JULY 3-9, 2014 SAME GREAT TASTE. LIMITED EDITION CAN. Horizontal logo with gold drop and no gradation on red 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -------------------------------------------------------------------July 3, 2014 whatzup Volume 18, Number 46 ext week’s whatzup is our annual Three Rivers Festival issue, and for the first time ever it will include the official TRF Festival Guide. If you haven’t yet gotten your hands on a Festival Guide (or can’t locate the one that youN did get), grab next week’s whatzup when it hits the streets on Wednesday or Thursday and you’ll get not only the guide, but lots of other stuff too. You’ll also be able to check out each day’s activities on our homepage, and if you’re a whatzup2nite subscriber, you’ll have it in your inbox every morning as well. And there’s more news to share. Battle of the Bands is back. Columbia Street West’s Richard Reprogle is running the Battle of the Bands XI, and things will be a bit different than Battle of the Bands I thru X. There’s an entry form on this page, and you should be able to find one at Wooden Nickel or C Street. You’ll want to move fast, though; the contest is to get underway this month. As you peruse this issue of whatzup, you’re going to find that there’s plenty to see and do before, during and after the festival. Among the highlights are the legend- ary Cheap Trick, one of the original members of the legendary Yardbirds, one of IT’S BACK!!! Michigan’s most renowned jam bands and a veteran of the road who has found a home at Sweetwater Sound. Those are just the features; there’s much, much more, as you’ll see once you start turning pages. We bring all this to you absolutely free of charge. All we ask in return is that you support our advertisers – and us, by letting them know that we sent you. Returns to Columbia Street West Thursday Nights • Cash & Other Prizes • features ON BOOKS ..................................... 18 The Bear Sign up at C-Street or Clinton St. Wooden Nickel SCREENTIME ................................ 18 BATTLE OF THE BANDS XI Choice of Playing Times (Each choice must be a different time): CHEAP TRICK ..............................................4 Critically Panned Machines Rule the Box 1st Choice __ 9:00 __ 9:50 __10:40 __11:30 A Cheap Trick Kick-Off ENTRY FORM 2nd Choice __ 9:00 __ 9:50 __10:40 __11:30 DIRECTOR’S NOTES ...................... 19 JIM McCARTY ............................................6 3rd Choice __ 9:00 __ 9:50__10:40 __11:30 The Sound of Music 4th Choice __ 9:00__ 9:50 __10:40 __11:30 A Yardbird Out Front Fill out this form completely and mail to: FARE WARNING ............................ 20 Blackout Date 1 (You may check a preliminary round date on ULTRAVIOLET HIPPOPOTAMUS ..............7 Richard Reprogle, BOTB, P.O. Box 11998, Fort Wayne, IN which your band cannot play): Mega Music at This Year’s TRF 46862 Mixing Up the Jam __July 24 __July 31 __August 7 __August 14 __August 21 INCLUDE: __August 28 DON CARR ...................................................7 • $25 check made out to Richard Reprogle Blackout Date 2 (You may check a second preliminary round End of the Road • calendars • A photograph of your band (or email a high-res digital date on which your band cannot play): photo to [email protected]. __July 24 __July 31 __August 7 __August 14 __August 21 Band or Performer Name: __August 28 __________________________________________________ • columns & reviews LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................10 Band Statement (50-80 words describing your band, its goals, Full Names of Each Band Member and Instrument(s) Played its members and the music you play): KARAOKE & DJS ...........................13 (Do not use stage names) _____________________________________________________ MUSIC/ON THE ROAD ...................14 __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ SPINS ...............................................8 __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ The Dead Records, Strand of Oaks, Nothing More, ROAD TRIPZ ..................................15 __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ White Lung __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ MOVIE TIMES ................................16 __________________________________________________ BACKTRACKS ..................................8 _____________________________________________________ STAGE & DANCE ...........................19 __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ The Band, Stage Fright (1970) __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ OUT & ABOUT ................................ 10 ART & ARTIFACTS .........................19 __________________________________________________ Contest rules are available by email at: Sample Some Brews at TRF 46 THINGS TO DO ..............................20 [email protected]. Paper copies of the entry Performers are at least 18 years of age as of July 24th, 2014. ROAD NOTEZ ................................. 14 form and contest rules are also available at any of the three Fort Wayne Wooden Nickel Music locations. Cover design by Greg Locke Contact Person for Band: FLIX ................................................ 16 ___________________________________________ Jim McCarty photos by Trevor Heath _________________________________________________ Jersey Boys ___I have read and agree to the rules of the Battle Of The Bands Contact Person’s E-mail Address: XI and release Columbia Street West and all of the Battle Of The _________________________________________________ Bands XI sponsors from any liability related to this Contact Person’s Mailing Address: contest or its prizes, including taxes and any other fees. _________________________________________________ _______________________________ ____________________ Contact Person’s City: Signature _________________________________________________ State: ____________________ Zip:____________________ Phone: _______________ Nighttime Phone: _____________ SSN or TIN ____PAYMENT ENCLOSED OR ____CREDIT CARD INFORMATION BELOW: Amount: $________ Credit Card Type: o Master Card; o Visa Expiration Date: ______/_____ Credit Card Number: ___ ___ ___ ___ - ___ ___ ___ ___ - ___ ___ ___ ___ - ___ ___ ___ ___ Sec. Code: ________ Name on Card: ____________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ____________________________City: ________________State: _______ Zip Code: ___________ July 3, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ----------------------------- Cover Story • Cheap Trick ---------------------------- 3 Rivers Co-op Natural Grocery & Deli ................12 20 Past 4 and More ................................................23 ACPL/Rock the Plaza .................................................6 The Alley Sports Bar/Pro Bowl West ...................18 A Cheap Trick Kick-Off Battle of the Bands XI ...............................................3 By Michele DeVinney as cover boy pretty as their eventual band- ing its popularity a bit dicey for the band, Brew Review .................................................................6 mates. one which they were unsure about perform- I will never forget my early experiences That clever and obviously successful bit ing live. Ultimately they opted to do so, but C2G Live/The TV Show ............................................13 with Cheap Trick. I was a teenager growing of marketing was to be repeated with much the underlying problem – a record company up in Rochester, New York and had recently greater effect in 1978 when the band released unsure of Cheap Trick’s talents – eventually C2G Music Hall.........................................................18 switched from Top 40 radio to the far more Cheap Trick at Budokan which also fea- led to the formation of Cheap Trick Unlim- Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Spirits ............10 sophisticated AOR format. Oh sure, I still tured Zander and Petersson on the front and ited, the band’s own record label. turned on WBBF and WAXC from time to Nielsen and Carlos on the back. Live albums Now, nearly four decades after Budokan CLASSIFIEDS ...........................................................23 time, mostly so I could keep tabs on the late were all the rage in the 1970s and could re- put Cheap Trick on everyone’s musical ra- Casey Kasem’s American Top 40. But from ally put a performer on the map (see Peter dar, Nielsen, Zander and Petersson continue Coconutz Casual Dining & Lounge .........................23 the mid 1970s on, WCMF was my mainstay, Frampton). What made the Budokan album to tour regularly, now with Nielsen’s son and as such, I found myself hearing about so remarkable wasn’t just hearing the band Daxx on drums. While that live album was Columbia Street West ............................................11 bands that hadn’t quite made it to Top 40 performing live; it was hearing the reaction what launched their career in many ways, yet. of Japanese audiences who were clearly Nielsen revealed the ironic truth about the Different Stages/The Sound of Music ......................3