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Brevard Live April 2017- 1 2 - Brevard Live April 2017 Brevard Live April 2017- 3 4 - Brevard Live April 2017 Brevard Live April 2017- 5 6 - Brevard Live April 2017 Content April 2017 FEATURES DICK DALE ARTIMUS PYLE INTERVIEW Dale is credited as one of the first elec- Columns Artimus Pyle is best known for play- tric guitarists to employ fast scales in his Charles Van Riper ing drums with Lynyrd Skynyrd from playing. Dale was a surfer and wanted 22 Political Satire 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991, his music to reflect the sounds he heard “The Column” for which he was inducted into the Rock in his mind while surfing. He was among and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. BL writer the first guitarists to use reverb. Calendars Charles Knight had a chance to interview Page 19 Live Entertainment, the southern rocker. 25 Concerts, Festivals Page 10 EVERCLEAR It’s been 20 years since Everclear re- Local Download MELBOURNE ART FESTIVAL by Andy Harrington The 33rd Melbourne Art Festival is held leased their 1997 multiplatinum smash 33 Local Music Scene for the first time in Wickham Park. This So Much For The Afterglow, yet the move allows the festival to keep on album continues to inspire new genera- growing with 250+ artists, free admis- tions of musicians and fans today. They In The Spotlight sion, free parking, and a free concert. are on their Anniversary Tour now. 35 by Matt Bretz Page 13 Page 19 Flori-duh! by Charles Knight SONIC WAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL PHONELESS IN PHOENIX 36 WFIT presents the Sonic Waves Music There he was, out in the jungle of airline The Dope Doctor Festival at the Florida Tech Panthereum. schedules and re-schedules - all without Luis A. Delgado, CAP Featured bands will be WFIT’s Garage his cell phone that he accidentially left 40 Band Contest winners, along with Ken at home. John Leach was asking for ad- Holt, Hot Pink and The Sh-Booms. venture, and he was getting his share. Florida Arts Chuck Masek Page 15 Page 21 44 Brevard Live April 2017- 7 8 - Brevard Live April 2017 BREVARD LIVE BREVARD LATELY The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast Community Comes Together For Eric Hotton and beyond for 25 years. PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Heike Clarke ASSISTANT EDITOR John Leach ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS John Leach Charles Knight Matthew Bretz Andy Harrington PHOTOGRAPHY Chuck Van Riper Charlene Hemmle ometimes, in the worst of times, life vivors have us both pumped to the max! COLUMNISTS Scan write you a fairy tale. It happened We couldn’t be starting this journey in a Chuck Van Riper to Eric Hotton, a popular guitar player and better state of mind. Feeling completely Charles Knight well-liked person. Last month he faced a embraced and full of confidence.” Spence Servoss terrible diagnosis - brain cancer known as Who are the compassionate friends Andy Harrington Gliobastoma (GBM) Multiforme. What who turned Eric’s life around? Merissa Luis A. Delgado followed was not despair but an out-pour Rudkin and Tara Cote, both activists in Reproduction of any portion of of love and community spirit that makes our music community, were the spark and Brevard Live Magazine is strictly America the great country it is. After the driving force behind this community effort prohibited without the written initial shock and a moment of helpless- including Keith & Suzanne Schoenrock, permission of the publisher. ness, his friends banded together to orga- John Ragozino, Mike Cote and more. nize two fundraisers, one held at Malabar The benefit show on April 1st features ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES Moe’s on March 19th, the second one will Stan, Sammy & Gary, Buckshot, May- Phone: (321) 956-9207 be held at Siggy’s in Palm Bay on Sat- hem, Rock Candy, Angry Magoo, Who [email protected] urday, April 1st, starting at 2 pm. A Go- Was I, Wreck and a reunion performance COMMENTS & LETTERS FundMe page was created on the internet by Open Fire, once the most favorite band Brevard Live Magazine and within 20 days his friends had raised in town when they won the title “Enter- P.O. Box 1452, around $30,000 for Eric’s experimental tainer of the Year.” Wreck was the last Melbourne, Fl 32902 treatment program. A doctor in Houston, band Eric performed with. He was also a Copyright © 2016 Texas uses non toxic procedures that have guitarist and founding member of Rock Brevard Live All rights reserved achieved great success. Like most stories Candy; front lady and vocalist Lisa Rocha We are