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Nestled in the rolling hills of Lake Metroparks Farmpark is the spectacular annual Vintage Ohio Wine Festival. Colorful tents and picnic tables sit amongst the tall Oaks that provide a shady canopy for all the wine, food, music and fun! The following provides just some of the features you’ll fi nd at this year’s event.
Entertainment Schedule Friday August 7, 2015 Saturday August 8, 2015 Stage 1 Stage 1 2:00-4:00pm Don Perry 2:00-4:00pm Stan Miller 4:30-6:45pm Sumrada 4:45-6:45pm Kinsman Dazz Band 7:15-9:30pm Forecast 7:30-9:45pm Carlos Jones Stage 2 Stage 2 And A Little Brew, too 1:30-3:45pm Larry Smith 1:30-3:45pm Mason District 4:25-6:40pm The Speedbumps 4:25- 6:40pm Aretifex 7:20- 9:35pm Andy’s Last Band 7:20-9:35pm Miles Beyond
New this year! 3 Craft Beer Samples are Included In the Price of Admission Glasses of Beer May be Purchased Cellars Rats Brewery Pipers IPA • Field Rat Wheat Maize Valley Brewery Amber • Vanilla Porter • IPA CellarDweller Brewery Jeremiah’s IPA • Dead Dweller English Ale
Participating Wineries Barrel Run Crossing Winery & Vineyard, Rootstown Debonne Vineyards, Madison Deer’s Leap Winery, Geneva Grand River Cellars Winery & Restaurant, Madison Grape & Granary, Akron Hanover Winery, Hamilton Heineman’s Winery, Put-in-Bay It’s Your Winery, Akron John Christ Winery, Avon Lake Klingshirn Winery, Avon Lake August 7th & 8th, 2015 • 1-10pm Each Day Maize Valley Winery, Hartville Meranda Nixon Winery, Ripley Lake Metroparks Farmpark Old Firehouse Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake Valley Vineyards, Morrow 8800 Euclid Chardon Rd. • Kirtland,Ohio The Winery at Spring Hill, Geneva The Winery at Versailles, Versailles New This Year!
Cooking School, coordinated by Chef Lisa Pucci Delgado KŚŝŽƌĂŌĞĞƌƌĞĂ͘dĂƐƚĞsĂƌŝĞƚLJKĨƌĂŌ Friday: 2:30 Nate Rockwell of Briquettes ĞĞƌƐƌĞǁĞĚƚKŚŝŽtŝŶĞƌŝĞƐ͊ 3:30 Donald Coan of Nickleby’s Roundbar 4:30 Personal Chef Lisa Pucci Delgado of Whats For Dinner by LPD ϴϬϬͲϮϮϳͲϲϵϳϮͻǁǁǁ͘KŚŝŽtŝŶĞƐ͘ŽƌŐ 5:30 Mary Ciesickie of Dolce Colpo Saturday: 2:30 Rhonda Russell of Tastes by Chef Rhonda The Midwest’s Wine, Food and Music Festival 3:30 Celebrity Mystery Basket Cook Off! 2 chefs: Rhonda Russell and Eric Wells 4:30 Personal Chef Lisa Pucci Delgado of What’s For Dinner by LPD 5:30 Mary Ciesickie of Dolce Colpo For a full list of gourmet venders, crafters and ticket info visit vintageohio.com (use code NO15ST for discount on advance tickets). See the ad on this page for address and contact info.
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By Don Perry Jazz Supergroup featuring Chuck Loeb-Guitar and Harvey Mason-Drums from fOURPLAY, joining forces with the dynamic Tony Monaco-Hammond B-3 Organ, for 2 Big Nights at Nighttown! Duo with Al Bonnis: August 19th and 20th &RI !UGUST TH s This is an event not to be missed, by any jazz enthusiast or student of the art! Be it guitar, drums or Vintage Ohio Wine Festival organ, this trio of Masters will enlighten even the fi nest musician in the intimate “Music Room” at Nightto wn. Visit www. nighttowncleveland.com for ticket information. Chuck Loeb Grammy nominated guitarist, composer, and producer; Chuck Loeb has had a musical career that spans over four decades. He is a #1 jazz recording artist; composer of over 250 published songs, network television show themes and scores; a producer of over thirty world-renowned recording artists, as well as an in-demand clinician and educator. With the 2013 release of “Silhouette”, his eighteenth solo CD, Loeb has attained the much sought after position as one of the most in demand artists in the world. He is also a member one of the world’s premier jazz groups “fOURPLAY” and the ground breaking fusion band “Metro”. He hails from Nyack, NY and studied guitar, composition and arranging at The Berklee College of Music. Loeb credits Stan Getz as one of his major infl uences. Getz gave Chuck one of his fi rst big breaks in the world of music and he later spent several years touring and recording with the jazz legend Over the course of his career, Loeb has played and toured with a long list of jazz, pop, rock, and classical greats: Hubert Laws, Chico Hamilton, Freddie Hubbard, Ray Barretto, Gary Burton, Wayne Shorter and the aforementioned Stan Getz among many others. He has also 3AT !UG ST s written music for, performed on albums by, and produced recordings for Bob James, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Dave Grusin, Bob Dylan, Grand River Cellars Art Garfunkel, Johnny Mathis, Spyro Gyra, Keiko Matsui, Anita Baker, Pat Martino, Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, , Kim Waters, Walter Beasley, Jennifer Hudson, Grover Washington, just to name a few. Chuck’s latest solo release “Silhouette” features his family, with his wife Carmen Cuesta singing certain selections, a duet with daughter 3AT !UG TH s Lizzy Loeb, and a haunting original co- penned with daughter Christina Loeb, who is also featured on Ukulele. The title “Silhouette” (The shape Laurello Vineyards and outline of someone or something visible against a light background) is meant to evoke the idea that Chuck’s musical life has been shaped and outlined by the light of his experiences, relationships, and infl uences throughout his career, and a nod of appreciation to the music and musicians For full schedule that helped get him where he is today. DonPerrySaxman.com Harvey Mason Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 22, 1947, Harvey Mason’s biography is nothing short of astounding. He began taking formal drum lessons at age 7, playing in school bands and fi nally buying his fi rst drum set at the age of 16. Harvey continued his musical education fi rst at the Berklee School of Music, then on full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, studying performance, composing, Wednesday, arranging, percussion and mallets. Harvey has been hired by everyone from Barbra Streisand to James Brown. From Herbie Hancock to Frank Sinatra, even the London July 29 Symphony Orchestra. He has also been the fi rst call drummer for the Academy Awards ceremonies on 25 occasions. He has laid down the Bass Lake rhythm for countless landmark albums, including Herbie Hancock’s million-seller “Head Hunters”, which contained the hit “Chameleon” (co- Taverne composed by Harvey), George Benson’s triple-platinum selling “Breezin”, which became the best-selling (real) jazz album of all-time, Grover Washington Jr.’s “Mister Magic” and even Carlos Santana’s fi rst jazz album, “The Swing of Delight”. 6pm Mason’s precision playing has also graced movie soundtracks for such renowned composers as Michel Colombier (Prince’s Purple Rain), Dave Grusin (Three Days of The Condor, The Fabulous Baker Boys and On Golden Pond), John Williams (Hook), Alan Silvestri (Who Framed Sunday, Roger Rabbit), Alan Menken and Tim Rice (Beauty and The Beast), Thom Newman (the Player), Lion King and Mission Impossible 1, 2 & 3, again, just to name a few. Aug 2 Harvey is a founding member of the contemporary jazz “super group” ƒOURPLAY , where he fl exes his writing, playing, arranging and Spring Hill production skills with partners Bob James, Nathan East and Chuck Loeb ƒOURPLAY’s debut album sat atop Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart Winery for thirty-four weeks, leading to a platinum album 2:30-5:30 Tony Monaco A native of Columbus, Ohio, Tony Monaco began playing accordion at age eight. When he was twelve, his destiny as a jazz organist was Thursday, sealed when he fi rst heard Jimmy Smith. An enthusiastic student, Tony began working in local Jazz clubs as a teenager, guided by local organ gurus Hank Marr and Don Patterson. On his sixteenth birthday, Tony’s prayers were answered. He received an encouraging phone call from Aug 13 Jimmy Smith, who soon became his Mentor/Teacher. Four years later, Jimmy invited Tony to come play at his club in California--a peak lifetime Old Mill experience for Tony. Winery From 1980 to 2006, Tony stood by family and worked in the family businesses as he played music on a part-time basis. During this period he also married and raised three daughters. 6pm-8pm In April 2000, Monaco met fellow jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco, who offered to produce a debut CD for him. This collaboration resulted in the critically acclaimed “Burnin Grooves”. The international success of the recording served as the catalyst for regional and national tours. This success was followed by two more releases for Summit Records that received critical acclaim and signifi cant sales, charting in the Jazzweek Top Mitch 216-513-0529 10. In September 2003, Summit Records released “A New Generation”, a unique recording featuring both Tony’s and Joey DeFrancesco’s Trios. They recorded the project using two “Hammond-Suzuki New B3’s” as Tony was awarded a major endorsement role with Hammond and Suzuki. Jennifer 440-463-3951 As Tony’s reputation has grown, he has been blessed to play with some of greatest musicians in jazz, including Mel Lewis, Lewis Nash, Red Holloway, Sonny Fortune, Bruce Forman, Harvey Mason, Chester Thompson, Jeff Clayton, Terrell Stafford, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, For future shows and Victor Lewis and even George Benson. Tony has also just recently ended nearly two and a half years of playing world tours with Pat Martino. An ardent student of the organ, it’s no surprise that Tony is an accomplished teacher as well. In addition to private students, classes and clinics, booking opportunities visit Tony has produced a series of instructional DVDs titled “Playing Jazz Hammond” that have quickly become indispensable for any serious student www.facebook.com/ of the organ. Tony has decided to expand his catalogue and has created MotherHenMusicEd.com and now has a system of giving lessons one on one, online to anyone, from anywhere around the globe! Tony Monaco is now Hammond/Suzuki’s prime instrument endorser worldwide. evergreen.acoustic.music July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 5 DEER’S LEAPEAP WINERYINN
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8 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 of pride in our blues community here in northeast Ohio. I would put these musicians up against players in any big city in the nation; they have heart, they have soul, and they have perseverance. And they have the blues!!! The city skyline is breathtaking from the decks of the Goodtime III, peppered with historical landmarks and reminders of times gone by, of industry and immigrants and all the hardworking people who make up a city. The Blues Cruise is a fantastic way to celebrate the blues genre, born in the rural South but raised in the northern cities, where poor folks of all colors came in search of a better life. If you have not yet experienced the annual Cleveland Blues Society Blues Cruise, I highly recommend you put it on your bucket list for next year!
