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Post by Gilby Admirer on Jan 26, 2010 20:39:24 GMT -5
gilbygtr.blogspot.com/Monday, January 25, 2010 bands i used to be in... CANDY i was 19 years old when i answered an ad in the recycler that said "guitarist wanted" influences: bowie & trex. candy was exactly the band i was looking for when i quit school to become a rock star. as soon as i joined up, we played the whiskey, roxy, troubadour & madame wongs. la weekly said "candy is a cross between the ramones & the bay city rollers". we all lived together in an apartment in west hollywood called candyland. those were great times. girls, gigs & wild month, we first signed with mca, but they didn't understand us, so mercury bought us out. we made 1 record for mercury in 85' & toured with rick springfield & corey heart. our record didn't sell very much, even though we were on some new channel called mtv. at that time hard rock sunset strip bands were starting to take over, but our record was more on the pop side. i always thought we should be more rock, so we made some changes & i became the singer & we added ryan on guitar, but it was pretty clear we had our shot & came up short. i'm still close with the candy guys after all these years & i have some wonderful memories. so thanks, jonathan, john s (the hawk), kyle & ryan... turn it up loud !
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Jan 30, 2010 7:50:07 GMT -5
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Feb 6, 2010 5:12:55 GMT -5
injury update #2 my 2nd surgery was last week & i'm home from the hospital now. they put in a rod, plate & lot's of screws. everything is healing well, it's a good thing i was healthy going in. i had my check up today & they took off my cast & removed the staples. in a month i can start trying to walk. once again, all the support from my friends has made the bad days, good.
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Mar 1, 2010 5:53:35 GMT -5
i saw this crocker @ the rock store last year. you don't see many of these @ shows, let alone someone riding one. i love when guys ride their bikes, no matter how rare. jeff decker has a crocker bobber, that is probably my favorite bike of all time.
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Apr 25, 2010 6:22:27 GMT -5
Panhead in 1994 well i have started the rebuild of my wrecked panhead. i was looking through some old mags in my bathroom & i found this. i can't believe how many times this bike has been rebuilt...
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Post by Gilby Admirer on May 28, 2010 4:56:35 GMT -5
back on my feet & rehearsing... myself, muddy & chad tightening up the tunes for the shows coming up. that's my rehearsal rig & chopper trying to figure out my delay pedal
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Jul 7, 2010 4:48:22 GMT -5
Live @ the Universal City Walk this friday (7/9) my band will play the stage near the Hard Rock @ 8pm. Faster Pussycat is playing also...
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Aug 4, 2010 4:49:56 GMT -5
Sturgis some pics of last years Sturgis trip... time to get ready for another, cya there !
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Aug 26, 2010 5:15:53 GMT -5
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Sturgis 2010 We left LA on Friday with 8 people, then we picked up my brother Dean & Todd where the 210 & 15 meet. EJ had some problems with his softail, but after tightening up his coil & some new spark plugs & wires, he was back on the road. We made it to St. George, UT that night. We picked up Kevin on the 2nd day, so that made 11. We stayed in Park City, Ut after riding about 350 miles. The next day while riding in Wyoming, we got pulled over for speeding, not signaling, etc... I had a lil' disagreement with the officer... I was leading & we were doing a good 75, maybe 80 most of the time, but nothing reckless. Thank God Grant took over negotiations cuz' they let us all off with a warning. We made it to Casper, WY on the 3rd day & had a great steak dinner. My goal was to make it to Sturgis monday for the Legends Ride in Deadwood & we made it with not a minute to spare. The ride left the minute we got there. It was a great 50 mile ride through the Black Hills & ended at the Buffalo Chip. But we took a slight detour cuz' I knew Matt Sorum & the Darling Stilleto's