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Brevard Live September 2015 - 1 2 - Brevard Live September 2015 Brevard Live September 2015 - 3 4 - Brevard Live September 2015 Contents September 2015 FEATURES NSB JAZZ FESTIVAL If you are looking to attend a jazz festi- Columns NKF RICH SALICK PRO-AM SURF FEST val, you might want to take the drive to Charles Van Riper Brevard County has been home to some New Smyrna Beach and enjoy a week- 22 Political Satire of the greatest surf legends, among them end filled with jazz music in different world champion Kelly Slater. Surfing is venues, some with low admission fee Calendars a tradition and so is the 30th surf festival, and a lot of free concerts. Live Entertainment, the world’s largest surfing charity com- Page 13 25 Concerts, Festivals petition. Page 7 STARING BLIND Outta Space The band has made some local headway 30 by Jared Campbell BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS with their fresh, but also somewhat nos- The 12th and final award show was talgic, alternative rock sound. They have Local Download glamorous and gave honor to Brevard’s now come together in an epic union of by Andy Harrington favorite and talented bands and musi- 33 force to show Brevard where the back Local Music Scene cians. Read all about “The Last Waltz” beat really is. and “The Legacy.” See the photos from Page 35 inside the show. Flori-duh! 38 by Charles Knight Page 9, 16-21 THE ILLUMINATED PATHS TOUR This is the tale of a musical sojourn with The Dope Doctor SPACE COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL Heliophonic, Public Spreads the News, 40 Luis Delgado, CAP A weekend of music in Cocoa Beach and Illuminated Paths Records. Andy showcases some fine bands, Friday Fest, Harrington describes his days on the Knights After Night pub crawl and more. The event benefits road promoting his music and visiting Hot spots, events, music programs in schools. different places. 44 by Charles & Lissa Page 13 Page 36 Brevard Live September 2015 - 5 6 - Brevard Live September 2015 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most BREVARD LIVE MAGAZINE popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 24 years. END OF SUMMER 2015 PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF abor Day marks the end of summer honor for his lifetime efforts to help fellow Heike Clarke Land that calls for celebration. Not man. ASSISTANT EDITOR that we face colder temperatures any- There will be lots of surfing competi- John Leach time soon, neither has the rainy season tions along with fun entertainment for ob- or the hurricane season passed, but it’s servers with live bands, bikini contests and ACCOUNT MANAGER a reason to party. vendor village all around the Cocoa Beach Charlene Hemmle Pier. For detailed schedule go to www. NKFsurf.com. MUSIC WRITERS John Leach NKF Rich Salick World champion surfer Kelly Slater Charles Knight is a big supporter of the festival and has Matthew Bretz Pro-AM Surf Festival attended the event in past years when he September 4-7, Cocoa Beach Pier Andy Harrington was in his hometown Cocoa Beach. You just never know who you will run into at PHOTOGRAPHY This is the largest surfing charity competi- this surf festival. Chuck Van Riper tion in the world and it is held every year Bob Goldberg on Labor Day weekend for the past 30 COVER PHOTO: years. Cocoa Beach has been the home to Rian Castillo/ flickr.com many legends of East Coast surfing fame Hurley Pro 2010 End of Summer Luau with notables such as Claude Codgen, Sept. 3-6, Sandbar Cocoa Beach COLUMNISTS Gary Propper, Mike Tabeling, Rich Salick Chuck Van Riper and even world champion Kelly Slater, the As if the Sandbar ever needs a reason to Charles & Lissa Knight most successful champion in the history of party but they have a lot of training in how Jared Campbell the sport. Ron Jon’s Surf Shop counts over to have a good luau. The contests include Luis Delgado 2 million visitors per year and is home to karaoke with cash prizes and hula hoop Reproduction of any portion of the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. Pro- along with many local bands including the Brevard Live Magazine is strictly surfer Rich Salick who battled kidney dis- Umbrella Thieves and Hot Pink. See cal- prohibited without the written ease and endured multiple transplants (all endar for detailed listing. permission of the publisher. from his brothers) was a co-founder of Then, just a week later, on Saturday, this one-of-a-kind festival to raise funds September 12th, the Sandbar celebrates ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES for the National Kidney Foundation. When its 10th anniversary of making the beach Phone: (321) 956-9207 Rich passed away in 2012 his brother a happier place. There will be a VIP Party [email protected] Phil Salick stepped in to continue one of with more contests - tattoo contest, pin-up COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard County’s proudest tradition. The contest where you can win $200, an old Brevard Live Magazine festival formerly called NKF Pro-AM Surf school car show, and live music by Axis P.O. Box 1452, Festival then added Rich Salick’s name in and the Bath Salt Zombies. Melbourne, Fl 32902 Copyright © 2015 Brevard Live All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos End Of Summer Party or scripts sent to Brevard Live Sept. 6, Off The Traxx, DT Melbourne Magazine. Published photos and articles become property of this It is always amazing how much fun Off publication. We are not The Traxx can fit into their parking lot. responsible for wrongful And there are some major winnings in- advertised or canceled venues. volved like a bikini contest $1,000 prize, Download a pdf file bean bag toss with $500 in prizes, jell-o BREVARD wrestling and a 70 foot water slide. Live FLORIDA music will be presented by Red Tide. DJ Swagkerr will be spinning records. The From the desk of Phil Salick: His brother party starts at 8 pm on Sunday, Sept. 6th. LIVE Rich Salick with Kelly Slater.. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live September 2015 - 7 8 - Brevard Live September 2015 Brevard Lately Brevard Live Music Awards Fundecided is Entertainer of the Year 2015 and Brevard’s Favorite Cover Band (top photo) Lights Out Project won Favorite Original Band 2015 (right photo) Great live performances at the Brevard Live Music Awards (photos below) continued on page 18-23 Brevard Live September 2015 - 9 10 - Brevard Live September 2015 Brevard Live Show Review At The King Center: video screen as he followed a camera through the twists and turns of the King Center’s back stage singing Tacky until Weird Al Yankovic’s Hilarious he suddenly popped out of a side door to the auditorium and made his way to the stage. After that the energy in the Song, Dance & Comedy room hit number 11 on the dial and didn’t slow down once. Video clips of Al being Al with other celebrities, in car- By Matthew Bretz toons, and anything else he thought was funny peppered the show between songs for costume changes. Oh Brevard… hen I was about eight years old my teenage brother the costumes! With nearly every song this man changed into and I spent nearly every summer evening in our fam- W elaborate costumes to accentuate the comedy in his perfor- ily’s new pool. He would practice stunts off the side and I mances- everyone of them a nostalgic twinge for the 13 year would hurt myself trying to show him how cool I was. Re- olds in all of us. Dare to Be Stupid, Fat, That’s What I Call gardless of what trouble we were getting into there was one Polka, Like a Surgeon, Another One Rides the Bus…it just constant that made it more enjoyable for me than anything didn’t stop. Al didn’t utter much more than a word or two, else. Every night my brother would break out his ridicu- but I understand why. In a two hour period he went through lously huge boom box and push play on an ivory colored uncountable amount of songs and never let up. His faithful cassette. What came out of those speakers filled my eight followers were rolling in the aisles all the way through, and year old heart with joy and I ended the summer with every when I tell you these people are loyal fans I can’t overstate word of every song forever ingrained in my memory. It was it enough. Al could have stopped singing at any moment the first album of many that would be recorded by Weird Al and the audience would have carried on without one of them Yankovic, and I friggin’ loved it. missing a word. Weird Al got his start on a late night radio show back in Aside from the silliness, however, Yankovic is a con- the 80’s hosted by the wacky Dr. Demento. For anyone that summate professional to the nth degree. The band played was feeling sick, from all the boring normality and sanity flawlessly, the production was perfect, and the man himself in the world, the good doctor was there with a remedy of never missed a beat, dropped a word (all without prompt- tunes recorded by the strangest of the strange. One night he ers), or let his energy slack even a little. Out in the lobby it decided to play a parody song sent in by an unknown kid was nothing but smiles, and stories of when everyone first just trying to have a little fun.