Gatorlegs Music: News

Make plans to join me, one of my favorite songwriters in the world, Southern California's Rob Mehl.... Texas Academy of Music "Album of the Year" Award winner Kelly McGuire....and, JUST added to the event, one of the top artists in the "trop-rock" circuit, Gulf Shores Alabama singer songwriter Brent Burns for our 5th edition of IslandFest, to be held in San Carlos Sonora Mexico at Paradiso Resort on Nov.14-16th, 2008. Unbelievable event, gorgeous setting, awesome times with good friends and incredibly affordable too! Three nights, three concerts, all overlooking the water on one of the most gorgeous beaches in all of northern Mexico. GREAT all inclusive packages are now available (3 and 5 night), with free upgrades to ocean view rooms before Aug. 30, 2008. See below for rates! But first, here's what we'll be up to:

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY, NOV. 14TH IslandFest starts tonight at 5:30PM with an all you can eat Mexican buffet dinner show, featuring entertainment from Kelly McGuire, Rob Mehl, Brent Burns, and Mark Mulligan....with San Carlos duo Bobby and Leslie Sahlen opening the show! For all you San Carlos locals, individual tickets are now on sale at Casa De Amigos Seaside Realty. Great prices too! Only $20 USD presale, $25 day of event, and the price includes both the show and the buffet dinner. And better yet....only $50 gets you an IslandFest Pass that lets you enjoy all three shows and all you can eat meals at each!

SATURDAY, NOV.15TH IslandFest continues with tonight's show featuring ALL of the above artists PLUS an all you can eat international buffet! All starts at 5:30PM. See above for ticket info.

SUNDAY, NOV. 16TH The fun starts at noon ON THE BEACH with an all you can eat barbecue, and of course entertainment from all of the featured IslandFest artists! And we'll follow up the concert with a sunset get together on the beach, where you can meet the artists, get CDs signed, and visit with them over a cold one. (Or two!)

TICKETS ON SALE NOW IN SAN CARLOS! Drop by Casa De Amigos Seaside Realty, where you can save $5 per ticket by purchasing in advance! ($20 presale, $25 at the door, includes show plus all you can eat buffet dinner) ISLANDFEST PASSES are also available for only $50, which let you enjoy all three concerts and buffet dinners! Pick yours up today at Casa De Amigos Seaside Realty! Coming down from the States? Check out how to order tickets, plus some GREAT all inclusive packages (lodging, meals, shows, taxes, water activities, and more) below!



PACKAGE 1:

3 nights stay at Paradiso Resort

· Welcome Margarita drink (those under 18 years of age will received a non alcoholic beverage)

· 3 Breakfast Buffets

· 3 Lunch Buffets

· 3 Dinner Buffets

· 3 Concert tickets

· 1 Concert T-shirt per guest

1 hour of kayak per day(per room) PLUS discounts on horseback riding, spas, sailboats, etc.

Free wifi in the Sahuaro Lounge

All 3 nights and all of the above, for a TOTAL of only $ 314.00 USD double occupancy per person ($ 218.00 USD per person extra, $ 123.00 USD per child of 12 years or younger

OR, make the most of your trip to Mexico and enjoy the five day package. It includes the following:

5 nights stay

· 1 additional free night stay in European plan( to be added to this trip or your next, no meals included)

· Welcome Margarita drink (those under 18 years of age will received a non alcoholic beverage)

· 5 Breakfast Buffets

· 5 Lunch Buffets

· 5 Dinner Buffets

· 3 Concert tickets

· 1 Concert t-shirt per guest.

1 hr. of kayak per day (per room)PLUS discounts on horseback riding, spa,etc

The entire FIVE night package is only $470.00 USD double occupancy per person ($324.00 USD per person extra, $ 165.00 USD per child of 12 years or younger, $650.00 USD single occupancy)

RESERVATIONS FROM THE U.S. Easy! For the special IslandFest packages or just for individual show tickets, email Roberto at ventas@grupoparadiso.com and include your contact info. He'll get in touch with you at the hour of your choice to take your reservation by credit card!

Want to learn more about our special guest artists? The lineup we have for this year's event is really incredible. Take a second and check out their websites! http://brentburns.com http://markmulligan.net http://robmehl.com http://redfishisland.com and http://gatorlegs.com

"Mulligan's IslandFest 2008" is brought to you by: Casa De Amigos Seaside Realty and Sonoran Sports Center. Please visit their links at http://seaside-realty.net and http://sailsancarlos.com

As for IslandFest 2007, we had a blast! From the Thursday night "pre-party" where nearly 300 of you kicked off our fourth IslandFest, to Friday night's opening waterfront show under the stars, to Saturday's packed house to Sunday's gorgeous sunset show on the beach, it was a weekend that I'll never forget. Thanks to all of you who took your vacation time and chose to spend it with us in Mexico! To all the San Carlos locals who showed up in full force to support this event. And to the artists who shared the stage with me: Kelly McGuire, Rob Mehl, and Gary Seiler.



Folks were here from all over the place. Washington, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, hell Florida! It was like a big family reunion, with friends from previous IslandFests reuniting and new friends getting together for the very first time. That's probably my favorite part of IslandFest. Watching the crowd and the fun you're having....

Just to show you what kind of folks show up for this event, this year's crowd raised over $6000 for the Castaway Kids project! And many took the time to visit the local soup kitchen and barrio where we focus our volunteer efforts.