7th Annual Cleveland Blues Society On to Memphis Friday 4:00 - 12:00 International Blues Challenge Saturday 2:00 - 12:00 Sunday, September 13 at 1:00pm Sunday 2:00 - Dark Ridge Manor Banquet Center in Brooklyn, Ohio
ATTENTION BLUES BANDS AND MUSICIANS! 7th Annual Cleveland Blues Society Beach Bar & Grill! “Call for Bands” to compete in the International Blues Competition! Deadline for entry is August LAKE Best place to watch 19, 2015. Application packets can be found online at www.clevelandblues.org ERIE the sunset on the Lake. Winners will be judged by a panel according to blues foundation guidelines. Band and Solo/ PERCH! Book us for your Special Event! Duo winners will receive prize money and represent CBS in Memphis during the 2016 IBC, held in January. Best Self Produced CD and youth categories will also represent CBS in Memphis. Fri, July 31...... Alan Greene Band (Blues) ...... 8:00 Blues Society at Cuyahoga County Fair Sat, Aug 1 ...... Lost Sheep Band (Rock) ...... 8:00 Monday, August 10th- Sunday, August 16th Sun, Aug 2 ...... Jim Ales (Acoustic Fun)...... 5:00 The Cleveland Blues Society will be at Cuyahoga County Fair for the 3rd year in a row, Fri, Aug 7...... Jay Habat (Country) ...... 8:00 Monday, August 10th – Sunday, August 16th. The past two years were a great success thanks to the many musicians supporting CBS and the Cleveland blues community by volunteering to Sat, Aug 8 ...... Horsefeathers (Acoustic Rock) 8:00 perform in the Society’s booth area. The theme again this year will be to make more people aware of local musicians, their music and history. A number of returning musicians are lined up Sun, Aug 9 ...... Lyra (Acoustic Rock) ...... 5:00 and new faces are more than welcome. So if you have a hankerin’ to play the blues or just hear Fri, Aug 14 ...... Elm St. Blues (Blues) ...... 8:00 the blues, come on down to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, 164 Eastland Road, in Berea. For a complete schedule of conformed blues players and events visit their Facebook page. Sat, Aug 15 ... Ernest t Band (Rock) ...... 8:00 Sun, Aug 16 ... Susan Hagan (Folk) ...... 5:00 6827 Lake Road West • Geneva • 440-466-9127 2-1/2 miles west of Rt. 534 and Geneva State Park Corner of County Line Rd. and Lake Road West. July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 9 Blues at the Music Box Supper Club S & TRAILS LEAD TO THE GRAND RIVER Friday, August 14 Travis Haddix Blues Band – Lucky 7 Concert Series - $7 ticket includes a craft cocktail du jour! D OPEN DAILY A Travis “Moonchild” Haddix‘s style evokes the sounds of the great Stax-Volt days, when the INCLUDING MANOR HOLIDAYS! likes of Sam & Dave ruled the urban blues roost. The fi ery, award-winning blues guitarist began playing the piano at the age of seven in his home town of Walnut, Mississippi. The turning point 1153 Mechanicsville Rd. in his musical learning experience came the next year, when the legendary B.B. King came to 'ENEVA s Memphis and began playing daily at the studios of WDIA. Awed by King’s guitar virtuosity, ATM Mastercard VISA ® NETWORK ® Haddix hung around the radio station every day to learn all he could. In 1959, he moved to ALL RO www.grandrivermanor.com Cleveland, Ohio, where he joined the D.L. Rocco Band and achieved regional notoriety that led to a prominent spot with the Little Johnnie Taylor group. Haddix has also contributed to fi ve albums by Artie “Blues Boy” White, while his material has also been covered by Dickie ->Ì°ÊÕ}°Ê£ÊUÊ ÀiÃÌÊ/Ê >`ÊUÊÊÊ£ Williams, Jimmy Dawkins, Michael Burks, Charles Wilson, the late Son Seals, and Lee Shot Williams. Supper Club
/Õi°ÊÕ}°Ê{ÊUÊÇ« Thursday, August 27 Jimmy Thackery – Rockin’ blues guitarist guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent Whether Jimmy Thackery headlines a festival in South Dakota or jams for hours in one 9Õi}}Ê iiÀÊ->«} of numerous blues bars that dot the musical landscape, he’ll always unleash an intense volley Ê1ÃÊÜÌ Ê,° °Ê «ÌÊ>`Ê9Õi}}Ê iiÀÊ of rockin’ blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent. His double edged guitar dynamics allow him to fi re off tracer missiles, bend a note so it will fi t under a limbo bar, run >`Ê£äÇ°xÊ/ iÊ"8ÊvÀÊ>Ê9Õi}}Ê iiÀÊ->«}tÊ off dive bomber riffs, and fi nd space within the trembling of one stinging note. “I put all my Queen of Hearts Drawing - Fridays at 8pm. 100% Winnings if Present! senses on hold and fi nd the zone and follow what’s inside. There’s an electricity from your mind to your heart to your fi ngers. You just try and remember to breathe.” PARTY ROOM AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS! He’s one of the few blues guitarists who learned fi rst-hand from the masters of the blues, not off a blues record or DVD. Though most associate Jimmy with his 15 years as the co- founder of the Nighthawks, he ended his time with them in 1987. Since then, Jimmy has been on the road as a solo musician for 15 years doing nearly 300 shows a year proving each night Tuesday Wing Night Thursdays BBQ Bike Night that he is still the guitar powerhouse in the blues. Supper Club 40¢JUMBO Wings & 45¢ BONELESS Wings ,LÃÊUÊ*Õi`Ê*ÀÊUÊ ÀÊ-«iV>ÃÊUÊÇ« Friday, August 28 Slowhand: A Tribute to Eric Clapton –two full sets packed with Open Mic with Jimmy & Friends 6:30 "«iÊ VÊÜÌ Ê iÊi>Ì ÊEÊ ÞiÊi>Ì favorites from Eric Clapton Slowhand – Tim Askin And Band Perform The Music Of Eric Clapton Watch NASCAR & INDIANS FOOD & DRINK Graffi ti declaring “Clapton is God” fi rst and most famously appeared in London in 1967. on Our Big Screens! SPECIALS! Tellingly, the same statement has been spray-painted in Cleveland for decades, most visibly for years on a west-side I-90 overpass. SLOWHAND performs the music of Eric Clapton with an almost religious reverence. Guitarist Tim Askin, frontman of longstanding Cleveland bands Sultans of Bing and Into The Blue, has performed onstage with legendary artists like Bo Diddley, Bernie Worrell, and Phil Keaggy. A lifelong Clapton devotee, Askin brings an extra level of care to the performance of Clapton’s music live, and has assembled a top-notch band Mariner Memorial Park Association of musicians and vocalists to realize the full scope of the live experience of Clapton’s catalogue as much as possible. Past appearances of this band have met with rave reviews. The group will Presents The 6th Annual perform two full sets packed with favorites from the only three-time Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee — Eric Clapton. Concert Hall
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Henry Diltz We have undoubtedly poured over favorite album covers, concert photos, and music magazines to absorb details of the images. When we see a certain photo, we are taken right back to that moment in our lives, how we felt, the music that was playing and what was going on in our lives. Henry Diltz, music photographer can be given credit for many of those iconic images that we have seen and come to know as an old friend. “I was in a folk band at fi rst but after The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show then we went electric and became a folk rock band,” laughed Henry. “My group was The Modern Folk Quartet. I played the banjo, harmonica and clarinet. We were together for about fi ve years and released two albums with Warner Brothers. We toured nearly every state and played mostly for college audiences. In 1966, we took a break. The other guys became record producers and I became a photographer.” “We had done a concert in Lansing, Michigan. We were touring in a motor home and pulled up to a second hand store. A table was set up with an assortment of used cameras for sale. One of the guys said he was going to buy a camera and I thought I would, too,” recalls Henry. “We were bored and looking for something to do. We took pictures of everything such as cows in a pasture, a junkyard and so forth. I thought it was fun. I didn’t realize how much fun it really was until we returned to LA, got the fi lm developed and had a slide show at my house. It was at that moment when I realized that I was defi nitely going to be taking more pictures because I liked how they looked. Seeing those images was like being right back where we were. Every week I would take photographs and then have a slide show. There were usually around thirty or forty people who would come over and they would comment how much they liked the photos.” “Among my friends were Cass Elliot (The Mamas & The Papas), David Crosby and Stephen Stills. I knew these people because we had all lived in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood and TourS were fellow musicians,” said Henry. “The fi rst photo that I ever got paid for was of Buffalo Tour the Springfi eld. I had met up with Stephen Stills in Laurel Canyon one afternoon and he invited me wineries of to go with them to Redondo Beach as they were going to do a sound check at a club. I agreed Geneva and to go because I wanted to take pictures at the beach The Grand so I would have images to use for my weekly slide show. It never occurred to me at the time to take their River Valley picture. (laughs) After some time at the beach, I went 12-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! back to the club. I noticed a big, colorful mural in the back of the building. It was a huge painting of a man Saturday, August 8th riding a bicycle. I thought it was cool so I decided to take a picture. Shortly after, the guys from Buffalo Harpersfield Winery Springfi eld walked out the backdoor and I asked them 7:30 til 10:00 if they would stand against the wall because I wanted people to see the size of the mural. That was my fi rst Covered Bridges, accidental rock and roll shot. Teen Set Magazine Friday, August 14th contacted me about the photo and said they would Amish Country, Outlet Mall Shopping pay me $100 because they wanted to use it in their Concord Community Days and Other Destinations Available publication and that is how it all started. People refer 7:00 til 9:30 to me as a rock and roll photographer but I consider Nancy Hamper myself a music photographer because not all music is Barrels & Bridges Tours rock and roll.” Saturday, August 22nd Henry takes a few minutes to share what he thinks 440-488-6250 made the 60s a special era and why people are still Red Hawk Grill BarrelsAndBridgesTours.com interested. “It was a fl owering renaissance of singer 8:30 til 11:00 songwriters. Musicians such as Bob Dylan and The 14 Passenger Bus Beatles were writing and recording their own material. Check out the Abbey Rodeo video at: and 7 Passenger SUV That was a sea change. We now have singers who are www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwWk_2hELk available