Rockabilly Weekender: A Performer's View

[@Big_Mike001]

I am filled with new respect for you Mr. Spike. Not only do you drive a Mini (which shows you have good taste) your focus during this massive party was on maintaining your health so you could be at your best when performing your shows. That's some true professionalism right there!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you. In my younger years, I've hurt some performances by putting the party first. Sometimes it takes some hard lessons to make you learn.

[@Big_Mike001]

@@BreezewayCocktailHour But you DID learn the lesson, and that's the important part!

[@georgetellado1401]

OMG…this was so good on many levels!! The behind the scenes stuff, the bands, the Hula Girls, Deke’s show…the bell ringing (wow, the editing!)…everything was great…more please 🙏 ❤

[@myfairmunster]

Dude, I love the vlog vids! It was such a fun weekend, I think you captured it perfectly. As a nervous Bell 🔔 Ringer, I approve! 😅😂❤

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

lol, you did great!

[@scottgoyette3154]

You made a fine bell ringer even if nervous and I agree with you what a great weekend so much fun next year come up to our room for a drink 🤓🤙🏼🍹🧉

[@myfairmunster]

@@scottgoyette3154 LOL, thank you! Yes, absolutely that would be a blast. Can’t wait for next year! 🎉🍹💚

[@myfairmunster]

@@BreezewayCocktailHour 😂❤️

[@ultimatemaitai]

I haven’t watched a ton of VLV videos but this was way better than the others. Such a cool inside look. Love these kind of episodes.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@ken_tiki5241]

For a non-vlog channel - that was pretty great. It was like being there - but without the heat stroke or hangover 👍 Look forward to more.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

lol, thank you!

[@MattMunn]

I love this episode! Great job and performance on stage!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thanks!

[@jeffreyosser239]

Just WOW! Thanks for your POV and great comments. Hope to see you at Tiki Oasis!

[@charleslinker2904]

So glad you took us along!

[@southpawbarbershop7542]

Great video! I've never been to Viva, but it's definitely on the list. Pretty rad seeing my shop shirt in the crowd. Thanks Scott!! Adam Rains is the man. Great dude!

[@jennifersaylor6907]

Golden tiki got me hooked. Love it

[@daviduther887]

Thank you Spike for sharing this experience of yours and the Hula Girls at VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY WEEKENDER. It was a HOOT!! Aloha Dude.

[@SteveKryworuka]

Yes! I don't get out much, love living vicariously

[@davidburke8838]

So jealous! What a cool band and you got to be on stage with Deke!!! Fabulous!

[@iangoddi]

Nice! The Stray Cats were my favorites back when Mtv first started. (when Mtv used to play music) This lonely 55 year old ex Navy Californian thanks you.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

I'm glad you enjoyed that.

[@jubileenine]

I loveeeee this style, so much fun

[@LunchBreakAngler]

Great video Spike! I really wanted to go this year, but it just didn't work out. Was cool seeing the entire experience from your point of view. Also love all the history tidbits.

[@scotty_tiki-ohana]

I remember driving (riding in the car) to Vegas in the late 60'S!

[@marylupapada4601]

Thanks for taking us along!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

You bet!

[@iangoddi]

Jesus Spike I just thought were a bartending enthusiast! So much depth!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Hahaha...

[@mktruett]

Didn’t think I could want to go to Viva anymore than I already did but somehow you did it. Honestly makes me less intimidated to go too. Thanks!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Ah, cool!

[@NorCalTim]

I def would dig seeing more of these event vids from the perspective of someone involved in one way or another buckaroo!

[@Tony_Harper]

Thanks for taking us along for the weekend. I really enjoyed watching your band perform towards the end of the video! More of these please.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it! Will do!

[@sarahnewcomer7694]

"THIS ISN'T A VLOG CHANNEL" *proceeds to make an amazing doc level vlog* 😂 Thank you for bringing us along. You did an amazing job at sharing the story of your journey and the event. ❤

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Haha... thank you 🙏

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

Your Guitar Fest performance of “Tabou”- 💯 You and Shorty had such a great dialogue.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you!!