I could go on and on about what an awesome time we had. But the pictures tell the story. Check 'em out. And make plans to join us Nov 14-16th 2008 for our next, and biggest, edition of IslandFest!

FROZEN PICTURES TO FOLLOW
ACCLAIMED NEIL INNES BIOPIC
WITH NONFICTION FILM
ON THE LIFE AND MUSIC
OF CHRIS MONTEZ


HOLLYWOOD, July 2 (JONAS PR) - Hot on the heels of the world premiere of its Neil Innes biopic, The Seventh Python, Frozen Pictures announced today that its next nonfiction musical feature film will focus on the life and career of rock and pop star Chris Montez.



Montez, best known for 1962 rocker, Let's Dance and Swingin' Sixties hits like Call Me and The More I See You, has seen international success whose versatility has moved him beyond the Oldies circuit.



“Chris Montez is an incredibly influential musician whose life and music have touched on every major thread in rock ‘n' roll, from Latino rock to R&B, Sixties pop to lounge, surf to punk,” says Burt Kearns, who writes, produces or directs all of Frozen's projects with Brett Hudson. 



"His story is epic. He grew up in Hawthorne, California and went to school and jammed with Brian Wilson and his brothers. He met his hero Ritchie Valens, months before his death. He toured the Deep South at with Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson. The Beatles were his opening act on their breakthrough British tour. He was washed up at 19. And then he met Herb Alpert and began a very unlikely second act.”



“This film will rewrite rock ‘n' roll history,” adds Hudson, who wrote part of that history with The Hudson Brothers in the Sixties and Seventies. “There's a legendary story about Chris getting into a barroom brawl with John Lennon. There are questions about where those Beatle suits came from. And there's lots more."



International Production



Plans call for filming in Los Angeles, Branson, Europe and Mexico, including an all-star jam session that will feature Montez' greatest hits in a casual setting. “What Bono did for Roy Orbison, what Rick Rubin did for Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, we'll do for Chris Montez,” says Hudson. “He's a very special talent who really communicates with his music."


The greenlighting of the Montez project comes less than a week after Frozen Pictures' latest film, The Seventh Python, had its world premiere at the American Cinematheque's Mods & Rockers Film Festival in Hollywood.


Reviews have been uniformly impressive, with The Los Angeles Times calling the film “charming and illuminating,” and LAist praising it as “inspired and hilarious.'”


Hudson says the Montez story, besides "reflecting the journey and assimilation of the Mexican American from the 1950s to the first years of the 21st Century," fits in well with the Frozen Pictures' other entertaining, innovative and surprising nonfiction projects that that include the Bravo miniseries, All The Presidents' Movies with Martin Sheen and the television special, The Secret History of Rock ‘n' Roll with Gene Simmons.



“I want to be an example”


Montez, who recently starred at the Dick Clark ‘s American Bandstand Theatre in Branson, Missouri, is eager to bring his story to a new generation “and influence as many people as I can.



"For me, it's always been about overcoming obstacles,” he says. “I'd like to say I grew up in a bilingual home, but my parents never spoke English. I grew up with four brothers and four sisters, and none of them finished school. I've seen discrimination against them and I've experienced it myself. But though I know the struggles of being a Mexican American, I also had tremendous opportunities. I ended up working with the Beatles-- and having the Beatles open for me! 



"A lot of Mexican Americans know about me, and I have a lot of older fans, but I want to be an example to young people. An example that everything's possible. I've had lot of Mexican people say to me, 'You're a legend'-- I don't know what that means. I've always been an underdog. And whether you're worth ten million dollars or ten bucks, you're the same person as long as you keep that focus.”



Lensing is set for late summer.

Coconut Country, MexiBlues and Mariachi Fusion are found on the latest Gatlorleg/Mexmo release, Life's Much Better In Mexico, availbale now on CDBaby.com. Bobby and Leslie Sahlen have just released a new CD with songs about love and life in the beautiful beach town of San Carlos. Tubas, guitars, violins and the unque vocals of The Sahlen make for a fun listen that will have you feeling sun on your face and sand between your toes.

Gatorlegs is delighted to have co-publishing contracts with HDMusic Now for 24 different tracks from our catalogue for use in Film and TV! These include 8 tracks from The Sahlens new CD, Life's Much Better In Mexico, 2 from Spanky McFarlance, 2 from Chris Montez, 6 from Manuelito and of course, none of us could have done these without the Twins who add 6 more to the Film and TV universe! Yeah Team!

Gatorlegs Music of Tucson, Arizona and the BioResMed Medical Arts Center in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico have joined forces to create the SOUNDS OF SAN CARLOS Community Enrichment Series. Music is the universal language that has proven healing abilities. To increase awareness of their soon to open treatment facility, BioResMed is sponsoring native and resident artists of San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico who otherwise would not have access to recording and sharing their talents.

NEW RELEASES
Available now from http://wwwCDBaby.com and http://www.Bathtubmusic.com

The Sahlens Killer Tomatahs Produce With An Attitude

The Sahlens Radio Wedding

Bobby Sahlen Abuelos Favorites

Christie Forester Heartsong For Christmas

The Twins, the Giacoman boys, have recorded the theme song for the new professional Baseball Team in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. The team's first game is tonight.
Go Ostioneros!

Released for sale today on Universal
Spanky and Our Gang
20th CenturyMasters The Millineum Series

For info
http://www.spankymcfarlane.com