NEWS
5.20.08 -- Kokua Festival
Video Clips
You can
catch Jack Johnson's entire performance
at this year's Kokua Festival 2008 at
MSN.com. Even better click on the link
below to check out the GJG Horns in
action during the encore of the last
night, Sunday April 20th. The sound
and video are excellent and Dave Matthews
does some impressive impromptu numbers
counting towards the end and if you
listen just right you can hear Eric's
Saturday Night Live super-high altissimo
A on the last note of the song! You
can also catch Bison and Jayder singing
and dancin' up there in the mix.
This was an epic experience and we
want you all to go back in time with
all of us and see it for yourself. Thanks
Jack, Dave, Kim and everybody else for
treating us so well and having us over
at your place. Sorry, we drank a lot
of beer, but we did recycle the bottles
;) Big ups Kokua Fest!!!
Go
Jimmy Go Horns on "3 R's"
Encore
4.22.08
-- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Your chance to chance
a glimpse of Go Jimmy Go on the silver
screen is now! Universal Picture's Forgetting
Sarah Marshall is the newest film
from the same crew that brought you
Superbad, The 40 Year Old
Virgin and Knocked Up. Better
yet, the film is set almost entirely
in Hawaii and even better than that,
there's a couple Go Jimmy Go Fishbowl
Eyes Promo Posters in a few scenes in
the movie. We're not going to tell you
where so you just have to keep your
eyes open because it pops up in a few
different places.
The film just came out this weekend
so you have plenty time to catch Go
Jimmy Go in their big screen debut ;)
Now, if we could just get the band members
and a song in the next one they'd be
stoked!
4.22.08
-- Congratulations to Vanessa Matuatia!
Vanessa
Matautia turned out to be the big winner
when we did the drawing for the last free
Kokua Fest Ticket in the whole world!
at our Earth Day performance at UH - Manoa
this past Friday. Vanessa thought it a
joke when we called and had to convince
her otherwise -- that she was indeed going
to Kokua Fest the following night on us!
The whole reason for the contest was to
show everyone on the GJG email list that
we do appreciate their support throughout
the years and all the ones to come. Much
mahalos to everyone that did enter and
we hope to do something like this again
in the future. So, see you at the next
show 'cause you never know what else we'll
be giving out.
4.12.08
-- The Great Go Jimmy Go Kokua Fest Ticket
Giveaway!
There's
only one week before Kokua Fest 2008!!!
Are you one of the thousands of people
who wanted to go to this year's sold-out
Kokua Festival featuring Jack Johnson,
Dave Matthews and us, Go Jimmy Go, but
couldn't get a ticket? Well, here's
your chance to get into the hands-down
most anticipated concert in all of Hawaii
this year! We have one golden ticket
for Sunday, April 20th to give away
to anyone on the GJG email list. This
is our way of saying thanks for sticking
with us all these years and also the
years to come. It's real simple to enter:
1.)
Make sure you are signed up on the GJG
email list.
2.) Send us an email at kokuafest@gojimmygo.com
with "I Want The Only Free Kokua
Fest Ticket In The World - Go Jimmy
Go, You're The Best!" in the
subject line. Please use your GJG email
list email address and include your
full name and phone number (we will
use this to contact the winner).
3.) The lucky winner will be selected
at random on Earth Day -- Friday
April 18th, 2008. The winnner will
receive a telephone call and email message
from us and can pick up their ticket
at the GJG Earth Day performance on
the UH - Manoa campus.
4.) Please, only one entry per person.
Duplicate entries will be discarded.
4.10.08
-- The Honolulu Advertiser Presents The
Go Jimmy Go Hawaiian Punch Euro Tour Blog
We are finally back and have been proud
to partner up with The Advertiser to
show you first hand what travelling,
playing, and living on the road literally
half-way around the world is like. The
blog was meticulously put together by
Eric, Ryan and Jayder throughout their
journeys complete with dramatic stories
of sacrifice, daring, and brotherhood
-- we even the pictures to prove it!
It's just about complete and you can
catch up with us here at http://gojimmygo.honadvblogs.com/
We
can't leave without saying big, big
mahalos to all the promoters, bands,
friends new and old, and the especially
the fans for making this trip so memorable.
It looks like we'll be back next year
with a new album and a much bigger tour
so keep the memories close and we'll
be back there before you know it.
2.15.08
-- Exclusive Go Jimmy Go Apparel Only
At Blue Hawaii!
Adam
Turman has had the helm for
the look and style of Go Jimmy Go for
some time now with insane logos and
jaw-dropping silkscreened poster work.
Now you have a chance to own and wear
his very best GJG design yet!
