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Brevard Live March 2013 - 1 2 - Brevard Live March 2013 Brevard Live March 2013 - 3 4 - Brevard Live March 2013 Brevard Live March 2013 - 5 6 - Brevard Live March 2013 Content March 2013 FEATURES page 51 NIKKI BLUHM KENNY ROGERS Led by the smooth voice and sultry moves Columns Though he has been most successful with of a bell-bottomed beauty, Nicki Bluhm country audiences, he has charted more masterfully leads her troupe of trouba- Charles Van Riper than 120 hit singles across various music dours through their organic and accessible 22 Political Satire genres and topped the country and pop al- sound, reflecting the laid back emotive music that Northern California has in- bum charts for more than 200 individual Calendars weeks in the United States alone. spired for so many years. Live Entertainment, Page 11 Page 20 25 Concerts, Festivals YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND FDM: CENTER STAGE Expose Yourself After a thousand plus live shows and tens Florida Discount Music has a new “cen- 30 by Charles & Lissa of thousands of miles traveled, YMSB ter stage” putting the spotlight on some has come set a precedent regarding what mighty fine local talent. Sam Rece ofHar - Brevard Scene to expect in attending their live shows. bor City Music checked it out. Steve Keller gives Caleb Miller experienced it! 33 Page 41 you the lowdown. Page 13 JEFF STENTON Out & About YES 37 by Joe Cronin Regarded as pioneers of the progressive Jeff is one of Brevard’s best kept talent secrets which was publicly explored at genre, YES are known for their lengthy HarborCityMusic songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, last year’s Brevard Live Music Awards Original Music is and live stage sets. On their Spring Tour when he took the stage as solo artist. Steve 41 they will feature three albums per show. Keller sat down and talked with him. alive and well. Page 17 Page 42 Brevard Live March 2013 - 7 8 - Brevard Live March 2013 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast March 2013 and beyond for 21 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke e’re on the peak of our entertain- nic on the pation with burgers, hot dogs, STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER Wment season and you can catch great chicken sandwiches and more. This show Charlene Hemmle shows in many places throughout Brevard is a fundraiser for the King Center. Show ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE County. The magazine features articles support! Cynthia Prindle about Kenny Rogers, Yes, Jim Thackery, MUSIC WRITERS Natty Vibes (!), and Savoy Brown who Caleb Miller are scheduled to perform in our area along Steve Keller OUT & ABOUT with some memorable shows that you Joe Cronin might have missed. Here are a few more PHOTOGRAPHY performances you want to add to your list Jesse Hearndon of entertainment choices: Misti Blu Day Shelley Chandler Chuck Van Riper Pirates OF PENZANCE COLUMNISTS The King Center has been offering a few Chuck Van Riper of unusual shows with overwhelming suc- Charles Knight & cess. The Price Is Right Live! was one of OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Lissa Galindo those sold-out favorites. Here’s another The combined efforts of Roland Guilarte’s HARBOR CITY MUSIC one: If you like to capture the pirate spirit, Brevard Music Group and The Henegar Sam Rece/ Shelley Chandler Reproduction of any portion of this is your ultimate buccaneers show for Center has brought some memorable con- Brevard Live Magazine is strictly a rollicking romp over the rocky coast certs to downtown Melbourne. prohibited without the written of Cornwall. It’s a pirate party on March Ottmar Liebert is a guitarist and com- permission of the publisher. 14th! poser best known for his distinct New Fla- menco sound. A five-time Grammy Award ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES nominee, Liebert has received 38 Gold Phone: (321) 956-9207 and Platinum certifications in the United [email protected] States, as well as certifications in Canada, COMMENTS & LETTERS Australia, and New Zealand. His debut Brevard Live Magazine album Nouveau Flamenco (1990) sold P.O. Box 1452, double-platinum in the United States and Melbourne, Fl 32902 has become one of the best-selling guitar Copyright © 2013 albums of all time. He will perform at the Brevard Live Henegar Center on Wednesday, March All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos 20th, at 8pm. or scripts sent to Brevard Live ROCK OF AGES Magazine. Published photos and The worldwide party musical Rock Of articles become property of this Ages features a mix of 28 rockin’ 80’s publication. We are not tunes including Don’t Stop Believin’, We responsible for wrongful Built This City, The Final Countdown, advertised or canceled