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I was humbled, grateful, tongue tied and misty eyed this last Saturday when the kind folks at the Folk Alliance Far West @folk_alliance @farwestfolk honored me with The Best Of The West Lifetime Achievement Award at their convention in Portland, Oregon.

Receiving an award like this never fails to stun me. I’ve always considered myself a denizen of the outskirts of the music business (I think a lot of artists who play folk or roots music, quiet or loud, may feel the same) so it’s always inspiring to know that someone out there is listening. It’s a nice kick in the pants to keep on doing what I’ve been doing.

For me, my songs have always dictated my career not the other way around as is normal in the music racket. If I feel like writing a blues one day and a folk ballad the next, that’s what I write. If I don’t feel like writing anything, then I don’t write. Not a roadmap to big time success but, thanks to my loyal fans and musician friends plus my overworked road crews and patient business people around me, I’ve somehow managed to survive doing what I do. I honestly cannot thank the Folk Alliance Far West enough for this incredible acknowledgement.

Speaking of “patient business people”, in this photo I’m crowning my longtime soulful, tough, kind and, yeah, very patient manager, Nancy Sefton @nancy_sefton with the Folk Alliance award backstage in Portland. She deserves it as much as I do.
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#davealvin #folksalliance

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Q&A at the Thrashin’ 40th Anniversary celebration at @skateboardinghalloffame, HAGS telling the origin story of Thrashin’ and the HAGS. Thank you @80slife4ever #thrashin #hagsrule #floworgohome #thehagsdocumentary #jaks

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Storytelling at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of how the Hags came to be.
My pal Sevie Bates wasn’t allowed in to the all boy Jaks Team, so she created her own skate gang with her crew of girls. 💫 We were just doing our thing and a half page article about us came out in the LA Weekly on the same page as a 1/2 page article on director Alan Sacks. He saw us and was blown away, smitten, inspired & driven to make a movie story about this scene he found through us. Gardia Fox told that part of the story. 🛹 He must’ve had a global vision none of us could imagine. And I am so grateful. To learn in this last week that the film Thrashin, was the ONLY skate film many countries could get ahold of at that time has touched me deeply. It became the most watched, inspiring film for so many whose hearts beat to the sound of those wheels, ykiyk, That sound still brings a smile to my face today, because in the past it meant my friends were near. What a gift to meet so many more new and renewed friends 40 yrs later thru Thrashin’ 💝 🎶 Thank You so much @robertkerbeck for recording this. #hags #jaks #80slife4ever #daggers #punk4life

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Thank you @80slife4ever for throwing a kick ass Thrashin’ 40th Anniversary party!!! So much fun, so much love ❤️ So many old friends, met so many cool people, thrilled to be part of it! HAGS RULE!!! #floworgohome #thehagsdocumentary

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In 1984 producer Alan Sacks approached the HAGS about making a movie based on our all-girl punk skateboard gang. He’d read an article about the HAGS in the LA Weekly. So, he started following us around to skate spots and punk clubs to get a “feel” for what we were doing. Next thing we knew there was a script titled “Skate Or Die”, BUT the main characters were guys, not female skaters like us. At first they gave us small parts, but those quickly disappeared, and then the title was changed to “Thrashin’”. We were little more than extras in the movie Alan Sacks said we inspired. Now it’s the 40th anniversary of Thrashin’, and @80slife4ever is hosting a huge celebration on 8/29 at the @skateboardinghalloffame. Come on down and see the HAGS — the real-life inspiration for The Daggers!
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1. Thrashin’ anniversary celebration
2. LA Weekly article that started it all
3-4. Original “Skate Or Die” script
5. Movie still showing 3 HAGS: Kim Neal, Sevie Bates, Gardia Fox
6. On the set. Front row: Christian Hosoi, David Winters, Robert Rusler, Sherilyn Fenn, Alan Sacks, Mondo. Back row: Tony Alva, Gardia Fox, Mark Munski, Steve Olson
7. Movie still with HAG Mimi Tatsumi
8. Movie still with graffiti copied from the sign over our door that read, “Flow or Go Home”
9. Movie still, Venice Beach, HAGS on the wall that says “DAGS” (only one letter off!)
10. Production company promotional still with Gardia Fox
11. Behind the scenes group shot. Find the HAGS!
12. LA Weekly published group shot
13-15. Scratch Magazine article with HAGS on set
16. Joust scene, Gardia Fox
#hagsrule #thehagsdocumentary #floworgohome #thrashin

