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Brevard Live October 2007 - 1 2 - Brevard Live October 2007 Brevard Live October 2007 - 3 4 - Brevard Live October 2007 Brevard Live October 2007 - 5 6 - Brevard Live October 2007 Brevard Live October 2007 - 7 8 - Brevard Live October 2007 BREVARD LIVE Meet The Stars October 2007 F E A T U R E S Volume 16, Issue 7 • SM MEMORIAL BLUES BASH page 11 Featuring some of the finest blues bands in the country.. PUBLISHER & EDITOR Heike Clarke • SPACE COAST STATE FAIR page 13 STAFF Several free concerts with fair admission. Charlene Hemmle (Manager & Graphics) Jay Galbreath (Sales/Marketing) • BUDDY MILES page 14 Linda Thorpe (Sales/Marketing) The legendary blues man performs at the SBI Jeff Nall (Staff-Writer) Chris Long (Staff-Writer) David Mac Makin (Computer) • TORI AMOS page 20 Lou Belcher (Arts) American Doll Posse World Tour stops at the King Center Terry Wallace (Photos) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS • MEG O’WEEN page 25 Eroica Fedder, Greg Kimple, The wildest Halloween Party in the county Franco Dean, Judy Tatum Lane, DINING Chuck Van Riper, Rob Selkow & FUN D I N I N G Reproduction of any portion of Brevard • OUT & ABOUT page 47 Live is strictly prohibited without the by Eroica Fedder She samples food, enjoys the ambi- written permission of the publisher. ance, listens to music. Eroica is “out & about”. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES page 47 for information and rate card The A R T S Phone: (321) 956-9207 • ART EVENTS page 56 Fax: (321) 956-9228 by Lou Belcher Two fine art shows are scheduled in e-mail: [email protected] October: First Annual Main Street Masters of Art and Artworks Eau Gallie. COMMENTS & LETTERS Please address your contributions to: P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 C O L U M N S: CHUCK VAN RIPER page 26 Copyright © 2007 Brevard Live • All rights reserved MOVIE REVIEWS page 28 We are not responsible for photos or BREVARD SCENE page 40 scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. THE GLORY DAYS page 59 Published photos and articles become property of this publication. We are not C A L E N D A R S: responsible for wrongful advertised or canceled venues. ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR page 31 LOCATION DIRECTORY page 38 Download BREVARD LIVE MAGAZINE at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live October 2007 - 9 10 - Brevard Live October 2007 blues festival The line-up is overwhelm- ing: Party- rockers The Nighthawks (right) and “the Queen of Beale Street” Barbara Blue (far right). October 13th from 11 AM to 11 PM At Space Coast Harley: 12 HOURS OF NON-STOP ROCKING BLUES tephen Alan Miller (known to us The admission for this all day event is $10 as Steve Miller, not to be confused (actually less than $1 per band) and the net S proceeds are used to buy instruments for the with the other Steve Miller from “ Fly Palm Bay Elementary School Music Program. Like An Eagle” fame) has been a local Following bands will be featured: The legend since the beginning 80’s. He’s Nighthawks, Barbara Blue, Jason Ricci & the man who used to tear it up on his New Blood, Albert Castiglia, Art Harris and Hammond B-3 organ with the rockin’ the Z-tones, “The Box Drummer” Billy Blue, Harbor City Elementary School Drum Tribe, Blues band “The Groove Monsters”. Damon Fowler Group, Smokin’ Torpedos, For the 5th year he is now remem- Steve Thorpe Blues Orchestra, & The Usual bered at the Stephen Miller Memorial Suspects. Besides 12 hours of music visitors Biker & Blues Bash featuring some of will find food and drinks, several vendors, the finest blues bands in the country. youth activities, 50/50 drawings, guitar raffle and silent auction. The festival takes place on Saturday, Visitors that want to spend a “Blues October 13th, at Space Coast Harley- Weekend” in Brevard can purchase a 3 Night Davidson in Palm Bay. Blues Bash package for $359 (for two people) at the Crowne Plaza which is the host hotel for this festival. For more information call 321-777-4100. Included in this package is a VIP party on October 11th from 6 to 10 pm at the Crowne Plaza featuring Ernie Southern and The Mills Brothers. There will be free Hors D’oeuvres, door prizes and silent auc- tion. The Blues Bash on October 13th starts at 9 am at SC Harley Pineda with a $100 Best Hand Poker Run; the festival and music start at 11 am at Harley Palm Bay.. On Sunday, October 14th, the event Top: Florida’s touring art- offers a Gospel Brunch from 11:30 am to 2 ists - Jason Ricci, Albert pm at the Crowne Plaza. Eddie Scott will be Castiglia, Damon Fowler performing with a Gospel Choir from area - will perform. Right: churches. At 2 pm a Stephen Miller All Star Brevard Blues Man Steve Blues Jam will be held at the Sebastian Beach Thorpe and his Blues Inn hosted by the Austin Pettit Band. Orchestra are one of the For more information call 321-784- headliners. 