not responsible for photos you hear some of his approaches are not Moore is flying in from Texas to help raise or scripts sent to Brevard Live FDA approved. Thanks to the help of his funds for her former band mate. This is a Magazine. Published photos and friends, Eric is already in Texas to face his heavy-duty line-up of musicians you can- articles become property of this fight against cancer. not catch on any given night out. publication. We are not But this is not where the fairy tale ends. Thanks is also given to Spanks, Per- responsible for wrongful advertised or canceled venues. On March 10th, 1017, Eric took another fect Tuesday, Katty Shack and Brenda’s big step in his life by marrying his long- Band who performed at Malabar Moe’s. Download a pdf file time girlfriend, now Mrs. Sherry Hotton. You can still show your support by On March 22nd Eric posted the following participating in the benefit concert at BREVARD message: “Dear GoFundMe friends: We Siggy’s or donate via gofundme.com. You FLORIDA sincerely want to thank everyone partici- can find links, more photos and updates on pating in this campaign. The outpouring of Eric Hotton’s Facebook page. LIVE love, support, and success stories of sur- Photos: Chuck Van Riper; Wedding photo: Tara Cote at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live April 2017- 9 Legendary former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus soaring guitars, and gut wrenching vocals- The Arti- Pyle is all about the music. When he put together mus Pyle Band is a true and proper tribute to Lynyrd The Artimus Pyle Band, he wanted the band to be a Skynyrd, the band that has been the soundtrack to proper representation of the true Skynyrd spirit, one so many lives. This band will be headlining the FREE that would do justice to those incredible songs that Concert Night in Wickham Park on Saturday, April Ronnie Van Zant wrote and sang with such conviction. 22nd, 9.30 pm to 11 pm, held by the 33rd Melbourne The APB has done just that. With impeccable timing, Art Festival, a proud Melbourne volunteer tradition. Artimus Pyle Interviewed by Charles Knight t’s been a busy year for Artimus Hello Artimus, quick question. Is it my band understands that. The result Pyle, he recently finished his snowing where you are? (It should be is that we have a group of folks that bookI Street Survivor’that should noted that this phone interview took work very hard to give the audience a be available on Amazon and in place during the epic Nor-easter storm true rendition of the songs that made books tores in a few months. He last March 15th.) Lynyrd Skynyrd great. We have tre- also recently completed a screen AP: Well it snowed yesterday and mendously talented players and singers play that focuses on a significant last night. It’s beautiful here in Black that play the songs note for note while event that took place forty years Mountain. giving the fans a true live experience. ago this year. The plane crash that cut short the lives of singer Let’s get right to it then, when did you The Artimus Pyle Band has released Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve first begin playing drums? three albums; will we be hearing any Gaines, and background singer AP: Well, like a lot of drummers I was music from them at the show? Cassie Gaines among others. banging on pots and pans in my moth- AP: No, that material is pretty personal The crash was arguably one of ers kitchen while she fixed dinner, I and we are more focused on giving the saddest days in rock history. eventually graduated up to oatmeal the fans their favorite classic Skynyrd The film is in the casting stages cartons and cardboard boxes, and even songs. I’m driving this machine and I and Artimus is involved in every though I tried my hand at the accord- am quite serious and extremely sincere aspect of the production as well ian, I ended up as a drummer anyway. about the music and Skynyrd legacy. as maintaining a busy schedule I was a small kid and that big black ac- of live shows with his band APB. cordian was pretty heavy so it had to I know you have written a screenplay At sixty eight years of age, Arti- go, it was replaced by my first love. I about the crash. Can you tell us any- mus has seen it all and done it really love being a drummer and play- thing about it? all. He’s been at the top of the ing drums. I have five beautiful and AP: Well, it’s not the stuff that you world while touring with one of talented kids and some grandchildren usually hear or read. It’s not the story the biggest southern rock bands that all have drums. They all started on of Lynyrd Skynyrd and doesn’t tell in history.