[@Bhuddapunk]

Loved virtually attending Viva Las Vegas with this video! Wife and I are looking into maybe going next year!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

You should!

[@Dr.Killdevil]

Good things are worth waiting for. Sorry your up load took so long.

[@simonsrattanroom]

Really enjoyed the long form episode!

[@joejackson-hk2hl]

I love all of your videos but this one was really cool!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

thanks so much

[@darrenandtinasale1502]

Love it Spike! Looks an awesome weekend. I’m visiting the Golden Tiki and Frankie’s this weekend so this is perfect timing for me.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

Wow! 😮 Thanks for showing us on the East Coast what Vegas and its surrounding area is like. Wild!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

You bet!

[@thedoctor755]

Super, SUPER jealous... what a weekend! I've always wanted to go, maybe someday soon. Great job playing the gigs!!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thanks so much!!

[@scubapete9500]

Great peak at the festivities! 🤙🏻🌺

[@tikibob1123]

Spike, the girls, and to all involved, What a superb Vlog. My favorite part was Taboo at the Guitar Geek event. Just superb. Also, the editing and background music were so professionally done. Thanks to ALL involved! I REALLY enjoyed it! Mahalos X 10, Tiki Bob Brooks

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

A shell-fie!!! That’s great!

[@jasono.1629]

Super cool to see your band play in Vegas. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PourJudgment]

Made it!

[@soozempen814]

Spike: I'm not a vlogger, but we'll see how this goes. Also Spike: proceeds to vlog flawlessly

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

😂 thank you

[@gardgarland5293]

Really enjoyed you sharing your experience and an entertainer’s POV. Would like seeing more of the same for various weekenders.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thanks! Will do!

[@amarisvong619]

Loved it! 🍹Loved that Mini Clubman, so much room.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

totally

[@BarbHowe-tm8vi]

Oh heck yeah, I enjoyed this. Thanks for giving us the BTS goings on and want to buy your new album, when I have some extra change to spend.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Peiper4965]

Welp now I’ve gotta go next year Plus it’s nice to see all my friends hanging out.

[@LunarWind59]

Well done! A very brisk 47 minutes! Really gave us a feel for the event, which looks totally fun! You're gettin' good at this! 🙂

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Rob-di7uu]

Really enjoyed this please do more when you can 👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@BritInvLvr]

Since I hate traveling, I do enjoy vlogs. Please do more. Thank you.

[@joejackson-hk2hl]

Awesome video! Good job

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@That_Boris_Guy]

That was fun! Mornings in Las Vegas always look deceptively milder than they really are! ☀️

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Yeah, seriously. Mornings in Vegas are also usually still the night before.

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

Front row seat for your hotel room guitar strumming! Very cool!

[@ilyysabella]

What a cool way to document this experience. Well done, spike! I enjoyed watching

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you, dear. :)

[@edwardarellano22]

Well done!

[@nicktheflybradley]

Well done Spike, great show to watch in full after a very busy Saturday. Nick from York

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@barbbecka5291]

Thank you so much for sharing your weekend with us, Spike! This vlog really showed us more of your life and persona and passions. You ARE ONE VERY CREATIVE AND TALENTED DUDE....or could that be better entitled as the Big Kahuna Buckaroo!!!! Anyways, YOU ROCK! And THIS was SO COOL to watch! Thanks again!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@patmack1929]

Great video and it was a great Viva! Sorry I missed you I was out with my 50 Merc.

[@pinuppalmer]

I think this is my favorite video of yours thus far spike

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Aww... thank you so much ☺️

[@TheBlockPartyRV]

Best video ever !! I LOVE the Vlog !!! More please !! So awesome to see a behind the scenes deep dive into a Hula girls show, and an awesome weekend in the life of the Amazing Spike !! I had no idea I had been missing out on all the fun in Vegas !!!

