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Geneva Winterfest 2018 is the cure for cabin fever Saturday, February 3rd Snowflakes and ice sculptures, chili The Giant Eagle Cookie Decorating Con- samples and snow queens, the 2018 Geneva test at the Geneva Community Center will Winterfest celebration has a full schedule of he held from 12:30 p.m. until the cookies wintertime fun. run out. “Winterfest was originally created to Start your Winterfest adventure with an break up the long winter months and get all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at the people out of their houses,” Geneva Busi- United Methodist Church on South Broad- ness Association president Beth Cheney way from 9 a.m. until noon. Cost is $5 for said. “But over the years, it has become so adults and $3 for children for the breakfast. much more.” To-go orders will be available. Now a much-anticipated yearly event held The Winterfest parade will begin at noon in historic Downtown Geneva, Winterfest on North and South Broadway and will features the popular chili cook off, the Ge- include floats, fire trucks, marching bands, neva Miss Winterfest Pageant, and plenty of and the Winterfest mascot Lake Effect indoor and outdoor activities, including the Louie, and the outgoing and new Miss Win- NEW Big LEGO Build Off. terfest courts. Winterfest will also feature a Winterfest 2018 will be held Feb. 3 in the rummage sale at the Geneva Fraternal Or- downtown Geneva area. All events are free. der of Eagles headquarters on Depot Street. “One of our most exciting events is the Shoppers can enjoy free hot chocolate and Big LEGO Build Off,” Cheney said. “Kids coffee as they browse. can come in and build with LEGO’s to their Winterfest will also feature a craft and hearts’ content! We even supply all the vendor show at the Geneva Recreation LEGO’s, thanks to Be The City Church and Center. The show will be held from 10 a.m. Robot Zero Vintage Toys and Comics. to 4 p.m., and admission is free. The lot is The annual Chili Cook Off will be held also the pick-up and drop-off point for free in the Depot Street parking lot from noon horse-drawn wagon rides through the city. until the chili runs out. The cook off has The Geneva Community Improvement become a signature event for Winterfest, Corporation will host hot dogs and a raffle organizer Mike Goddard said. Registra- at the Geneva Community Center from tion for this contest to find the best chili noon to 4 p.m. The Geneva Fire Station chef in northeast Ohio is available at www. will be open to the public for tours, a fire genevawinterfest.com. extinguisher simulator demonstration, free “This year Geneva-on-the-Lake businesses Dunkin Donut Munchkins and hot cocoa are participating with hot chocolate at the and coffee, and warming stations. Chili Cook Off. Painesville Speedway will The Geneva Veterans of Foreign Wars bring a race car to show off and people can post on Depot Street will host a spaghetti bring canned goods to ‘stuff the race car’ for dinner from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets will be the Geneva Food Pantry. Each canned good sold at the door. A craft show will be held gets you a raffle ticket for a great prize!” at the Geneva Community Center on West The Kids Talent Show, presented by Main Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coldwell Banker, begins at the Geneva Com- The Old Mill Winery on South Broadway munity Center with Jungle Terry at 1 p.m. will host a wine tasting and entertainment and a talent show at 2 p.m. Kids can show from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wine is 50 cents per off their talent for the chance to win prizes taste and the kitchen will be open and tak- and trophies. The talent show also features ing orders. a Kids Vendor Fair, sponsored by Xtreme The festival also has a new website for Cheer All-Stars, full of things to do and 2018. For a schedule of events, list of spon- places to go for kids. sors, and registration for contests, visit “It’s all about encouraging people to www.genevawinterfest.com or call 466- get out of the house and have some fun,” 4675 if you don’t see what you’re looking for Cheney said. on the website. North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 3 North Coast Voice Jan. 10, 2018 - Feb. 7, 2018 • VOLUME 18 • ISSUE 1 •••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • CONTENTS • • TA K E II • We would like to thank all of our sponsors and • Playing 50-60-70's • encourage our readers to patronize the fine • Favorites and Much More • businesses appearing in the North Coast VOICE. 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Becoming a Wine Expert Entertainment all Weekend! V Friday & Saturday: 7-10p • Sunday: 2-5p As Luck May Have It, You Live in Ohio Kitchen Open! For those who might want to explore informal dinner gathering where you Wed. & Thur. Noon-7p • Fri. & Sat. Noon-11p • Sun. Noon-7p the wonderful world of wine, we are will do some joint "research." Serve a lucky to live in Ohio! Th ere's is now a light white meat entrée (either fi sh or January winery within 30 miles of every home in chicken) and ask one guest to bring 12th Ageless Band Ohio. So for many of us, we're fortunate along a local Vidal Blanc (a little sweet), to be able to visit a nearby vineyard to another should fi nd a favorite Riesling 13th Take II practice our pronunciation skills and (often somewhat dryer) and someone 14th Pickin Rocks hone our taste buds. else should select a Chardonnay (usu- So, if you are new to the world of ally quite dry and often oaky). Everyone 19th All Night Shoe Store wine, and a little intimidated by it, plan around the table can taste, comment, 20th Knight Shift a trek to a local winery and begin the compare and identify his or her own 21st Randall Coumos delightful process of learning how to favorite pairings. become a wine expert. Before you start, Th en, step two, schedule a second 26th Julie and Rick DUELING PIANOS beyond all else, remember to trust your gathering and select a couple of bottles 27th Ikembe Smooth Jazz own taste preferences. Th e very "best" of wine and practice what you learned, 28th Jim Ales wine is the one that you most enjoy. pairing the wines with some interesting So while traditional rules dictate that local cheeses one Sunday afternoon with 834 South County Line Rd. a heavy, complex red wine might not a gathering of family and friends. 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Stir in Sat, Jan 27: Bobby Hayes & H20 band $ the garlic, tomato purée and fl our and cook for 1 minute until the vegetables are Sun, Jan 28: Open mic w/Rick & Louie 8 meals under 8 well coated. Acoustic Thursday Returns in Spring! Pour over the wine, stirring well to ensure the sauce is smooth. Leave to simmer Fri, Feb 2: Swamp Rattlers for a couple of minutes until the wine has reduced by half. Add the stock and sprig Winery Hours: CLOSED MONDAY • Tues-Thurs: 3-9 pm of thyme and cook for another 10 minutes. Sat, Feb 3: Stone River Band Fri: 3-Midnight • Sat: Noon-Midnight • Sun: Noon-9 pm Kitchen Hours CLOSED MONDAY • Tues-Thurs: 4-8 pm Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 Tbsp. oil in a frying pan. Cook the mushrooms Sun, Feb 4: No Open mic-superbowl Fri: 4-10 pm • Sat: Noon-10 pm • Sun: Noon-8 pm for a couple of minutes, add to the pan, along with any juices and simmer for 5 minutes. Scatter over some thyme leaves and serve.