for tours of ~Continued on Pg 12 www.Abbeyrodeo.com the Northeast Ohio region. July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 11 ~Continued from Page 11 Geneva-on-the-Lake Golf Course Outdoor singing their own thoughts and feelings. I think of Joni Mitchell Flea Market and Both Sides Now, Stephen Stills and Love the One You’re With, James Taylor and Sweet & Craft Show Baby James, which I believe was written for his nephew. This kind RAIN OR SHINE of concept was new in those days. I once asked Jackson Browne Every Saturday why he thought the 60s were so interesting to people and he said, 9am to 5pm. “Because it was new.” We now take that for granted.” May 23 thru It was indeed a time of fresh ideas, concepts and connections. Sept. 5 “We all used to hang out at The Troubadour which was a club in Hollywood. We went there Since 1927 every night,” remembers Henry. “One night I ran across David Crosby and he introduced me to $AILY 3PECIALS s /UTINGS Geneva-on-the-Lake Gene Clark who had just arrived from Missouri. He said they were going to form a band and call ,EAGUES s 3EASON 0ASSES themselves The Beefeaters (laughs) which they later became known as The Byrds.” Recreational Park Henry was good friends with Cass Elliot. “She was warm, witty, funny and intelligent. She /NE OF OUR MANY SPECIALS 5536 Lake Rd. was an earth mother who liked to take care of everyone,” said Henry. “She was also responsible Geneva-on-the-Lake for bringing people together. She introduced Graham Nash to Stephen Stills and David Crosby Tuesday $15.00 for which they went on to form Crosby, Stills and Nash.” 18 holes with a Cart! Sponsored by the He continues, “I also recall one summer I was in New York City shooting the Lovin’ Spoonful when Cass called and wanted to know if we were going to be around for a little while Next to G.O.T.L. Visitors Bureau because she had some friends she wanted to bring over. Well, she brought over The Hollies! They were on tour and didn’t know anyone so they were just staying in their hotel room. She Geneva-on-the-Lake Strip. Call for vendor space already had met them because they were on the same TV show with The Mamas and The Papas. Anyway, she brought them over and we had a great afternoon. We shared stories and drank !LMRAZ $R 440.466.8600 margaritas. That is when I had fi rst met Graham Nash. He commented how they needed pictures (440) 466-8797 so I took a few shots of them and one of the photos was used as an album cover for The Hollies www.visitgenevaonthelake.com in England. One thing always leads to another but you have to be open to it and wise enough to see it.” Henry had always preferred color images as opposed to OPEN DAILY 7am-2:30am FEATURING black and white but over the DAILY years, he has changed his mind. Open at 7am for Breakfast and cooking until 11:30pm, fryer SPECIALS “In the beginning I had no use available till 1am. Most items available for take-out, too! for black and white. I wanted Happy Hour Mon-Thurs. 1pm-7pm my images to project and so I preferred color shots. The more $1.50 Domestic Bottles & Well Shots (Holidays Excluded) photos I took of bands, the press DJ/VJ/KARAOKE EVERY FRI. & SAT. 8 PM-2 AM wanted black and white images because newspapers couldn’t Donate supplies for our print color,” he said. “Now almost 50 years later and I have local elementary school! to say that I do like the black and white images better. There’s CHRISTMAS something evocative about the images that draw you in. I think you could compare it between radio and television.” ALE 2016 will make the 50th year that Henry has been taking photographs. “People are always contacting me for use of my photos for various projects which is great!” Henry is co-owner of NOW ON TAP! the Morrison Hotel Gallery with locations in LA and New York. He will be going on tour for a few show dates in September with the lovely Pattie Boyd. Pattie was once married to George Harrison and then later to Eric Clapton. She is one of 125 photographers that have images at SEND US AN EMAIL TO RECEIVE OUR MAILINGS! Morrison Hotel Gallery. “We thought we would try to take the images on the road, give a talk and see how this works. Right now we have a few dates scheduled in September which includes Our JUNE photo winner is BARBARA Chicago and New York City.” The show is called “Behind The Lens” which features images from both Pattie and Henry mixed in with sharing stories and good times. If anyone were Photo-of-the-Month Contest interested in planning a road trip this would be a great event to add to your traveling calendar. ALL PHOTOS Submit photos from High Tide or High Tide Events. GO ON OUR Henry never seems to have a dull moment. “I am working on some lay outs for a few books. WEBSITE! Monthly winner gets a gift certificate for A DOZEN WINGS! I stop and look back at all that has happened, the pictures I took and think of it as a happy Drop off a memory stick, cd, most camera memory cards or email to [email protected]! accident. It all happened at the right place at the right time.” www.HighTideTavern.com For more information on Henry Diltz and Morrison Hotel Gallery, images and events, please Facebook & [email protected] visit: www.morrisonhotelgallery.com 5504 Lake Road s On the Strip s Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio s (440) 466-7990 Henry Diltz Photography is on Facebook. 12 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 13 FREE 2015 Lakefront Concerts Summer Concert Series Geneva Township Park Entertainment Abounds at the Great Lakes Every Tuesday Medieval Faire! at 7pm th, Geneva-on-the-Lake Each weekend, now through August 16 experience a grand variety of entertainment: marvel at musicians from across the (Donations accepted by country, magicians and fi re-eaters, gasp at dynamic swordplay, passing of donation can) and guffaw at marvelous jesters. Enjoy succulent period delicacies, washed down with a variety of ice-cold beverages. And between shows, browse through one of Ohio’s largest open- Earn a Aug. 4 ...... The Madison Band, air juried Artisan and Craft markets, displaying hand-made crafts 65HIRT such as jewelry, leather goods, and clothing from across North at 3 America. The village marketplace boasts over one hundred of Big Band Sounds the country’s fi nest artisans and craftfolks as they create and sell GOTL Strip their wares: jewelry, costuming, candles, clothing, baskets, boots, Crawls! Aug. 11 ...... Larry, Daryl, Daryl & Sheryl, silks, swords, toys, pottery, stained glass, trinkets, and more! For a complete list of entertainment and much more visit 1. The Lake Erie www.medievalfaire.com. For the address, ticket info and list of themed weekends see the ad on Monster Crawl Rock ’N Roll page 13. Memorial Day Aug. 18 ...... Linda Fundis, Rock And Wine Party Hosted by Deanna Adams and Claudia Taller thru Labor Day Coming To Harpersfi eld Vineyard 2. Thunder on Saturday, August 15, 2015, starting at 5:30 p.m. Show Tunes & Country About the Event: the Strip Do you love rock music, wine and books? Join authors Deanna Adams and Claudia Taller Thunder Week Aug. 25 ...... Blues Project for an event that offers all that and more! 3. Ohio’s Lake Erie wineries and vineyards and rock music are all rooted in tradition. Halloween 2015 Sept. 1 ...... Lost Sheep Band Deanna, the rock girl, and Claudia, the wine girl, join forces to bring you a lively presentation Monster Crawl on both topics, as well as a giveaway of their books! Fun starts at 5:30 p.m. The Elm Street Band is the musical entertainment. Band plays from 7 to September & Sponsored by the Geneva-on-the-Lake Visitors Bureau 11 p.m. October About the Authors www.VisitGenevaontheLake.com • 440-466-8600 Deanna Adams is a longtime writer, instructor, and author of several books. Her fi rst, Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection was named a fi nalist for the Ohioana Award for nonfi ction, and the ARSC Award (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) for excellence in research. She has also written Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl and Cleveland’s Rock and and Roll Roots, a photographic celebration of Cleveland’s rock history. Deanna loves Cleveland and rock ’n’ roll and each one of her books refl ects that passion Keep listening to and storied history. Even her novels, Peggy Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Story, and Scoundrels & Dreamers uphold that tradition. Deanna lives in Northeast Ohio with her family. Her website is www.deannaadams.com. Claudia J. Taller is a Cleveland-area freelance writer who has been enjoying wine country JJ and Cat adventures in Ohio over the last 10 years. She writes travel, history, and lifestyle articles for local and national publications. A lifelong writer, she is a graduate of Kent State University’s English department and leads writing groups and retreats. to win great meals courtesy of Claudia is author of Ohio’s Lake Erie Wineries and her latest, Ohio’s Canal Country Wineries. She has also written a memoir, 30 Perfect Days, Finding Abundance in Ordinary Life, and a novel, Daffodils and Firefl ies. See her website, www.claudiajtaller.com. Chef Randall at Molinari's Both authors will speak about what they do and have copies of books to sign, which make great holiday gifts too. Participate in a trivia contest and win a free book! Harpersfi eld Vineyard is located at 6387 N. River Rd. W Geneva, Ohio during our segment Music Along the River Festival Announces Headliners The Music Along the River Festival is pleased to announce this year’s main stage acts. Appearing on Saturday, August 22nd, at 1PM will be Tumbleweed Creek, a ukulele band Lake County from Perry, Ohio. At 2PM, we welcome back Mr. Bill Schilling and his folk ensemble. Their set usually features songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and other traditional folk icons. The duo of Bob Turner and Jay Kantola will perform light rock and folk tunes at 3PM, followed Dining In Style by the Old Time band, Jug Run at 4PM. Our Sunday, August 23rd lineup begins with popular Old Time band, Mr. Haney, at 1PM. Irish band, Blarney Rubble, will take the stage at 2PM. Featuring Pam Verity on fi ddle and Ron Stubbe on banjo, they have performed at many area venues and recently opened for Moya Mondays just after 8 am Brennan in December of 2014, and for Seamus Kennedy in March of 2015. At 3PM, the Non- Trio will offer up a mix of traditional and contemporary folk music, including a sprinkling of original songs. In addition to our main stage performers, we welcome all area acoustic TO LISTEN LIVE AND WATCH OUR LIVE COUGAR CAM musicians, amateur or professional, to come out and jam informally during the festival.