[@curtlaidlaw]

I have been wanting to attend this for years. This video is the best coverage I've seen. Now I really want to go! Great job. Thank you for taking us along.

[@folske24]

Thanks Spike, you and the Hula Girls sounded great!! And I appreciated the insider view of the events you were at with your friends as well, I wanna ring the ship bell next time!!

[@ChrisFraterrigo]

Need a day in the life of Spike!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

lol

[@johnhummel-newell.ve5jhn859]

this was awesome

[@scootsmcgee77]

I know this is not a vlog show, but this episode was great!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Lol, thank you!

[@lenalight3788]

Awesome vlog! We had fun watching it, do you really good job with these. I hope people like them, because I hope you do more of it❤

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

OMG that Hotel by the pool is e-NOR-mous! 😮

[@nickmckenzie9365]

Dude, what a great video. You certainly proved you are adept at making these style of videos Spike. It's a shame I can't give it more thumbs up! Kudos.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Well, it's all your fault. lol

[@ryanziolkowski6743]

We need a tiki last call song!

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

I’ve gotta experience some of this….thanks so much for sharing all this w/us Spike!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

You should!

[@CK-Rock-Lava]

How fun! So happy for you!😊

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you!! 😊

[@dfw_sleepypillz1007]

Great video Spike!!!! Love this. I have now got to find a nice menu cover for my first Tiki Party. It's at my house, sure, but Hula Girls have several spots on the playlist. Next time you are in the DFW area - let us know!!!!! Need some Breezeway in my life. Rock on man.

[@franklam1]

Fantastic job Spike! Love the vlog format.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thanks, bud 🙏

[@thequietinside3201]

Loved this video!

[@benandrovich112]

Taboooooo!!!! Spike, as always, your videos are awesome and bring a smile to many of our faces! Thank you dude! Also, I’m on my 6th bottle of the Breezeway Blend, it’s SOOO good!

[@fronbogi5048]

You got the coolest shirts.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thanks!

[@DaveMoulin-j2j]

Love the vlog style dude! Been following you since your earliest vids and its nice to see you mixing up styles occasionally. Me and my better half have been dying to come to viva las vegas for years. Sadly living the uk this is a close as we've got so far.

[@ynotlast9210]

Great video thank you Spike

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wildgingerappears]

Really enjoyed this video! 🍹

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you ☺️🙏

[@westernblood3732]

This is awesome content! Thank you for the effort to show us from the eyes of a performer. Viva is a wild weekend no matter what part or for what reason you attend.

[@kaylawilliams2884]

Oh cool! April 17th is my birthday!

[@BossaNovaLife]

I love you man. The video is fun. After 13 years in a row at Viva every stop and hotel Comment is on point... except your comment about hotel room parties. Tiki Room parties happen every day. You just have to have the connections. ;) Also room parties in general define Viva.

[@airtiki2374]

Aloha thanks for the BTS of the rock star lifestyle! Some YR I will make it there! You sounded great!..And what song dosen't need more ship bell?? TIKI on! ps What A shame about that Hawaiian motel :(

[@matthewreese6464]

Really great video. Very enjoyable and relaxed look at the event.

[@monotonehell]

Forty-seven minutes long? There's no way I'm watching all that. Forty-seven minutes later. I watched all of it. 😃

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

omg. hahahaha...

[@roman.1862]

Funnn 🎉

[@daneflanigan]

Dope vlog, as much as I love the regular videos this was really cool too.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Appreciate it!

[@Sea_Dog7]

Great video! Loved hearing you play and the band kicks a$$! Love “Taboo.”

[@taraalexanderhas4900]

This was a great video. ❤

[@aninrl]

LOVED this vlog!!!

[@westview450]

i bring my own humidifier for room when in vegas!

