Live Music this weekend @ Sharky's

PENHSTOCK 2, 2011

Little Duke & the Mekong Blues Messengers

Rock n Roll Highschool

Bum n Draze

Lost Highway

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Videos of Penhstock 2 on youtube

PENHSTOCK 2, 2011

Having concluded the biggest Music Festival in Cambodia with Sharky’s producing the 3 Day, 19 Bands PENHSTOCK 2 Music Festival this past weekend at Sharky Bar, hopefully a little piece of music history in Cambodia has just been created.

Based upon the legendary WOODSTOCK Music Festival, 3 Days of Peace, Love, and Music in 1969, when 500,000 music lovers walked up to 30 km to attend, WOODSTOCK has become the Icon of the 1960’s Hippie Counter Culture, and began the explosion in Rock, Blues, Folk, and Funk Music which continues to this day.

The Mission of Sharky’s PENHSTOCK Music Festival ( WOODSTOCK in Phnom Penh = PENHSTOCK ), is to develop and diversify Live Music in Cambodia through offering a Showcase Venue for the recent explosion in new Bands, as well as the few “older” Rock Bands. Sharky’s production of PENHSTOCK 1(2009/2010) and PENHSTOCK 2 Music Festivals are quickly acquiring a reputation as an Icon in Cambodia and Indochina for the promotion of Live Rock, Alternative, and World music.

As Sharky Bar is well known as the oldest Western Music Venue in IndoChina for the last 15 years, the 19 Bands and over 90 musicians who performed in PENHSTOCK 2, donated their time and talent, to make this year’s PENHSTOCK into a major artistic success.

The first PENHSTOCK Music Festival took place over the 2009/2010 New Year Weekend. As live music in Cambodia was viewed by Expats, Tourists, and local Khmers as pretty much an “anomaly”, we struggled to sign 8 Bands for the 3 Day Event. However, over the past year, Cambodia has experienced an explosion of new Bands, both Khmer and Expat, playing a huge music diversification ranging from Classic Cover Rock, Heavy Metal, Indie, Punk, Blues, Funk, Jazz, World, etc. Thank God the Era of Filipino Top Ten Hits Music is now the Standard for Hotel Lobbies and not for Rock Clubs anymore !,

With 6 Bands a night playing tight, short musical sets on both Friday and Saturday, 25/26 February , and 7 Bands playing on Sunday night, 27 February, the cooperation of all of the Musicians, working alongside Sharky Bar Management and Music Technical Teams to ensure pretty much faultless timing, great sounds, acoustics, and stage lighting, was brilliant. The work necessary to produce PENHSTOCK 2 weekend was a logistical nightmare for the Sharky Bar boys, as one can imagine. But with the Shark “Cage” being a private Rest Area (Green Room) for the Bands playing each evening, the Cage was well stocked with plenty of draught beer, whisky, food, and chairs so the various musicians could rest up, pre and post performance, and meet old and new music mates.

The Bar was still half jammed with dedicated music lovers way past midnight on the final Festival night, Sunday. The surprise Band of the night was a new French Band passing through Cambodia called “Octopus” - an all brass band with flawless musical and stage presence, and as Entertainment Manager Ross introduced them as “Cambodia’s first Chippendale style Music Band (they played with shirt off, girls – Your bad if you weren’t there to enjoy them), they literally, and pleasantly, knocked the socks off the late night partiers when NO ONE (even Sharky management) knew what to expect from them. Bravo to Octopus for an incredible set!

Sharky Bar, well known and respected as a pioneer in Live Music in Cambodia, and as the # 1 Music Venue in Indochina for new and old bands, wants to thank everyone who attended any/all of the 3 nights and helped PENHSTOCK become a legendary Music Fest in Indochina, and particularly in Cambodia. And a huge round of APPRECIATION AND THANK YOU’S to all of the Bands and Musicians who so generously donated their blood, sweat and tears to PENHSTOCK so that all of the attendees will always remember this Music Event as an enjoyable experience in Phnom Penh!!