Now available exclusively
at all Blue Hawaii stores for a limited
time only is this sick reworking of
the Go Jimmy Go "10 Year"
design. The shirts comes in several
different color combinations for both
guys and girls. The only way you'll
ever see the shirts is if you go down
to Blue Hawaii yourself before
they all run out. You can find Blue
Hawaii retail stores at the Ala Moana
Center and Waikele Shopping Center.
2.9.08 -- THE
FIFTH ANNUAL KOKUA FESTIVAL 2008
Hawaii's own Jack Johnson
is proud to share the stage with
Dave Matthews at the Fifth Annual
Kokua Festival on Earth Day weekend
– April 19th and 20th, 2008
– at the Waikiki Shell in
Honolulu, Hawaii. For his first Hawaii
appearance ever, Dave Matthews will
be performing an acoustic set with guitar
master Tim Reynolds. The festival's
incredible music line-up will be rounded
out with local island favorites Paula
Fuga and Go Jimmy Go, and
Brushfire Records' latest addition,
the Hawaii-born, Minneapolis-based Mason
Jennings.
TICKET INFO
$40 GA lawn
$50 reserved seats
$125 reserved seated pit
$20 GA kids tickets for children ages
3 to 12
Children under 3 are free
Prices do not include
applicable Music Today and Ticketmaster
fees. There are a limited number of
GA kids tickets available. All children
need to be accompanied by a ticket holding
adult.
New in 2008! The Kokua
Festival will offer online ticket buyers
the opportunity to offset the emissions
generated by their travel to the Festival.
An option will be available at ticket
points of purchase to contribute an
additional $2 toward carbon offsets
that will help reduce the CO2 impact
of fans' travel. Evolution Sage, the
Kokua Festival's offset partner, will
use the carbon credits that are purchased
to fund renewable energy programs in
Hawaii. If you are flying into Hawaii
for the Kokua Festival, we encourage
you to consider making your entire trip
carbon-neutral via additional offsets;
visit www.evolutionsage.com
to learn more.
Tickets to the general
public will be available at all Ticketmaster
outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com
or by phone at (877) 750-4400 on February
16th. Pre-sale Ticket Opportunity: The
Kokua Hawaii Foundation will be joining
forces with STAR 101.9 to make a difference
on Oahu's beaches. Starting February
4th, listen to STAR 101.9 or visit www.kokuahwaiifoundation.org
for more details.
1.29.08
-- Hawaiian Punch Europe Tour 2008!
Time to dust off the 'ol
German and Spanish phrasebooks for another
round of ruckus adventure and mayhem
on the Autobahn and the roads that lie
ahead! The Hawaiian Punch Europe
Tour 2008 will take us to new countries
like Spain, Belgium and
Denmark so we can learn even
more beer drinking songs in several
more languages ;) We simply can't wait
and we'll even document the experience
for you as it unfolds via a blog
with the Honolulu Advertiser
once again. More details on that later,
but in the meantime check out the dates
below....
11.15.07
-- Holiday Hell Yeah! -- New Christmas
Album Available Now!
Holiday Hell Yeah! is
Go Jimmy Go's fourth studio album featuring
holiday classics and six GJG originals!
With the soulful vocals, slick horns
and tight rhythm section exclusive to
GJG, Holiday Hell Yeah! is the ultimate
Christmas album you've been searching
for. Now available at all the local
retail music outlets like Sam
Goody, Borders
Books & Music, Barnes
& Noble and also on the web
here at GoJimmyGo.com,
Itunes.com,
Amazon.com,
MountainAppleCompany.com.
Check out the upcoming shows to hear
the songs live!
Hawaii is not exactly
the place that readily springs to mind
when one thinks about Christmas. Coconut
palms rather than conifers and macadamias
instead of chestnuts roasting on an
open fire, it's hard to envisage Santa
divesting his red suit for shorts and
changing sleigh for surfboard, riding
the waves instead of snow. All these
images at first made me raise an eyebrow.
But of course, we are talking about
Go Jimmy Go, and -- as I have come to
realize during my global peregrinations
with these mischievous iconoclasts --
everything is possible and nothing should
be unexpected. So let's throw the eggnog
out the window and grab a couple of
daiquiris and a Piña Colada and
go down to the beach to enjoy these
Christmas tunes steeped in the sweet
island sugar as only Go Jimmy Go could
confect.
With this sumptuous
set of seasonal selections Go Jimmy
Go once again demonstrates a level of
lyrical musicianship that few contemporary
bands can hope to emulate. The smooth
rhythm stylings and the haunting vocal
harmonies are sweeter than any candy
in the stocking. The slick arrangements
of the cadences roll in softly like
the waves lapping on Waikiki Beach.
So, come dip your toes in the warm waters
of the "Island Sound" known
the world around. Merry Christmas everybody
-- Hawaiian Style! Go Jimmy Go style!
