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Brevard Live July 2007 - 2 - Brevard Live July 2007 Brevard Live July 2007 - - Brevard Live July 2007 Brevard Live July 2007 - - Brevard Live July 2007 Marchletters 4, 1953 - August 20, 2005 tion of Frampton’s D-42 guitar work were clearly solo artist styled model dubbed headliner material. On stage with a The Camel. rhythm guitar player, keyboards, bass Chris Thomas, the and drums, his band put out a very big Martin liaison, men- sound, filling the King Center with a tioned how much stand-up/sold out audience. Danny looked like the Peter is known backstage for his Peter Frampton of today anecdotes, strange voice impersonations and Danny mentioned in Scotch or Italian and a general good that his boss (me, sense of humor, even joking about his Bruce Marion) looked own hair loss. We congratulated Peter like him too. We were on his recent Grammy win for Instru- MEETING PETER FRAMPTON both somewhat flattered mental Pop album and shared some when they set us up with tickets and guitar secrets and had a good run of the A great opportunity came up when backstage passes to visit. entire band setup backstage. Martin Guitars arranged for a visit with Frampton’s album FRAMPTON Danny Snow is a celebrity himself as Peter Frampton backstage at his recent COMES ALIVE! is one of Billboard’s leader/bassist sometimes drummer with King Center concert. all time top selling albums. Peter was a CROSSOVER and Danny’s dad Doc It all started when Danny Snow, our key member of Humble Pie with Steve Snow was the 1st DJ inducted into the assistant manager at Marion Music, Marriott and later moved onto his own country music Hall of Fame. contacted Martin about Danny’s own group, Frampton’s Camel. His rock an- Even as a bandleader/keyboard/ Martin collection (see photo). They thems Do you feel like I do, Show Me guitarist myself it was very impres- asked for photos of Danny and his wall the Way, and Baby, I love your Way were sive to witness the sound check and of guitars. Of particular note, the Felix, major arena staples of the 70’s. Also interface with their band. Hope it gives Cowboy, and Hawaiian Limited Edition Humble Pie’s I don’t need not Doctor SWAMPFOX a whole new insight. models. Even Danny’s D-45 is a varia- and Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. Peace! Frampton’s strong vocals and intense Bruce Marion, Marion Music Brevard Live July 2007 - 7 - Brevard Live July 2007 BREVARD LIVE Meet The JULY 2007 Stars F E A T U R E S Brevard Live! • BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS page 11 Volume 16, Issue 3 Find out who is Brevard’s Favorite Entertainer PUBLISHER & EDITOR • EDGAR WINTER page 14 Heike Clarke Rock’n’Roll Legend performs at Melbourne Auditorium STAFF Charlene Hemmle (Manager & Graphics) Jay Galbreath (Sales/Marketing) • TINSLEY ELLIS page 17 Linda Thorpe (Sales/Marketing) Hard-rocking Blues Artist performs at the SBI Jeff Nall (Staff-Writer) Chris Long (Staff-Writer) David Mac Makin (Computer) Florida Live! Lou Belcher (Arts) • SEVEN MARY THREE page 20 Terry Wallace (Photos) Performing at Captain Hiram’s Monday, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS July 30th Eroica Fedder, Greg Kimple, • WARPED TOUR page 21 Franco Dean, Judy Tatum Lane, Featuring thirty something well-known Bands Bruce Marion, Chuck Van Riper, Rob Selkow D I N I N G Reproduction of any portion of Brevard • OUT & ABOUT page 47 DINING Live is strictly prohibited without the by Eroica Fedder She samples food, enjoys the ambi- written permission of the publisher. & FUN ance, listens to music. Eroica is “out & about”. page 47 ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES The A R T S for information and rate card Phone: (321) 956-9207 • ROBIN ROTHROCK page 56 Fax: (321) 956-9228 by Lou Belcher Her favorite color is blue and her e-mail: [email protected] paintings are alive with it. This may be due to COMMENTS & LETTERS growing up in Satellite Beach and, as a young Please address your contributions to: surfer, falling in love with the sky and the ocean. P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 C O L U M N S: Copyright © 2007 CHUCK VAN RIPER page 26 Brevard Live • All rights reserved MOVIE REVIEWS page 28 We are not responsible for photos or BREVARD SCENE page 38 scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and articles become THE GLORY DAYS page 59 property of this publication. We are not responsible for wrongful advertised or C A L E N D A R S: canceled venues. ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR page 31 LOCATION DIRECTORY page 38 Download BREVARD LIVE MAGAZINE at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live July 2007 - 0 - Brevard Live July 2007 brevard live Who Is Brevard’s Favorite ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 2007 ? BLACK EYED SOUL In addition to their 2007 BMA The BMAs are Entertainer of the Year nomination and performing nearly 100 live shows this finally here! year, Brevard’s hard workin’ Americana “poster kids” Black Eyed Soul are also he ballots have now all preping for the summer release of their been cast and counted. The fifth album. trophiesT have been ordered and Although they’ve been nominated for (and won) numerous BMAs in the the talent has been booked. The past, this year’s Entertainer of the Year nomination is of particular importance to venue is being prepared, and the wildly popular “roots rock” band. “2007 marks the 10th anniversary for Black soon the stage will be set. We Eyed Soul,” group founder and leader Andrew Marcus recently told Brevard Live. are now finally just days away “We’ve really worked hard to survive over the years and this would be a cool way to from the biggest event of the commemorate an amazing decade.” Compared to such current chartbusters as Wilco and Modest Mouse, Black Eyed Soul is also nominated in four additional BMA year for Space Coast music categories! fans and musicians; 4th Annual Brevard Live Music Awards. GREEN LIGHT Described as “A little bit country This amazing local version of The and a little bit rock and roll” Green Light Grammy Awards is open to everyone really began building speed in early ‘06. (with a ticket) and will be held at Although they received strong support Melbourne’s Henegar Performing in the preliminary voting during last Arts Center on Monday, July 30th. year’s BMA season, it was ‘07 when they Christopher Long will once again really hit the ball out of the park with an host the event and The Danny Morris unbelievable 6 nominations including Entertainer of the Year. And it should come Band will also return to perform as the as no surprise to anyone because this band knows the three keys to local success; house band. Favorite area vocalists promote, promote, promote. They take great pride in mixing classic rock with Ray Allaire, Billy Lee, David Andrew country and blues without blasting volume and it seems to be a winning formula as Spilker and Eddie Scott are also votes for Green Light have been pouring into our office for months! scheduled to perform. The lobby’s “Pre Game Show” will feature FYI GT EXPRESS tables, live acoustic music and a cash bar. Awards in more than a dozen Featuring 2007 “Favorite Guitarist” nominee Vince Love and saxophonist categories such as Favorite Original Melinda Redwing who is nominated in the “Favorite Miscellaneous” category, GT Band, Favorite Cover Band and (Good Time) Express is certainly a familiar fixture on the local scene. Although Entertainer of the Year will also be they’ve been performing for years, their popularity seems to have grown by leaps given out to top vote getters. In short and bounds over the last year or so. This may by due to the fact that GT Express is order, everyone who is “anyone” will no ordinary party band. Their current be there, dressed to impress and to see line up is made of both male and female and be seen. musicians as well as younger recruits More information can be found performing along side of veteran players. in this issue regarding ticket sales, And although their set list consists sponsors, and Brevard Music Aid. primarily of classic R&B the band “lays One thing is for sure it IS, without a it all down” with a fun, fresh, upbeat doubt going to be THE party of the attitude that keeps folks on the dance floor all night! year! continued page 13 Brevard Live July 2007 - Brevard Live July 2007 - 2 - Brevard Live July 2007 brevard live THE GROOVE’S SPACE PINCH There seems to be no slowing COAST JAZZ FESTIVAL down beachside favorites Pinch. For nearly a decade Greg Caputo, Jeff pace Coast Jazz Festival is Speice and John Franck have been SWGRV’s annual summer concert infecting area club audiences with series that will be held this year at the their special mix of surf, punk and Wickham Park Amphitheater in Mel- alternative music. Their debut CD bourne on Saturday, July 14th, from ranked as one of the best on Brevard noon to 9 pm. Three national record- Live’s 2005 year end Top Ten wrap ing artists are scheduled to perform: up and they’ve received multiple • Joyce Cooling, an award winning BMA nominations every year since ‘04. This could be the year they take home the San Francisco-based guitarist has just “Big One!” released her 7th album, REVOLV- ING DOOR. It shows off her re- nowned fluid, swinging, finger-picked Vintage bluesy-jazz technique. To say the least, • Pamela Williams is a stunning, The Vintage Band has multi-talented artist (saxophonist, certainly generated some writer, producer, singer, and painter).