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Feb. 3 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Earth's Natural In the world of women in music, there Th e “Early Infl uence” honor is oc- are queens, princesses, fi rst ladies and casionally awarded during induction Treasures even a duchess, but there has only ever years to artists whose infl uence has Winterfest afternoon been one high priestess of soul - Nina been prominent in the music industry. Sunday, Simone, singer, songwriter and virtuoso Nobody deserves this honor more than January 28th pianist who became a powerful voice in Sister Rosetta Th arpe, who burst onto the African-American struggle for equal- the scene in 1938, and whose fl amboy- Winery at ity in the early 1960s. And only one “god- ance, skill, and showmanship on the mother of rock and roll” – fellow pioneer newly electrifi ed guitar infl uenced Elvis, Spring Hill Sister Rosetta Th arpe, whose revolution- Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, and on 2:30 - 5:30 ary guitar and singing style played a vital down the line…. role in the conception of rock & roll as a Overdue or not, the Rock and Roll Cat genre. Hall of Fame is fi nally catching up and Both Nina and Rosetta were under- elevating not one, but two of our musi- Lilly appreciated in their own country, but cal icons to the place in history they de- 216-513-0529 for bookings enjoyed huge success and adoring fans serve. But as with too many greats who Facebook.com/MitchLarsonAcousticMusic For Bookings call 440-466-4623 or 440-417-4199 overseas. Th arpe toured Europe on the receive their due recognition too late, long-running American Folk Blues Festi- we really wish they were alive to see it! val, sharing the bill with Muddy Waters, Th e 33rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Fame Induction Ceremony takes place Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, April 14, 2018 at Public Auditorium in Sugar Pie DeSanto, Howlin' Wolf, and Big Cleveland. Joe Turner. Simone earned international fame throughout her nearly half-century career, especially in Great Britain and the Netherlands, where she had a huge cult following. Both of these trailblazing ladies have been embarrassingly absent from the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induc- tion honors until now. As the Rock Hall's guidelines dictate, inductees become eligible for the honor 25 years after the release of their fi rst song or album. Ac- cording to this mandate, both Simone and Th arpe exceed this requirement by many years, and the honor is decades overdue. Nonetheless, the gals are fi nally get- ting their just dues. Th e Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2018 class has been un- veiled, and Nina Simone will be posthu- mously inducted into the Performer Cat- Nina egory alongside Bon Jovi, Th e Cars and Nina Simone’s brilliant, ground- Th e Moody Blues. Sister Rosetta Th arpe breaking music has touched on so many will be inducted into the Hall's “Early genres including classical, jazz, blues, Infl uence” wing, joining such luminaries and pop, that some have argued that it as Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Hank doesn’t meet the “rock” requirements Williams, Bessie Smith and Howlin' Wolf. for the Hall of Fame. Even without her 8 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice famous takes on rock classics including little girls attending Sunday school. She Pastel Blues, written by Andrew Stroud, the Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misun- started working material like the self- Simone's husband and manager at the derstood,” and the Beatles’ “Here Comes penned “Old Jim Crow”, and “Backlash time. She sings it a cappella with her the Sun,” nothing could be further from Blues” into her act. handclapping and a hi-hat as her only the truth. Just check out her cover of Th e latter was a protest song Langston accompaniment. Just a simple plea for Dylan’s “Ballad of Hollis Brown”, live Hughes had written shortly before his love from a woman to her man, primal in concert in Holland. It has all the death, and requested that she perform and eff ective. elements of a solid rock performance – it at every show. Th e assassination of 3. “I Put a Spell on You” – Simone’s story-telling, slow-building intensity, Dr. Martin Luther King inspired her to cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ down and irreverence. dedicate her entire performance to him and dirty blues takes the tune to a new Born in North Carolina, Simone was at the Westbury Music Fair on April 7, level with substitute jazz chords and a classically trained child piano prodigy 1968, three days after the civil rights swirling glissando. who turned to performing in nightclubs leader was slain. She sang “Why? (Th e 4. “Feelin’ Good” – Her 1965 rendition in the early 1950s after she was denied King of Love Is Dead)”, a song written by of this Broadway show tune transforms acceptance at Philadelphia’s prestigious her bass player, Gene Taylor, directly af- the song into a powerful civil rights and Curtis Institute of Music, a devastat- ter the news of King's death had reached black pride anthem. “It’s a new dawn, it’s ing blow she always believed was due to them. a new day, and I’m feelin’ good…” racial discrimination. Simone never really achieved happi- 5. “Four Women” - released in 1966 During her lifetime, her tremen- ness in her personal life; her marriages on her album Wild is the Wind. In the dous talent was often overlooked and were abusive, and relationships with song, she creates a genealogy of black rejected because of her race, gender, and other people turbulent. She had disputes women through slavery to the present. Rosetta activism, as well as the beauty standards with men, record companies, and the Four characters, subservient Aunt Sarah, "Sister Rosetta Th arpe was anything of the era. IRS. She had a volatile temperament mulatto Saff ronia, street-walking Sweet but ordinary and plain. She was a big, But her enigmatic performances and and struggled with mental health issues, Th ing, and militant Peaches represent good-looking woman and divine, not to transformative music brought her inter- quite possibly as a result of the disre- diff erent types of black women and the mention sublime and splendid. She was national fame as an artist, and she went spect she endured in both her personal lasting legacy of slavery. a powerful force of nature--a guitar-play- on to release over 40 albums through- and professional lives, let alone the Th is is Simone’s shining hour, best ing, singing evangelist." (Bob Dylan) out her decades-long career. trauma of being an activist throughout writing, and most stunning foray into It's still undeniably diffi cult for female Nina could sing anything – she defi ed Jim Crow and the civil rights era. In musical theater. Continued on page 10 musical categorization. From the start, the 1980s, the brilliant songstress she she was a true original. In her own was diagnosed as a “bipolar savant with words, she mixed “a little bit of what PTSD”. 4618 Main Avenue • Ashtabula I liked with what a little bit of what I Nina Simone spent her last ten years knew.” Hence the blend of folk, blues, in France, resting on her laurels while 440-992-3013 • www.dublindown.pub gospel, pop, standards, and swing, all still performing occasionally. She suf- Hours: Kitchen open Mon-Sat 11am-10pm done up with the musical precision and fered from breast cancer for several years Bar open til 11 Mon-Thurs & Midnite Fri & Sat intensity of a classical pianist. 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and lyrics with each note being played… DON it was at that point that I fell in love with PERRY WHAT ABOUT JAZZ? the instrument. Th e saxophone has a way of connecting with people in a way ■■■ By Don Perry that no other instrument does. To me, its expressions are closest to the human Eric Darius with special guest, jazz guitarist Nick Colionne voice.” TANGIER, 532 W. Market St. in Akron. Saturday January 27th at 8:30 pm. Darius is one of those musicians who V was fortunate to benefi t from music Prophetically hailed Debut Artist of the programs in the public school system Year by Smooth Jazz News in 2004, Eric and by age eleven—after only playing has shared the stage with such world for one year—Eric was chosen to join renown artists as Prince, Carlos Santana, Sonny LaRosa and America’s Youngest WISHING Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, Jamie Jazz Band, which consisted of young WISHING Foxx & Babyface, just to name a few. His musicians, age fi ve to twelve. Th e group music innovatively skips across music toured the country and even played at YOU A boundaries from Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in to Pop, creating a very distinctive, fresh Switzerland. sound and approach that is uniquely his Eric is very grateful that such pro- BLESSED own. grams were made available to him and as “Artists such as Prince, Herbie Han- a result, the young musician has made cock, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, it a mission to “pay it forward” and has NEW YEAR! Eric Darius and Miles Davis have always inspired spent a considerable amount of time Saxophonist, composer, producer, and me because of their fearlessness to exposing young students to music in the vocalist Eric Darius likes to play by his express themselves freely from a musi- public school system with his “On a Mis- own rules. Fearlessly pushing all musical cal standpoint and allow their music sion in the Schools” campaign. 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Scott Treen North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 11 North Coast Voice 33rd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Returns to Cleveland April 14, 2018 Th e names of the Rock & Roll Hall of again have its television premiere on Fame’s 2018 Inductees was released in HBO, and a radio broadcast on SiriusXM. December when we were all caught up Broadcast details will also be announced in the hustle and bustle of Christmas so later. V in case you missed the announcement Four of the Inductees were on the or need a reminder the Inductees are: ballot for the fi rst time, including: Dire Performer Category: Straits, Th e Moody Blues, Nina Simone Bon Jovi and Sister Rosetta Th arpe. Additionally, Th e Cars the top fi ve artists, as selected by the Dire Straits public, comprised a “fans’ ballot” that Th e Moody Blues was tallied along with the other ballots Nina Simone to determine the 2018 Inductees. 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Continued from page 13 Director John P. Vourlis and several of ented fi lmmaker John Vourlis. Th rough buy or download digitally on iTunes, the stars of the documentary will be in the theatrical screening folks will get a GooglePlay and other digital platforms attendance for the premiere on January real inside look at the competitive world beginning in early January. Stay tuned 12th. Tickets are on sale now. of Bocce, told by the people that live it in for more info! Chris Baxter, Director of Operations our community.” Hometown Media Productions (HMP) at Atlas Cinemas, said, “Atlas Cinemas is Breaking Balls is being distributed is a Cleveland-based entertainment committed to serving the local communi- nationally on DVD through Amazon by company producing movies, books and ty. We are proud to feature this amazing Little Fish Records and CPI Distribu- comics. Thurs, Jan. 11 V tors and will be available worldwide to Station Square, Youngstown documentary made locally by the tal- Fri, Jan. 12 Bahama Breeze, Pittsburgh Th e Red Hot Chilli Pipers and information are available in person Th e Most Famous Bagpipe Band on the Planet at Th e Civic Box Offi ce or by calling Sat. Jan. 13 330.253.2488. Bahama Breeze, Cleveland Akron Civic Th eatre, March 20, 2018 8 pm • Tickets On Sale Now About the Akron Civic Th eatre Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Since their formation the Red Hot Th e Akron Civic Th eater was built in Sun, Jan. 14 • 4:30 - 7:30 Chilli Pipers have combined guitars, Old Mill Winery • OPEN MIC Scottish accent and a show so hot it car- 1929 by Marcus Loew and designed by ries its own health warning. keyboards, drums and their bagpipes to famed theater architect, John Eberson. Fri, Jan. 19 create 'bagrock' sound. Th e Red Hot Chilli Th e interior structure was fashioned Bahama Breeze, Pittsburgh Pipers perform a fusion of traditional after a Moorish castle featuring Medi- pipe tunes and contemporary pieces. terranean decor, including medieval Sat, Jan. 20 private party with his new Notable covers performed have included carvings, authentic European antiques "Cheeseburgers in Paradise" band "We Will Rock You" by Queen, "Clocks" and Italian alabaster sculptures. In Fri, Jan. 26 by Coldplay and "Smoke on the Water" June 2001, the Akron Civic Th eatre Bahama Breeze, Pittsburgh by Deep Purple as well as "Chasing Cars" underwent the most comprehensive by Snow Patrol, "Don't Stop Believing" by restoration and expansion project in Sat, Feb. 3 • Cortland Moose Journey. its history, whereby the theater was check out Ticket prices are $32. Tickets are avail- brought up to modern performance www.tomtoddmusic.com able at the Akron Civic Th eatre Box Of- and patron standards. Th e theater now for more information & pictures fi ce, by calling (330) 253-2488 or online attracts nearly 110,000 people annually at www.akroncivic.com, or TicketMaster for nationally touring concerts, comedi- (1-800-745-3000). ans, and family shows, as well as a wide Th e full schedule is available at www. variety of events featuring local and akroncivic.com. Additional events will regional artists. For more information be added throughout the season. Tickets visit www.akroncivic.com

the idea of curiosity. Th e CIFF provides unique opportunities for people to explore other cultures and ideas in an eff ort to challenge and perhaps change the ways we perceive and interact with the world around us. CIFF42 is expected to include approx- imately 200 feature fi lms and 200 short subject fi lms, representing close to 70 countries. Over 300 guest fi lmmakers will be in attendance to share their tal- ent with our audience. Program details will be announced on Friday, March 9th at clevelandfi lm.org. Program Guides will be available throughout the area Embrace Curiosity at the 42nd the week of March 12th. Tickets will Cleveland International go on sale to CIFF members on Friday, Film Fest March 16th and to the general public on Th e 42nd Cleveland International Film Friday, March 23rd. Tickets are cur- Festival (CIFF) is thrilled to unveil its rently on sale for Opening Night, which marketing campaign, EMBRACE CURI- will take place at Playhouse Square on OSITY, which speaks toward the inquisi- April 4th. tive nature of the Festival, its artists, and 42nd Cleveland International Film its more than 100,000 attendees. Festival EMBRACE CURIOSITY April 4 - Th e campaign is designed by the team 15, 2018 Tower City Cinemas. at Type Twenty Seven and focuses on Continued on page 29 14 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice