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The Ohio Celtic Festival returns for its fourth year to Lake County, OH bringing with it an impressive line-up of more than 150 Irish musicians, singers, bagpipe bands and dancers from across the US and around the world. The festival will take place on August 7, 8 and 9 at its new location – Classic Park, home of the Lake County Captains, in Eastlake, OH. Five stages of live entertainment will be going on all weekend long, with big-name headliners sure to amp up the energy and excitement. Headlining the event will be the Willis Clan, an Irish family of fourteen musicians, dancers, writers and artists who will provide their unique blend of Irish music with other genres to the Festival. In addition to their musical career, the family is also featured on a reality show currently airing on TLC. Acclaimed actor, singer and star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, Dublin-born Ciaran Sheehan will warm the hearts and sooth the souls of his audience with every performance. Fresh off their Celtic Thunder Cruise and 32-City nationwide tour will be Celtic Thunder’s Emmett O’Hanlon and Emmet Cahill. Not only will loyal fans get to enjoy musical performances by these guys, the Festival has arranged for a separate “Meet and Greet” event with these ever-popular artists. Off-Kilter, a high energy progressive Celtic Rock band and a fan-favorite at Epcot’s Canadian Pavilion in Walt Disney World will deliver rocked up traditional Celtic tunes and rock’n’roll favorites. The Elders have toured worldwide and will return with their Irish American folk rock style. Their songs are “mystical, comical, political and cultural” with American roots and “amped-up Celtic folk.” New to this year’s festival will be live cooking demonstrations by author and Chef Eric W. McBride from the Celtic Caterer. Classically educated in Celtic history and literature, Chef McBride’s unique knowledge of the almost forgotten fi eld of Celtic cuisine has inspired him to bring these remarkable dishes to the dinner tables of the 21st century families. Along with national and international acts, the Cleveland Irish music scene will be well- represented with the New Barleycorn, The Craic Brothers, Brigid Cross and No Strangers Here. Local pipe bands, dance acts, including performances by N.E. Ohio’s World Champion Murphy’s Irish Dancers will be performing throughout the weekend. Always family-friendly, the festival features shows, infl atables, face-painting and entertainment especially geared toward the wee ones with free admission for kids under 12 years old who are accompanied by an adult. Always a favorite, the Celtic Marketplace features apparel, one of a kind and handmade items from a select group of Celtic merchants. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The Ohio Celtic Festival will take place at the Classic Park, 35300 Vine Street, Eastlake, OH 44095, Friday August 7, Saturday, August 8 and Sunday August 9. Event hours are Friday 5:00 pm – 11:30 pm, Saturday 12 pm - 11:30 pm, and Sunday 12 pm - 8:30 pm. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am on Sunday morning.
Admission is $12.00 at the gate. Senior and students with a valid ID receive a discount admission of $8.00. Advance sale discount tickets are on sale now at www.ohiocelticfestival. com. Admission will be free for those who arrive on Sunday before 11:00 AM with a donation of two cans of food or two non-perishable food items to be given to a Lake County food pantry. For updates, entertainment schedules and additional information visit the offi cial website at www.ohiocelticfest.com. Follow the Ohio Celtic Festival on Facebook. The Ohio Celtic Festival is presented by Our Heritage, Our Home, Inc. a Lake County Ohio 501c3 nonprofi t organization whose mission is to preserve and promote Celtic culture and traditions.
July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 15 LYLE Just LIKE HEATH "The"The VVersatilee and By Pete Roche MulMulti-ti- Instrumentalist Musician" That! Every Wednesday!! Harassments Bar & Grill Hot night at Nautica with Tedeschi Trucks Bike night & open mic • 6pm-9pm Last time the Tedeschi Trucks Band played ACOUSTIC POWER TRIO! Jacobs Pavilion was on a cool September evening. Thursday, July 30th • 12:30-2:30pm Everyone had to bundle up—even fi ery-fi ngered Miracle Treat Day (Children's Miracle Network Fundraiser) Mentor Dairy Queen guitarist Derek Trucks, who wore a scarf and ->Ì°ÊÕ}°Ê£xÌ ÊUÊ{n jacket for the show. Not so with the group’s near- Firehouse Winery Thursday, July 30th • 7-10pm capacity Nautica concert Sunday night July 19th. Grand River Manor The heat was sweltering. BBQ Bike Night & open mic Fortunately, so was the band. Friday, July 31st: Private Party Co-headlining the Wheels of Soul tour with -Õ°ÊÕ}°ÊÓÎÊUÊxn Saturday August 1st: Wedding Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Trucks and wife Susan Tedeschi thrilled with another marathon Driftwood Point Sat, August 1st • 9-12am • Briquettes Smokehouse romp through a dozen burly, blues-based covers Thursday, August 6th • 7-10pm and spirited originals from their two excellent Pickled Pepper • Open mic studio albums, Revelator (2011) and Made Up Mind (2013). ->Ì°ÊÕ}°ÊÓÌ ÊUÊn£Ó Fri, August 7th • 8-12am • Lakefront Brewing Co. Wearing a T-shirt and black banks, the ponytailed Trucks grinded all night on his Gibson Saturday, August 8th • 2pm-8:15pm • M Cellars Paradise Bay SG guitar, ripping through The Box Tops’ Dear Sunday, August 9th • 4:30-7:30pm John anthem “The Letter” (as popularized by Joe Featu ring: Old Mill Winery • Open mic Cocker), foregoing a conventional pic to pluck Scott Treen, Chuck Ditri the strings with his fi ngers (or grease them with To book contact: 440-381-3736 & Gary Slovensky a glass slide). He’s still a phenomenal player or name search on (son of Allman Brothers drummer Butch), having been something of a guitar prodigy as a kid—like Johnny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, albeit more jam-oriented. Spouse Susan is no slouch on six-string, either. Wearing a summer dress (with little dogs pattered thereon) Tedeschi tweaked a Fender Stratocaster with the band, sometimes trading solos with her softs-spoken hubby. She’s also the band’s designated lead vocalist, and showed off Summer is finally here! tremendous Janis Joplin-esque pipes on “Made Up Mind” and (Derek & The Dominos cover) “Keep on Growing.” But others in the group (like Mike Mattison) enjoyed a stint singing lead, too. Revelator track “Midnight in Harlem” was poignant as ever, and showcased the sultry horn We Offer the Personal Service You’ve Missed Lately section (sax, trumpet, and trombone). Trucks transformed Betty Harris’ 1969 gem “(There’s A) Break in the Road” with a jagged riff before embarking on a crisp solo—after which the group’s two drummers (Tyler Greenwell and J.J. Johnson) went into double-time. Coasters classic “Let’s Go Get Stoned” relied on keyboardist Kofi Burbridge’s eloquent piano and organ gestures between the guitar pyrotechnics. Later, Kofi broke out his fl ute. Auto Home Business Life Dusting off a selection from his solo career, Trucks raged on “Get What You Deserve,” abusing his SG while Tedeschi and the backup singers conspired, gospel-like, on the karmic TREEN INSURANCE chorus. Elmore James / Stevie Ray Vaughan 3TATE 2OUTE . s 3UITE entry “The Sky Is Crying” gave Tedeschi another turn in the vocal spotlight, soaring, chanteuse- *EFFERSON /HIO like as bassist Tim Lefebve pumped rhythm over (440) the tandem percussion. 576-5926 Made Up Mind standards “Idle Wind” and SCATREEN SUITENET Scott Treen ~Continued on Page 24 16 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 jewelsdancehall
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Dubbed “masters of soulful folk” by Paste, The Wood Brothers released their debut studio album, ‘Ways Not To Lose,’ on Blue Note in 2006. You’d be forgiven at the time for expecting it to be something of a side project. Chris Wood already had legions of devoted fans for his Please join us for an extended vacation or just spend a incomparable work as one-third of Medeski Martin & Wood, while his brother Oliver toured weekend in the northeastern most portion of the state! with Tinsley Ellis before releasing a half-dozen albums with his band King Johnson. Almost a decade later and with drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent third member, it’s become quite clear that The Wood Brothers is indeed the main act. August 1 t10am-3pm ‘Paradise’ follows the band’s acclaimed 2013 release ‘The Muse,’ which was recorded Outdoor Learning Center Discovery Day almost entirely live around a tree of microphones in Zac Brown’s Southern Ground studio. Hailed previously by the New York Times for their “gripping” vocals and by the LA Times for Gateway Blvd. - Conneaut their “taught musicianship,” the brothers found the live setting to be a remarkable showcase for Enjoy a day exploring the trails! They are wonderful and their live chemistry and charismatic magnetism. But when it came time to record ‘Paradise,’ easy to walk with plants clearly marked. Activities for all ages their fi fth studio album, the band knew the music called for a different approach. “For this album, we wanted to have a more up-close and dry sound,” explains Chris. “I including a coloring contest. Children can pick up a picture to worked on another record at Easy Eye and I just loved the room. Dan’s studio is cool because enter at most businesses in Conneaut. There will be lots more it’s not old, but it feels that way when you walk into it. It reminds me of Sun Studios. It just has fun from noon until late afternoon! that feeling of a small room with natural compression, and I think you hear that in the sounds on Wild Bird Exhibit with rescued birds from New York! the record.” The decision to record in Nashville was no coincidence either, as this marks the fi rst album Wednesday: Movies Under the Stars written with the entire band living in Music City. Conneaut Arts Center 9pm “Oliver and I spent a lot of hours just in a room together writing songs,” says Chris. “That’s Thursday: Lighthouse Cruisers Cruise-In really never happened before. All the music in the past was written long distance or over the Conneaut Township Park 6pm-dusk course of touring. It’s defi nitely the most collaborative album we’ve ever made.” Friday: Racing at Raceway Seven 7pm “It was kind of a luxury to be able to play together not just at a sound check,” adds Jano. “It was a different starting point. Rather than people bringing in compositions that were relatively Saturday: Farmer's Market-Park Street 9am-1pm fi nished, we were starting from the ground up as a group.” Sunday: Free Concerts - Conneaut Arts Center 6:30pm The album opens with “Singing To Strangers,” which sets the tone for what’s to come both Visit us at www.visitconneautohio.com ~Continued on Page 18 440-593-2402 July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 17 ~Continued from Page 17 musically and thematically. “Singing to strangers is something we do every night,” explains Oliver, “and there’s some satisfaction about singing to strangers. It’s this weird thing that I think we get addicted to. It’s not that we need attention as much as we need connection. On a good night, when we’re singing to strangers, everybody in the room bonds, and you have this amazing sense of connection.” That desire for connection permeates the album, from “Touch Of Your Hand”, a song about what Chris describes as “the most basic human need that there is” to “Two Places”, a track about longing for home and family while on the road-to “Never And Always,” which examines the fundamental emotional experiences of loneliness and belonging. “Snake Eyes” and “American Heartache” both explore the dark side of longing, how the constant need for more in our consumer culture can engender a perpetual dissatisfaction with never having enough, while on “Without Desire,” they fi nd the beauty and the magic that the titular emotion can bring into our lives. “Desire gets a bad rap sometimes,” explains Chris, “and people think it’s the root of all of our problems. We wanted a song that said, ‘Maybe it’s not, maybe we need it.’ What would it be like if we didn’t desire all those good things in life?” In addition to Chris’s electric bass, which appears on two tracks, the album also showcases Jano’s “shuitar,” a portmanteau for “shitty guitar.” The name belies the instrument’s complexity, though. It’s actually an acoustic guitar that Jano has rigged up with noisemakers to function as an easy-to-travel-with drum kit. “I made one in The Wood Brothers because we needed a portable drum set we could take to play on sessions and on the radio,” he explains, “but then we’ve been using it so much live, we started writing for it and not wanting it to even sound like a drum set anymore. We wanted to let it be its own thing.” It turns up prominently on “Heartbreak Lullaby,” which also features guitar playing from Oliver inspired by fi eld recordings of African folk musicians. There’s more to Jano than percussion, though, as he sits down at the piano on several tracks on ‘Paradise,’ including album closer “River Of Sin.” “That song imagines how when people get baptized in a river, it’s supposed to wash away their sins,” explains Chris. “But what happens to the water? Where do the sins go? And what if you live downstream from all that baptizing?” “A lot of the songs are dealing with these themes of longing and desire,” adds Oliver, “but the album fi nishes with ‘River of Sin’ because it’s a positive and empowering message, which is that you can’t really do anything unless you’re persistent. The narrator is humble and understands that there are all these things larger than him and he’s just trying to understand them and he’s determined to do better and be as good as he can. And he recognizes the only way to do that is to keep trying.” It’s a fi tting, lovely, gospel-tinged ending to an album that traces both the darkness and the beauty in our nature, the perpetual hope and the futility of it all. The quest for the carrot often blinds us to the fact that we already possess it, and that’s the irony of desire.