were playing @ Rock n' Rev. That was a blast & I must say, Hell Yeah & 3 Days Grace kicked some ass as well as the DS. We stay at this awesome lodge in Spearfish run by Eva, they really make us feel welcome while we are there. After a couple days of riding in Sturgis, Motley Crue @ the Chip, Mt. Rushmore & the Crazy Horse monument, it was time to start the ride home. Now I had a gig in Albq, NM saturday the 14th, so the plan was to ride from Sturgis to Denver, then on to Albq. Do the gig & then home to LA. EJ, Eric, Paul & Stu shipped their bikes home, so it was me, Riki, Grant, JD, Dean, Todd & Kevin for the epic ride home. Well JD's bike had an cam bearing failure, so he had to fly home from Cheyenne. So Kevin left for San Francisco from Cheyenne also. Dean & Todd split off in Denver, so it was myself, Riki & Grant left to do the long loop home. As far as I'm concerned, beside the Black Hills, New Mexico has some of the prettiest scenery we rode through. We try to stay off the interstates & ride the secondary roads & that was a wise decision this time. The gig in Albq. was great, I hung out with some old friends & caught most of the other bands on the bill. The next day we thought we'd ride to Flagstaff & spend the nite, but we got there @ noon & we gained an hour, so we had lunch & got back on our bikes. When we passed through Needles & it was 120 deg. We rode 750 miles that sunday, Albq, NM to LA, CA. Wow, was my ass sore & I now have a mack daddy farmers tan. I'm glad to be home, but i really love these long trips with a good group of guys. Next year maybe i'll do it on my Knuckle, we'll see...
Check out Gilby's blog for the pictures of Sturgis
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Sept 7, 2010 4:26:13 GMT -5
Halloween Jack is BACK ! myself, Eric Dover, Stephen Perkins & Daniel Shulman will play the Whisky the last Saturday of Sept, Oct & Nov. playing the wonderful music of the 70's... Bowie, TRex, Kiss, Mott & Alice Cooper.
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Oct 14, 2010 4:56:31 GMT -5
SLO Weekend had a blast with the guys last weekend... my gang met up with the other guys at the Deer Lodge in Ojai. they were a lil' late do to owning vintage iron. we then we rolled through the 33N to the 166W & into San Lois Obispo. we camped @ Lake Lopez & took a day trip to Morrow Bay. I can't tell you how much I love riding my knucklehead & being surrounded by other vintage bikes. It felt like 1969 at times throughout the weekend. here's to ya, my fellow boobnami's...
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Nov 11, 2010 5:44:49 GMT -5
Slab City Riot myself, Riki, Allen, Kevin & Dean left for Temecula friday afternoon. we went to the pre party, but it was over by the time we got there, so we hit a bar & had some margarita's. we met up with Caleb, Paul & Stu saturday morning for the ride to Slab City. we thought we'd catch up with the wuss ride, but Riki had some malfuntions with his pack job. so we took the 79 south through Barrago Springs & rode through the desert to Niland. the weather was perfect & the scenery was awesome. we got to the Slab City Riot around 5pm. we set up camp over by Dan & his wife Tiffany. I guess we didn't realize it at the time, but we set up in some sexy lady's front yard by the name of Honey Pot. she was quite special & couldn't resist showing us her "honey pot" all nite & the next morning. Stu got her # & promised her more than he can deliver, but that's what being a bad ass biker is all about. our horse Kevin won the Coctagon & a cool $500 for his welts & scrapes. that's a pic of Mcgoo passing out the weapons for the main event. once again another great time on my knuckle & can't wait for the EDR next year.
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Nov 15, 2010 18:47:25 GMT -5
l Diablo Run 2011 guess what's back & i can't wait... i went on EDR 2 & 3 with my brother Dean & we had a blast. this one is gonna rule, big time !
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Dec 3, 2010 21:34:13 GMT -5
Milk n' Bookies my daughter Frankie is hosting Milk & Bookies @ Barnes & Noble in Encino this Sunday (12/5) Pete Wentz is the special guest reader. bring the family down for a good time !
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Post by Gilby Admirer on Dec 17, 2010 17:13:43 GMT -5
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