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Four-pack 16oz. cans 12-Pack 16 oz. cans in fall, 2018. four pack cans and on draft in select will be available beginning in March. To Sat. Feb. 3 GREAT LAKES VARIETY PACK NOW locations. Find it using the Rogue Beer fi nd Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA, along Deer's Leap Winery FEATURING COMMODORE PERRY IPA Finder, and learn more at Rogue.com. with others from New Belgium, visit the 7-10 GLBC’s popular Variety 12-Pack Rogue Ales & Spirits Beer Finder or download the Beer Mode features an updated lineup. Dortmunder Rogue Ales & Spirits is an agri-fer- app. For more information about the www.lostsheepband.com Gold Lager, Eliot Ness Amber Lager, and menter founded in Oregon in 1988 as brewery, visit NewBelgium.com. North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 15 North Coast Voice

have brought laughs, scars, nausea and everything in NOW WE’RE TALKIN between. John was asked one year to go parasailing to open ■■■ By Helen Marketti the Cleveland Air Show. It was a memorable experience but not a pleasant one. “Th ey Interview with John Lanigan almost killed me,” said John. V V “Th e guy driving the boat didn’t know what he was Lanigan In Th e Morning doing. I was headed right for the break wall at high speed. My Life In Radio He was going back and forth Cleveland radio and television per- me to talk with him for a while which I with the boat. I wondered sonality, John Lanigan has been a media agreed so it was him that nagged me into what he was doing. I hit the fi xture in the Cleveland area for a total of writing the book.” water hard and seriously 47 years. He retired from radio in 2014. One of the highlights of John’s career injured my knee. When I got He continues to do Th e Spew with Mike was interviewing Hollywood actor, Clint out of the water, no one said Trivisanno on WTAM 1100 from his Eastwood on the set of “Th e Outlaw a word. I somehow made it home in Florida. Discussing his recent Josey Wales” in Santa Fe, New Mexico in back to my car and drove book, “Lanigan In Th e Morning, My Life 1976. “I didn’t think of him as a big star. home and my wife took me to In Radio” (Gray Publishers, Cleveland) I didn’t look at it that way because I had the hospital. I had to wear a John has a wealth of stories and Cleve- a job to do,” explains John. “My thought cast and was in a wheelchair land memories that readers will enjoy. was I have to make him look good and for a while. I never heard “I had no intentions of writing a book,” ourselves. You do get a little nervous but from the people who had said John. “Author, Pete Jedick contacted you work past it. Clint Eastwood was asked me to go parasailing.” me and asked if I would consider writing very easy going. After the interview we Another experience was a book. I had been approached before went horseback riding.” fl ying with the U.S. Air Force and turned down the off ers. I didn’t John shares memorable stories in his Th underbirds and U.S. Navy think I was worth a book. Pete persuaded book. His assortment of experiences Blue Angels. Th e Blue Angels gave John a tougher way to go as he thought they were coming in for a landing when they shot back up into the air again at a 90-degree angle. “I thought I was going to be sick studio! He had told the limo driver that but you can’t throw up because you’re he had fun talking to us and wanted to wearing a helmet and then you’ll have know if they were near the station. Th e more problems,” remembers John. “Th ey driver brought Jerry to the studio, he were messing with me probably because walked in and asked for “Lanigan” and I had fl own with the Th underbirds fi rst. I did another 30 to 40 minutes with us on was glad when it was over.” the air. Jerry said he had so much fun he “After the book was published I had thought he would stop by and talk some thought of a few stories that should have more. Everyone said that was highly un- been included,” said John. One such sto- usual because that wasn’t Jerry’s style.” ry is his interview with actor and come- Radio was in its glory days when John dian, Jerry Lewis. Jerry had been known Lanigan was at the mic. Times have defi - to be a cantankerous interview subject. nitely changed. “Radio is much diff erent “Jerry was appearing in Akron. We had now than when I was starting. I don’t set up an interview with him by phone. think radio personalities are doing the We knew he had the reputation of being kinds of activities we used to do. Th ere notoriously tough. He had been a bad in- are only a few stations, which are owned terview for everyone I had encountered,” by one company. If something costs explains John. “When we interviewed money or if there is any liability there him he was in a limo that was bringing isn’t any interest to be involved.” him back to Cleveland. We spoke for at John was inducted into the National least 30 minutes. He seemed to be having Radio Hall of Fame in 2013. “I did not a good time. We were having a good time. expect to be doing radio this long. My After the interview was over, I thanked mom kept telling me that I needed to him and told him I was big fan of his and fi nd another career as back up because I Dean (Martin). Th en we went back to our might lose my voice. (laughs) Th ankfully regular programming. Ten to fi fteen min- it’s been a career that has worked well.” utes later, Jerry Lewis shows up at our www.grayco.com 16 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice

they shared with Bowie, and onto stages Times and fi lm sets, opening corners of his “Rachel Joyce has established a reputa- WINTER READS mind and experience that transform our tion for novels that celebrate the dignity understanding of both artist and art. In- and courage of ordinary people and the cluding illuminating, never-before-seen resilience of the human spirit. . . . But material from Bowie himself, drawn from what really elevates Th e Music Shop is Testimony and Bo Diddley criss-crossed the circuit a series of Jones’s interviews with him Joyce’s detailed knowledge of—and pas- of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to across two decades, DAVID BOWIE is an sion for—music.”—Th e Guardian VBy Robbie Robertson epic, unforgettable cocktail-party con- Toronto, when Th e Beatles, Hendrix, Th e New York versation about a man whose enigmatic Times Bestseller Th e Stones, and Warhol moved through the same streets and hotel rooms. It's shapeshifting and irrepressible creativ- On the 40th ity produced one of the most sprawling, anniversary the story of exciting change as the world Sticky Fingers fascinating lives of our time. By Joe Hagan of Th e Band’s tumbled through the '60s and early A delicious legendary Th e 70’s, and a generation came of age, built romp through the Last Waltz on music, love and freedom. Above all, heyday of rock concert, Rob- it's the moving story of the profound Th e Music Shop By Rachel Joyce and roll and a bie Robertson friendship between fi ve young men who It is 1988. On revealing portrait fi nally tells his together created a new kind of popular a dead-end street of the man at the own spellbinding music. in a run-down helm of the iconic story of the band Testimony is Robbie Robertson’s story, suburb there is magazine that that changed lyrical and true, as only he could tell it a music shop made it all pos- music history, that stands small sible, with candid his extraordinary personal journey, and and brightly look backs at the his creative friendships with some of the lit, jam-packed era from Mick greatest artists of the last half-century. David Bowie A Life By Dylan Jones with records of Jagger, Keith Robbie Robertson's singular contribu- Dylan Jones’s every kind. Like Richards, Elton tions to popular music have made him engrossing, mag- a beacon, the John, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Mc- one of the most beloved songwriters isterial biography shop attracts Cartney, and others. and guitarists of his time. With songs of David Bowie the lonely, the like "Th e Weight," "Th e Night Th ey Drove is unlike any sleepless, and the Continued on Page 18 Old Dixie Down," and "Up on Cripple Bowie story ever adrift; Frank, the shop’s owner, has a way Creek," he and his partners in Th e Band written. Drawn of connecting his customers with just the fashioned a music that has endured for from over 180 piece of music they need. Th en, one day, decades, infl uencing countless musi- interviews with into his shop comes a beautiful young cians. friends, rivals, woman, Ilse Brauchmann, who asks In this captivating memoir, written lovers, and col- Frank to teach her about music. Terrifi ed over fi ve years of refl ection, Robbie Rob- laborators, some of real closeness, Frank feels compelled ertson employs his unique storyteller’s of whom have to turn and run, yet he is drawn to this voice to weave together the journey that never before spo- strangely still, mysterious woman with led him to some of the most pivotal ken about their eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what events in music history. He recounts www.Abbeyrodeo.com relationship with Bowie, this oral history she seems, and Frank has old wounds the adventures of his half-Jewish, half- weaves a hypnotic spell as it unfolds the that threaten to reopen, as well as a Mohawk upbringing on the Six Nations story of a remarkable rise to stardom past it seems he will never leave behind. Indian Reserve and on the gritty streets Happy New Year and an unparalleled artistic path. Tracing Can a man who is so in tune with other of Toronto; his odyssey at sixteen to the Bowie’s life from the English suburbs people’s needs be so incapable of con- from all of Us Mississippi Delta, the fountainhead of to London to New York to Los Angeles, necting with the one person who might American music; the wild early years on Berlin, and beyond, its collective voices save him? Th e journey that these two to all of You! the road with rockabilly legend Ronnie describe a man profoundly shaped by quirky, wonderful characters make in or- Hawkins and Th e Hawks; his unexpected his relationship with his schizophrenic der to overcome their emotional baggage ties to the Cosa Nostra underworld; the Saturday, January 20th half-brother Terry; an intuitive artist speaks to the healing power of music— gripping trial-by-fi re “going electric” Hooley House who could absorb infl uences through and love—in this poignant, ultimately with Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour, intense relationships and yet drop people joyful work of fi ction. Sports Bar & Grille and their ensuing celebrated collabora- cold when they were no longer of use; Praise for Th e Music Shop 8:30-11:00 pm tions; the formation of the Band and and a social creature equally comfortable “Warmhearted, unusual and romantic, 7861 Reynolds Rd. the forging of their unique sound, partying with John Lennon and dining Rachel Joyce evokes the emotional power culminating with history's most famous Mentor with Frank Sinatra. By turns insightful of your favorite record while underlining farewell concert, brought to life for all and deliciously gossipy, DAVID BOWIE the importance of that forever-threat- time in Martin Scorsese's great movie Abbey Rodeo is: Jim Bonfonti, Chris Butcher, is as intimate a portrait as may ever be ened little shop down a side street where Th e Last Waltz. Verne McClelland, P. J. Philips, drawn. It sparks with admiration and music happens. . . . Joyce’s gift is in using Bob Yocum and Chuck Citraro. Th is is the story of a time and place- grievances, lust and envy, as the speak- simple language to convey profound -the moment when rock 'n' roll became Check out the Abbey Rodeo video at: ers bring you into studios and bedrooms observations on human nature.”—Th e www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwWk_2hELk life, when legends like Buddy Holly North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 17 North Coast Voice