venues. Wanted Dead Or Alive, Here I Go Again, Download a pdf file Can’t Fight This Feeling and I Want To Know What Love Is. Of course, it’s a love BREVARD story set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip. It’s FLORIDA going to be a big party that will have the audience dancing in their seats. There are many more exciting shows fea- LIVE The rock musical will be performed at the turing international, national and local tal- at www.brevardlive.co King Center on Tuesday and Wednesday, ent. Find them by reading Brevard Live Check out our affiliate at www.harborcitymusic.com April 9th and 10th. There will be a pic- Magazine. Enjoy! Brevard Live March 2013 - 9 10 - Brevard Live March 2013 Brevard Live April 11, 8 pm, King Center, Melbourne KENNY ROGERS enny Rogers is one of the most legend- ary voices and forces in America music history.K Though he has been most successful with country audiences, he has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres and topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. Two of his albums, The Gambler and Kenny, are featured in the About.com poll of “The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever.” He was voted the “Fa- vorite Singer of All-Time” in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. He has received numerous such awards as the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning over six decades. Besides being a legendary singer-songwriter, he has been successful as photographer, record producer, actor, entrepreneur and author. His career began in the mid 1950s when he recorded with career. Rogers soon developed a more middle of the road a rockabilly group called The Scholars, who had some suc- sound, with a somewhat rough but tuneful voiced style that cess with a single called “Poor Little Doggie.” Rogers was sold to both pop and country audiences. To date, he has not the lead singer of the group and after two more singles charted more than 60 top 40 hit singles and 50 of his al- they disbanded. Now on his own, Kenneth Rogers (as he bums have charted. His music has also been featured in top was billed then) followed the breakup with his own single, selling movie soundtracks, such as Convoy, Urban Cowboy a minor solo hit called “That Crazy Feeling” (1958). After and The Big Lebowski. sales slowed down, Rogers joined a jazz group called The In the late 1970s, Rogers teamed up with close friend Bobby Doyle Trio, who got a lot of work in clubs thanks to and Country Music legend Dottie West for a series of al- a reasonable fan following and also recorded for Columbia bums and duets. He started a series of successful collab- Records. The group disbanded in 1965. Rogers also worked orations with other notable artists. In 1980, his duet with as a producer, writer and session musician for other per- Kim Carnes “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer” became formers including country artists Mickey Gilley and Eddy a major hit. Later in 1980 came his partnership with Lionel Arnold. After a stint with The New Christy Minstrels as a Richie who wrote and produced Rogers’ No. 1 hit “Lady.” singer and double bass player, he formed The First Edition He went on to work with the Bee Gees to record his 1983 in 1967 (later renamed “Kenny Rogers and The First Edi- hit album Eyes That See in the Dark, featuring the title track tion”). They chalked up a string of hits on both the pop and and yet another number one hit “Islands in the Stream,” a country charts, including “Just Dropped In (To See What duet with Dolly Parton. Condition My Condition Was In),” “But You Know I Love Rogers was back at number one for the first time in You,” “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” “Reuben more than a decade with the 2000 single “Buy Me a Rose.” James,” and “Something’s Burning”. In his First Edition Although Rogers did not record new albums for a couple days, Rogers had something of a hippie image, sporting of years, he continued to have success in many countries long brown hair, an earring, and pink sunglasses. with more greatest hits packages. As of 2011 Rogers has When the group split in 1976, Rogers launched his solo recorded 65 albums and sold over 190 million records. Brevard Live March 2013 - 11 12 - Brevard Live March 2013 Brevard Live Yonder Mountain String Band! The Idiosyncratic Traditionalists “A man stood in the shadows, his face was dripping sweat He took a break with running but he wasn’t done yet. Looked over his shoulder, when he heard the barking hounds, Dug his feet into the earth and headed out of town” By Caleb Miller et’s call a town-hall meeting, gather all able minds, All ticket holders were brimming in excitement with Lmusicians, fans, hobbyists, and any person possessing an announcement a day before the show, Fiddle player ex- the slightest enjoyment for music.