Brevard Live March 2016 - 1 2 - Brevard Live March 2016 Brevard Live March 2016 - 3 4 - Brevard Live March 2016 Brevard Live March 2016 - 5 6 - Brevard Live March 2016 Contents March 2016 FEATURES CONCERT REVIEWS GUITARS FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS Columns The “We Live For Love Tour” by Pat Emmy award winning Merritt Island Benatar and Neil Geraldo and Dave resident Brian Tarquin and his Heavy Charles Van Riper Mason’s “Traffic Jam” were a couple Friends are making big noise in support 22 Political Satire of show gems that led us through rock’s of America’s veterans. Proceeds from most prominent history. Brevard Live their latest release support wounded Calendars Magazine was there and caught the mag- warriors. 25 Live Entertainment, ical moments. Page 17 Concerts, Festivals Page 11 & 18 JAMAIKIN ME CRAZY Local Download ROBIN TROWER After a short winter break Jamaikin Me 33 by Andy Harrington The Robin Trower story started in the Crazy is back, one of the longest run- Local Music Scene mid-sixties in Essex, Britain. But the first ning and most popular shows on the time he truly surfaced on rock’n’roll’s Space Coast featuring the area’s best Behind The Scene radar was in 1967 with Protocol Harum reggae bands. 34 Gumbo Feast & during the “Summer of Love.” Experi- Page 29 Can Jam ence the legend live on stage Page 13 JILL BROWN Flori-duh! From large scale fiber art wall hangings 36 by Charles Knight to fiber bowls and coffee coozies, from THE MOODY BLUES Brevard Eatz This legendary band changed music fuzed bottle cheese trays and menorahs La Vela Restaurant history with their second album, Days to fiber fusion sculpture and more, Jill 43 of Future Passed, and made electronic Brown produces work differing in scale sound acceptable for rock’n’roll. and medium that few artists attempt. Florida Arts Artist Portraits Page 15 Page 44 44 Brevard Live March 2016 - 7 8 - Brevard Live March 2016 BREVARD LIVE BREVARD LATELY The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 25 years. PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Heike Clarke ASSISTANT EDITOR John Leach ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS John Leach Charles Knight Matthew Bretz Andy Harrington PHOTOGRAPHY Chuck Van Riper Lissa Knight This is Brevard! 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Download a pdf file BREVARD FLORIDA LIVE at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live March 2016 - 9 10 - Brevard Live March 2016 Brevard Lately give the fans their moneys worth. But that was certainly the case that night. The second song of the night was “We live for love” and, once again, it was obvious to the crowd that that is truly the case with these two. Followed by “Shadows in the Night,” “Invincible,” and “Promises in the Dark” the fans hardly got an opportunity to sit down for a moment. Fortunately the couple knows their audience and a stage hand brought out a stool for Neil while he strapped on an acoustic guitar, then in a true gentleman’s fashion Neil brought out a stool for his wife. As a husband that loves his wife, I was very moved by that small yet delicate act of personal consideration. Imme- diately following the acoustic version of “Outlaws,” Spy- der (Giraldo) sat down to a Baby Grand piano and played a hauntingly beautiful intro opening to “Hell is for Children” before switching to guitar and, once again, bringing every- one to their feet. At sixty-three years of age and despite the sad circumstances, the classically trained mezzo-soprano Benatar was in fine voice throughout the evening while hit- ting and sustaining vocal notes that many can only hope to Benatar And Giraldo: replicate. Neil, as always, was on par with nearly any other pop/rock guitarist on the planet. This reviewer for one is “We Live For Love Tour” of the opinion that Mr. Giraldo is unfairly underrated by so called guitar aficionados. Remember “Jessie’s Girl” by Reviewed Rick Springfield? Well, that was Neil on guitar, and that is but one small example of the hundreds of guest appearances By Charles & Lissa Knight he’s had on countless album and record releases. ast month, and a mere two days shy of Valentine’s Day, Following “Hell is for Children” Pat charmed us once again LCentral Florida had the good fortune to witness the true with another short anecdote (of which to our delight there love between the husband and wife team of Neil Giraldo and were several) by telling us about the grungy motel the band Pat Benatar. While appearing at the Maxwell C. King center was staying in out west while touring in August of 1981. along with bassist Mick Mahan and drummer Chris Ralles, The motel had cable, and there was a brand new music the iconic duo showered each other and a grateful audience channel. The first song on the channel was “Video Killed with love and a set of classic rock that is doubtless a part of the Radio Star” followed by “You Better Run.” That’s some the personal soundtrack to a majority of those in attendance. pretty big boots my friends having one of your songs as the second ever played on MTV. It should be noted here that Kicking the show off was a video presentation giving brief Ms. Benatar’s signature short dark hair, dark eyeliner, and historical accounts of both Pat and Neil’s beginnings as mu- black spandex were a fashion statement in themselves with sicians and how they were introduced by management. The countless numbers of ‘80s girls and women emulating the rest as they say is history. With a quick segue into “All Fired look throughout the world. Once again, and even though Up” the crowd was on their feet and the energy level was none of us are what we were in 1981, the crowd was up and instantly palpable. And although the vocals were less than at it! Dancing, clapping, and singing along. It was almost audible at first, the audio engineer was able to level them hypnotic. Watching the crowd was nearly as entertaining as out and overall the sound was clear and balanced for the the band itself. Followed by “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” remainder of the show. We are unsure of how many concert then “Love Is A Battlefield” there is a good chance that pos- goers were aware of the previous evenings show in Panama sibly more than one of the thousands of baby boomers could City being cancelled due to the unfortunate passing of Pat’s have used a hit of oxygen to keep them going until the end! mother. But one thing is certain. Both Pat and Neil are true But we are in the presence of professionals here so the stools professionals. If you weren’t aware of the circumstances and acoustic guitars came back out while cueing the audi- you wouldn’t have known. I don’t know how many artists ence to sit and relax for a bit. While doing acoustic versions out there would be able to handle that kind of pain and still continued page 13 Brevard Live March 2016 - 11 12 - Brevard Live March 2016 Brevard Live BENATAR/GIRALDO CONCERT REVIEW continued of “Holy,” and “Everybody Lay Down” we were treated to the whole band joining in on cajon, bass, and harmony followed by the band’s exo- dus of the stage. Friday, April 1, 8 pm, Typically a band will remain King Center, Melbourne offstage for a while but that wasn’t the case on this Fri- Robin day night when the band re emerged mere moments lat- Trower er to close out the show with a high energy rendition of “Heartbreaker” and morph- Rock’n’Roll’s ing into Cash and Carter’s “Ring Of Fire” while once Guitar Legend again expressing their love Live On Stage through actions and music on stage, after ultimately returning to “Heartbreaker” it was Neil’s turn to really shine by closing the show ake no bones about it, Robin to join Procol. That opened up the whole with bits and pieces of clas- Trower is an axeman’s axeman. world. Without that I would never been able sic songs such as Hendrix’s He’sM been a Fender Stratocaster en- to go on and do what I’ve done.” “Purple Haze” and then the dorsee ever since Jethro Tull’s Martin Trower modelled his band on the pow- theme from The Godfather Barre let him try one before a gig in the er-trio blueprint of Cream and Taste, as AKA “Speak Softly Love” early Seventies, and now has his own well as the Jimi Hendrix Experience. His which I found kind of hu- signature model – an honour accorded atmospheric, effects-laden Stratocastering morous as I had mentioned to few.