Tiki Cowboys

Americana • Chicago, 60642, US

Events

Nov272019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 17:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
Aug282019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 18:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
Jul242019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 18:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
Jun262019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 18:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
May292019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 18:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
Mar272019
Show at Honky Tonk BBQ
Wed 18:00 · Honky Tonk BBQ
Chicago, IL
Jul152017
Show at Hotel Chateau Ball Room
Sat 20:00 · Hotel Chateau Ball Room
Bloomington, IL
Apr282017
Show at Chicago Area Tiki Tour (at the Aloft Hotel)
Fri 18:30 · Chicago Area Tiki Tour (at the Aloft Hotel)
Rosemont, IL
Apr202017
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Mar162017
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Nov262016
Show at O's Tap
Sat 12:00 · O's Tap
Chicago, IL
Nov172016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Oct202016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Sep152016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Aug182016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul212016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul172016
Show at Hala Kahiki Lounge
Sun 14:00 · Hala Kahiki Lounge
River Grove, IL
Jun162016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
May192016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr212016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Mar172016
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Nov192015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Sep172015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul162015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jun182015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
May212015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr162015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Mar192015
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Nov202014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Oct162014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Sep182014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Aug212014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul172014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jun192014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
May152014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr172014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Mar202014
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Dec312013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Tue 17:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Dec192013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Nov212013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Oct172013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Sep192013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Aug152013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul182013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jun202013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
May162013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr252013
Show at Marie's Riptide Lounge
Thu 20:00 · Marie's Riptide Lounge
Chicago, IL
Mar212013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Feb212013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jan172013
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Dec152012
Show at EASTGATE CAFE
Sat 17:00 · EASTGATE CAFE
Oak Park, IL
Nov162012
Show at EASTGATE CAFE
Fri 17:00 · EASTGATE CAFE
Oak Park, IL
Nov152012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Oct182012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Sep292012
Show at Club Lucky - Neighborhood festival
Sat 12:00 · Club Lucky - Neighborhood festival
Chicago, IL
Sep282012
Show at EASTGATE CAFE
Fri 17:00 · EASTGATE CAFE
Oak Park, IL
Sep202012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Aug162012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jul192012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Jun212012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
May172012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr192012
Show at Tiki Terrace
Thu 16:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr62012
Show at Gallery Cabaret
Fri 18:00 · Gallery Cabaret
Chicago, IL
Feb182012
Show at EASTGATE CAFE
Sat 17:00 · EASTGATE CAFE
Oak Park, IL
Feb102012
Show at Renaldi's After Dark
Fri 18:00 · Renaldi's After Dark
Chicago, IL
Jan102012
Show at The Lucky Number Bar & Grill
Tue 22:30 · The Lucky Number Bar & Grill
Chicago, IL
Jul152011
Show at Renaldi's After Dark
Fri 18:00 · Renaldi's After Dark
Chicago, IL
May202011
Show at Renaldi's After Dark
Fri 18:00 · Renaldi's After Dark
Chicago, IL
Apr152011
Show at Smoke Daddy BBQ
Fri 17:00 · Smoke Daddy BBQ
Chicago, IL
Jan302011
Show at Blue Chip Casino
Sun 13:00 · Blue Chip Casino
Michigan City, IN
Dec182010
Show at The Horseshoe
Sat 20:00 · The Horseshoe
Chicago, IL
Nov282010
Show at Tiki Terrace
Sun 17:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Oct142010
Show at Nav-A-Gator Happy Hour
Thu 19:00 · Nav-A-Gator Happy Hour
Internet Radio, IL
Sep182010
Show at The Horseshoe
Sat 20:00 · The Horseshoe
Chicago, IL
Jul162010
Show at Underground Wonder Bar
Fri 18:00 · Underground Wonder Bar
Chicago, IL
Jun272010
Show at Water Riders Kayak Rentals & Tours
Sun 10:00 · Water Riders Kayak Rentals & Tours
Chicago, IL
May232010
Show at Tiki Terrace
Sun 18:00 · Tiki Terrace
Des Plaines, IL
Apr242010
Show at Underground Wonder Bar
Sat 19:00 · Underground Wonder Bar
Chicago, IL
Apr102010
Show at Save more lounge
Sat 20:00 · Save more lounge
Chicago, IL
Feb202010
Show at Save more lounge
Sat 20:00 · Save more lounge
Chicago, IL
Feb132010
Show at The Red Line Tap
Sat 20:00 · The Red Line Tap
Chicago, IL
Aug292009
Show at Water Riders "Tiki Tour" Party
Sat 10:00 · Water Riders "Tiki Tour" Party
Chicago, IL