Continued from Page 17 and an irresistible biography of popular Richardson found renewed content- Not Dead Yet: Th e story of Jann Wenner, Rolling culture, celebrity, music, and politics in ment and purpose through a heroic, Stone's founder, editor, and publisher, America. inward journey. Th e unfolding story, told Th e Memoir and the pioneering era he helped curate, through intimate journal entries, follows By Phil Collins is told here for the fi rst time in glitter- Richardson from the fi rst, gentle nudges Phil Col- ing, glorious detail. Joe Hagan provides Waking Up in Winter: In of change to a thoughtfully reimagined lins pulls no readers with a backstage pass to storied life – a soulful, spring awakening. punches—about concert venues and rock-star hotel Search of What Really With an experienced coach’s intuition himself, his life, rooms; he tells never before heard stories Matters at Midlife and an artist’s eye, Richardson reex- or the ecstasy about the lives of rock stars and their By Cheryl Richardson amines everything – her marriage, her and heartbreak V handlers; he details the daring journal- Internationally work, her friendships, and her priorities that’s inspired ism (Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Th ompson, recognized coach – gracefully shedding parts of the self his music. P.J. O’Rourke) and internecine offi ce and New York that no longer serve along the way. In his much- politics that accompanied the start-up; Times bestselling In the end, she not only discovers what awaited memoir, he animates the drug and sexual ap- author Cheryl really matters at midlife, she invites read- Not Dead Yet, he petites of the era; and he reports on the Richardson has ers to join her in the inquiry process by tells the story of politics of the last fi fty years that were toured the world providing thought-provoking questions his epic career, often chronicled in the pages of Rolling empowering designed to usher them through their with an auspi- Stone magazine. others to make own season of transformation. cious debut at age 11 in a crowd shot Supplemented by a cache of extraor- lasting change. Off ering up Richardson’s most power- from the Beatles’ legendary fi lm A Hard dinary documents and letters from But when Rich- ful teaching tool yet – her own life – Day’s Night. A drummer since almost Wenner's personal archives, Sticky ardson’s own life Waking Up in Winter takes readers on before he could walk, Collins received Fingers depicts an ambitious, mercurial, no longer worked a brave, spiritual adventure that shows on the job training in the seedy, thrill- wide-eyed rock and roll fan of who exalts as it once had, a us all how to live a more authentic and ing bars and clubs of 1960s swinging in youth and beauty and learns how to persistent, inner voice off ered unmistak- meaningful life. London before fi nally landing the drum package it, marketing late sixties coun- able guidance: it was time to reevaluate seat in Genesis. terculture as a testament to the power of her life to uncover what really mattered. Soon, he would step into the spotlight American youth. Th e result is a fascinat- Waking Up in Winter is the candid and F*ck, Th at's Delicious: on vocals after the departure of Peter ing and complex portrait of man and era, revelatory account of how at midlife, Gabriel and begin to stockpile the songs An Annotated Guide to that would rocket him to international Eating Well fame with the release of Face Value and New York Times bestseller “In the Air Tonight.” Whether he’s recall- Th is ain’t no ing jamming with Eric Clapton and Rob- cookbook. Th is ert Plant, pulling together a big band ain’t no memoir. fronted by Tony Bennett, or writing the Th is is Ac- music for Disney’s smash-hit animated tion Bronson’s Tarzan, Collins’s storytelling chops devotional, a never waver. And of course he answers book about the the pressing question on everyone’s overwhelming mind: just what does “Sussudio” mean? power of deli- Not Dead Yet is Phil Collins’s candid, cious—no, f*cking witty, unvarnished story of the songs amazing—food. and shows, the hits and pans, his mar- Bronson is this riages and divorces, the ascents to the era’s Homer, and F*ck, Th at’s Delicious is top of the charts and into the tabloid a modern-day Odyssey, replete with or- headlines. As one of only three musi- giastic recipes, world travel, siren songs, cians to sell 100 million records both and weed. in a group and as a solo artist, Collins Illustrated, packed with images, and breathes rare air, but has never lost his unlike any book in the entire galaxy, touch at crafting songs from the heart Bronson’s F*ck, Th at’s Delicious includes that touch listeners around the globe. 40-plus recipes inspired by his childhood, Th at same touch is on magnifi cent family, tours, and travels. Journey from display here, especially as he unfolds his bagels with cheese that represent familial harrowing descent into darkness after love to the sex and Big Macs of upstate his “offi cial” retirement in 2007, and New York fat camp and ultimately to the the profound, enduring love that helped world’s most coveted fi ve-star temples save him. of gastronomy. And: the tacos in LA. Th e Th is is Phil Collins as you’ve always best Dominican chimis. Jamaican jerk. known him, but also as you’ve never Hand-rolled pasta from Mario. Secrets heard him before. to good eating from Massimo. Meyhem Lauren’s Chicken Patty Potpie. And more! more! more! 18 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice

determination. “He was driven…and he Trudeau himself at the Rogers K-Rock knew what he needed to get done.” Centre for a hometown hullaballoo DVD REVIEW As confi dent at their sick singer was, whose communal vibe approaches the however, the guys were nervous wrecks transcendent. Th ousands fl ock inside for ■■■ By Pete Roche about performing. Downie (who’d already what everyone knows will be the fi nal endured a partial lobectomy) was always bow, while thousands more cram into the exhausted, couldn’t remember his own lyr- square outside for a big-screen simulcast. Th e Tragically Hip: A National Celebration ics, and could’ve dropped onstage at any Millions more watch on T.V. at home. VMusic has lost studio (and several live) releases time. So a medical team joins Th e Hip on Full footage of that show was released a lot of legend- from 1987 to 2016, gigging until the the road, an ambulance stands by at every December 22 on DVD / Blu-ray Th e Tragi- ary fi gures over fan-base swelled to arena-packing show, and crewmembers plan for worst- cally Hip: A National Celebration. the past two or proportions a la Bruce Springsteen, case scenarios. Downie succumbed to his disease in three years. Many U2, and REM. “Th e safety net was pretty thin,” notes October 2017, a mere two months after of those greats Diagnosed with incurable brain Breen. “So much was out of our control. It that last concert. Fortunately, he was sur- (including Prince cancer some time in 2015 (dur- could’ve ended at any given point in time.” rounded by his family and friends—and and Tom Petty) ing the making of Man Machine “I didn’t think there was a chance in hell he leaves behind a terrifi c catalog of poetic were taken without Poem), Downie determined to spend we’d make it through the tour,” confesses rock albums to enjoy in perpetuity. warning, their his penultimate months on Earth drummer Paul Langlois. “It was just a dream,” Downie muses deaths shocking making music with his “brothers” “We didn’t want him having a seizure early on. “I would’ve loved to say thank fans around the for the same devoted fans that had onstage…and having 10,000 people record you face-to-face to everybody somehow. world even when allowed them to make a living doing it with their iPhones for You Tube,” recalls It was the best I ever felt onstage, and I the end was loom- what they loved. Long Time Run- guitarist Rob Baker of the risks involved. wanted the show to go on forever.” ing (as in David ning chronicles this dramatic arc, Still, the benefi ts of a goodbye tour One need not be a dyed-in-the wool Bowie’s case). from Downie’s dire diagnosis to Th e Hip’s outweigh the dangers. More importantly, Hipster to enjoy the music on Long Time Who knows what plans these art- grand fi nale performance in its Kingston, Downie needed to do it. Running or appreciate its touching story. ists had for the future? And who knows Ontario hometown. “Block it, book it,” orders Tour Manager Th e heart of this fi lm is its humble, human how they might’ve spent their fi nal days “How many people get to say goodbye Tristin Chapman. “Here’s my credit card.” narrative about uncommonly common had they any inkling of their impending on their own terms?” refl ects Hip drum- “If going on the road meant giving people connected by their love of music… curtain calls? mer Johnny Fay. [Downie] a signpost in the distance, and and one another. Th at kind of passion Which begs the question: What should “Th at doesn’t happen often. If you can that helped him feel better, then awe- always has universal appeal. celebrated rock-and-rollers do when do it the way you want to do it, there’s some,” surmises bassist Gord Sinclair. they’re put on notice? Should they quit something cool about that.” Th e dudes share memories of how they both stage and studio in favor of intimate Th e fascinating fi lm (directed by Jen- met and absconded to Th e Hip from prior moments at home with friends and fam- nifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier) bands like Rick & Th e Rodents and Th e CLYDE HILL ily? Or should they give themselves over draws as much from candid behind- Slinks. Concurrently, Pat Downie speaks entirely to their art, in hopes of creating the-scenes interviews with Downie and on his brother’s surgery, radiation, and CREATIVE WORKS their life’s best work before saying their company as it does cool concert clips and chemotherapy. “He wasn’t in any shape goodbyes? rehearsal footage, carefully balancing to form sentences…his memory was beat Th e Tragically Hip demonstrated just the work and business facets of the band up,” he says. “He was confused.” how beautiful it can be to go out in style with its more intimate, brethren-based “He couldn’t give you the name of a in Summer 2016, when the Canadian personal sides. single song, let alone the lyrics,” adds quintet staged a farewell tour last year We’re placed in the confi dence of Langlois. with—and for—terminally ill front man neurologist Dr. James Perry, who de- But technicians provide Downie with Gord Downie. scribes the “primary, infi ltrative” nature tele-prompters to help jostle his thoughts Produced by those cool cats at Banger of Downie’s aggressive illness, and meet and keep him on track during rehearsals Films (Global Metal, Iron Maiden: Flight Dr. Douglas “D.J.” Cook—a Hip devotee- in Toronto in May 2016. Amazingly, the 666, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage), turned-surgeon who buys Gord quality vocalist nails his verses and refrains with the moving musical documentary Long time by doing a full temporal lobectomy. more lungpower than ever—and only Time Running chronicles Th e Hip’s fi nal We also hear from band managers appears to strengthen as the weeks tick Unique ceramic creations outings together as a working band…and Patrick Sambrook and Bernie Breen, who away. its last calendar year as a group of car- ride the same emotional rollercoasters as Th e movie takes us on stops in Van- 764 South County Line Road ing, close-knit friends who’ve spent the Downie’s physicians and caretakers. We couver, Victoria, Hamilton, and Ottawa, Harpersfield majority of their lives in one another’s check in with fashionista Izzy Camilleri where we watch Gord and the guys blast company. (who designs striking “metallic” leather through Hip favorites like “Blow at High (440) 645-9029 While Th e Tragically Hip never quite suits for Downie to wear over his Jaws Dough,” “Morning Moon,” “Th rowing Off By appointment only crossed over into mainstream American T-shirt), hat maker Karyn Gingras (who Glass,” “Opiated,” “Bobcaygeon,” “Spring- text, call, or FB msg. audiences during its thirty-year run, the decorates Downie’s brims with feathers time in Vienna,” “Flamenco,” and “Grace, ensemble was beloved in its native Ontar- and quills), front-of-house soundman Too” before packed houses with enthusias- io—whose major cities comprise half of Mark Vreeken, and security expert Rick tic fans who alternately smile, sing along… INSPIRED BY NATURE. the dozen or stops on the Man Machine Wellington. and weep. INTERPRETED THRU Poem promotional tour. Th e fi ve-piece “He had a fi re in him,” says Wellness In Kingston, Downie and Th e Hip are IMAGINATION. cultivated a core following across fi fteen Director Dr. Linday Voight of Downie’s joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 19 North Coast Voice