We hired a Video Photographer who taped the entire PENHSTOCK 2 Event, so it can be viewed on YOU TUBE under the Title of PENHSTOCK 2

Here is a List of the Bands who participated in PENHSTOCK 2 :

The Teaner Terners, Soren Borch Band, Stiff Little Punks, Hot Strings, Captain Jack, Lost Highway, Bum ‘N Draze, Lazy Drunks, Little Duke and MMBB, Rock and Roll High School, The Fumes, The Uke Dudes, Squishy Band, The Choppers, Licked Western, Al-Ebib(?), Octopus, Captain Emo, Bluesberry Jam Band

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Stay tuned for news of PENHSTOCK 3 next year…. Should be bigger and grander than ever before.

THANK YOU, PHNOM PENH !! ROCK ON AND PEACE OUT, Brothers and Sisters!!

Sharky Bar Management

Phnom Penh Hippie Orchestra, Feb 19, 2010

Phnom Penh Hippie Orchestra

Fresh from playing a Round of performances at various Phnom Penh Bars and Art Galleries, the Phnom Penh Hippie Orchestra came roaring into Sharky’s last Saturday night full of spunk and good vibes. As many of the regular customers and friends expected an evening of Rock Music, the 9 Musicians started playing “World-Infused Folk” Music and the packed crowd immediately became enchanted with the eclectic mix of sounds coming from the Stage.

Playing mainly upbeat global dance music, the usual jaded regular Sharky Bar music lovers immediately got up off of their Bar stools, crowded towards the Stage, and started dancing to the beautiful music coming from the large number of musical instruments played by the professional musicians comprising this great Band. With foot stomping Waltzes(how about that for being different?), to Middle Eastern circle dancing, followed by Western folk music, the Phnom Penh Hippie Orchestra provided an incredible evening of fun, dance, partying, and great spirit to Sharky Bar and to the appreciative audience. With musicians from Russia, England, Cambodia, New Zealand, U.S., France, (sorry if I missed a Country or two), Sharky LIVE rocked on, and on, and on…

Needless to say, we welcome this extremely talented great Global Music Band to come back to Sharky Bar for more evenings of good vibrations and high energy spirit that PPHO gave to the appreciative crowd.

Sharky “Tiger Shark” Mike

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Penhstock II Schedule...

In no particular order

friday, february 25
Stiff Little Punks
Soren Borch BAND
Captain Jack
The teaner terners
HOT STRINGS

saturday, february 26
lazy drunks
cj and the police
Lost Highway
Little Duke & The Mekong blUES MESSENGERS
BUM N DRAZE
THE FUMES

sunday, february 27
UKE DUDES
SQUISHY
AT ROBIEB
THE Choppers
Licked Western
rock and roll highschool

Live Music this Saturday, Feb 19 @ 8pm: Hippie Hippie Orchestra

Penhstock II: Phnom Penh’s no.1 Rock n Roll Music Festival

Penhstock II: Phnom Penh’s no.1 Rock n Roll Music Festival

18 Bands, 3 Nights of Peace, Love and Great Music!
February 25, 26 & 27

featuring...
The Fumes
Stiff Little Punks
Cambodian Cowboys
Captain Jack
Licked Western
Choppers
The teaner terners
rock and roll highschool
bum n draze
squishy
pilgrim band
soren borch band
lazy drunks
cj and the police
Lost Highway
HIPPIE HIPPEE ORCHESTRA
Black Rooster
Little Duke & The Mekong BLUES MESSENGERS

and More!!!

Saturday Night Live @ Sharky's: Captain Jack with special guests Squishy

Penhstock2 is Coming Soon! Feb 25, 26, 27; 18 Bands, 3 Nights

plus
Saturday Night Live @ Sharky's

Feb 12: Captain Jack with very special guests Squishy