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Shark-a-thon @ Largo

02 Dec 2007 Leave a Comment

by meganfinley in music, sharks Tags: aaron, largo, paul f tompkins, shark attack, sharkathon

A few days after we got back to LA from Maui, Aaron’s boss and friends at Largo threw him a benefit show to help pay the HUGE medical bills.

December 1st 2007 will now always be known as the most amazing night of our lives-

Michael Griffee not only created this life size tiger shark masterpiece for the show, but he also sang his ass off for the first time on the Largo stage!!! He sang Hall & Oats “Maneater!”

(Oh-oh, here she comes) Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes) She’s a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes) Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes) She’s a maneater
I wouldn’t if I were you
I know what she can do
She’s deadly man, she could really rip your world apart
Mind over matter
Ooh, the beauty is there but a beast is in the heart

And Dave “Gruber” Allen who has rapidly become one of my favorite people on earth, was the host for the evening.

“I GOT YOUR BACK, BRO”
by Dave “Gruber” Allen

Hey Shark! What’s your deal?
Picking on my friend, Aaron?
Get a life, fish. Fuck.

This one is amazing because the title is even an haiku!…

“WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
(WHERE I ATTACKED BY A SHARK
WHILE IN HA-WA-II)”
by David “Gruber” Allen

Some freak fish bites me?
I’d go POW! BOOM! in it’s face
Yea, NOW what, shark-hole?

See what I mean about the brilliant?

Continuing the funny was Paul F Tompkins who made us laugh so hard my stomach was sore for 3 freaking days!!! Apparently now PFT has an entire shark bit added to his act because of this. And I wish I could remember some of it but I can’t! I was too busy laughing that it’s all a blur.

And of course there was this guy…

Jon Brion opened his set playing the ukulele in the Hawaiian tradition.

This was Aaron’s favorite moment of the show. Benmont and Jon both hammered out a song together on the piano, it was beautiful and fun at the same time.

Between acts both Michael and Gruber surprised us by holding auctions! They auctioned off things like dvds of Jaws and Deep Blue Sea, to really special items like bar taps from the Largo bar signed by all of the staff and performers! It was so touching, we were both in tears several times during the auctioning.

They even auctioned off Griffee’s shark which made us sad because we wanted to bring her home.

After the show everyone wanted to hear about the shark attack story, including Jon!

Anyway, the Shark-a-thon was the most amazing experience that not only raised a lot of money for the medical bills, but also gave Aaron an idea of how much he means to his friends and co-workers, which completely took him by surprise.