Brevard Live Live July 2020 - 1 2 - Brevard Live July 2020 Brevard Live Live July 2020 - 3 4 - Brevard Live July 2020 Contents July 2020 FEATURES NEW MANAGMENT AT KC PAUL TONKA CHAPMAN ASM Global, a national leader in pre- Columns Paul Chapman, the Welsh rock guitar- senting live entertainment, has been ist best known for his work in UFO and hired to manage the King Center for the Charles Van Riper WAYSTED, passed away on his 66th Performing Arts. A 5-year contract goes 14 Political Satire birthday last month. The rock world lost into effect July 1st. Start Practicing a legend. We remember his life and his Page 10 friendship. Calendars Page 7 17 At least there IS a LIVE MUSIC IS BACK calendar! Our Entertainment calendar is growing THE NOUVEAUX HONKIES again, from no calendar in April and Local Lowdown Whether they are doing straight up coun- May, to 1.5 pages in June, and now 2 20 by Steve Keller try, or bluesy soul or folk rock, their pages in July. Venues are slowly hiring musicians. Be safe, keep social distance, sounds comes through as a couple of re- I Am Nomad wash your hands, don’t touch your face. laxed musicians who don’t have to an- 22 by Bill Stanley swer to anybody, who don’t have to be Page 17 anywhere they don’t want to be. Rock Your Health Page 10 JAYVO SCOTT by Richard Hendry Much like most of his roles so far, Scott’s 24 Times.... MIKE ZITO tattoos and menacing appearance some- He is one of the most lauded artists in what typecast him but got him work. At The Dope Doctor the contemporary blues arena today, and the same time he was broadening his re- Luis A. Delgado, CAP rightfully so, but for Mike Zito, the thing sume not only with acting roles and mu- 26 that counts the most is maintaining his sic (his alter ego rapper pThuggie) but honesty, authenticity and integrity. Fishing Report also as writer and producer of projects. by Pompano Rich Page 10 Page 28 30 Brevard Live Live July 2020 - 5 6 - Brevard Live July 2020 BREVARD LATELY BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 29 years. PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRAPHIC ART/ SALES Heike Clarke STAFF WRITERS Matthew Bretz Rob Pedrick Steve Keller May 30th, 2020: President Donald Trump, right, Vice President Mike Pence, and Sec- PHOTOGRAPHY ond Lady Karen Pence watched the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Chuck Van Riper company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug- Amy Kellum COVER PHOTO las Hurley onboard from the balcony of Operations Support Building II at NASA’s Ken- BL Archives nedy Space Center. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space COLUMNISTS Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo by NASA Chuck Van Riper Luis A. Delgado Richard Henry Bill Stanley Reproduction of any portion of Brevard Live Magazine is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES Phone: (321) 956-9207 [email protected] COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard Live Magazine P.O. Box 1452, June 20th, 2020: Hundreds of boaters along the Space Coast showed their support for Melbourne, Fl 32902 President Donald Trump by holding a boat parade. Photo by Val Gal Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and articles become property of this publication. We are not responsible for wrongful advertised or canceled venues. Download a pdf file BREVARD FLORIDA June 20th, 2020: “I Can’t Breathe”, a peaceful protest march, began at noon on Martin LIVE Luther King Blvd. and proceeded to the Melbourne Auditorium, where a rally was held. at www.brevardlive.com Photo by Chuck Van Riper Brevard Live Live July 2020 - 7 Brevard Live PAUL TONKAJune 9, 1954 – June CHAP 9, 2020 MAN Moore wanted me in his band after we had jammed togeth- une 9th was his birthday, Paul Chapman er. His people didn’t know how to connect with my people, was 66 years old. All day long friends and so they called my cousin Dave who was by then a big star J already with his songs topping the pop charts. They called fans posted their gratulations on his Facebook him to find me,” Paul had to chuckle remembering this. page - until the final post at 7:49 pm that was “And Dave didn’t even know I played guitar.” - Paul left his written by his daughter Brittany: “It is with a band Universe that had been an opening band for Skid Row. He was 16 years old then, getting out of school and hitting heavy heart