Rob "Bucket"
Hingley (The Toasters) -- Valencia,
Spain September '07
10.14.07
-- In-Between Times Live Track!
Due to high demand a live Go Jimmy
Go track is now available at our
Myspace.com webpage. The fan favorite,
In-Between Times, can be heard like
it should. If you were there for that
last night on tour at The Belly Up in
Solana Beach (San Diego, CA) last year
then you know the feeling and just how
good it can be when you're actually
there sweating, singing, dancing, living
life to the fullest. This song is a
dedication to the late-great bass player
for Hepcat, Dave Fuentes who passed
recently. You will be sorely missed
Bruddah Dave and this song goes out
to you.
10.04.07
-- RESPECT! Dave Fuentes (1971-2007)
From the Hepcat website: We are
sad to announce that our brother, beloved
band mate and amazing friend, David
Fuentes, is no longer with us. He will
be missed by everyone but especially
everyone in the Hepcat family. R.I.P.
Dave, you will always be loved and missed
by us all.
RESPECT from the Go Jimmy
Go Ohana...you'll be surely missed Bruddah
Dave!
07.10.07
-- Ska Is Dead Compilation Features Go
Jimmy Go
On Tuesday February 17, 2004, 3
bands that had been friends for years,
BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE, MUSTARD PLUG,
and THE PLANET SMASHERS, got on stage
in front of 400 kids in Buffalo NY and
performed the very first gig on the
very first Ska Is Dead tour. Three years,
and 140 shows later, the tour has gone
beyond all expectations, selling over
55,000 tickets in 3 different countries
and proving that indeed, ska is not
dead. In fact, the tour started out
to prove just that. At a time when retail
had forgotten the genre and most live
venues had only marginal faith, the
tour was put together on the simple
principal that ska is as valid as it
ever was, it just needed to be rebuilt
from the grass roots on up. To document
and commemorate this success, Asian
Man Records proudly presents Ska Is
Dead: the compilation CD. Featuring
23 of the most important bands performing
in the genre. From the laid back Jamaican-style
sounds of Hawaii's GO JIMMY GO
to the aggressive ska-core of Miami's
AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY, from newcomers
like BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY to legends
like FISHBONE, and pretty much everything
in between, this compilation represents
the very best of a very dynamic scene,
one that is back on the upswing and
proving that ska will never die.
06.05.07 -- Ska
Brawl Europe Tour, 10 Year Party Pics!
The new year has been both hectic
yet rewarding for Go Jimmy Go with the
big 10 Year Party at the Hawaiian Hut
in January and the nearly two month
trek across Europe during the Ska Brawl
with The Toasters in March and April.
Well, we're finally getting back into
the swing of things here in Hawaii and
have something to show for it: 3 brand-spanking
new galleries! Go right now to the Photo
Gallery to get first hand visuals
on the mayhem of the boys' first bonafide
European Tour on a tour bus and spock
the Shag action that went down at the
Hawaiian Hut for the 10 Year Party.
We wish you were there for it all but
if you weren't this is definitely the
next best thing.
03.24.07
-- Go Jimmy Go Merch Page Updated and
Better Than Ever
- 10 Year Anniversary Poster (hand
silkscreened, signed and numbered by
the artist) with free Soul Arrival Promo
Poster for only $10!
- Fishbowl Eyes Vinyl LPs in both limited
edition Gold and classic Black!
- New clearance t-shirts for guys and
gals only $6!
- Regular t-shirts prices reduced to
only $10!
- Hot shorts for the ladies reduced
to $8!
- New Rudeboy patch now on sale!
Click here
to check it out!
Look forward to even more
new items in the coming months. Import
UK version of Fishbowl Eyes with
3 bonus tracks and new interior
layout coming in sometime in April.
03.24.07
-- Euro Blog at HonoluluAdvertiser.com
Complete
The journey is now complete 38 shows
in 12 countries and you can read about
all the misadventures of a Hawaii band
on the road in foreign lands here.
If youve been keeping up on the blogs
you may have noticed that the numbers
of shows and countries have changed
from our original count when we first
started the tour. You can get the answer
to that question and also find out The
Toasters front mans view on us getting
lost in the roadless back country of
Albania in Bucket's Guest Blog. If you
dont feel like reading at least theres
lots of pictures to look at ;)
03.22.07
-- Tower of Power @ the Aloha Tower!
There aren't that many musical legends
still around, much less touring and
still kicking ass! Tower of Power are
the real deal and have layed down the
funk for close to 40 steady years. Their
music is powerful and lasting inspiring
generations of horn players, rhythm
players and dancefloors all across the
world from day one. It is an honor to
play with the Bump City's finest and
we hope you all come and experience
the what we consider some of the finest
musicians you'll ever see live.