About the Artist

Out of the love for Exotica, Blues, Surf Rock and Country-Western music comes the unique sound of the Tiki Cowboys. Founder Eric "Baron" Behrenfeld is a drummer, percussion and ukulele musician having worked with a long list of Blues, Rock, Country and Tiki musicians spanning over 25 years in Chicago's vibrant music scene. In 2007 the original four song EP, A Taste Of Tiki was released, which became the springboard to the forming of a live acoustic-electric band in the summer of 2009. Throughout the years I performed as a hired drummer and percussionist as well as with my Tiki Cowboys band. Then 2020 hit with the covid lockdowns.... "I completely went "GONZO" and produced the LOCKDOWN (DnB) track that was driven by my dire angst about what we were going through with the lockdowns in Chicago starting back in early 2020. Not being able to go to the beach or parks or pool, see or perform music, then having the schools and restaurants closed as well had really turned me into a very angry Tiki Cowboy indeed no doubt! My musical direction shifted abruptly because of the lockdowns that were happening in Chicago and worldwide while I was working on songs for the latest Tiki Cowboys album I am recording, called Rise And Shine. With the clampdown of unconstitutional "Medical Tyranny" that was forced upon us all, it catapulted the song Lockdown to be born out of that manufactured plandemic. Not being able to work, play, perform, talk to people, along with the forced mask wearing and social distancing policies being adopted without debate, it became a mandate nightmare for myself and most musicians, along with the entire entertainment industry, and let alone everyone else that had to "Shelter in place." and work and go to school from home via the internet and Zoom meetings. Forced isolation is not fun for anyone. This is a psychological lockdown as well as a physical one." "That all said, this is my Protest Song about the 'Red Pill' moment now happening in real time as I write here. Playing drums and a bass ukulele was all that I needed to drive this powerful DnB single track. It's also my first "Drum And Bass" composition, which is new musical territory for me as well. Some of the sound effects of the sirens, a jet, a fire truck and ambulances in the recording were recorded by me in my Chicago neighborhood where I reside. Those sounds became instruments in and of themselves, and were very organic in nature with how well they fit with the tempos, mood and vocals of the song." "It was extremely urgent for me personally to get this single released right away following the prior Tiki Cowboys single, Good Morning that was released in 2019. Good Morning was the warning, and Lockdown is what that warning is about. Lockdown was a very spontaneous and emotionally pertinent song I banged out in the Spring of 2020 on drumkit at my music room, The Blue Leopard Lair (www.theblueleopardlair.com). I looped that drumbeat I had recorded on my iPhone, later adding ukulele bass, then mixing in the chaotic sound effects throughout the track. With these emotions still raw and pent up in me, like a whistling tea kettle, I wanted and needed to record and document these feelings through my instruments, and really pump the vocal volume WAY THE F*CK UP on this very hard core DnB track. This recording was very demanding and draining as a performing artist. I had to dig canyon deep to create this kind of raw, urgent and crushing sonic intensity in such a very basic and primal manner. There was no other way to do it, this DnB composition required that instrumental simplicity to have the most massive binaural impact. CRANK IT UP!" "Did you hear the rooster crow? Good Morning! The Lockdown is here!" Eric "Baron" Behrenfeld (aka Tiki Cowboy) - October 10, 2021 To listen to and purchase music, see videos and for more information about the band, please visit: www.tikicowboys.com

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Events

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Honky Tonk BBQ

Show at Hotel Chateau Ball Room

Show at Chicago Area Tiki Tour (at the Aloft Hotel)

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at O's Tap

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Hala Kahiki Lounge

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

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Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

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Show at Tiki Terrace

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Show at Tiki Terrace

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Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Marie's Riptide Lounge

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at EASTGATE CAFE

Show at EASTGATE CAFE

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Club Lucky - Neighborhood festival

Show at EASTGATE CAFE

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Gallery Cabaret

Show at EASTGATE CAFE

Show at Renaldi's After Dark

Show at The Lucky Number Bar & Grill

Show at Renaldi's After Dark

Show at Renaldi's After Dark

Show at Smoke Daddy BBQ

Show at Blue Chip Casino

Show at The Horseshoe

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Nav-A-Gator Happy Hour

Show at The Horseshoe

Show at Underground Wonder Bar

Show at Water Riders Kayak Rentals & Tours

Show at Tiki Terrace

Show at Underground Wonder Bar

Show at Save more lounge