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The TakeOffs

The TakeOffs: Kauai's Only Instrumental Surf Band

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The TakeOffs are: **Ron Rhoades-Guitar**John Hunt-Bass**Conrad Mathews-Drums**Bill Mello-Guitar** We are from the Island of Kauai and have been together for over three years. We are all veterans of the Kauai music scene and individually have played with some of the best bands from the Island including The Shakers, The Blond Boys, SurfJones, The Blue Shadows, Swamp Daddy and more! Mahalo to all the surf/instro bands that have influenced us by writing the great songs that we get to cover. THANK YOU Todd Oldham and THE SHERATON KAUAI RESORT for giving us one of the best gigs a surf band could hope for.The TakeOffs are currently performing every Sunday evening at: 'The Point' Terrace on the ocean lawn at the Sheraton Kauai Resort in Poipu Beach Kauai (www.sheraton-kauai.com/flavorsmusic.htm) 6:30-9:30pm and can also be seen at various Kauai night spots like The Small Town Coffee Co. and Shaka Tacos in Kapa'a, The Tahiti Nui in Hanalei as well as special events like surf legend Woody Brown's movie premeire 'Of Wind And Waves: The Life Of Woody Brown' @The Grand Hyatt Resort Kauai and The Koloa Plantaion Days' Sunset Ho'o lau'lea (block party) at The Sheraton Kauai Resort. ************************************************************ ************** A NOTE ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCES AT THE SHERATON KAUAI RESORT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS......Hey, if it's raining....we'll be inside The Point Lounge with the same starting time of 6:30-9:30!! You can check the weather conditions and see The TakeOffs playing 'live' on Sundays at The Sheraton 'live' web cam: (http://www.seehawaiilive.com/skr-cam.cfm) You can pan, zoom and have a blast looking around. Aloha. ************************************************************ *************** THIS IS 15 YEAR OLD DRUMMER JAMES WOZNAK "SITTING IN" WITH THE TAKEOFFS DURING HIS VACATION TO KAUAI. IT'S AT SHAKA TACOS IN KAPA'A. DECEMBER 2007. JAMES LOVES THE VENTURES AS MUCH AS WE DO!!!James with the takeoffs

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Member Since: 10/9/2006
Band Members: Video for "NO CAN TELLS"
Influences: The Ventures......as well as all the early 60's original "surf" and "instro" bands.The Ventures "Medley" featuring Bob Bogle.......sweet!!! SurfArt By: Bruno Turpin @ www.surfarts.com and www.myspace.com/surfarts
Sounds Like: THE FOUR OF US

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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Kauai Teen Drug Abuse Pt. 3

Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 09:20:43 am HST'Help for teens may be as close as a school campus'by Blake Jones - The Garden IslandEditor's note: This is the third and final installment of a series l...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:06:00 PST

TEEN DRUG ABUSE PT.2

"Officials see shift in teen drug use toward 'pharming'"by Blake Jones - The Garden IslandColin Mathews, the 15-year-old who died after taking an unconfirmed amount of OxyContin on March 28, was not t...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:43:00 PST

Teen Drug Abuse Hits The TakeOffs

Linda,Craig and Conrad Mathews...photo:Dennis FujimotoThis is the tragic story of TakeOffs drummer, Conrad Mathews' son Colin.It was taken from our local news paper and it appears here on our blog to ...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:37:00 PST

The songs we get to play.....

Here’s a list of the surf and rock n roll instrumentals we get to play at our gigs.PipelineSurf RiderForty Miles Of Bad RoadPenetrationHawaii Five-OPoint BreakNo Can TellsRifle RangeWalk Don&rsq...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:01:00 PST

The TakeOffs Encounter With Paul Johnson

Sunday October 7th 2007 It had been raining most of the day and i wondered as i drove to work at the Sheraton if we would be inside or outside. Most of the rain here on Kauai at this time of the year ...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:21:00 PST

The Rose Garden Ballroom....Pismo Beach

If you've seen The TakeOffs MySpace site then you've seen a picture of Pismo Beach back there (we've since replaced it) which is a bit strange for a surf band from Kauai, Hawaii. It's there because as...
Posted by The TakeOffs on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:30:00 PST