. Special thanks to Petco Park (Allie, Stephanie, Andrew and the crew) and everyone else who made the night possible. While I’m not sure how many of the attendees were rounding second base later that night, I’d have to say this prom was definitely a home run.

A Wedding to Remember

Recently, we played our unique live band karaoke show for a wedding reception in San Diego. We had a blast and figured we’d post a quick re-cap of how things went.

The bride and groom chose a very classy 1930’s theme and the guests and wedding party were all decked out. Everyone was looking mighty sharp! Even the band dressed up in our “1930’s” best. The venue was the picturesque Museum of Photographic Arts at Balboa Park in San Diego. Start to finish, this was a great wedding reception. The cocktail hour and dinner were both pretty low key, but the food looked incredible and the drinks were flowing. We watched some touching toasts, the traditional first dance, and everyone was warming up to the idea of sharing the stage with us.

The cocktails must have worked. From the moment we took the stage, we had non-stop sign ups for karaoke singers. The bride kicked things off with her stirring rendition of Pat Benatar’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot. What a way to get the crowd warmed up! Others followed with karaoke classics, like Love Shack, Sweet Caroline, and our personal favorite of the night – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, starring several beautiful women! (see figure 1). All in all, it was a great event that was full of energy and fun. Special thanks to Jeff & Fairlight for having us as a part of their special day – congratulations and best wishes!

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