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Brevard Live August 2012 - 1 2 - Brevard Live August 2012 Brevard Live August 2012 - 3 4 - Brevard Live August 2012 Brevard Live August 2012 - 5 6 - Brevard Live August 2012 Content august 2012 FEATURES page 51 BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS REBELUTION Columns Who are Brevard’s favorite musicians? This band continuously tours across the Charles Van Riper By the end of this month Christopher country, ventured to South America and Political Satire Long will announce during the Brevard Europe, and has previously performed at 20 Live Music Awards Show which bands Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Calendars and musicians received the most votes. Limits among others. Live Entertainment, Page 10 Page 17 23 Concerts, Festivals CREED Chris Long Creed, one of the most successful rock HARBOR CITY MUSIC Sammy Rece, an original musician him- Political Blog bands of the past decade, has announced 28 self, decided to give the “underground all four of the original band members are music scene” a new forum - www.harbor- back together for a summer tour and new Brevard Scene citymusic.com. He will also help us scout album. One of their stops is at the King 31 Steve Keller gives Center. for the upcoming Original Music Series. you the lowdown. Page 13 Page 18 Out & About NKF RICH SALICK SURF FESTIVAL 37 Brevard’s club & BRIANNA FUGERE restaurant scene The 27th Annual NKF Rich Salick Pro- Coming from an artistic family, she feels Am Surf Festival is the largest surfing that her talent is hereditary. She started at a charity competition in the world. It has very early age, getting her first recognition Political Views raised over 5 Million dollars to benefit the by winning an art award in first grade. 42 Guest column by National Kidney Foundation. Page 40 Norm Channel Page 17 Brevard Live August 2012 - 7 8 - Brevard Live August 2012 BREVARD LIVE Brevard Live Magazine The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast Leave your job early, take the next day off, and beyond for 21 years. play hookie - just make sure you... PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke Don’t Miss This Party! STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle t’s difficult to think about anything out that they are wonderful, nice people MUSIC WRITERS but our upcoming Brevard Live Mu- who are fun to work with. They stayed Heike Clarke sic Awards this month. For several busy all year performing many gigs and Steve Keller I John Leach weeks this event has been our main focus never hesitated to play several benefits as OUT & ABOUT starting in February with a photo session well. “The best part was that the venues Heike Clarke at the studio of photographer Kevin Rob- respected us as Entertainers of the Year. Charlene Hemmle erts to take our cover shot for this issue. They actually returned our phone calls,” ART Les Dudek and Christopher Long in front said Tim Snell aka “Brevard’s cuddliest Mike Patrick of the camera - it was hilarious. What hap- drummer.” Of course, the revenue fol- PHOTOGRAPHY COVER PHOTO by pens if you put two talented, professional lowed the respect. Kevin Roberts entertainers in the same room? Right! And Intimate Images this is exactly what you will experience Thank you, Spanks and all you Spanksters COLUMNISTS on Monday, August 27th from 6-9 pm at - you are a lot of fun and you will always Chuck Van Riper the Henegar Center: a great and fun show. be one of Brevard’s most favorite enter- Chris Long But wait, there is more. You will find Bre- tainers! Reproduction of any portion of Brevard Live Magazine is strictly vard’s finest entertainers not just on stage prohibited without the written but also in the audience. Chris has called On Monday, August 27th, you will find permission of the publisher. this event “the party of the year” and he’s out who will carry the prestigious title not exaggerating. After eight success- next, along with other “favorite” musi- ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES ful years we’re confident that this year’s cians in the county. Trust me, this show Phone: (321) 956-9207 show will be better than ever. Just take a will be grand, you might find a few fa- Fax: (321) 956-9228 look at the prominent line-up. mous celebrities in the crowd and enjoy a [email protected] performance by rock-legend Les Dudek. For those of you who can’t make it to the It will be the talk of town! COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard Live Magazine show, you can join us for the After Party P.O. Box 1452, Jam at Lou’s Blues. Yes, it’s a Monday Heike Clarke, publisher/editor Melbourne, Fl 32902 night but - what the heck - you have to