individual parts, to a place where we knew we could go KICKIN’ IT into the studio and just let it happen live. We are a band. We play live together and, Beachland Ballroom welcomes more than any one song or achievement, this is what we Th e Infamous Stringdusters do. Now we have an album V Opener - Horseshoes & Hand Grenades that captures that.” V Tue. · Feb. 13, 2018 • Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm $20.00 - $22.00 Part of Gravity's vision involved not road-testing and Unlike rock 'n' roll, bluegrass music's On Laws of Gravity, that's exactly what adapting the songs before boundaries are often defi ned in very nar- the Infamous Stringdusters — Andy Hall and “Th is Ol' Building” which pull from the taking them into the studio. Th at's a new row terms and that has caused some bands (dobro), Jeremy Garrett (fi ddle), and Travis blues and R&B strands of the Stringdust- step in the Stringdusters' process that to carefully consider their place within the Book (double bass), in addition to Falco ers' musical DNA. starts with fi ltering through and whittling genre. But, in order to survive, everything and Pandolfi — have done. Th eir seventh “Th e specifi c feelings in those songs down a wealth of material to the best of must evolve... even bluegrass. Enter the studio set further proves that the band's lend themselves to a soulful sound,” Hall the batch. “We take those 20 or so songs Infamous Stringdusters, the very model of collective whole is far greater than the sum explains. “Th e longing of 'Back Home,' and take them to the next level as a band,” a major modern bluegrass band. of its individual parts, as the song selection the passion of 'Th is Ol' Building.' Slowing Pandolfi explains. “So much gets accom- “At a certain point in our career, there and pitch-perfect performances weighs the things down a bit, but still having a real plished in this writing/arranging stage. It's was hesitation in calling us a bluegrass Stringdusters' appeal to traditional fans edge and passion is the essence of that. where songs become Stringduster songs. band,” guitarist Andy Falco admits. “Th ese against their musical quest to attract new And probably a bit of maturity on our part In the end, we share the songwriting credit days, we’re much more comfortable with listeners. It's a balance that comes natu- brings out a more authentic soulful sound.” because of all the collective work that goes that label.” Banjo man Chris Pandolfi rally to the band. Here, trad-leaning tunes Indeed, the Stringdusters have worked into this (and every other) aspect of being echoes the point: “We love bluegrass, but like “Freedom,” “A Hard Life Makes a Good hard to become the band they are. “Once in a band.” we have been infl uenced by other genres Song,” “Maxwell,” and “1901: A Canyon you start to move out of that, a lot of good “We may try the song in a number of dif- as much, if not more. When it comes to Odyssey” pick hard and soar high, letting things happen,” Pandolfi says. “You know ferent feels before landing on something making music, we always try to be a blank trade-off solos and layered vocal harmo- who you are, and how to do your thing that works for the sound of the band. If slate and give new songs whatever they nies work their magic. As it continues on, with confi dence and experience. Th is colors a song is good, it usually comes together need to come to life. We just try to make Gravity reaches its roots deep and wide, the songwriting process as much as any- fairly quickly,” Halls says, “But we’re writ- something good, something that is true to but never sacrifi ces the wings of the band, thing. We work so hard on the music, but ing more diverse stuff these days, so some who we are.” as exemplifi ed in tracks like “Back Home” it's not hard work. It's really the payoff , and experimentation is always welcome.” it comes more naturally with time.” While the new record boasts a single Letting the past inform and the present instrumental track, “Sirens,” where the fi ve propel, the Stringdusters' style and sub- fellas really cut loose on their respective stance are uniquely Infamous. Since 2007, strings, the vocals across the other dozen the band's ever-evolving artistry and boldly tracks tie this music to the bluegrass tradi- creative collaborations — including Ryan tion in an even more profound way. “Sing- Adams, Joss Stone, Bruce Hornsby, Joan ing is a big part of bluegrass music,” Falco Osborne, and Lee Ann Womack — have says. “It’s an important part of the sound pushed them past the edges of traditional and I think that part of music gets over- acoustic music and carved out a musical looked a lot. Th e singing should convey the niche all their own in the hearts of fans emotion of the song. Th at's what we aim to and critics, alike. Over the past couple of do. One could argue that it's more impor- years, they released 2015's Undercover, tant than the playing.” a covers EP, followed by 2016's Ladies & Out beyond Laws of Gravity, the Infa- Gentlemen, an album featuring multiple mous Stringdusters have an even broader female guest vocalists. Th ose projects may vision. “We just want to keep making have seemed like artistic tangents, but they original music, keep evolving as people and actually proved to be a pretty direct route musicians, and continue to help our amaz- from there to Gravity. ing community of fans grow and enjoy this “Being singers and songwriters, we were experience together,” Pandolfi says. “When really ready to put some of our own songs we hear from people that our music or the out with us singing them,” Falco says. community around our music has helped “In the same way solo projects can take them fi nd joy in life, it makes everything you away to be able to come back and feel seem very worthwhile.” refreshed, the last two records have done Falco adds, “We love playing together that and we were ready to hit the studio and that’s the reason we’ve been doing it with our songs sung by us.” for as long as we have. We want to able “We had much more of a vision for how to do this until we’re old and grey. Th at’s we wanted this album to come together really it — making music together and than we did with past projects,” Pandolfi continuing to evolve our brand of blue- adds. “We got the music, including all our grass music.” 20 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice WELCOME 2018! ■■■ By Sage Satori VRefl ection?? Resolutions?? Changes?? Travel?? 12 New Chapters ahead! After the ball drops and January gets underway it’s common and communal to have enthusiasm for new beginnings, changes, resolutions and goals. We talk to our friends and families about commitments to start anew on whatever it is we think we should be doing. If nothing we commit to sticks throughout the year at least we were motivated for a short time and that in itself is a good thing! So, as we leave behind a rather chaotic 2017 (it didn’t all suck) and move into 2018 we decided to pass along some wisdom from years or centuries past that can motivate even if just for a little while. Words of Wisdom Th e real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust The real purpose of our existence is not to make a living, but to make a life; a worthy, well-rounded, useful life. ~ Author Unknown Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and fi nd all the barri- ers within yourself that you have built against it. Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity to heal. ~ A Course in Miracles To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. ~ Winston Churchill Why do we spend so much energy and time collecting things that we can't take with us? I have found no matter how much 'stuff ' I have, 'stuff ' never brings happiness. ~ Stephanie Carroll We are not merely scripted by our circumstances; we can become the Off The Wooden Spool creative forces of our lives, capable of optimizing sometimes even unseen possibilities. ~ Stephen M. R. Covey an Etsy shop Th si is my simple religion. Th ere is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama Unique quilted gifts Th ere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. Th e other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein from the heart Wisdom is knowing how to properly handle the information and knowl- edge we have, especially when it comes to relationships. ~K. P. Yohannan, A Visit my shop for information and pricing. Life of Balance When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~ Wayne Dyer Give yourself permission to believe in possibilities. It truly is the corner- stone of success. And it's a powerful antidote to those who are trying to push us in the direction of negativity and fear. ~ Leeza Gibbons, Fierce Opti- mism: Seven Secrets for Playing Nice and Winning Big Even if you are not looking at things the wrong way, simply looking at things a diff erent way can bring new possibilities to your attention. ~ David A. Hunter, How To Find Your Passion Th le ast of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. ~ Victor Frankl Wisdom can be defi ned as the ability to anticipate the consequences of your choices in advance of making them. ~ Jenny Rogers Vandy Linhart [email protected] Etsy shop - offthewoodenspool North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 21 North Coast Voice Continued from page 10 the devil's music, Tharpe returned to and Jimi Hendrix singing her praises. year before and did so again, only this Tharpe gained even more notoriety by recording more Christian music later in She may have been the world’s first time instead of it being in a studio, he performing regularly with jazz legend the 1940s. bad-ass female guitar player, but she had the great idea of staging it in an Cab Calloway at Harlem's famous Cot- In 1947, she formed a duet with fellow remained to the end a gospel performer, abandoned train station in South Man- ton Club. During the early 1940s, she gospel singer Marie Knight to record tra- with roots firmly embedded in the chester. The idea rolled out of an early worked with Lucky Millinder's orches- ditional gospel songs such as "Oh When church. show he had done, in which he hired tra, and she recorded such secular hits I Come to the End of My Journey," and "I Her epitaph reads, "She would sing three trains as a backdrop for Little as "Shout Sister Shout", "I Want a Tall Hear Music in the Air". The two women until you cried and then she would sing Eva's “Loco-motion.” Skinny Papa", and "That's All", the first reportedly had an intense personal rela- until you danced for joy. She helped to He already had a relationship with record on which she played the electric tionship as well. V keep the church alive and the saints the railways, so they tipped him off to guitar. They toured, collaborated and per- rejoicing." Few things are as satisfying as the derelict station. All the while, Tharpe kept up a gruel- formed as two black women in a relation- long-awaited recognition. "I asked if they could throw in a train ing tour schedule, performing her gospel ship in the late 1940s; it was a radical act Though this year’s Rock Hall induction as well, which we dressed with a cow- music in churches as well as playing for the times. In 1950, the duo and part- for Sister Rosetta Tharpe comes decades catcher (a metal frame at the front of secular clubs. One highlight was a week- nership split, and neither ever recovered after the singer's death, I know some- a locomotive for pushing aside cattle long stint on stage at New York's famous her previous popularity. where up there, she is smiling! (Recom- or other obstacles on the tracks) and Café Society before racially mixed One year later, Tharpe married her mended Reading: Gayle Wald's biography everything fell into place”, said Hamp. crowds. Despite her fame, institutional manger, Russell Morrison, in an elabo- Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of "Of course, the imagery of the trains, racism in the mid-1940s was still ram- rate ceremony at Griffith Stadium in Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta the whistle blowing in the distance, pant. On tour, all restaurants and hotels Washington, D.C., attended by some Tharpe ) is one that is long associated with the were still segregated, so Tharpe slept on 25,000 paying audience members. The blues." buses, and went around the back end of event featured a gospel performance by “Didn’t It Rain?” The station was dressed up to look restaurants to pick up food because they Tharpe in her wedding dress and fin- With the renewed interest in Sister like one from the American South, but wouldn't let her in. ished with a massive fireworks display. It Rosetta Tharpe generated by her Rock typically for Manchester, the weather Yet the spirit in her music never was deemed a desperate publicity stunt Hall induction, a grainy video has been did not echo that area's dustbowl broke. She soon gained a celebrity status by some, and the short-lived marriage popping up in heavy rotation on You- conditions. and even became a legend amongst black ended badly. Tube. It is perhaps the gospel singer’s Shortly after the train carrying the soldiers fighting in World War II, who Soon after, Tharpe’s career began most electrifying performance on film. I audience from the city’s center pulled felt she was “one of them”. She became dwindling down. Young white men were would recommend it as required viewing in, a storm lashed the station. The sky one of only two African American gospel taking over the rock 'n' roll scene and for any fan of music history; it is iconic opened up and a sudden downpour artists to be asked to record "V-Discs" experimenting further with the sounds not only from a musical standpoint but threatened to ruin the day. (the "V" stood for "victory") for Ameri- she had forged. historically as well. Meanwhile, Sister Rosetta, who can troops overseas. As surf music and the British Inva- On May 7, 1964, a gaggle of excited was used to riding in limousines, was After the war, Tharpe started work- sion took hold of America in the 60s, passengers alighted on to a grainy dis- brought to the stage in a horse-drawn ing with Sammy Price and produced a Rosetta’s popularity waned in her home used railway station platform in South carriage. She stepped out, wearing famous spiritual single, "Strange Things country, but she turned around and Manchester, England and took their a white cashmere coatdress, pearl Happening Everyday," with Decca found new audiences in the UK and seats for what one of the city's leading earrings and high heels, and she and Records. The song specifically references across Europe. music academics says was a "massively Cousin Joe cakewalked down the line, the uneasiness of the bewildering events While on tour with Muddy Waters in culturally significant" gig. joining their fellow musicians on the going on in the mid-1940s: WWII was 1970, Tharpe suddenly fell ill and re- The show, at Whalley Range's aban- rain-soaked station platform. ending; the atomic bomb was dropped turned to the United States. She suffered doned Chorlton station, was born out She asked Hamp if she could change in Hiroshima; Jackie Robinson had just a stroke shortly after her return and, due of the Blues and Gospel Tour, which was her opening number to ”Didn't It been signed to the major leagues. to complications from diabetes, had to touring Europe for a second year run- Rain?" Then she strapped on her elec- "Strange Things Happening Everyday" have a leg amputated. ning, having made its debut in 1963. The tric guitar, and proceeded to shred like would become one of her most well- Despite her health woes, Tharpe con- line-up was the stuff of musical legend - nobody’s business. known records, as well as the first gospel tinued to perform regularly for several Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie The audience, seated on the other song to cross over into the R&B top 10 more years. In October 1973, however, McGhee, Cousin Joe, Otis Spann, the side of the tracks, was astounded, as charts. Some even argue that it was one she suffered a second stroke and passed Reverend Gary Davis, and Sister Rosetta were the 10 million British viewers of the first rock 'n'roll recordings. away days later, on October 9, 1973, at Tharpe, and was recorded for British TV. who tuned in at home. The British In the mid-1940s, Tharpe scored an- the age of 58, in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Manchester was the hottest blues and press had been covering the civil rights other musical breakthrough by teaming vania. jazz scene in England at the time and movement in America. The general up with blues pianist Sammy Price to re- In the decades that followed, she already had a very big R'n'B appreciation public had seen the hoses and police cord music featuring an unprecedented became overlooked in the mainstream scene. In fact, Manchester was the only dogs, the racial injustice virtually non- combination of piano, guitar, and gospel discourse of rock history, but her work place that took the first tour in 1963 - existent in their country. singing. continued to be celebrated across roots, what many people don't know is that Now out came this impassioned The duo's two most famous tracks, blues, and gospel circles. a minibus came from London to watch woman of color, who was truly a force recorded in 1944, were "Strange Things She wielded her guitar like a weapon, that show and in it were Eric Clapton, of nature; her performance was as Happening Every Day" and "Two Little and went to war with the best of them, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Brian emotionally charged as a Southern Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread." How- all in the name of the Lord. Sister Ro- Jones. Baptist church service. Rosetta was ever, in the face of intense criticism from setta was a true pioneer, heavily influenc- Johnnie Hamp, the legendary Brit- endearing, powerful, and could really the religious community, who viewed ing generations of rock musicians, with ish TV producer, had booked them the play! Nobody had ever seen a woman her jazzy collaborations with Price as artists such as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Continued on page 27