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Brooks Steaks Out Kix Brooks premieres his new television series, “Steak Out with Kix Brooks,” on Tuesday on the Cooking Channel. From Denver to New York City, Brooks takes fans across America to visit the best traditional and modern steakhouses in the country, for six half-hour long episodes. The show airs at 9 p.m. eastern. “Having spent so much time on the road, I have had the opportunity to eat at some of the best steakhouses in almost every city,” said Brooks. “I loved getting to travel back to places for Steak Out that I remember loving and try some new spots. We had a blast sharing why I gave them all a big ole stamp of approval.”
The schedule is: July 14 Omaha, NE - Johnny’s Café, Dario’s Gorat’s July 21 Dallas - YO Steakhouse, Cattleman’s, Knife July 28 Denver -Bastien’s, The Buckhorn Exchange, Guard and Grace Aug. 4 New Orleans - Galatoire’s, Charlie’s, Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse Aug. 11 Washington, D.C. - Ray’s The Steak, The Partisan, Del Campo’s South American Aug. 18 New York City - Keen’s, Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse, M Wells
Brooks has been playing concerts in Las Vegas since late June as part of the Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. 18 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 Open 7-Days-A-Week! By Pete Roche John Lennon: The Collected Artwork “John started out as an artist fi rst,” writes Yoko FOOD COURT Ono in the forward to John Lennon: The Collected Artwork. Geneva-on-the-Lake “Music got him later, after high school.” Now available from those photography and art- book culture enthusiasts at Insight Editions, the 204- page volume collects and curates—for the fi rst time ever—the sketches and lyrics of one of pop’s most Same friendly infl uential icons. When Ono asked her husband why he didn’t people ,best pursue the visual arts as ardently as music, Lennon was reticent. food prices! “I can’t,” he said. “I’m a Beatle.” Which was another way of saying Lennon Roasted Corn-on-the Cob didn’t think people would approach his whimsical illustrations with the same minds and hearts they Corn Dogs • Sausage • Pulled Pork so willingly opened to welcome his songs. Instead off Hot Dogs • Fresh Cut French Fries approaching his art objectively—regarding the myriad interpretive (and semi-autobiographical) drawings as the products of an artist struggling to fi nd his place in the world and comment upon Hamburgers • Nachos it—they’d see only doodles done by a Beatle. A rock star’s twee self-portraits and cutesy curios. Cheese-on-a-Stick • Cheese Cakes Nothing more, nothing less. Imagine that. Editor Scott Gutterman (deputy director of the Neue Galerie in New York) knows there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to Lennon’s lithographs. Gutterman doesn’t have to twist our arm when it comes to arguing the merits of Lennon’s interpretive inking: This is the walrus we’re talking about, after all, goo-goo-g’joob—the bard behind Revolver, Rubber Soul, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. LOCATED ON THE STRIP GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE RESORT Reservations aside, Lennon continued to take pen to paper even as Beatlemania infected the globe. His creative impulse was nurtured by mother Julia and Aunt Mimi as a tot, and he attended Liverpool Art Institute in his late teens (from 1957 to 1960). “Love Me Do” and “Please, Please Me” may have been taking over the airwaves, but there’d be no curtailing Lennon’s clever cartoons. In 1969 John presented a series of drawings to Yoko—the Bag One Portfolio—as a wedding gift. In the ‘70s he used his sketches to sublimate his passion for equality and peace, and he studied Japanese sumi-e art while summering in Karuizawa with Yoko and their “Beautiful Boy” son, Sean. The Lennon family dynamic was the focus of Lennon’s later work. The Bag One array is now part of a permanent Lennon collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Featuring over 200 original pieces, Collected Artwork profi les several of the Bag One bits—and many other eye-popping artifacts. Sure, many of Lennon’s drawings are of the minimalist sort we’ve seen in his squiggly “granny glasses” self-portraits. Most consist of black ink on white parchment, and don’t look as if they took much time (or thought). But deeper study reveals the musician’s surrealist sensibilities, his feel for eroticism, and penchant for free-association. There are some color pieces, too: The earliest works date back to 1952, when Lennon was just a Liverpool lad taken by the medieval melees of the Saxons and Normans, and the exploits of historical fi gures like Ivanhoe, Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes. Chapter One serves up a hefty helping of crayon drawings of cowboys and Indians on horseback, and pen sketches of knights bashing one another with maces and swords. Middle sections focus on self-refl ection and personal observation. Encouraged by muse Yoko, John released two books of poems and pictures in the mid-Sixties—In His Own Write and A Spaniard in The Works—whose key images are republished here. “They were his diary,” posits Ono on her late husband’s paintings. Inspired by his wife’s heritage, Lennon immersed himself in Japanese culture in the ‘70s even as he took up house-husbandry at the Dakota in New York. Collected Artwork documents sketches of John and Yoko in kimonos, and of sundry “samurai sensei”—all with Japanese captions (and concomitant English translations). One image (“Exile”) depicts a lone fi gure wandering away from a pyramid, but it could be said to represent Lennon’s own self-imposed retreat from the music business in the late ‘70s. There are skylines, naked nymphs, giant kangaroos, and pencil renderings of “two virgins” John and Yoko staging their famous bed-in for peace. The book also showcases Lennon’s lyrics as art: The tome features no less than twenty paragraph-verses in John’s own hand, including samples from “Imagine,” “Working Class Hero,” “Grow Old With Me,” “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds,” “Isolation,” and “Real Love.” John Lennon: The Collected Artwork at Amazon.
July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 19 Now taking Bookings for By Pete Roche your Summer Events! Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center is a bittersweet offering TRY OUR EXCITING from the Yes camp, what with the recent passing of longtime bassist Bring the fun and excitement of Chris Squire. The group’s sole constant member, Squire cofounded the Karaoke to your next party! GAME English fi ve-piece in 1968 and anchored the roster (not to mention its sound) over the course of fi ve different decades. He SHOW! A sequel-of-sorts to Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome, the neww2 2-CD-CD / DVD live set Over 20,000 Songs with TRIVIA GAME & captures the progressive rock pioneers in concert August 12, 2014 in Mesa, Arizona as they storm FAMILY FEUD SHOW through two classic albums in their entireties. newest updates CALL FOR MORE Where Bristol documented the quintet’s May 11, 2014 romp through 1970’s The Yes Album and 1977’s Going for the One, Mesa chronicles high-energy retellings of 1971 and 1972’s INFORMATION! consecutive Atlantic Records long-players Fragile and Close to The Edge. Some cursory research reveals that performances of the two albums were separated on tour by BOOK NOW a pair of tunes from the band’s latest, Heaven & Earth (“Believe Again,” “The Game”), and that RENT the concerts were capped by sundry encores “Your Move / Seen All Good People,” “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” and “Starship Trooper.” As with Bristol, these extras have been shorn from the live & GET ME! releases so as to facilitate the containment of one live album on each of the two discs. The blu-ray 10% OFF FULL KARAOKE and DVD likewise strip the non-CTTE and Fragile material. WITH COUPON. CODE NCV. SYSTEMS FOR RENT But back to the bassist. MUST BE GIVEN AT TIME OF BOOKING “That evening in Mesa was a great one,” reports Squire in the liner notes. “The audience was "% 9/52 /7. $* fantastic. We were in top form. The music sounded great and we could have played all night.” Squire wasn’t kidding: Though the replacement of longtime Yes singer Jon Anderson with Benoit David (2008-2011) and Jon Davison (2011-present) polarized the fan base, the ex-Sky Cries We’re ALL Mary / Glass Hammer front man acquits himself marvelously on Like It Is, Par Deux, gracing the not just... ABOUT twenty-minute pastoral epic “Close to the Edge” with the same cosmic hippy euphoria oozed by KARAOKE Anderson on the original studio recording and rendering “Roundabout” and “South Side of the %15)0-%.4 s 3!,%3 s 3%26)#% s 2%.4!,3 Sky” in a similarly cherubic vocal range (and unerring annunciation). $* +!2!/+% 3%26)#% &/2 9/52 30%#)!, %6%.4 Joining Squire from the “classic” mid-70s Yes lineup are guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. Hearing Howe rip on his Gibson ES-175 is always a treat, and this release is no exception. White still curates the cadences and summonses rhythmic thunder with seasoned fl air, 440-944-5994 meting out Squire’s melodic (but undulating) bass lines from behind his kit. “And You And I” is trance-inducing with Davison on mic, bolstering the argument that it’s always been about the message—not the messenger—where Yes music is concerned. “Siberian Khatru” is a tempo-shifting workout whose zany passages provide ample opportunity to Howe and Squire to stretch on their respective axes. The guitar intro by the former isn’t quite up to snuff (it sounds a tad brittle), but Howe cranks it up for the hyperactive leitmotif as Squire’s propulsive bass lends unstoppable momentum to Davison’s “bird of prey” verses. Moving into Fragile territory, the band reimagines “Roundabout,” whereon Howe’s harmonics and crunchy chords complement Squire’s sinewy bass line and Geoff Downes’ faux moog fi lls. Replacing Oliver Wakeman (who seceded his father, Rick) on keyboards, Downes puts You don’t have to leave your dogs his own spin on the Johannes Brahms-inspired “Cans and Brahms.” Elsewhere—as on “Long kennelled or alone while you’re away, Distance Runaround”—the ex-Buggle duplicates the elder Wakeman’s piano parts, organ fi lls, and moog pastiches with aplomb. they can stay with me! Diehards will recall that Downes fi rst allied with Howe and Squire in the fi rst sans-Anderson iteration of Yes, cutting the forward-thinking Drama in 1980. The “Video Killed the Radio Star” synthesist then joined super-group Asia (“Heat of the Moment”) with Howe in ‘82 as Squire and s 3AFE FENCED IN YARD White carried on in “Yes West” with guitarist Trevor Rabin, who architected the group’s chart- busting comeback ’83 disc 90125 (“Owner of a Lonely Heart”). It’s been a treat having Howe and s ,OTS OF PLAY TIME EXERCISE Downes together again, in both Yes and Asia. s (OME ENVIRONMENT “We Have Heaven” is a head-spinning vocal round robin, whose outro footsteps carry into the storm clouds (and snare riff) of the proto-metal “South Side of the Sky.” Squire’s background s 3LEEPS IN THE HOUSE vocals come to the fore here, particularly during the song’s nah-nah midsection. All members contribute quirky bits to “Five Per Cent for Nothing,” whose guitar and keyboard slurs eventually s /BEDIENCE TRAINING AVAILABLE wind into “Long Distance Runaround.” Given Squire’s departure, “The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)” becomes this outing’s spiritual s $AY CAMP WEEKENDS VACATIONS (if not musical) epicenter. Falling midway through the second disc, the bass showcase sees Squire march through his Fragile signature piece for the Nth time—but with no less the virtuosity and s 2EASONABLE RATES enthusiasm of his early days (in pointed collars, capes, and calf-high boots). And anyone who’s witnessed Yes in concert can attest to the bassist’s athleticism and spritely demeanor (despite his Call Linde at size): Squire would always kick up a knee whilst plucking his Rickenbacker, or would thrust an index fi nger skyward, only to spiral the digit back down into proper position on his fretboard. 440-951-2468 We’ll miss that onstage charisma. Fortunately, Chris’ bass (and vocal) brilliance has been preserved for the ages on twenty-odd PUPPIES studio LPs and a dozen live titles, from 1973’s Yessongs and 1980’s Yesshows through 2011’s In the Present: Yes Live From Lyons—and recent treasure trove box set Yes: Seven from Seventy-Two. & SENIORS Like It Is: Yes Live at the Mesa Arts Center is a must-have in that it is the fi nal Yes concert WELCOME! pressed with Squire’s input. Whether more fantastic fossils and “lost” reels will be unearthed in future times (as on Seven from Seventy-Two) is anyone’s guess. Heck, it remains to be seen whether there’ll even be a Yes without Squire (though sources hint PUPPY RAISER, that frequent Squire collaborator Billy Sherwood will step in for Chris on the upcoming summer Leader Dogs for the Blind tour with Toto). 20 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 For now, tell the Moon Dog (tell the March Hare) and cue up the worthwhile romp through Howe’sH crystalline, fl amenco-esque “Mood for a Day” guitar solo, and the ever-incendiary ensemble piecep “Heart of the Sunrise.” It bears mentioning that Mesa is close to Squire’s adopted home in Phoenix, where he passed awayaw peacefully June 27th.