writing this, today is my dad’s 66th the circuits. Like a Tonka. birthday. He passed away earlier this after- His son-in-law and former band mate Ned Meloni de- scribes best how Paul earned his name: “Somehow he was noon. He was a brilliant, energetic, loving and able to maintain a delicate balance between laser focus and most carefree person and the First man I ever reckless abandonment! Thus earning the affectionate nick- name “Tonka“, in deference to his indestructible nature. He loved. Everyone he came in contact with loved was a hard man to keep up with, even for the most wild- him, no ADORED him. Will keep everyone hearted companions.” Everyone who knows him can testify. posted on his celebration of life. I appreciate Chapman first joined UFO in 1974 as twin lead guitarist everyone’s thoughts and prayers as his family with Michael Schenker to augment their live sound. Al- grieves and processes everything at this time. I though Chapman did not record an album during this peri- od, he did join in time to tour and promote the Phenomenon love you Dad. So much.” - The rock world had album. However, he can be heard with the band on several lost one of its legends. tracks on the BBC live sessions album that was released retrospectively. He left UFO in January 1975 and went on to Paul Chapman, the Welsh rock guitarist best known for his form Lone Star, where he remained until June 1978. work in UFO and WAYSTED, has lived on the Space Coast In 1977, he filled in for Michael Schenker in UFO when since the 80s and that made him almost a “homeboy” to us. they were on world tour with Rush in the United States. He Despite of the fact that Chapman was a legendary guitar rejoined UFO in December 1978 on a full time basis after player in the world of hard rock, he lived a rather quiet life Schenker and UFO parted company. By this time UFO were in his Palm Bay house teaching guitar in his studio. Paul’s an international success, and were about to release their live teaching career led to the creation and release of the Paul album, Strangers in the Night, which would increase their Chapman Guitar College video and tape series. profile even further. Chapman is acknowledged on the al- Paul came on the scene after the first “British Invasion” bum. and before the British Metal Bands rocked the country. His Chapman recorded his first album with UFO – No hard edged guitar playing stunned masses. He was the gui- Place To Run - with ex-Beatles producer George Martin; tar player for UFO for many years, then with Lone Star, which was released in January 1980. UFO undertook a tour Waysted, and Gator Country. He has played packed stadi- to promote it culminating in a five night sell out at Lon- ums and recorded on dozens of albums. don’s Hammersmith Odeon. Chapman remained in UFO Born in Wales, Britain, Paul was part of a musical fam- until 1983 and played on another three albums, The Wild, ily that brought up another big rock star who was inter- The Willing And The Innocent (1981); Mechanix (1982); nationally famous, Dave Edmunds (I hear you knocking, and Making Contact. 1971) - “He is my cousin and he used to babysit me,” Paul In 1983, after numerous line-up changes UFO decided told Brevard Live in an interview a few years ago. Then to call it a day and the tour was promoted as a farewell tour years later, in 1971 when legendary guitarist/singer/song- (although they subsequently reformed the following year). writer Gary Moore left his band Skid Row, Paul Chapman UFO released a compilation album later that year incorpo- replaced Moore’s guitar. “That happened because Gary rating songs featuring various of their members in other 8 - Brevard Live July 2020 bands. Chapman was represented by a Lone Star song. The album was completed by several songs recorded live on the farewell tour. Then the Waysted years started until 1988 and 3 al- bums on EMI. In July 2006, Chapman joined the American southern rock band Gator Country, a seasoned collection of Molly Hatchet veterans. In 2009 he toured the US with Ga- tor Country to big stadiums for the last time. In 2013 he tried to put the Paul Chapman Project (PCP) together with local musicians Dave Kury, Mark Glisson, Mike Wright, Kenny Clarke, and Gary Eilen. They even performed a debut con- cert at Lou’s Blues which was well attended. But then... life came in the way, and scheduling big gigs had become more difficult.