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kids. Most of all she longs to be accepted into one of the more respected colleges on the East Coast but Mom, possibly fearing MOVIE REVIEWS the loss of her daughter, tries to discour- ■■■ By Westside Steve Simmons age that ambition. Episodes of bonding with her friends, embarrassments and near Chamberlain that Great Britain should misses with a couple romantic interests, actually work a deal using the Italian dic- and eventual self-realization, all combine V tator Benito Mussolini as a go-between, to make up a pleasant if unspectacular tale, but many people trusted Mussolini as but the autobiographical story of becoming Westside Steve much as Pete Clemenza trusted Barzini. a writer is something of a cliché. Also, one Sat. Jan. 27 • 8:30 PM When it all came down, the decisions fell of the characters is gay, there are a couple Firehouse Grill • Malvern squarely into the lap of Prime Minister of possibly adopted Hispanic kids, and the Churchill. Th is fi lm is not so much a war critics and the Academy seem to love that. movie but a look into the personality of I didn’t think it was great but I’m usually at Sat. Feb. 24 one of the world’s most famous fi gures. least somewhat impressed if people can put Halfway to Summer Celebration! Gary Oldman is onscreen almost the out a decent product on a relatively small The Erie Yacht Club • Erie entire fi lm and while makeup has a role to budget, so I’ll split the diff erence. play, it’s his incredible talent that makes B- March 2018 this one of the greatest performances of WSS Plan ahead for Irishness! the decade. It’s not my favorite fi lm of the Friday 2 • 8:30 PM • Sully's Irish Pub year but it is an impressive feat and the Saturday 3 • 8:30 PM • Firehouse Grill acting is second to none. A- Saturday 24 • 10:00 PM • Mullarkey’s Irish Pub WSS Check Westside Steve Simmons on Facebook for changes. Darkest Hour To purchase Westside Steve Simmons Focus|PG13|125 min newest CD A Pirates Life visit Like last year’s DUNKIRK, DARKEST www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons HOUR is a rarity among World War II fi lms, at least the ones that get the most www.westsidesteve.com attention in American theaters. We Yanks are more accustomed to sprawling noisy battles rife with bloodshed and ex- plosions, where the Americans eventually come to save the day. Th e Europeans see the Second World War from their own perspective. Th is one examines not only the behind-the-scenes politics around the time of Dunkirk, but centers on one of the world’s bigger-than-life charac- Wonder Wheel ters - the irascible Winston Churchill. As Amazon|PG-13.|101 World War II dragged on and Western Lady Bird Streaming services are making big Europe found itself in danger of being Focus Features|R|94 min strides in the way we watch movies overrun by Hitler’s forces, the people of I won’t spend a lot of time on this one be- and television - Netfl ix, with its origi- England became at fi rst suspicious, and cause it’s been out for a while, but I think it nal series, Hulu, with the Ron Howard then outright hostile, to the appease- bears mention. A quick scan of some movie Beatles documentary, and Amazon ment policies of Neville Chamberlain. sites had this listed as one of the buzz fi lms video, that picked up a lot of critical Due to the parliamentary nature of for Oscar nominations so I waited until buzz last year with Manchester-by-the- British government, it became almost it appeared at some of the local theaters. Sea. Wonder Wheel is another Amazon impossible to agree on a candidate to be- Shout out to Alex at the Montrose movies. video production from one of America’s come the new Prime Minister. Churchill First of all, I think I understand why some greatest writer-directors, Woody Allen. seemed to be the one man who, if not of the critics are falling all over themselves. It is, however, appearing on a disap- loved by all, was at least more acceptable Currently anything concerning women will pointingly small number of brick-and- to both sides than a member of the other usually be a hot topic and this is a female mortar screens, quite possibly because side. A consensus pick if you will. As we coming-of-age story set in 2003. Lady Bird of the Neo Puritans and the witch hunt know, Churchill’s claim to fame was his is the pseudonym that Christine (Saoirse of Mr. Allen. Woody has an amazing personality and his ability to bond with Ronan), a high school girl and aspiring number of fi lms on his resume, ranging the common people. Huge decisions writer from the poor side of Sacramento, from slapstick comedy to heart crushing needed to be made, initially the idea to has selected for herself. Money is tight for drama, all seasoned with a good help- have civilian boats rescue the troops at her mom (Laurie Metcalf) and her unem- ing of autobiography. Th is particular Dunkirk. We know how that worked. ployed but aff able father, but she yearns fi lm is a period piece set in the 50s as Also, there was a faction who agreed with for acceptance among the more well-to-do Continued on page 24 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 23 North Coast Voice Continued from page 23 can’t think of too many. Ironically Rocky the glamour of Coney Island has begun Horror is really not a bad fi lm but Th e to fade, and fi ve characters combine in Room, from what I’ve seen of it, is pure fi ve interwoven stories. Humpty (Jim garbage. Belushi), a recovering alcoholic strug- THE DISASTER ARTIST is suppos- gling to make ends meet as a carousel edly the actual account of how THE operator, his wife Ginny (Kate Winslet), ROOM came to be produced directed a failed actress working as a waitress in and released on fi lm. Acting students a Clam House, his estranged daughter Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero (James Carolina (Juno Temple), who ran away and David Franco) are struggling (for V from home to marry an abusive gang- good reason) in an acting class when ster from whom she is now on the run, Tommy decides the two of them should Mickey (Justin Timberlake), an aspiring throw caution to the wind and produce writer earning a living as a lifeguard but Wiseau's “masterpiece” THE ROOM, awestruck by the romance and drama of the story of a creepy investment banker the great playwrights. I originally found whose girlfriend has an aff air with his Timberlake’s character to be short of the best pal. If you aren’t already a fan of charisma needed to pull off the role but the cult hit you probably won’t have it’s that lack that actually makes it work much interest how it came to exist, but in the end. Oh, and Ginny’s kid Richie, if you are then this should be a lot more a fi rebug and a thief. What we have in fun. You can fi nd lots of fi lm clips of the this group is a minefi eld of unfulfi lled original fl ick as well as discussions etc. relationships, all of which are seemingly on YouTube which will help immensely. destined for tragedy. Ginny has found I did fi nd out from that research that new hope in a relationship with Mickey, James Franco, the writer, producer, but his fascination with the older woman director, did a surprisingly good job of starts to fade when he meets the younger recreating Tommy Wiseau on the screen, (but decidedly dangerous) Carolina. and reproducing many of the original I won’t tell you how things shake out scenes to a T, no small task. Still after all other than to remind you that Woody is said and done Tommy is not a pleasant Allen really takes the easy way out with a character making it almost impossible cheap and easy ending. All I can tell you to empathize with him. Th at, and your is that even though I hoped against hope own personal appreciation of the absurd, for a way out of the quiet desperation, I will determine how much you like this did empathize with all the players in this one. As for me? drama. C+ A WSS WSS