Asia:A Axis—XXX Live in San Francisco MMXII InsufIn fi cient Asia in your musical orbit? Fear not: The English progressive-pop all-stars are back wwith another superlative concert set. Out now on Frontiers, Asia: Axis—XXX Live in San Francisco MMXII fi nds the “Heat of the MMoment” heroes tearing through tracks from their then-new studio effort XXX alongside hits from throughth their thirty-plus year lifespan (notwithstanding an extended hiatus during which surrogate singersi John Payne fronted the group). Recorded for compact disc and fi lmed for DVD November 12, 2012 live at the Regency MON.- FRI 11am-7pm Ballroom in the city by the bay, Axis—XXX Live marks the fourth live release from the refurbished $/-%34)#3 7%,, $2).+3 Asia since its original members reconvened in 2007: Fantasia XXV: Live in Tokyo documented HAPPY HOUR said reunion, Spirit of the Night: The Phoenix Live in Cambridge captured their 2009 tour, and Resonance: Omega Live in Switzerland preserved a gig from the band 2010-11 outing. $).% ). $ Caught up, or just plain confused? /.,9 No worries. We’re familiar enough with Asia to condense the band’s prolifi c history into a 3 Cheeseburger & Fries! MONDAYS paltry paragraph. Comprised of virtuosic veterans from renowned progressive bands of the ‘70s, the “original” $).% ). Asia cut two albums for Geffen (Asia and Alpha) and notched a string of MTV hits before guitarist ¢ /.,9 Steve Howe (ex-Yes) ventured solo. Singer / bassist John Wetton (UK and King Crimson), TUES. & THURS. 50 A WING drummer Carl Palmer (ELP), and keyboardist Geoff Downes (Buggles, Yes) enlisted substitute guitarists for a couple more LPs, but the singles had already dried up. Wetton and Palmer left it to Downes to continue as he saw fi t (with an alternate singer and players) until 2007, when the four $ founding gents reassembled for a 25th anniversary tour. 7 Bucket of Beer WEEKENDS That alliance was fruitful, twice as long (and productive) as the fi rst go-round: The reawakened Asia recorded four more full-lengths and embarked on several lucrative tours between Howe and Downes’ outings in Yes. Howe has since absconded anew, devoting his energies to Yes (and solo projects). He was LIVE TRIVIA EVERY THURSDAY supplanted by young gun Sam Coulson on Asia’s 2014 album, Gravitas. While Axis—XXX Live doesn’t necessarily render Asia’s earlier live releases obsolete, it does 7pm • Prizes & Specials! stand as the band’s most comprehensive concert set to date (if solely by virtue of the fact that it is the most recent, and covers more material than ever). It’s a solid mix of old and new that shuffl es XXX offerings with one or two songs apiece from Phoenix and Omega whilst slotting in tried-and- MUSICIANS NIGHT THURSDAYS 9pm true gems from the Geffen LPs. Indeed, Wetton and the lads perform just about every cut from Asia’s eponymous 1982 debut. Following a two-minute orchestral intro (that sounds like it quotes Beethoven’s “Pathetique Sonata”), the guys launch into “Only Time Will Tell,” with Downes conjuring the apocryphal FRI. JULY 31 synth riff that inspired ‘80s arena bands like Europe (“The Final Countdown”). Wetton recounts a fi ctitious fi ght for king and country on “Wildest Dreams,” his bass (probably a Zon) pulsating beneath Howe’s fl eet-fi ngered guitar runs. BURNT RIVER BAND XXX single “Face on the Bridge” benefi ts from Downes’ elegant piano and synth strings. Throwback “Time Again” commences with Howe’s menacing volume swells before locking in with Palmer’s strident beat. The band gets simpatico on “Tomorrow the World,” dispatching an optimistic, chin-up missive courtesy Downes’ medieval-sounding brass samples. Wetton introduces “Heat of the Moment” B-side “Ride Easy” as a tune he wrote with Howe NEVER before the band proper even started. Downes dominates again, his harpsichord passages bounding SAT. AUG. 1 alongside the guitarist’s scorching scales. A COVER Howe then treats the Frisco audience to two wonderful solo acoustic pieces. “Pyramidology” is CHARGE a crisp, classically-inspired bit with syncopated runs that sees Steve mastering melody and rhythm THRILL RIDE parts simultaneously. The Natural Timbre extract is also an appropriate bit for this outing, given that San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid graces the album sleeve (in emerald green) with the band’s Roger Dean-designed dragon mascot. The second guitar excursion, “Golden Mean” (from 2008’s Motif), is a dynamic, Chet Atkins-infl uenced number from the same songbook as Howe signature pieces “Clap” and “Cactus Boogie.” Howe then capitulates to Wetton and Downes, who render “I Know How You Feel” as a FRI. AUG. 7 TED RISER keys-and-vocal-only ballad and “Don’t Cry” as an upbeat clap-along. Howe and Palmer return for the climax on “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.” Wetton announces that the band will take a twenty-minute break—but the collective breather is inconsequential here, the CD spinning past the & THE TUCKER BAND intermission. Howe unleashes acoustic arpeggios and jagged riffs on “Cutting It Fine,” but it’s Downes who prevails on “Holy War”—at least until Palmer’s lengthy drum solo.A consummate percussionist, Palmer employs every shell and cymbal in his arsenal in a dazzling display of robust rhythm. Where most drum solos occasion a potty break and beer-run for restless fans, Palmer’s foray is of FRI & SAT the Neil Peart variety in that it’s worth sticking around to watch. That said, we’d have preferred it were assigned its own track instead of a piggy-back position at the end of “Holy War” (making for a SAT. AUG. 8 BANDS AT fourteen-minute track). 9PM Uplifting Phoenix anthem “Extraordinary Life” segues into the cowbell-powered “Here Comes the Feeling” and churchy, lute-fl avored mini-epic “Open Your Eyes.” Primed for an energetic fi nale, HESS TONES Regency revelers thrill to the instrumental acrobatics on “Sole Survivor.” Commencing with a cursory pick-slide from Howe, the obligatory-but-euphoric “Heat of the Moment” fi nds Wetton nailing some of the tune’s familiar falsetto notes—and leading a call-and- ,AKESHORE "LVD s 7ILLOUGHBY response game of tag with the audience at the halfway mark. Catch a pearl and ride the dragon’s wing once more. !T THE INTERSECTION OF ,AKESHORE ,OST .ATION 2D s
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(Healing Concert August 29 & 30 on Friday, Aug. 28) Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Dr. Kirtland, Ohio 44094 (30 miles east of Cleveland) The Journey Life Loves You: Mind, Body and Soul Expo Cleveland Seven Spiritual Experiments to Two days of lectures, workshops, demonstrations Heal Your Life to spark you to higher levels of consciousness. By Louise Hay and Robert Holden, Ph.D. Vendors featuring; nutrition, bodywork, art, “Knowing that life loves you is the secret to loving yourself crystals, organics, psychic readings, yoga, music, and to living a life you love.” —Louise Hay astrology, aura imagery and much more! Louise Hay has been an inspiration to millions since her best-selling book You Can Heal Your Life was published, Featuring a 17' Copper and Crystal Pyramid! Special Healing Concert and in this new book—a joint project between Louise and Friday, Aug. 28 Robert Holden, best-selling author of Shift Happens! and Loveability—readers will delve into the power of one of Louise’s most loved affi rmations: Life Loves You. Together, Louise and Robert look at what “Life loves YOU” really means—that life doesn’t happen to you; it happens for you. Life is on your side. And when you understand and live in line with this Wah! philosophy of basic trust, you open yourself up to countless opportunities to experience greater Musician -Healing Concert happiness, creativity, prosperity, and love. A Stationary, Inter-dimensional Portal! But the authors don’t expect readers to take their word for it. In fact, they outline seven For More Information ~ Including Tickets practical and straightforward experiments that will help readers experience the loving universe for themselves. Sponsored by: www.thejourneymag.com or call 440-223-1392 These experiments include: Look in the Mirror – learning about Mirror Principle and self-love Affi rm Your Life – creating a Personal Manifesto of affi rmations for your life Follow Your Joy – trusting your inner wisdom and creating an Affi rmation Board Forgive the Past – healing your future, releasing the past, and living in the present. Practice Gratitude Now – appreciating the good in your life “Gratitude always takes you in the direction of love.” Live with Prosperity – living with an abundance mindset Paint the Future – visualizing and creating the life you want
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22 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 ByB Patricia Ann Dooms Wellness 4-Directional More ‘Science Of Mind’….We Are Here To Create! Wellness Program Remember when we were in the 2ND grade and were asked what we wanted to be when we grew up? In most cases, the enthusiasm was Life is meant to be celebrated…. That electrifying! There is no doubt that children use their imaginations to see all kinds of wonderful possibilities. includes understanding Awhile back, this question was posed to a group of high school students. The response was very different. In fact, there was little response. every aspect of our lives; Students shrugged their shoulders, a few muttered answers but the enthusiasm was gone. Where did it go??? our Soul’s Purpose, our Finances, Think about 2nd grade again. We knew back then, much more about “can” than “can’t”. Sadly, the opposite occurred on the high school level. our Professions and our Relationships. When did we begin to buy into a belief system of ‘impossibility thinking.’