Copyright © 2012 celebrate the parties as they Brevard Live fall. Make sure that you All rights reserved won’t miss this one! We are not responsible for photos or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and Spanks was our 2011 Enter- articles become property of this tainer of the Year and Tim, publication. We are not Mike and Chrisdude carried responsible for wrongful the torch proudly all year. advertised or canceled venues. Not only did we realize just how talented these three mu- Download a pdf file sicians are, we also found BREVARD FLORIDA The Brevard Live Music Awards are produced by Brevard Live Magazine with the help of LIVE sponsors, musicians and friends. All proceeds benefit the Brevard Music Aid Inc, a non-profit www.brevardfloridalive.com www.brevardlive.com 501 (c) 3 organization that helps members of the local music community in times of need. www.floridalive.org www.brevardmusicaid.com Brevard Live August 2012 - 9 Monday, August 27th, 6-9pm, at the Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne: 9th Annual Brevard Live Photos (top to bottom) Master of Ceremony Music Awards Christopher Long, Celebrity Performer by Christopher Long Les Dudek, n the summer of 2004, the Brevard Live Mu- Patriotic Opening by Sybil Gage sic Awards ceremony made its grand debut I– and neither I nor magazine owner/editor Heike Clarke knew quite what to expect. We had worked long and hard to create a special event that would promote and nurture our local music photo by Kevin Roberts scene, but I’ll admit that my expectations were rather low. In fact, I was prepared for an epic fail. But when the curtain opened and I walked onstage to host that first year, I was, to say the least, pleasantly surprised to see that hundreds had come out for our “little” show. Now commonly referred to as The BMAs, our “little” show has become recognized widely as a “big city” event – THE party of the year for hard-working area musicians – their fans, friends and family as well as club owners, sponsors and other industry insiders. Over the last nine years, thousands of people have at- tended our annual hometown version of the Grammys. People get dressed up in their Sunday best and some even rent limos for Brevard’s big night. Local musicians perform live, win awards and reap the benefits of merely being nominated in our various categories. photo by Kevin Roberts Nobody really can say who the best “Shamstooka” play- er is. That’s why our awards are presented to the “Fa- vorites” in various categories as voted on by the read- ers of Brevard Live. But oddly, this “awards” show is NOT even about awards. It’s about people coming out, celebrating, networking and enjoying an event that few “major” cities have. The real winners are area music fans who are treated to a national-caliber production. And this year’s event will offer musicians and fans alike the same fun-filled, en- tertaining experience that they’ve come to expect from previous BMA ceremonies. As is the BMA tradition, we also will be showcasing live performances – this year from some of the area’s top singer/songwriters, includ- 10 - Brevard Live August 2012 Brevard Live Solo Performers: Jessica Simone Jeff Stantum photo by Bryan Kezer ing The Supercats’ siren Simone, Honey Miller mainstay Sam Hill (drums). And in 2012, the all-star ensemble will be Jeff Stanton and longtime local solo favorite Jessica Ot- rounded out by latest recruit Steve Mazzi on sax. In short, tway. this is a great, must-see (hear) band! But wait - there’s more! Our 2012 celebrity special guest Oh yeah, let’s not forget about the boatload of awards that performer is legendary guitarist Les Dudek. A longtime will be handed out to various lucky winners in numerous Florida resident, Les has played on many of my all-time categories at this year’s show. Awww, the anticipation! favorite records such as Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees and The Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle as well as Brothers & It all happens on Monday, August 27th – once again at Bre- Sisters from The Allman Brothers Band – to name just a few. vard’s fabulous Henegar Center for the Performing Arts in Les’ impressive career additionally has seen the release of Downtown Melbourne. Hometown jazz songstress Sybil several successful solo albums for Columbia Records. Over Gage will kick off the party with a rousing patriotic opening the years he has also toured, recorded and/or performed number at 6PM. Admission is $10 and the show is open to with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Steppenwolf, Dave Mason, music fans of all ages. Ticket info is posted at BrevardLive. Toto, and Cher. As a rock and roll kid of the seventies who com.