0830 or go to stephenmillerblues.com. Brevard Live October 2007 - 11 12 - Brevard Live October 2007 fair-concerts SPACE COAST STATE FAIR t’s that time of the year again when the Space Coast State Fair isI rolling into town and sets up rides, carrousels and other attrac- tions at the Cocoa Expo. The fun starts November 1st and lasts until November the 11th. Several free CONCERTS concerts (with fair admission) are already scheduled to perform. Besides three Friday, November 2: The Little popular tribute River Band is an Australian rock band bands, you can formed in Melbourne (Australia, of also catch Austra- course!) in 1975 and named after a road lian rockers, sign for the Victorian township of Little The Little River River, near Geelong. They were the first Band. (see dates Australian rock group to enjoy sus- in article on the tained commercial success in the United left). States. During their career the band You can have sold more than 25 million records also see and hear and scored 13 American Top 40 hits. many local bands The band’s original members were that keep the Glenn Shorrock (vocals), Graeham music non-stop Goble, Beeb Birtles and Ric Formosa going. (guitars and vocals), Roger McLachlan (bass) and Derek Pellicci (drums). group of Beatles loving artists, the bers have had a lot of practice polishing Thursday, November 8: The Cast musicians that comprise the Cast were off their presentation. Live Wire has of Beatlemania will bring the music chosen from thousands of musicians performed around not only the United of the Beatles to life on the main stage from around the U.S. who auditioned States but also Venezuela, Finland, and of the Space Coast State Fair. Featur- for the Broadway show. For more info Canada. According to the group its live ing former members of the Broadway on the band go to www.moptops.com set is so good that after its performance, production, Beatlemania, the Cast have even non-fans will be setting out to dust brought their faithful recreation of the Friday, November 9: AC/DC off or go buy AC/DC CDs. iconic rock band’s spirit to stages across tribute band, Live Wire will bring all the the United States and more than 20 for- electricity and cannon fire it can muster Saturday, November 10: Second eign nations. The Cast comes equipped to simply blow away Brevardians at the Helping will bring the music of south- with the music, energy, and costumes to fair. Purporting to be the best of at least ern rock’s quintessential band, Lynyrd convey three stages of the Beatles evo- 100 AC/DC tribute bands around the Skynyrd, to the Space Coast. Not just lution as a band. Not just a hodgepodge world, Live Wire promises to bring a any ordinary tribute band, many of the sound so good that you’ll swear you’re members of Second Helping have actu- hearing the real deal. Included in most ally played with members of Lynyrd sets are hits such as “You Shook Me All Skynyrd. In fact, the idea for the band Night Long,” “Highway to Hell,” “Back originated after Second Helping mem- in Black,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt bers attended a Skynyrd rehearsal in Cheap,” “T.N.T.,” “Thunderstruck,” and Jacksonville back in 1988. More than “Hells Bells” among others. Currently, just covers, the band promises a “big the band has over 80 songs in its con- show” and a “big sound.” For more info tinually growing repertoire. Band mem- go to: www.second-helping.com Brevard Live October 2007 - 13 brevard live In many ways, Miles’ career can be seen as a spider web’s path to success. In 1964 he played drums on Michael Bloom- field’s “Don’t Say That I Ain’t Your Man.” Miles later joined BUDDY Bloomfield, after leaving the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, in forming a new band, Electric Flag. The band went on to make its debut at the Monterey Pop Festival. Miles would lead the band after Bloofield’s departure the next year, but the band’s sophomore effort was not well received. Greater things, how- MILES ever, were on the horizon. Miles and the men who formed Electric Flag’s horn section came together to form the Buddy Miles Express. On Friday, October 26 legend- After signing to Mercury records the group teamed up with ary drummer Buddy Miles will none other than Jimi Hendrix on its first two studio albums, Expressway to Your Skull (1968) and Electric Church (1969). come to the SBI baring the fruits Fortunately for Miles, Hendrix had dissolved his backing band, the Experience, at a time when the two men had been of a prolific music career that has working together.