Th e Disaster Artist A24 Warner|R|103 min Okay, to be honest I’ve never heard of a 2003 cult fi lm called THE ROOM. Molly's Game I’m told that it’s one of the worst mov- STX fi lms|R|140 min ies ever made and also a big hit among I was a little surprised that this one a group of idiots who attend each and didn’t get more screens in the area, es- every midnight feature shouting and pecially due to the size of the advertising throwing stuff at the screen wearing campaign and the track record of Aaron costumes and carrying props. You know, Sorkin, but there are only a handful of just like ROCKY HORROR PICTURE spots to see one of the only new releases SHOW. I guess there are stupider ways to this week. Also, I’ve never heard of the spend your time (the Cleveland Browns distribution company so … Th is is the 0 and 16 parade comes to mind) but I Continued on page 28 24 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice If You Can Dream It, course an emergency stop button to shut I Can Build It. the whole thing down, just in case. All of STAY IN TUNE these little extras were close to 100.00. I also built a new Very sturdy table that ■■■ By Luthier Patrick Podpadec the machine will sit on so there was another $85.00. As of this point right Custom Designs Guitars We can only hope that now I probably have about $1,500 to Basses VFebruary is not quite as $1,700 into it along with nearly 50-60 Acoustic brutal as January started hours of research and watching YouTube Electric out to be. With these bone videos on how to construct the machine Mandolins chilling temperatures of 5 to where it is today. Double Necks degrees and below I Th ank I don't even count that time because Harp Guitars

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I'm sure that the all ers, the control board, and the power but spending around $2,000 for a ma- of what will be coming in the future in supply from Amazon for 350.00 and chine / tool is not unheard of in today's regards to my new found education and the Mach3 software (175.00) to run the marketplace. I spent that much for my being able to help others with answers G-code program. I decided to buy a cam re-saw band saw 10 years ago. Please to questions and in the sharing of my AgeLess Band program called VCarve which will enable keep in mind that I do wood working for experience that I have been able to ac- agelessband.com Formerly Whooz Playin' me to draw or manipulate my drawings my living, so the expense is a little more quire through my eff orts will be bring me into a format that the Mach3 program justifi ed. enormous joy for years to come. Getting back to my progress on my Fri. 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Continued from page 22 Kennedy Center Honor and the Presiden- play guitar like that. Young British tial National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone dudes saw it and immediately formed Magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 blues bands, which soon crossed the Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” pond to invade the U.S. Th e Folk Blues In 1957, he took his fi rst makeshift Tour kept rolling through Germany, guitar to Chicago, where he would France, the UK and points east, for permanently alter the direction of the years to come, spreading the gospel of instrument, fi rst on numerous sessions the blues. for Chess Records playing alongside Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and the rest of the label’s legendary roster, and then Marie and Rosetta on recordings of his own. His incendi- January 20th – February 11th ary style left its mark on guitarists from Cleveland Playhouse Jimmy Page to John Mayer. Get your front-row seat to music his- “He was for me what Elvis was prob- tory in the making. In this timely play, BUDDY GUY ably like for other people,” said Eric Sister Rosetta Th arpe plucks prim-and- APRIL 12th Hard Rock Rocksino Clapton at Guy’s Rock and Roll Hall of proper Marie Knight from a rival gospel At age 81, Buddy Guy is a Rock and Fame induction in 2005. “My course was show. Th e two challenge one another on Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major set and he was my pilot.” music, life, and Th e Almighty. Th is story infl uence on rock titans like Jimi Th ese many years later, Guy is a genu- of letting loose, fi nding your voice, and Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray ine American treasure and one of the freeing your soul is a soaring music- Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled fi nal surviving connections to a historic theatre experience chock full of roof- West Side sound and a living link to the era in the country’s musical evolution. raising performances. Th is should be a city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Guy More Info: www.BuddyGuy.net great show, a must-see for rock history has received seven GRAMMY Awards, a RESERVED SEATS: $75.00, $47.50, buff s and a chance to learn more about 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY $39.50 this dynamic and inspiring woman. Th e Award, 37 Blues Music Awards (the ON SALE Now. Fans can purchase Godmother of Rock n Roll, a long over- most any artist has received), the at the Hard Rock Rocksino Box Offi ce, looked icon of our musical heritage, is Billboard Magazine Century Award for LiveNation.com, and Ticketmaster.com fi nally getting her due. distinguished artistic achievement, a or by phone (800)745-3000.

