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AUG. 25-31, 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFORTWAYNE WWW.WHATZUP.COM 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com -------------------------------------------------------------August 25, 2016 whatzup Volume 21, Number 4 very so often we come up against an issue that just doesn’t want to get done. Interviews fall through, promised art never arrives, computers act up – everything, it seems, that can go wrong does. This would be one ofE those issues. But, hey, you’re reading this, so it’s all worked out, right? After all, we’ve been doing this for better than 20 years now, and during that time we’ve learned that we can get through pretty much anything. Whatever it takes to bring you whatzup in northeast Indiana. It’s what we do. And so, here you are, checking out the area’s only arts and entertainment weekly, and within it you’re going to find more to see and do than you can possibly imag- ine. To begin with, there’s a little band by the name of Lynyrd Skynyrd playing the Foellinger at the beginning of September. Steve Penhollow profiles those Southern rock legends in our cover story on page 4. Penhollow also has an interview with another legendary southerner, Charlie Daniels, also playing the Foellinger at the beginning of September, on page 7. On page 8 you’ll find Mark Hunter’s piece on Zion Lion, the Kalamazoo reggae sextet that closes out the Botanical Roots sum- mer concert series on September 2. Amidst all that music, you’ll also find Dodie Miller-Gould’s preview of the Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend, an event that draws car lovers from around the world to our little corner of it. There is, as we like to say, a whole lot more, so please get reading, find the things that interest you and plan on getting to them. While you’re out there, please tell ’em whatzup sent you. inside the issue • features PICKS ............................................. 12 Kurt Braunohler ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 14 LYNYRD SKYNYRD .....................................4 Southern Fried Survivors FLIX ................................................. 22 A Movie Lover’s Lament AUBURN FALL AUCTION ............................6 If You Like Cars, This Is Your Weekend SCREENTIME ................................. 22 Suicide Squad Continues Run CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ..........................7 Still Going for Perfect ON BOOKS ...................................... 23 The Road to Little Dribbling ZION LION .....................................................8 Kzoo’s Baddest Band • calendars • columns & reviews LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ................. 10 SPINS ................................................9 MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 14 Microwave Miracles, Kool Keith, Hillary Scott & the ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 18 Scott Family, Dinosaur Jr., Justin Moore THINGS TO DO ............................... 19 BACKTRACKS ...................................9 The Groundhogs, Split (1971) STAGE & DANCE ............................ 20 OUT AND ABOUT ............................ 10 ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 20 Zep, Beatles Tunes on the Lawn Lynyrd Skynyrd photos by Clay Patrick McBride August 25, 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ---------------------------- Feature • Lynyrd Skynyrd ---------------------------- Allen County Public Library/Rock the Plaza .....................7 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival ......................................8 Auctions America/Auburn Fall Auction ............................5 Beamer’s Sports Grill .......................................................10 Bell Tower Auctions ...........................................................11 Southern Fried Survivors Kat Bowser ............................................................................4 C2G Live .................................................................................7 By Steve Penhollow the receiver,” Van Zant said. “We try to real working class of America.” make touchdowns every night. Who knows When asked by the Wilmington Star- C2G Music Hall...................................................................15 Almost 39 years ago, a plane transport- when this is all going to end?” News why the band had never written an- Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, Spirits .........................11 ing the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd Music is just the family business, Van other song on par with “Free Bird,” he crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Zant told McClatchy-Tribune Business responded that fans might as well ask for Columbia Street West ......................................................11 Six people were killed, including the News. another Mount Rushmore. Crazy Pinz/Coconutz .........................................................23 band’s lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant. “I love doing this,” he said. “We’ve been “We’ve tried to carry on what was start- No one at the time predicted that the carrying on a legacy my brother started for ed, but it’s a real hard job,” he said. “Not Cute by Nature Jewelry .......................................................3 band would rise from those ashes, but rise some 25 years. It’s in our family – some only are we competing with other bands, but Embassy Theatre ...............................................................15 it did. Ten years after the crash, the remain- families have doctors and lawyers; we have we’re competing with a legend that was al- ing members of Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited rock musicians.” ready there.” Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory ...............13 for a tour, with Ronnie Van Zant’s younger Van Zant called his brother “a poet for The reconstituted band has lost many Fort Wayne Civic Theatre/Rocky Horror Picture Show ..20 brother, Johnny, on members to death Fort Wayne Dance Collective/Art Moves ......................21 lead vocals. and acrimony over The tour was the last three de- Fort Wayne Musicians Association ................................19 intended as a one- cades, but Van Fort Wayne Youtheatre/An Evening with Doc West ....21 off, but the band is Zant said Lynyrd still together (albe- Skynyrd is bigger Hamilton House Bar & Grill ..............................................10 it, much changed) than any one of its Huber Opera House ............................................................10 today. members. It will perform “Skynyrd’s IPFW Dept. of Theatre ......................................................20 at the Foellinger faced lots of ups Latch String Bar & Grill ....................................................11 Theatre on Septem- and downs and ber 2. tragedies, but the Mad Anthony Brewing Co./Brewed IN the Fort ...............3 The sole re- music still lives Middle Waves ......................................................................18 maining original on,” he said. “When member is guitarist myself and Gary NIGHTLIFE ....................................................................10-13 Gary Rossington, Rossington and Northside Galleries ..............................................................4 who survived the Rickey Medlocke Pacific Coast Concerts ........................................................2 aforementioned are gone, Skynyrd’s plane crash and music will still be PERFORMERS DIRECTORY .............................................12 underwent heart around.” Sweetwater Sound .................................................... 11, 24 surgery in July to M e d l o c k e address clogged ar- believes that the WLYV 1450 ........................................................................22 teries. LYNYRD SKYNYRD people who died Wooden Nickel Music Stores ..............................................9 Another of the in the crash would band’s longtime guitarists, Rickey Med- 8 p.m. Friday, September 2 have wanted the band to come back and WXKE 96.3 .........................................................................22 locke, addressed Rossington’s health in a Foellinger Theatre continue on for as long as possible. recent interview with the Modesto Bee. 3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne “You have to sit there and ask yourself, “He is back,” Medlocke said. “We’ve the people who that happened to, would been out playing shows. He had some $59-$99 thru Wooden Nickel Music, they want the band to carry on the legacy heart stents put in a couple of years box office, 260-427-6715 of the group and music?” he said. “We al- whatzup ago. From all indications, one got out of ways ask ourselves that every time we are Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and www.fortwayneparks.org Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. whack. But he got it all taken care of (and faced with that and losing someone. And 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 is) doing great, playing great. We’re right the common man.” we always believe they would have wanted Phone: (260) 691-3188 • Fax: (260) 691-3191 back at it.” “We’ve tried to stay on that path,” he it to go on and the music to go on. And the E-Mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.whatzup.com In a 2013 interview with the Florida said. “We’ve always kept true to what the fans want it. The day it gets to where the fans Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatzupFortWayne Times-Union, Johnny Van Zant described band was when it started. We write stories quit coming, maybe that’s the day we pull Publisher..............................Doug