[@frankmartinez4856]

That was FUN 🤗💕thought you were drivin’ a 1948 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon 😳Oh! That was me 😏saw you on Sat./Sun. 🥰it was HOT 🥵 lots of people left the car show, to head to the Pool 🏊‍♀️ did I mention, my first Viva (#17) you were the first show I saw 👀

[@HeadshrinkersHideaway]

Thanks!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you!

[@HeadshrinkersHideaway]

@BreezewayCocktailHour you are so very welcome! We've been binging past episodes all day today. We live in Fresno and it was 110° today. Can't go outside much. Our pool is as warm as a hot tub! Lol!

[@stefaniewitthoft5322]

❤super awesome 👌

[@chrisp464]

Shorty with the killer Sonics shirt 🤙

[@JennyStarr13]

Love this. It was such a fun weekend! I hope I didn’t “parasol-t” Scott as he was filming in front of me at the Sunday pool party. Saw a couple times where it may have come close! 😂 :::sorry:::

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

😂

[@steviem8466]

Spike, so impressed with your POV blog, and a great insight into Viva Las Vegas. The nearest thing we have on this side of the pond would be, 'Rythm Riot'. Although of course, Tom started the very successful Hemsby Weekenders over here before emigrating to the US and started up Viva Las Vagas. Impressed by the band also. On a different note, have you read the words that are printed on the Monster Energy Drinks? Not good!

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

What words??

[@steviem8466]

@@BreezewayCocktailHour This lady can explain it better than I can. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ_Xl4h3a7mggtUsi=RxlXKufoJfoVaVoH

[@steviem8466]

@@BreezewayCocktailHour I did reply, but KZbin keeps removing it.

[@theheckwithit]

this is the strangest coincidence, spike, but the pattern 0:33 of the cabinet in your living room is the same pattern as my phone background lol

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

😂

[@jack__attack]

Absolutely amazin video! As a Tiki lover and a guitarist I love all the in depth stuff you filmed with your band! What tunings is your doubleneck in?

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Thank you! The top neck is tuned down to B. So the 'normal tuning' starts on the second string. B EADGB

[@edwardburke-od9wf]

I know all these songs you’re rehearsing! Guess this means you need a new album? 🤷🏻‍♂️ But I love “Jungle Beach Party”, and the new single is awesome.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

We really do need to record a new one. I'm currently writing!

[@Knat0001]

Been watching you for a couple of years and have been a fan of your photography for even longer, all the way up here in Alberta, Canada. Just picked up your Breezeway blend this weekend as well at a local store! Hey, is that the J Mascis signature Jazzmaster I spied? How do you like it?

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

I get people hassling me about playing a Squire on stage, but this is probably the best playing guitar that I owe (and I have a vintage Gretsch and a vintage Mosrite, an American Tele and a bunch of Danos). The pickups are super high output but the guitar doesn't feedback, the neck is really super comfortable, and I swapped out the bridge and tremolo for upgraded stuff. I looove this guitar.

[@richardking2762]

Did you retire the Gretsch? Loved this! Aloha.

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Yeah, Kinda. It's pretty old and I don't want to hurt it anymore than I already have. Plus, the Jazzmaster just plays SO well.

[@castuyn4618]

Are you playing Taboo? Love that song in all its versions

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Yup. Yeah, there have been so many incredible versions over the years. we recently recorded it onto 45 hitiderecordings.com/products/tabou

[@tikibob1123]

That was Taboo that they played during the Guitar Geek event. Absolutely suberb. My favorite part.

[@JohnKelly2]

Where's the link to the page with locations of the Breezeway Blend?

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

www.breezewaycocktailhour.com

[@JamieDoris]

Beer????!!!? 😂

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

I'm not allowed to drink beer?

[@JamieDoris]

@@BreezewayCocktailHour since it's not cocktail hour, I'll allow it

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

😂😂😂

[@pinbot76]

Where’s Gary?

[@BreezewayCocktailHour]

Gary doesn't really travel to play shows anymore