? Science of Mind Study Group People often come to science of mind after years of disappointment about one thing or another. We continue to base our current and future Join 20-year Science of Mind practitioner lives on those disappointments. So….of course we create more. After all, we are creative minds…. Patti Ann Dooms of FeatherTouch each Ernest Holmes said, “Never limit your view of life by any past experience.” month for this creative workshop. We know—in theory—to leave our pasts in the past. Scripture frequently uses the term: “And so it came to pass…..” Scripture never said, “Ok, this is how it is now folks and how it will remain, cuz you let it come to pass once.” J !UG TH s .OON PM If we desire to step beyond our current boundaries (which we created for ourselves, I might add), we have to start using our imaginations “AN AFTERNOON OF READINGS & HEALING” nd Mediums and Healers from The Diamond Rose again. We have to start thinking those things, as we did in the 2 grade, which inspire excitement and enthusiasm. will be on hand to offer their services. So where do we start? I’ll admit; that’s a tough one sometimes. as a healing facilitator, I am often in the position to say these things to a client, but then what do we do when faced with, “you don’t understand what’s happened in my life that keeps me from moving forward.” You’re Aug. 22nd right. I don’t. But I do know that it’s never too late, nor is anything so horrifi c that we can’t start fresh right now by changing our thinking. The “UNLOCKING THE UNLIMITED reason I know this is because we survived it. We’re still here. So obviously, if it didn’t kill us, it was meant to make us stronger. Changing our POTENTIAL WITHIN YOU” thinking is what makes us stronger. This is how we evolve. with Dianna Stahl from Therapeutic Associates of Medina, who will assist attendees in discovering why we often replay If we started a discussion with the question, “exactly what do we believe about ourselves?”, what might our answers be? “programs” throughout our lives, never actually completing I would bet—under most circumstances—if people were asked that, they unfortunately, would probably think of all the negative things they them or achieving the results we desire.This class will help believe about themselves. At the very least…..they would respond with something like, “oh, I’m nothing special….” everyone no matter where we are on our life journeys. We might then list all the reasons why we’re stuck where we are: in a job we dislike, or the reason we can’t return to school, or to seek a better For further info, or to register: job…..or we might have excuses about why we don’t take that creative course that we yearn for. Contact Patti Ann Dooms We might have all kinds of reasons why we don’t lose weight or exercise or start that yoga class. We might very well fi nd ourselves drowning in “impossibility thinking”. [email protected] Ahhhhh……but then we have that beautiful ‘grace of god’ moment, when we allow ourselves to become still. If we were to quiet our or call (440) 223-7510 minds long enough instead of allowing the list of “impossibility thoughts”….and changed our thinking, we could begin to imagine the unlimited possibilities for our lives. Science of mind teaches that there is but one life, and that life is the life of god and that is our life. If we really believe that statement, our entire lives can open up. So what’s god? As metaphysicians (that being us), we believe in a kind, generous, and loving god that only wants the best for us. Every one of our lives has meaning and purpose. Every one of us is ‘something special.’ When we get in touch with that meaning and purpose—that path that we came here to walk—the entire universe comes to our aid. All we have to do is begin to use our imagination to help create a life beyond the boundaries we’ve currently set. In spite of the messages of mainstream media, we aren’t victims. We have choices. within each one of us, there is a world of possibilities, creative imagination, a world that whispers to us daily that we can be whatever we commit ourselves to being. This is the most important thing to remember: everything is vibration. The universe in all of its wisdom, responds to us at the rate of our own vibration. That is our thoughts. Because the law of attraction is impersonal, it doesn’t differentiate between positive thinking and negative thinking. The law simply knows to respond to our thoughts and feelings. So where is our focus? What possibilities do we see for ourselves? You’ve probably seen this meme a thousand times on Facebook: Einstein said, “Imagination is greater than knowledge.” Our goal is to use our imaginations and to follow the positive leadings of life. It is important to recognize that the positive is where the potential lies; the positive is always where we fi nd god’s inspiration and guidance. Helen Keller said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
* Patricia Ann Dooms, known in some circles as “the Mentor from Mentor”, is a certifi ed holistic lifestyle mentor, practicing a variety of energy healing modalities which she has combined into her FeatherTouch 4-Directional Wellness Program. She makes Science of Mind a central focus in all of her healing work and educational programs. To learn more about FeatherTouch Wellness, FeatherTouch Celebrations, or Science of Mind…or if you are interested in joining the monthly Science of Mind Study Group , please contact us through this publication or visit: http:feathertouchpathandpurpose.com .
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By Luthier Patrick Podpadec
Well it’s now the end of July which has always meant to me that the summer is almost over. It’s hard to believe because I don’t quite Custom Designs remember when it started. At least the weather has been a little dryer the past week. As I’m writing this, I look out my window and see my “Rose Guitars of Sharon” bush is in full bloom and it is absolutely gorgeous! The day lilies are doing exceptionally well this year too. Basses Acoustic This time of year is also when I celebrate my birth rite and this year I have reached the big one. You know, the one where you thought you would Electric have enough things accomplished in your life so that you could start thinking about planning your retirement years and how you were going to Mandolins spend all your free time. What a crock of sh%*#@$t that is. Everybody I talk too say’s that they are busier now that they are retired than when Double Necks they were working every day. Oh Well, I guess “they” were wrong! I guess that I should just be happy that I have my health , my family , and Harp Guitars
most of my mind still left to be able to function (as well as can be expected from a man of my age) everyday and I’m still doing it with a smile on Major Repairs Fast, Reliable Turnover Reliable Fast, for Working Musicians Working for Restorations “The Dreamcaster” my face. Custom built Refinishing for Brian Henke So, I have been gearing up to take a big trip out to Denver in November (that’s Refretting got a catchy rhyme to it )I’m going to a trade show called Champs which is the Intonation Adjustments nation’s largest trade show for tobacco related products and accessories for the head Acoustic Pickup Installs shop industry. I’m going to unveil my newest “Smoking Hot Guitar” venture to the public. No better place to do it than where it is legal and abounding with joy in the SUMMER SPECIAL $ 00 wonderful state of Colorado. I’m not promoting the use of illegal marijuana, I’m just 10 OFF ANY REPAIR promoting my guitar pipes that could be used for such activity if one chose to do so. With mention of Although there is a sticker that is on the back of the guitar that clearly expresses that it this ad. is to be used for tobacco only! I’m just saying...... Patrick Podpadec I’m having so much fun building them and they are such a beautiful work of art Luthier that it is hard not to get excited about selling them. I have so many new designs to go along with the whole concept of musical smoking accessories. I now have little tiny 440.474-2141 amplifi ers that are great to stash your guitar picks into (and other things, like rings or [email protected] coins, etc.) Electric guitars will be coming soon as well as banjos and basses, just to www.liamguitars.com name a few. It’s time to increase my visibility with the social media network but unfortunately I think I might be too old to fi gure out how that it works. It seems there is a lot of time that needs to be spent on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., etc. I don’t know all of the ins and outs of that “posting stuff” and have been having a hard time fi nding the Guitar time to do it. If there is anyone out there that is exceptionally good at working the social media network and would like to give me a few pointers or some direction in Lessons where to go or how to increase my visibility and “brand” my new product I would be From Rick Piunno greatly appreciative and can be reached at 440-474-2141 or through my website www. smokinghotguitars.com. There could Beginner be some employment opportunity that goes along with the phone call, so please give a call if you’re interested. to As far as the repair business is going... I am as busy as I ever have been. The usual 3-4 setups every week and a couple of major repairs Advanced slipped in there too. Currently I have three neck sets and two full refrets, a huge side crack, and a couple of pickup installments. For the most part things are as normal as they can be. I have been trying to spend more time on a couple of the building projects in between all of my other projects. They are slowly taking shape and with a little luck I will be doing a harp guitar show in October. I have been spending most of my time trying Electric to fi nish up all of the details in my new SHG shop. I just fi nished putting an underground electric service to the building and setting up my new and offi ce. That gave me a lot of room in my Liam Guitar shop which I installed two new work benches into. It seems as though every step forward Acoustic is not just one step. The one step forward usually adds a whole dance sequence with it to be able to make it work. Now that I have the benches, I need to put drawers and shelves and organize this and move that and throw out this so that I can fi t this new machine over there and then I can put Let me teach you this there instead, blah,blah,blah....do you know what I mean? I only have to paint the fl oor and build a new CNC machine and add a few more lights and I think I’ll be almost fi nished, at least until some other idea comes to mind. how to make music! That reminds me I have to buy a new switch for my band saw that is going to cost a couple hundred bucks. It makes me wonder why I had to buy that fancy expensive Italian band saw in the fi rst place. I have had great service from it for over ten years, but $200.00 for a switch is a little crazy don’t you think? It doesn’t matter because I have to get it up and running a.s.a.p.. I use my band saw and sanders everyday and could not Schedule your do much of anything without them. It’s kind of like a tape measure for a carpenter, just more expensive. Oh, I almost forgot about the pump that I blew up in my power washer too. I guess it’s just been one of those kind of weeks. The trick is to just shake it off like water on a duck’s back and lesson today! move forward to the next level and don’t look back any further than to fi x your broken machinery as quickly as you can! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! So till next time …Be safe and Stay in Tune. Also stay Happy you will live longer and have more Fun, Guaranteed! My 30 years of experience can help you reach your musical goals! Keep Smiling ! Call or Text Rick Patrick from Liam Guitars and my Mamma 440-413-0247 July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 25 By Westside Steve Simmons
