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Brevard Live January 2015 - 1 2 - Brevard Live January 2015 Brevard Live January 2015 - 3 4 - Brevard Live January 2015 Brevard Live January 2015 - 5 6 - Brevard Live January 2015 Content January 2015 FEATURES Columns OMS HAS FOUR FINALISTS THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Charles Van Riper Their sound dominated the pop charts for At the end of the Original Music Series, Political Satire the whole of the 1970s and throughout four finalists are invited back to a “Battle 22 their five decade career The Doobies have of the Original Bands”: Jacie & The Knick sold over forty million records. They will Knacks, General Eyes, Brother Bean, Calendars perform at Riverfront Park in Cocoa, Coastal Breed. 25 Live Entertainment, Page 13 Page 18 Concerts, Festivals SUZAN’AH FREE NIGHT OF THE CLASSICS Outta Space Before the Beach Boys perform their leg- The third show presents the music of Led 30 by Jared Campbell endary music at a concert on January 10th Zeppelin and AC/DC. The addition of sea- at Port Canaveral, a local artist will take soned vocalist Nick Hildyard from Clas- Local Lowdown the stage - Suzan’ah Free. She will perform sic Albums Live who has performed at the 35 by Steve Keller a unique tropical show with exotic Island prestigous King Center adds to this year’s Original Music dancers. attraction of the show. Page 15 Page 20 Flori-duh! 38 by Charles Knight GRAHAM NASH GET “FLORIBBEAN” Legendary singer-songwriter Graham Brevard County is the home to some very The Dope Doctor Nash will perform a series of “An Evening unique restaurants along the Indian River 40 Luis Delgado, CAP With” concerts in Florida in January 2015, Lagoon. This month we visited Bonefish which includes a stop here on January 13th. Willy’s, a classic spot with relaxed atmo- Knights After Nights Shane Fontayne (guitar, vocals) will be ac- sphere serving delicious food - Floribbean Hot spots, events, companying Graham Nash on the road. style. 44 by Charles & Lissa Page 17 Page 43 Brevard Live January 2015 - 7 8 - Brevard Live January 2015 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment Welcome To BREVARD LIVE magazine on the Space Coast Happy New Year - January 2015 and beyond for 23 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR SC Jazz Society Concert Jason Mraz Extends Tour Heike Clarke Saxophonist Atlantic recording artist Jason Mraz has SALES MANAGER/ Kenny Co- ASSISTANT EDITOR announced new U.S. dates on his interna- John Leach hen performs tional tour to celebrate his latest album, for the Space “YES!,” released earlier this year. The ACCOUNT MANAGER Coast Jazz “YES!” tour is a unique itinerary that sees Charlene Hemmle Society from the multi-GRAMMY Award-winning sing- 2 to 4:30 pm er/songwriter MUSIC WRITERS on Sunday, John Leach performing Steve Keller January 11th in an array of Charles Knight at the Cocoa intimate ven- Beach Coun- ues around the PHOTOGRAPHY try Club, 5000 world. The Chuck Van Riper Tom Warriner additional Lissa Knight Blvd., Cocoa tour dates get COLUMNISTS Beach. Tick- underway Chuck Van Riper ets at the door this Febru- Charles & Lissa Knight are $10 for ary, including Jared Campbell SCJS members and $15 for nonmembers. a stop at the Cohen’s quartet will include Ron Teixeira King Center Reproduction of any portion of on piano, Stan Soloko on drums and Al Brevard Live Magazine is strictly on February prohibited without the written Dodds on bass. 16th, with a permission of the publisher. With a colorful career that spans five de- month long cades, Kenny is a veteran musician, vo- run of intimate ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES calist, and entertainer. He fronts his own North Ameri- Phone: (321) 956-9207 groups, sings, plays tenor, alto and sopra- can shows alongside longtime friends and [email protected] no saxophones, and flute. “YES!” collaborators, Raining Jane. www.SpaceCoastJazzSociety.com. www.jasonmraz.com/tour. COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard Live Magazine P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 Copyright © 2015 Brevard Live GUESS & WIN All rights reserved Remember when? What is the We are not responsible for photos name of this band? It was the or scripts sent to Brevard Live first original band to win the Magazine. Published photos and articles become property of this title “Entertainer of the Year” publication. We are not at the Brevard Live Music responsible for wrongful Awards. Please email your an- advertised or canceled venues. swer to [email protected]. The first right answer wins a Download a pdf file $25 gift certificate to a local BREVARD restaurant. FLORIDA Last month’s mystery musician was Paul Chapman, former LIVE UFO guitarist. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live January 2015 - 9 10 - Brevard Live January 2015 Brevard Lately Concerts In Review: best mood possible. And to be honest I and keyboard player for the band since attribute this almost completely to the 1975. DeChant was just as I had re- Daryl Hall and King Center. Since it opened its doors membered him from when I was four- this venue has been bringing great teen, maybe a little grayer, but his tone John Oates at shows to our area, but in the last few is still as amazing as it always was. years they have really escalated the The other would be Tom “T-bone” The King Center environment they offer before events. Wolk, who played bass for the boys for It’s a very intimate mingle of new and nearly thirty years, and rarely missed By Matthew Bretz old friends before sharing something a show. Sadly, Wolk wasn’t there that together. Once inside, we took our night having suffered a fatal heart at- ne of my very first concert ex- seats. The house lights went down, tack in 2010. In his long career T-bone Operiences was when I was about the stage lights went up, and there played with Elvis Costello, Robert fourteen years old. My mother sur- they were - Hall and Oates - walking Palmer, Bette Midler and scores of prised me with tickets to the King unceremoniously to their designated others in addition to Hall and Oates. Center to see an acoustic show by Hall spots, and before the applause could He was even the bassist on Saturday and Oates. It was a magical night, and die down they rolled into “Maneater, Night Live for nearly seven years, but I never forgot the sensation of being in “and it was time to party. his first love was always playing with the room when great music is happen- Over the next hour and a half Hall and Oates. ing. That was longer ago than I would the boys took us through the last few After a little over an hour the show like to admit, but you can imagine how eras of their career with silky smooth began to wrap up. Daryl talked about excited I was to see them again - at the sing-a-longs like “Out of Touch,” his show Live from Daryl’s House and same venue - all these years later. and “I Can’t Go for That” off the Big his new night club aptly called “Da- For anyone that doesn’t know Bam Boom album; “Say It Isn’t So,” ryl’s House.” He also made mention of much about Hall and Oates, first off… “Rich Girl,” and “Private Eyes.” I was his live new year’s eve show that will Where have you been the last thirty odd thrilled when I recognized the opening broadcast from the club, and how we years? and secondly…They are eas- melody to one of my favorites - “She’s should all watch because “…it will be ily one of the most recognized bands Gone.” A quick story about that one: 100 times better than Ryan Seacrest.” of the last three decades. Beginning John Oates had met a pretty girl the af- After playing an amazing jam of “I in the 70s their glossy, reverberated ternoon of New Year’s Eve and invited Can’t Go For That” the duo bowed “rock‘n’soul” sound has been making her to a party that night. She accepted and left the stage to prepare for their it easier to hit on women for multiple and plans were made to meet at his encores. I think it’s funny how en- generations. Daryl Hall’s soulfully apartment. She never showed, and in- cores used to be a spontaneous thing strong vocals are unmatched in the stead going to the party alone he stayed at live concerts that the crowd would industry, and carry such a unique tim- in and wrote that song. Another pleas- make happen by cheering so loudly the bre - it literally sounds like a hot knife ant surprise was the addition of “You bands had no choice but to give them through butter. John Oates sings lead Make My Dreams.” Lately this one what they wanted. Nowadays it’s a on a few, but mainly hangs back in the has had new life breathed into it by the more expected thing to happen. Bands harmonies playing guitar in a smooth younger generations. Daryl performed and artist routinely leave their biggest compliment to Hall’s keyboard styl- it with electronic band Chromeo on his hits for the encores. Hall and Oates’ ings. The pair have been writing, re- show ‘Live from Daryl’s House’, and encores, there were two, both had big cording and performing together since the recording got some underground hits including “Rich Girl,” and “Kiss their college days, but had their big- push. The original recording of “Make On My List,” and even though I knew gest hits in the 80s’ with songs like “I My Dreams” was also featured in the it was all planned out and formulaic, it Can’t Go for That,” “Maneater,” and hipster film ‘500 Days of Summer’, was still more Daryl and John so I was “Method of Modern Love.” along with a choreographed routine all about it.