North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 27 North Coast Voice Continued from page 24 glance at building the poker empire, and and reshot with Christopher Plummer screen adaptation of the autobiography also the persecution from the FBI for weeks before release I decided not to by the same name of Molly Bloom, whose what seems to be a minor breach of the waste my time. (I won’t waste my time brush with Winter Olympic greatness law. I don’t think anyone in the audience on the final season of House of Cards translated into a career in the almost- wants to see this personable and attrac- either). I'm not a big fan of boycotts but legal world of big stakes poker. I’m almost tive young woman destroyed because of I am truly disgusted when anyone’s life always intrigued by behind-the-scenes a card game. Nor could I work up a sweat career or reputation can be destroyed looks at this type of American pastime, worrying about whether or not her book by unproven innuendo and even more gambling, horse racing, scam artists, etc., would name names, which is another part disgusted when the press, who should and to an extent found some interest in of the story. I can’t imagine why I would be our arbiter of truth and fairness, rolls MOLLY'S’s GAME. This one reminded care if I found out that a movie star, a with these allegations for no other rea- me a little bit of the classic gambling flick politician, or a professional athlete was son than pure greed, regardless of proof. CASINO but without the action or the winning or losing at the poker table. I believe in innocent until proven guilty larger-than-life performances. The char- Anyway, maybe her book tells a more regardless of the target of any of today’s acters here, including Miss Bloom (Jessica riveting tale that gets lost in the screen witch hunts, Republican, Democrat, gay, Chastain) herself, might have varying adaptation, but there is no way to tell straight, or anything else. amounts of personality but no one stays here. Still, I thought it interesting enough Some may remember the story of on screen long enough to gather any em- for a weak recommendation. Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle America’s most pathy. The film includes her ex-boss who C+ famous silent comedian, accused in the is little more than an asshole, a twisted WSS Press by an unscrupulous gossip colum- kid who gambles merely for the fun of nist of raping and murdering a starlet. destroying people’s lives, a handful of His career was ruined and even though losers infected with gambling fever, and a All the money in eventually the charges shown to be un- few Russian mobsters, none of whom are true it was too late. The retraction never fleshed out well enough to create inter- the world reaps the prominence of the accusation. est. There is her father, however, played The following is my own opinion and In a perfect world anyone accused by Kevin Costner, with whom she seems not necessarily the views of The North should fight to the end and those who to have had a strained relationship since Coast Voice management or ownership. made the spurious claims (and especially she was a child, but his screen time is as I believe Kevin Spacey is one of the those who profited from printing them) limited as the rest. best actors alive, so when I found out should face severe consequences. The gist of the story is twofold - a that his scenes in this film were removed WSS

28 North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 North Coast Voice Continued from page 14 FREEZING Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers Announce Can you find the hidden words? Co-Headline North American Summer Tour They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. Saturday, June 23 | Blossom Music Center On Sale Starts January 12 at LiveNation.com Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers an- ing mind-blowing, roots-based, harmony- nounced their co-headline North Ameri- laden, guitar-driven rock and roll for over can 2018 summer tour kicking off May 10 four decades, selling more than 48 million in Charlotte, NC and wrapping July 14 in albums and winning four GRAMMY® Bethel, NY. Promoted by Live Nation, the Awards. Their latest studio album, South- legendary bands will travel to 30+ cities bound, features new recordings of the across the U.S. and Canada. Tickets for the band’s biggest hits, with country music’s tour go on sale to the general public begin- biggest stars including Blake Shelton, Zac ning Friday, January 12 at 8am local time Brown Band, Brad Paisley and Toby Keith. in most cities on Live Nation.com. Boasting one of the most loyal fan bases Founded in 1972, Steely Dan has sold in music, the band continues to write and more than 40 million albums worldwide record new material and tour the world. and helped define the soundtrack of Their No. 1 singles “Black Water” (1974) the ‘70s with hits such as “Reelin’ in the and “What a Fool Believes” (1979), both Years,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” gold, lead a catalog of indelible songs that “F.M.,” “Peg,” “Hey Nineteen,” “Deacon include “Listen To The Music,” “Jesus Is Blues,” and “Babylon Sisters,” from their Just All Right,” “Rockin’ Down the High- seven platinum albums issued between way,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “China Grove,” 1972 and 1980 – including 1977’s sold-out “Take Me In Your Arms,” Takin’ it to the ANTARCTIC, ARCTIC, ARCTIC CIRCLE, ARCTIC FOX, BLIZZARD, FREEZ- tours (that continue through today). In Streets,” “Minute by Minute,” “You Belong ING, FROSTY, FROZEN, GELID, GLACIER, HUSKY, ICE, ICEBERG, ICE- 2000 they released the multi-Grammy to Me,” “The Doctor” and more. In all, the BREAKER, ICE FIELD, ICE FLOE, ICE SHELF, ICICLE, IGLOO, NORTH winning (including “Album of the Year”) Doobies have tallied up five top 10 singles Two Against Nature, and released the and 16 top 40 hits. Beginning with their POLE, PENGUIN, PERMAFROST, POLAR BEAR, SLED, SLEET, SNOW, acclaimed follow-up Everything Must Go multi-million-selling sophomore collection SNOWSHOE, SNOWSTORM, SOUTH POLE, WHITEOUT. in 2003. Steely Dan was inducted into the Toulouse Street (1972), the Doobies have Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Visit 3 multi-platinum, 7 platinum and 14 Gold www.SteelyDanOfficial.com for more albums. Their Best of the Doobies (1976) information. has sold more than 12 million copies – a The Doobie Brothers have been deliver- rare “diamond record.” Wish You Were Here – Tribute to Pink Floyd Saturday, May 5 • General Admission Tickets: $18.50 On Sale: Fri., January 12 @ 10:00am Wish You Were Here - The Sight & More Info: www.floydtribute.com Sound Of Pink Floyd - Celebrating the Tickets for both shows are available at 40th Anniversary of "Animals". the box office at 308 Euclid Ave. Cleveland Performing the landmark 1977 album or through the website www.houseof- in its entirety plus Pink Floyd’s greatest blues.com hits, classics and obscurities - along with new video, laser and lighting effects. Wish You Were Here’s theatrical concert presentation combines Sight and Sound to capture the mood, emotions, and intensity of the Pink Floyd experi- ence. The show utilizes a professional 9-piece musical ensemble featuring 6 vocalists (including at least 2 female vocalists), authentic sound effects and video on a large circular screen, theatrical vignettes with props, characters & flying inflatables, and a choreographed light show with rolling fog, and state-of-the- art intelligent lighting - all produced by experienced industry professionals with a fan's obsession for detail. North Coast Voice Magazine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 29 North Coast Voice

From the Deep, Cavernous Mind of SNARP FARKLE IN THE BOX Have you missed me? Well at least one of out of my box for many… many years my loyal readers has, he called VHQ (Voice watching and pitying them for the loss of Headquarters) to ask why my articles knowledge and wisdom that they must haven’t been seen in the Voice since July! suff er with all the while being someone He wins the “Where Is Snarp Farkle Con- else’s puppet! Th e fear of climbing out test” and will receive the “Where Is Snarp of the BOX is overwhelming for most, Farkle Contest” Grand Prize… as soon as I sometimes they try but quickly climb back fi gure out what exactly that is! in when they see how lonely it can be while Heh-Heh-Heh! thinking outside the BOX, all their friends Th e funny thing about this is that he and family are still in there along with all didn’t even know that he was in a contest, their toys! as were you, and you didn’t know it either! So I decided to do a test to see how many Want to know why? Well it’s like this… people actually read my articles since I I had a bad bout of “Writer’s Block” don’t get any feedback from anyone that that I’m guessing started in the spring as I they have! To read my articles you are sent struggled to write anything remotely simi- to my website where there are “thumbs lar to the style of writing you have come up and thumbs down buttons”, “fi ve star accustomed to from me since 2008. Since buttons” and a comments section for each then I have twisted your minds with my article, yet no one has ever used them in version of wit and wisdom gathered from nearly ten years, so how do I know that the “Ancient Manuscript of Snarpology”, anyone is even reading them? Th en there’s which lies deep… deep… in my deep… “FaceBook”, which I rarely ever go to any- deep… cavernous mind! more but alerts that there’s another article Accessing the “Manuscript of Snarpol- from me do, and no one has used the “Like” ogy” sometimes is not so easy to do. A lot or “Dislike” buttons there either! depends on the number of involuntary dis- Th is is when I decided to only do a pic- tractions that are competing for my atten- ture for the Voice with the caption “Where tion, and since I have a very small attention Is Snarp Farkle?” to see if anyone would span, this can cause a tragic mesmerizing notice and ask… “Yeah where is Snarp avalanche of a cranial grey mater, blocking Farkle?”, and it took fi ve months before me from access to the “Manuscript”, and anyone did! I’ll be calling him soon to thus is formed what your world calls the… congratulate him since he foolishly left me “Writer’s Block”! his number! (Answers on page 29) In my world however, I call it the “AssBag So it’s like this, do you miss me? If so Block” because distractions like this are you’re going to have to let me know so I THE JOKE’S ON YOU by Phil Ryder & YOU usually caused by someone that thinks can continue to help you think outside the it’s important to distract me with some BOX too! of their assbagness! But they forget that I ~ Snarp don’t live in a BOX like they do, I’ve been www.snarpfarkle.com

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