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APRIL 2-8, 2015 THE STORY OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOFOURUR SEASONS Photos (Broadway cast): Joan Marcus and Chris Callis "QSJMt&NCBTTZ5IFBUSF 800-745- 3000tUJDLFUNBTUFSDPN %JTDPVOUTBWBJMBCMFGPSHSPVQTPG POTFMFDUQFSGPSNBODFT Your town. Your voice. 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ------------------------------------------------------------------April 2, 2015 whatzup Volume 19, Number 33 hether it feels like it or not, spring is officially here, and with it comes warmer temps, maybe some rain, probably a lot of mud and some things that more than a few of us really and truly love: Wbaseball for one (the TinCaps’ season is almost upon us); Record Store Day for another (see Nick Braun’s Out & About column); and, finally, plenty of opportunities to see some good, live music (Sol Fest, Rock the Plaza and other Fort Wayne traditions are just around the corner). Among the things to look forward to are the subjects of this week’s fea- UPCOMING EVENTS tures: British blues from the legendary Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown (see page 4) and non-stop jams from one of Indy’s favorite party bands, Toy Factory (see page 5). There are other gems inside this issue. Jen Poiry-Prough profiles Stuart Hepler, the lead in the Civic Theatre’s production of 33 Variations (page Friday, April 10 • 8pm • $20-$40 6), and Mark Everetts, recording studio manager for the Music Technology Department at the University of Saint Francis, analyzes the impact of the Photo: Jeremy Daniel KIM SIMMONDS recent infringement case involving the song “Blurred Lines.” It’s a must- read for any songwriter out there. April 14-19 | 7:30p.m. & SAVOY BROWN In other words, there’s much to read before you go see and do, and we’re April 18 & 19 | 2p.m. Saturday, April 11 • 8pm • $20-$40 here to help you do it all smartly. So enjoy this week’s whatzup, plan to have yourself some warm weather fun and be sure to tell everyone you JERSEY BOYS INDIANA UNIVERSITY’S meet and greet along the way that whatzup sent you. Broadway at the Embassy ANOTHER ROUND inside the issue • features ROAD NOTEZ ................................. 14 FLIX ................................................ 16 KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN .......4 Home Pioneer of British Blues SCREEN TIME ...............................16 TOY FACTORY .............................................5 The Best and Rest of Baumbach Churning Out the Jams ON BOOKS ..................................... 17 Friday, May 1 • 8pm • $20-$40 STUART HEPLER .......................................6 The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion THE MERSEY From Tommy to Beethoven THE GREEN ROOM ........................ 18 BEATLES • columns & reviews • calendars BLURRING THE LINES......................5 LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ...................8 SPINS ...............................................7 MUSIC/ON THE ROAD ...................14 April 23 | 6:30p.m. End Times Spasm Band, Moon Duo, Ordinary Van ROAD TRIPZ ..................................15 BACKTRACKS ..................................7 ILD RATTS IVE The Shocking Blue, The Shocking Blue (1970) STAGE & DANCE ...........................18 W K L OUT & ABOUT ...................................8 ART & ARTIFACTS .........................18 April 24 | 3 & 7:30pm Xxxx THINGS TO DO ..............................19 WHAT DAG’S ABOUT .................... 12 Cover design by Greg Locke IN THE MOOD Saturday, May 2 • 8pm • $18-$70 Green Frog Inn A 1940s Musical Revue BLUES BASH 2015 April 27 & 28 | 6:30pm CASH BOX KINGS JIM & JILL KELLY Friday, May 15 • 8pm • $15-$30 Night of Hope COCO MONTOYA Gordon Lightfoot .................May 27 John Mellencamp ..................June 6 GO TO OUR WEBSITE Buddy Nolan Tribute ...........June 14 FOR TICKET INFO & MORE Bill Maher .............................Sept. 19 ALL SHOWS ALL AGES 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Fort Wayne, Indiana ticketmaster.com April 2, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------------www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ---------------------Feature • Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown ------------------- 3 Rivers Co-op Natural Grocery & Deli ................12 20 Past 4 and More ................................................17 The Alley Sports Bar/Pro Bowl West ...................15 Beamer’s Sports Grill ................................................8 C2G Live/The TV Show ............................................12 Pioneer of British Blues C2G Music Hall............................................................3 By Mark Hunter Brown eventually started getting gigs around its most stable from 1978 to 1985. Ironically Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits ...............11 London and as an opening act for American perhaps, it was also a dry period in the re- He’s played it all. But when it comes bluesmen such as John Lee Hooker. cording studio, with only concert recordings Columbia Street West ...............................................9 down to it, blues guitarist Kim Simmonds A recording contract with Decca came from the 70s hitting the stores. As soon as Cute By Nature Jewelry .........................................17 has just one true love. in 1967 and the subsequent album, Shake new members were brought in, new material “The music that really captures my heart Down, arrived later that year. After that, Sa- came out. Savoy Brown went from a six- Dicky’s 21 Taps ........................................................11 is that 1950s-style Chicago blues,” Sim- voy Brown were off and running. But by the piece during the period from 1978 to 1985, Dupont Bar & Grill.......................................................8 monds said. “That’s what inspired me to end of the 1960s, the British blues movement dropped to a trio for a year, then spent the want to play. So even now, if I hear some- had given rise to more of a blues-rock lean- next two decades swelling and contracting as Embassy Theatre ........................................................3 thing that I haven’t heard needed to fit Simmonds’ for a long time, if I hear vision and requirements. Fort Wayne Civic Theatre/33 Variations ..............18 a track or artist that I Grimm, DeSalvo and Fort Wayne Dance Collective .................................17 haven’t heard for ages, my saxophonist and lead vo- heart skips a beat and I’m calist Joe Whiting joined Fort Wayne Musicians Association ......................17 a young teenager again. in 2009, with Whiting Green Frog Inn .............................................................9 I know that’s the music I leaving in 2012 after re- love.” cording Voodoo Moon. Jam Theatricals/Jersey Boys ....................................2 Simmonds’ pursuit The remaining trio, with of his heartthrob began Simmonds back on lead Latch String Bar & Grill .............................................9 in 1965 when he formed vocals, suits the guitarist NIGHTLIFE ............................................................ 8-12 the pioneering British just fine. blues band Savoy Brown. “The chemistry is Northside Galleries ....................................................3 But that’s not to say fantastic,” Simmonds O’Reilly’s Irish Bar & Restaurant ..........................11 there haven’t been dalli- said. “It’s like anything in ances with other styles, life. The more people, the Pacific Coast Concerts ...........................................11 flirtations that required a more difficult it is to keep revolving-door lineup of a chemistry going because PERFORMERS DIRECTORY ...................................10 band members and, until there’s more opinions The Rib Room ............................................................19 recently, a heavy touring to go around the table. I schedule. Snickerz Comedy Bar .................................................8 Kim Simmonds and KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN Sweetwater Sound .............................................9, 20 Savoy Brown return to the C2G Music Hall stage 8 p.m. Friday, April 10 whatzup Dining Club ..................................................13 in Fort Wayne on Friday, C2G Music Hall April 10 as part of their 50th Anniversary ing, and Savoy Brown found Wild Kratts Live .......................................................11 Tour, Still Live After 50 Years. themselves headed to America 323 W. Baker St., Fort Wayne Wooden Nickel Music Stores ............................7, 15 The band called Savoy Brown these where they were more popular. Tix: $20-$40, thru Neat Neat Neat days is a lean three-piece, with Simmonds Albums such as Blue Matter Record Store, Wooden Nickel Music Stores Wrigley Field Bar & Grill .............................................9 handling vocals and guitar, Pat DeSalvo on (1969), Raw Sienna (1970) and WWFW Great Country 103.3 ..............................16 bass and Garnet Grimm on drums. Their Hellbound Train (1972) started & www.c2gmusichall.com 2014 release, Goin’ to the Delta, marks a charting in the States. By then WXKE 96.3 ...............................................................16 return to the 50s style blues that won Sim- the band had undergone a shift in style, play- think what’s enjoyable about the three-piece monds’ heart half a century ago. But the re- ing more of a jazz, psychedelic blues-rock as a band leader is its easier to get everybody cord is not just an homage to the greats of thing. on the same page. You’re not distracted so that era. Simmonds and company created a