Here's the official announcement for the big anniversary show! All the details here: http://www.hunnertcarpileup.com/ Friday-Saturday, October 7-8, 2011 Progress City, Decatur, IL 2011 will mark our 10th Pileup, and the 11th Anniversary of the founding of Chrome Czars Motor Club, so we are making this a special show! Other than just a great collection of traditional hot rods, customs, and a cool old time square to hang out in, artists, vendors, and a swap, there will be: * A KILLER line-up of musicians! * A 1927 Kenworth customized in 1963 for the stage! * Special HCPU OK! stickers for show cars! * Hot rod movies at the pre and post-show parties at Snappers! * Limited Edition Hunnert Car Pileup Posters! * Antique tractors pulling wagons around the spectator parking lot and show area! * An ever-expanding swap meet and vendor area! * More tents, and picnic tables made at the local prison! Who exactly is in this killer lineup, you ask? Well, allow me to elaborate... Friday night at the only Official Pre-Show party, we have The Three Bad Jacks, the Hot Rod Hucksters, and Th'Empires! Saturday at the Pileup, we have Junior Brown, Art Adams, and The Reckless Ones!! Saturday Night at the only Official Post-Show party we have The Gravetones and MG & the Gas City 3! Three Bad Jacks (Los Angeles, CA) This full throttle trio fuses the best parts of rock, punk and rockabilly into a unique sound. If youve ever seen a band on fire on stage (literally!!), then youll know why we brought these guys all the way out from the land where hot rodding was born! Hot Rod Hucksters (Chicago) These guys forge an unholy sonic amalgamation of Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, The Cramps, and some say the Stray Cats. Featuring members of the Chrome Czars and Blacktop Barons car clubs. (photo courtesy of Kim Petersen) ThEmpires (Bloomington, IN) Its hard to describe a band that infuses the raw distortion of garage rock and rockabilly rythmns with the frantic jump of the blues, especially when its only one guy! If you missed Hasil Adkins back in the 50s, then you need to check out ThEmpires. (photo courtesy of Molly Burkett) Junior Brown (Austin, TX) Grammy-nominated, guitar-designing, country & western star Junior Brown! If you havent heard Highway Patrol just wait until you hear the man himself play it next to a 55 Chevy police car on a stage pulled by a 27 Kenworth customized in 63 for the hot rod show circuit. It will knock the grease right out of your hair. Art Adams (Indianapolis, IN) This original 1950s rockabilly recording star came out of retirement a few years ago and got a band together. This cat still has what it takes to rock the house! Get out your dancing shoes, dad. The Reckless Ones (Minneapolis, MN) This is one super tight rockabilly band with incredibly catchy hooks that go along with a great stage show. If you miss 1980′s Neorockabilly bands like The Quakes, Polecats, Restless, and the Stray Cats, then youll want to be up front and center when these guys take the stage. The Gravetones (Chicago, IL) For everyone who laments missing the very first Hunnert Car Pileup 10 years ago at Marty & Sons Body Shop, then here is your chance to relive those days. The Gravetones tore up the makeshift stage (and floor) at the first Pileup with what may be best described as a mix of the Misfits, Cramps, and Elvis in other words, great rock and roll! Theyre the ONLY band that played the first Pileup thats still around. MG & the Gas City 3 (Indianapolis, IN) These guys kick out some hard-driving rockabilly and rock & roll. Dont be fooled by the street rod in the photo, these guys rock! If you like the Rev. Horton Heat, youll dig this band. So, if you've ever wanted to go to the Pileup and have been putting it off, THIS is the year to go! We hope to see you there!
I don't know where the tents were made, but the new picnic tables are fresh from the big house. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a hidden shiv.
any change in the pre and post parties? any bands, vendors, etc going to be in the town square? or just all in snappers again
Looks like lotsa fun..Great bands as well. Just saw Art Adams in Sweden, man he sure can rock. Junior Brown is of course amazing as well..Well, we'll have to try to make the show 2012!!!
All the bands will be inside Snappers. There's just no feasible way to do it outside and be able to pay for it all, without hiring a huge crew. Besides, you never know what the weather is going to be like! We will, however, rearrange things in Snappers so that there will be a lot more room to see the bands, and we will be showing hot rod movies on the big screen instead of the stripper silhouttes they were showing last year.
Arguably one of the best car shows in the world... I get to see sooo many of my friends, get to see a few killer hot rods and customs, get to see great musical acts and you know what the first thing that came to my mind... the BBQ trailer!
JUNIOR BROWN and ART ADAMS, how awesome is that plus tons of cool cars, a great time will be had by all.
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