Ant Man Westside Steve Marvel PG13 117 Min. Does it seem that all these superhero August 2, 3 & 4 fi lms, (and especially my redundant reviews), 4HE +EYS s 0UT IN "AY seem to blur together? Thursday, Aug. 6 If it gets tedious I do apologize but in my 4HE 2UM 0ARTY s 0)" s own defense it’s pretty tough to come up with (EY HO AND UP SHE RISES different points for essentially the same movie. I often speak of the never ending war between Saturday, Aug. 8 /N 4AP s -ONTROSE s 0- the two comic empires, DC and Marvel, and my opinion is that while Marvel and their Sunday, Aug. 9 leader Stan Lee are bright and resourceful they /LD &IREHOUSE 7INERY s 0- are also as imitative as the Iotians from the 'ENEVA ON THE ,AKE Star Trek episode A Piece of the Action. Even Marvels biggest devotees can’t deny Thursday, Aug. 13 /N 4AP s -EDINA s 0- the fact that whenever a popular DC comic hits the stands a very similar one is sure to fol- To purchase Westside Steve Simmons newest CD A Pirates Life visit low from Lee and company. No rip off I can www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons think of is more blatant than Ant Man who fol- lowed DC’s The Atom in a matter of months www.westsidesteve.com back in the sixties. At any rate The Atom and especially his imitation Ant Man were never A list superhe- roes even in the old days. One of the reasons being is that the superpower is pretty much limited to shrinking to a very tiny size. Ant Man has one slightly interesting twist to his abilities; even though he can’t fl y he can communicate with actual ants and hitch a ride when necessary on the back of a carpenter ant. I’m not sure, and it wasn’t covered in the fi lm, if he actually spends anytime crawling around to a down-on-his-luck cat burglar Scott Lang Then the standard Marvel Comics run the in people’s kitchens or spoiling picnics. (Paul Rudd). credits show the one extra scene setting up a For those Marvel purists out there this A little background you may or may not sequel on its way then cut and wrap. appears to be a relaunch of the Ant Man who want to read involves some of those bad guys I’ve heard Michael Douglas is already said originally appeared in the early sixties. and swindlers about to sell that technology to he’d consider doing another round so there Back then a scientist named Hank Pym Marvel Comics’ fi ctitious evil organization you have it folks. Hopefully they will make (Michael Douglas) fi gured out something that called Hydra. enough money from this one to be able to pur- would allow people to shrink to molecular size We aren’t exactly sure why they are chase a little more interesting plot for the next and beyond and used that technology to save spending the big money on this technology but time. This isn’t a bad movie and Paul Rudd is the world or do good deeds or something like you can pretty much bet it’s not to promote a pretty charismatic little guy. that. It seems he hit the skids when his wife world peace. Scott now spends the rest of the died on one of these little escapades and the movie fl ying around shrinking expanding, secret fell into the hands of unscrupulous busi- beating up bad guys and blowing up a massive B- ness people and evil military guys. Yes they evil computer with his army of ants. Luckily are to blame again! That’s kind of standard is- the bad guys have never considered a can of Mr. Holmes sue for a lot of monster and or super guy fi lms Raid. He’ll also test the waters of a lukewarm BBC PG 105 min since the 19 sixties. love interest with the boss’s daughter but that The Legend of Sherlock Holmes is such It turns out the good doctor has been goes almost nowhere. a great part of the fabric of English literature working in the shadows waiting for the proper The rest of it is made up of long but that it has almost created a life of its own. subject to wear the magic shrinking suit and adequately engaging action scenes until, of One of the basic tenets revolves around the once again save the world. That honor falls course, the good guys are victorious. idea that though the books had been accepted 26 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 July 29 - August 12, 2015 and purchased as fi ctional entertainment they were actual accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases glorifi ed as they may be by Dr Watson, as actual case transcripts. At least that’s a part of the idea behind the latest BBC sequel, as it were, MR HOLMES. I can imagine one would not need to be an afi cionado to appreciate the random mysteries and even the action in many fi lms and stories but here, as we examine the last months or possibly days of his life it’s hard to imagine being drawn in without a great deal of prior interest. Unlike the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes the Ian McKellen version exhibits no fi sticuffs, no shirtless cavorting, no action scenes, and only the most bittersweet hint of romance. Remember this is a BBC production and not prone to the over the top production, explo- sions battles etc. found in American fi lms. In this version the sleuth has long since retired and his faithful friend Dr Watson many years in his grave. Now well into his nineties and facing early signs of Alzheimer’s Mr. Holmes is trying very hard to tie up a couple of loose ends; unfi nished business that have haunted him ever since his self-imposed exile to his country home. It’s in this idyllic setting he will spend his days surrounded by a sullen housekeeper (Laura Linney), her precocious son Roger (Milo Parker), his bees and his failing memories. Referenced in fl ashbacks and dream sequences two of those cases continue to eat at his mind. In Japan, a young man is searching for his father who left the family on a trip to England and never returned but only sent a copy of one of Watson’s memoirs A Study in Scarlet. With the promise of secret Japanese herbs that can sharpen the mind Holmes is persuaded to visit the young man and possibly fi nd his errant father. The other involves a woman Holmes could actually care for embroiled in a romantic and possibly murderous intrigued. I won’t tell you how either one works out (or if they even do) because if you invest your time in this relatively slow fi lm those answers are just about your only pay off. Oddly enough one of the solutions reminded me of STAR TREK’s Kobayashi Maru but I’d be shocked if it weren’t just a coincidence. (That’s your only hint by the way.) There’s also the matter of the housekeeper and Roger, the friction between them since his father was killed in the war has to be resolved. I found myself hoping that Ian McKellen is just a damn good actor and not nearly as feeble as he plays a character almost 20 years his senior. At the end of the day, though, I really enjoyed this fi lm and I think you will too if you have absolutely no expectations of action or thrills. A-
July 29 - August 12, 2015 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 27 ~Continued from Page 14 The 2015 Music along the River Festival will be held at Harpersfi eld Covered Bridge Metropark, located at 1225 Harpersfi eld Rd., Harpersfi eld Twp., south of Geneva, Ohio. Festival hours are from 11AM to 7PM on Saturday and from 11AM to 6PM on Sunday. Admission 306 to the event is free, but donations are welcomed. Food will be available on site. For more information, visit our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/MusicAlongTheRiver, or email LOUNGE [email protected].
Entertainment Straw Hat Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center “Concerts on the Lawn” Concerts are played on the Straw Hat Theatre stage at 6:30pm. Seating for the concert is available inside under the Straw Hat pavilion but audience members are also encouraged to DISC bring their lawn chairs or blankets to spread out beneath the shade trees and to pack a picnic supper. The Straw Hat Theatre concession stand will also be open. Hot dogs are $2. All other JOCKEY concessions items are just $1 each. Future concerts will be held Wednesday, August 5 featuring local favorite Dennis Ford. OLDIES Dennis was an annual performer at the Ashtabula Arts Center’s afternoon Brown Bag concerts DANCE for a number of years. Dennis is well known around the county and beyond both as a solo singer Home of the Hoover CLASSIC ROCK and as part of the band “Good Question.” He will be performing songs from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s. Emcee • Bands The fi nal concert of the season will be held on Wednesday, August 12 and will feature 2 HAPPY HOURS! Cadillac Lilly, the fi ve-piece combo specializing in swing, standards, and blues. Cadillac Lilly Production takes you on a “Sentimental Journey” that follows the path of American music, and its roots in 7:30-10:30am blues, country, jazz, and rhythm and blues. & 4-6:30pm Multimedia “Concerts on the Lawn” are held at the Ashtabula Arts Center, 2028 W. 13th Street in Ashtabula. For more information contact the arts center at (440) 964-3396. DJ/Emcee, Trenda Jones Daily Specials Help Make the Heritage Trail Grow! Here’s a chance for you to Nominate! /PEN $AYS s AM AM now booking Summer & Fall The 2015 version of the Geneva-on-the-Lake “Summer Fun Heritage Trail” has been very Full Kitchen Menu Events • Private • Parties • Clubs well received. It’s fun seeing the visitors walking along the strip and reading the 22 heritage "REAKFAST 3ERVED AM sites in the village. For 2016 and 2017, new locations will be added as pictures, information and artifacts 7377 Lakeshore Blvd. 440-313-4801 continue to be received for the upcoming locations. [email protected] Now is your chance to nominate any Geneva-on-the-Lake locations YOU feel has Mentor contributed to the resort’s history. 440.257.3557 TrendaRocks.com Email suggestions to [email protected] and the GOTL Visitors Bureau will see what kind of historical or social history can be found on the location. It would be helpful if you let us know what impact you feel it had on the resort’s development, and if you have any pictures. This year’s sites can be viewed at www.summerfunheritagetrail.com HOUSE OF BLUES® CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS Papadosio November 25 – House of Blues General Admission Tickets: $18 On Sale Now Born in the burgeoning, artistic city of Athens, OH, the quintet now calls another creative community, Asheville, NC its home. Little time is spent nestled up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, though, as Papadosio spends much of the year on the road, crisscrossing the United States ceaselessly. In addition to headlining shows in every region of the country, their high-energy, technologically perplexing, and utterly engaging stage show has made the fi ve-piece a staple on the festival circuit, with scene-stealing sets at All Good, Wakarusa, Sonic Bloom, Electric Forest, Envision Festival, Oregon Country Fair, and more. The culmination of all that writing on the road is T.E.T.I.O.S. The follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed Observations fi nally arrived in the fall of 2012. To End the Illusion of Separation is a sprawling double album, signaling not only an evolution of the band’s sound, but a paradigm shift on a far greater scale. The album is a call for people of all stripes to reject artifi cial barriers of wealth, class, and creed and come together under the fl ag of humanity. Themes of conservation, tolerance, and mind-expansion delicately weave their way around tribal rhythms, psychedelic excursions, and soaring melodies. The fusion of the earthly, the organic, with technological innovations and progressive sonic structure plants Papadosio’s roots fi rmly in the past and present with an eye turned towards the horizon. For More Information Visit: www.papadosio.com * * * * * Ticket Information Tickets are available for purchase at the following locations: www.houseofblues.com, House of Blues Box Offi ce, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and Charge by Phone: 800.745.3000. The House of Blues Box Offi ce (308 Euclid Ave.) For more information, call 216.523.BLUE (2583).
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