Brevard Live September 2011 - 1 2 - Brevard Live September 2011 Brevard Live September 2011 - 3 4 - Brevard Live September 2011 Brevard Live September 2011 - 5 6 - Brevard Live September 2011 MIFF Program in Magazine Center Content september 2011 SPACE COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL page 51 FEATURES The Space Coast Music Festival will be held on September 24th from 11 am to BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS 9 pm at Manatee Sanctuary Park. Two Columns The Brevard Live Music Awards attracted stages of continuous music will feature Charles Van Riper hundreds of musicians and fans to join top notch talent filling the day with blues, 30 Political Satire the annual show at the Gleason Perform- folk, country, jazz, jam and rock music. ing Arts Center at Florida Tech. Read all Page 27 Calendars about the show where everyone was a Live Entertainment, winner. 35 Theatre, Concerts, Page 9 BONNAROO: STEPHEN STILLS Festivals, Arts Remember the legendary band Buffalo MONTROSE GUITAR RAFFLE Springfield that enjoyed a very short ca- Brevard Scene reer between the years of 1966 and 1968? Legendary Rock guitarist Ronnie Mon- They performed at Bonnaroo. Matt Bretz 41 What’s hot in trose will perform at Lou’s Blues on talked to Stephen Stills. Brevard Wednesday, October 19th. At the end of Page 28 the concert his signed guitar will be raf- Beauty Tips fled off to benefit the Brevard Music Aid. Smooth Operator! Page 19 MARK MYNHEIR 55 by Ana Kirby From narcotics agent to book author, MELBOURNE FALL ART FEST Mynheir who once struggled with dys- Life & The Beach Melbourne Main Street Fall Art Festival lexia overcame the odds, majored in Relationship starts with a rock concert featuring the English and got the writing bug. All of 60 Column & More band Modern English. It will be a festival his five books deal with law enforce- by Matt Bretz with a mega music line-up that carries on ment, conflicts and the importance of all three days. spirituality. Page 20 Page 58 Brevard Live September 2011 - 7 8 - Brevard Live September 2011 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS 2011 magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 20 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS Heike Clarke Matt Bretz John Leach Steve Keller OUT & ABOUT Heike Clarke Charlene Hemmle ART Terry Cronin III Mike Patrick PHOTOGRAPHY Jesse Hearndon Heike Clarke Entertainer of the Year 2011: Spanks Band Misti Blu Day Janet Eckhard COLUMNISTS Chuck Van Riper Matt Bretz Reproduction of any portion of Brevard Live Magazine is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. 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Musicians who have not seen each other for some time reunite for an enjoyable evening. Club owners get acquainted. Promoters, music fans, parents and friends experience an abundance of talent on stage and in the audience. There is always a touch of magic in the air and a WHOLE LOTTA LOVE. The eighth annual awards show and fame in the entertainment busi- stunned the audience with their per- was held at a new location - the Glea- ness. The stage was set for what every- formances. The traditional opening of son Performing Arts Center at Florida one said became the best awards show the National Anthem was presented a Tech campus. For an entire day the fa- ever. cappella by vocalist Pam Jacobs who’s cility was buzzling with sound techni- The house band, put together by been one of Brevard’s favorite voices cians, rehearsing musicians, caterers show host Chris Long, consisted of for many years. And it got better and and helpers. At 5 pm the first guests guitarist Joe Calautti, bassist Tom better. arrived, then the limousines drove up Willett and drummer Sam Hill, three Chris Long, co-producer and long- and by 6 pm the reception hall was outstanding musicians who had nev- time show host, pulled out all the stops packed with everyone who has name er played in this band-formation but to create a show that was the ultimate continued next page Brevard Live September 2011 - 11 Brevard Live BMA Show Host Chris Long in entertainment. He explained, present- jaw-dropping. The dynamics and interpre- ed, honored, teased, laughed and played tations were phenomenal and his show- games with the house band and the audi- manship was world class. His performance ence. And when it was all over we knew - enriched the Brevard Live Music Awards there is no better show master around than and brought it to a new height. How will Christopher Long. But it was definitely the we ever top that? He was awarded the Am- chicken dance that came out of nowhere bassador Award since he grew up in Merritt and left us in stitches when Chris engaged Island before he ventured out to California a little girl and then - of all people - Lou and Las Vegas from where he tours all over from Lou’s Blues. Lou showed humor, the world. danced like a chicken and proved that “he A little story on the side: Christian left ain’t no chicken at all.” town the following day flying back to Cali- The same night actress Anne Hatha- fornia from MCO. He sent us an email:”... way announced that she would never host while going through security they had to another Oscar show explaining that it takes open my bag to look over the vibraphone a certain kind of talent. - Dear Oscar pro- bars which is a general thing since I carry ducers, you might want to take a look at them on. Inside the bag I had my award Chris Long! and the TSA agents were very impressed, Back to our show. After the first pre- to the point where they said “ Oh wow, you senter, charming Lissa Olmstead, gave won this... you can go... “. So I’m pretty away the favorite guitarist award to Chuck sure that a way of getting around securi- Van Riper, two very young musicians took ty screenings at the airport is to carry an the stage - presenters Sniffy Liebowitz award around with you.” and Jesse Long from the band, The Ellers, Musicians, remember that! a high school group that has made some noise in the past. They were funny, slightly Mo’ Lotta Love embarrassed, obviously feeling awkward Our sincere thank you goes out to: but secure enough to do what the “old • Mike Beckert, manager of the Gleason dogs” do - barking up the right tree. Sniffy Performing Arts Center, and his staff. and Jesse gave away the miscellaneous Performers and audience gave you two award to sax player Steve Mazzi who was thumbs up. unexpecting and deeply moved. It was the • All of our presenters: Lissa Olmstedt, young and the old performers together that Sniffy Liebowitz, Jesse Long, Greg Capu- made the show so heartfelt. And when to, Shelly McLoney, Simone, Dave Songer, Steve Mazzi took the stage playing San- Julia Faith and John Ragozino. tana’s “Europa,” he put all of his emotions • Chrissy Barrera who handed out the tro- into this melody. phies. All live performers made this show • Merissa Rudkin who helped everyone be- unforgettable. There was Marc Dobson, hind the stage and kept us sane. the one man band, who baffled the audi- • Charlene Hemmle who has been in charge ence with his mega-gear. A lot of people of the box office since the beginning. seemed to have never seen his act and after • The sound crew Mark Brasel, Chris Cail his unique re-make of Billy Joel’s “Piano and Keith O’Brien who are always making Man” everyone gave him a standing ova- the awards sound great. tion. Ron Teixeira, a master pianist, pre- • All of our gracious sponsors. sented a classical contribution, and Charles • Carroll Distributing and Budweiser, rep- Van Riper chose a ripping performance resented by Ron and Ronnie Chabot, who with the house band. Ana Kirby closed the donated all the beer to support the music show with “Call Me When You’re Sober” community. by Evanescence. • Our media friends and supporters at Christian Tamburr showed up with his WFIT radio and Florida Today. vibraphone and band which was more than Heike Clarke we expected. His performance was simply 12 - Brevard Live September 2011 Our performers: Christian Tamburr, Marc Dobson, Ron Teixeira, Steve Mazzi, Pam Jacobs. Charles Van Riper and Ana Kirby on page 15. All BMA-photos were taken by Jesse Hearndon Brevard Live September 2011 - 13 14 - Brevard Live September 2011 Brevard Live Final Remark By Chris Long t’s been an honor to be connected to the BMAs for all of Ithese years. I’ve been there since the beginning and I can honestly say that this year’s production was hands-down, the best ever.