Advance tickets available
at Kua Aina and all Ticketmaster outlets
including Times Supermarket and the
Blaisdell Ticket Office. Charge by phone
at 1-877-750-4400 or order online at
ticketmaster.com.
01.10.07 -- 10
Years:
A Party, A Tour, A New Record
It's been one hell of a ride these past
10 years playing practically every venue
in the state, meeting and partying with
some of the best fans on earth, and
getting to represent Hawaii in places
abroad like the mainland U.S.,
Japan and now, Europe!
We have so many people to thank for
all the successes we've accomplished
over the years and what better way to
do it than with one massive party at
the best venue on the island? The
Hawaiian Hut has been the spot for
the greatest shows we've ever hosted
and ever played and we are inviting
you to this landmark event to help us
celebrate a decade of music and memories.
Go Jimmy Go's also got it going on in
the near future with a groundbreaking
year, going farther and deeper than
any Hawaii-based band before them by
means of a 5 1/2 week, 39
show, 13 country tour of
Europe! Touring has always fulfilled
the band's need for adventure and there
will be no lack of that with tour stops
in places like the Czech Republic,
Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia
and other former eastern bloc countries
on the farthest reaches of Europe. The
tour also coincides with the band's
first official European release,
Fishbowl Eyes, with UK based record
company, Moon Ska Europe Records.
Wish us luck and hope we all come back
in one piece to tell the stories! A
hui hou....
12.12.06 -- Fishbowl
Eyes LP (Limited Edition Gold Vinyl) Now
Available
The Girl With The...Fishbowl Eyes LP
has just arrived and is now available
in our merchandise
section on this website or at the
merch booth at our live shows. What
a terrific gift for any self-respecting
GJG fan...indispensable! Limited to
just 500 copies, this limited edition
LP comes in a rare gold vinyl, includes
4 new dubs by Ooklah The Moc's Jah Gumby,
and also an insane dancehall version
of "Don't Stop Everything"
by JahSon of The Toasters. Most of the
LP's either went to Japan or Europe
but we have some stashed away just for
you. So, don't wait -- get your copy
now while you still can.
12.1.06 -- New T-Shirts
and More Now Available
Mad scientist/graphic
artist, Adam Turman, has created some
radical new designs for all of you.
Hot off the presses and onto your body,
brand spanking new t-shirts and hot
shorts (for the ladies!) are now available
in our merchandise
section. With only a few clicks
you yourself can be sporting the illest
threads in town and you have only us
to thank. With the holidays upon us
full-force this is one easy way to get
your presents without ever leaving your
home. Too easy!
11.14.06 -- Ska Brawl
Europe– 1ST European Tour For GJG
The Toasters and Go Jimmy
Go reunite to join forces once again
to take the Ska Brawl to the shores
of the European continent! This third
meeting has the boys playing 14 countries
in just over 5 weeks! Are GJG excited
– you bet your lederhosen they
are!!! Specifc tour dates and more details
to come.... Germany, France, Austria,
Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia/Bosnia, Macedonia,
Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Czech Republic!
11.8.06 -- Back In The
Islands...Life Is Good
Well, we're finally back
home in the islands from the John Brown's
Body Tour and we feel great. The sun
is out, Makapu'u had waves, and the
plate lunch was heavy. We just want
to thank the fantastic musicians in
JBB for three weeks of solid music,
antics, and friendship. All the shows
were fantastic and filled with tons
of concert goers. Some of the highlights
were the Fox Theater (Boulder, CO),
Bluebird Theater (Denver, CO), Hawthorne
Theater (Portland, OR), The Independent
(San Francisco, CA), Belly Up (San Diego,
CA), and especially The Key Club (Hollywood,
CA)! It was great to see all the Hawaii
people come out to support us so far
away from home. Look forward to more
collaborations between GJG and JBB in
the near future.
08.31.06
--
GJG On Tour With John Brown's Body
"The best Reggae
band in America," according to
Rolling Stone magazine has asked GJG
to tour and the boys have heeded the
call. Tour dates for California, Colorado,
Utah, Oregon and Washington are now
posted in the Shows page with updates
to come as soon as they arrive.
If you don't know who
JBB are then you better listen up because
these boys are bad ass! Here's a little
bit more about them and you can find
out even more at the website, JohnBrownsBody.com
John Brown's Body is
in the midst of its tenth year of performing,
supporting its latest studio album,
Pressure Points (Easy Star Records).
The seven-member group (from Ithaca,
NY and Boston) has developed a strong
reputation for it's originality and
superb, energetic live show during its
ten-year career. The trademark JBB sound
evolved out of the early 90's rock and
reggae outfit Tribulations, and developed
into a 21st century band founded on
torque heavy drum and bass, four part
vocal harmony, and a horn section.
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