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Kahuna

Kahuna was during high school, way back in the pre-internet days. And I'm definitely too lazy to put up a web site for a dead band. You'll find some scans below from those days. The bottom line is we were playing parties, dances, and clubs around New Orleans during our prime high school years.
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  • Promo Pic - Sometime in 1989 <br /> Jimmy's Music Club, New Orleans, LA<br /> Our "bad boy" promo pic. We were a bunch of grizzly vets at the age of 16 and 17, eh? Yet we played the second-hottest (back then) music club in New Orleans, Jimmy's, at this ripe age on a monthly basis. Sure, we're underaged in a bar - but not by much, as Louisiana and Hawaii were the last two states still clinging to the 18 year-old drinking age. (You can still drive solo and be fully licensed at age 15 there.)

    Promo Pic - Sometime in 1989
    Jimmy's Music Club, New Orleans, LA
    Our "bad boy" promo pic. We were a bunch of grizzly vets at the age of 16 and 17, eh? Yet we played the second-hottest (back then) music club in New Orleans, Jimmy's, at this ripe age on a monthly basis. Sure, we're underaged in a bar - but not by much, as Louisiana and Hawaii were the last two states still clinging to the 18 year-old drinking age. (You can still drive solo and be fully licensed at age 15 there.)

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  • Sixteen Dominican Highschool Girls' Sweet 16 Party - April 7, 1989 <br /> The Botanical Gardens of City Park, New Orleans, LA<br /> Too bad this pic isn't in color. We threw together the ugliest outfits we could find. That's a tie-dyed shirt, thermal undershirt, bright green Duckheads, and a satin tie that had a piano keyboard going down it!

    Sixteen Dominican Highschool Girls' Sweet 16 Party - April 7, 1989
    The Botanical Gardens of City Park, New Orleans, LA
    Too bad this pic isn't in color. We threw together the ugliest outfits we could find. That's a tie-dyed shirt, thermal undershirt, bright green Duckheads, and a satin tie that had a piano keyboard going down it!

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  • Sweet Sixteen for the Sweet Sixteen<br /> Botanical Gardens in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana<br /> Pre-dating MTV's "My Sweet 16", sixteen Domincan girls hire us to play for their huge party. Looks like I've had just about enough of the professional photographer. Too bad it's in black and white - my tie-dye plays beautifully against my bright green Duckheads. Not to mention my powder-blue satin piano tie.

    Sweet Sixteen for the Sweet Sixteen
    Botanical Gardens in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
    Pre-dating MTV's "My Sweet 16", sixteen Domincan girls hire us to play for their huge party. Looks like I've had just about enough of the professional photographer. Too bad it's in black and white - my tie-dye plays beautifully against my bright green Duckheads. Not to mention my powder-blue satin piano tie.

    dancesweet sixteenricky faulstichbotanical gardenscity parknew orleanslouisianamusickahuna sensitive electric guitar gibson les paul custom

  • After-school practice at the Subway (our practice room in the back of the Fitzmorris mansion on the corner of Canal Street and Filmore in Lakeview, New Orleans.)<br /> That would be my senior ring and a smock that I acquired from my car wreck days.

    After-school practice at the Subway (our practice room in the back of the Fitzmorris mansion on the corner of Canal Street and Filmore in Lakeview, New Orleans.)
    That would be my senior ring and a smock that I acquired from my car wreck days.

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  • "Singing" my heart out during a gig at Jimmy's Music Club in Uptown New Orleans. I'm 15 or 16 years old in this pic.

    "Singing" my heart out during a gig at Jimmy's Music Club in Uptown New Orleans. I'm 15 or 16 years old in this pic.

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  • Tuning up before a show backstage at Jimmy's Music Club. Nice backstage area, huh?

    Tuning up before a show backstage at Jimmy's Music Club. Nice backstage area, huh?

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  • A Kahuna practice usually devolved into an excuse to have a party. Please ignore the beer cans and smoking. We are under aged and that must have been left around by some adults.

    A Kahuna practice usually devolved into an excuse to have a party. Please ignore the beer cans and smoking. We are under aged and that must have been left around by some adults.

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  • Page literally ripped straight from my scrapbook. Includes our business card and some show listings from New Orleans newspaper's entertainment section, Lagniappe. Apparently some people don't know how to spell our name, either.

    Page literally ripped straight from my scrapbook. Includes our business card and some show listings from New Orleans newspaper's entertainment section, Lagniappe. Apparently some people don't know how to spell our name, either.

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  • My band was playing for an annual bonfire party at LSU, just two months into my college carreer.<br /> This is the ad that appeared in the LSU newspaper, The Reveille. Make sure you notice what is not only paid for, but actually advertised (bottom right corner of the ad). Only at LSU will you see an ad in the official school newspaper for a party held on campus, by a dormitory, that advertises booze.

    My band was playing for an annual bonfire party at LSU, just two months into my college carreer.
    This is the ad that appeared in the LSU newspaper, The Reveille. Make sure you notice what is not only paid for, but actually advertised (bottom right corner of the ad). Only at LSU will you see an ad in the official school newspaper for a party held on campus, by a dormitory, that advertises booze.

    gigKahunaLouisvilleBaton RougeLouisianaLouisiana State UniversityLSUTigerskahuna kirby smith bonfirepromo

  • Kahunalen<br /> We won the highschool air-band contest three years in a row (we only deserved it for two of them, but we were given the legacy nod during our senior year.) Our Van-Halen was the favorite. We occasionally broke into it (spontaneously) live. <br /> I wish you could appreciate how high we jumped; look where the stage is.

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    We won the highschool air-band contest three years in a row (we only deserved it for two of them, but we were given the legacy nod during our senior year.) Our Van-Halen was the favorite. We occasionally broke into it (spontaneously) live.
    I wish you could appreciate how high we jumped; look where the stage is.

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  • Every cover band has this one in their arsenal somewhere, right? <br /> Jimmy's Music Club, New Orleans, LA<br /> (c. early 1989)

    Every cover band has this one in their arsenal somewhere, right?
    Jimmy's Music Club, New Orleans, LA
    (c. early 1989)

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  • Late 1980s New Orleans Musical Family Tree<br /> Lots of incest!

    Late 1980s New Orleans Musical Family Tree
    Lots of incest!

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  • Bad to the Bone (George Thorougood and the Delaware Destroyers)

    Bad to the Bone (George Thorougood and the Delaware Destroyers)

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasBad to the BoneGeorge Thoroughgood and the Delware DestroyersmusicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (Van Halen)

    Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (Van Halen)

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasAin't Talkin' 'bout LoveVan HalenmusicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • Your Momma Don't Dance (Loggins and Messina)

    Your Momma Don't Dance (Loggins and Messina)

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasYour Momma Don't DanceLoggins and MessinamusicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)

    Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)

  • Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2<br /> The worst cover you've ever heard

    Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
    The worst cover you've ever heard

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasIn the Name of LovePrideU2musicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • Destroyer (The Kinks)

    Destroyer (The Kinks)

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasDestroyerThe KinksmusicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • You Really Got Me (Van Halen/Kinks)

    You Really Got Me (Van Halen/Kinks)

    KahunaLiveRicky FaulstichPat FitzmorrisAlan ParksTodd ThomasYou Really Got MeVan HalenThe KinksmusicconcertNew OrleansJimmy's

  • Hoerner Fest III Flyer

    Hoerner Fest III Flyer

    Every year the Hoerners (part of Metal Rose) threw a big party. One of a couple we played at.

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