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Saturday night The Blasters reunited as a trio and played a blistering set for a packed house at @fingerprintsmusic in Long Beach on #recordstoreday in honor of their release, Rare Blasts (@liberationhall_records). The memories from the old Hollywood daze flooded back and filled me up as @davealvinoriginal, Bill Bateman, and @lazyboyrocker rocked their hearts out ❤️‍🔥 Got to hang out with old friends like @nancy_sefton, @elslappo, @dracconley, and many others. Listen til the end and you will hear Dave Alvin’s smokin’ solo on American Music 🔥🎸 There was a lot of love in that room 🖤🎶🎼🎵

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December 2017, Bust Magazine article about our female skateboard gang, our rowdy power posse, the HAGS, 30 years after we rolled through the streets and clubs of L.A. 💫 Written by @emilysavage_for_real, this is the article that inspired Director @alisontaupier , Executive Producer @therealpaulcrowder (editor of Dogtown and Z-Boys), and Producer @mshevloff to make a documentary about us — coming soon! HAGS rule! ☠️🤘#floworgohome #thehagsdocumentary #1980sfemaleskatecrew #skatepunk

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L.A. Times, August 10, 1984. We were interviewed and photographed at HAGS Headquarters. Top photo — skating at a school down the street where Sevie tagged the tennis court, Raggirl sitting in the background because she had a broken leg. Bottom photo — sitting on Raggirl’s 1960 pink Cadillac that was permanently parked on the front lawn due to her having lost the keys skating. If you read the entire article you will know exactly how Alan Sacks came up with the plot to Thrashin’. Hags rule! Top photo, L to R: @dogsrulela_sevie , @kerens_hair661, @gardia_fox. Bottom photo L to R: @thetonyalva1957, @funcrime, Keren “Raggirl” Sacks, Joe King, Gardia Fox, unknown, Sevie Bates #floworgohome #1980sfemaleskatecrew #skatepunk #TheHagsDocumentary #femaleskateboarding

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Fan art from Portugal! Thank you @silvana_mello ❤️🫶🤘

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This is the famous punk rock photographer @edwardcolver ‘s skateboard. He photographed the HAGS for the L.A. Weekly in 1984 and we tagged his board. He still has it!!! 💀😈🤘🛹 #edwardcolver #1980sskateboarding #hags #1980swomenskateboarding #80spunk #dogtown #floworgohome #jamandflow #hagsskateboarding #hagsoriginal #1984 #femaleskateboarders #venice #punkrock #jamandflow #skateordie #hagsofactionunite #skateboarding #skatepunk #punkrock #hollywood #losangeles #partylikeahag #TheHagsDoc #theHags #PunkSkateHistory #HagsForever #SkateLikeAGirl #PunkRockSkaters #SkateAndDestroy #sisterhood #hagsrule

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The Third Mind October Tour starts this Friday! Join me and my band mates, Dave Alvin, Jesse Sykes, Victor Krummenacher, Mark Karan, and Willie Aron this Friday, October 3rd at the world famous Troubadour in Los Angeles! Playing shows together is a rare thing so we’re super excited to rock ‘n roll again and make that joyful noise! We hope to see you there. Check listings to see us Live in your town throughout October. And, HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃!!! Peace☯️ #blues #bluesrock #psychodelic #jazz #folk #americana #punk #60s #70s #improvisational

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HAGS mentioned in Vancouver Sun newspaper article about new book, Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders! Way to go Natalie Porter @womxnsk8history !!! 👏🔥🤘🛹 FYI our motto was “Flow or Go Home”#girlgangszinesandpowerslides #hags #hagsoriginal #thehags #floworgohome #hagsrule #femaleskateboarding #femaleskateboarders #1980swomenskateboarding

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