Brevard Live July 2011 - 1 2 - Brevard Live July 2011 Brevard Live July 2011 - 3 4 - Brevard Live July 2011 Brevard Live July 2011 - 5 6 - Brevard Live July 2011 Content july 2011 FEATURES page 51 BMA VOTING ONLINE BONNAROO The musicians and bands that will com- Matt Bretz has been on the road again to Columns pete for this year’s Brevard Live Music experience the happening music festival of the 21st century. Over the next few Charles Van Riper Awards are nominated! You can vote for Political Satire YOUR favorite ONLINE at www.bre- months you will read interviews with this 22 vardlive.com until July 10th. year’s performers and get a look behind Page 10 the scene. Calendars Page 18 Live Entertainment, 25 Theatre, Concerts, HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR Festivals, Arts This tour makes a stop at our prestigious THE DULL BLADES King Center. The show includes The With an album on the way and several Brevard Scene Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The As- shows booked, Misti wants to give them What’s hot in sociation, The Grass Roots, The Buck- a shout out and spread the word about this 31 inghams and Mark Lindsay, former lead up and coming indie band, located right Brevard singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders. here in our hometown.. Page 11 Page 37 Beauty Tips Pamper Yourself 41 by Ana Kirby THE AWARDS SHOW LEAR BUNDA This BMA show will be the best one ever. His most recent project is his feature- Life & The Beach It features an incredible line-up of musi- length movie which he is directing enti- Relationship cians including Christian Tamburr, world tled “The Space Coast Movie.” The film 44 Column & More renowned Jazz musician, who grew up in is being shot this summer throughout by Matt Bretz Merritt Island but resides now in Califor- Brevard County. nia. Page 42 Page 12 Brevard Live July 2011 - 7 8 - Brevard Live July 2011 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most July 3rd, 8 pm at 321 Local in Cocoa: popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 20 years. “Save A Heart Fundraiser” PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke With Brevard’s Original Bands STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER isti Blu Day, Brevard Charlene Hemmle MLive’s 26-year-old MUSIC WRITERS photographer and writer, Matt Bretz John Leach mother of three lovely Chris Long children, needs heart Misti Blu Day surgery. Like many young Steve Keller and free-lancing people, OUT & ABOUT Ana Kirby she has no health-insur- Charlene Hemmle ance or resources to pay ART for the operation set for Terry Cronin III July 6th at Florida Hospi- PHOTOGRAPHY tal in Orlando. We NEED Misti Blu Day Tim Bretz to help! COLUMNISTS Chuck Van Riper Matt Bretz, BL music (drums). FYI: Elephantgun her medical bills, medica- Matt Bretz writer and musician, volun- is the ONLY Florida band in tion, and out of work ex- Scott Earwick teered to line-up bands that the finals of Ampeg’s con- penses. This surgery is Reproduction of any portion of are willing to perform for test to perform at the Sum- needed to prevent irrevers- Brevard Live Magazine is strictly our fundraiser. There was mer N.A.M.M. Conference. ible damage due from heart prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. one requirement: we had to Other bands are The failure. look for local original bands Dull Blades, Ghost Town, A non-profit organi- ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES since the location was not The Barefoot Servants zation, the Misti Blu Day Phone: (321) 956-9207 a member of ASCAP, BMI (Matt’s band) and special Heart Fund, has been set up Fax: (321) 956-9228 etc. But who’s to say that guests No Diving. and if you are able to do- [email protected] this county lacks bands that There will be a Chili nate visit mistibluheartfund. write their own music? The Cook-Off organized by bbnow.org. COMMENTS & LETTERS line-up came together rather Misti herself. It will be her There is a $5 donation Brevard Live Magazine quickly featuring Elephant- last night out before she has at the door. Show a heart to P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 gun with Trevor Prince (gui- her operation. save the heart of a talented Copyright © 2011 tar/vocals), David Pastorius We are hoping to raise young woman. PLEASE Brevard Live (bass), and Tom Van Dyke money so that she can pay ATTEND THE SHOW! All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos Letter To The Editor: Setting The Record Straight or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and ast month we ran an article about Hulk our facebook page that set the record - and articles become property of this publication. We are not LHogan. There have been many stories the rumors - straight. Charles Knight wrote: responsible for wrongful about The Hulk in this county. “He was a “Terry Bolea (Hulk Hogan) was NOT the advertised or canceled venues. bouncer at Brassy’s in Cocoa Beach” was manager of the Anchor Club. Don (The one of them. We decided to ask the “Wiki- Dragon) Wilson was. Terry was a doorman Download a pdf file pidia” where we found following informa- for awhile. I was the assistant manager at BREVARD tion: “After declining an offer to wrestle that time. Don was the light heavyweight FLORIDA for the Kansas City circuit, Hogan took a world Kickboxing Champ at the time. Terry hiatus from wrestling and managed a private hadn’t even started to make a name for him- LIVE club in Cocoa Beach, known as the Anchor self yet. I knew him quite well.” www.brevardfloridalive.com Club for a man named Whitey Bridges.” Now you know - and we do too. Thank www.brevardlive.com www.floridalive.org WRONG! Last month we received a post on you, Charles! Brevard Live July 2011 - 9 10 - Brevard Live July 2011 Brevard Live July 20, 8 pm, King Center, Melbourne The Happy Together Tour f you’re imagining how the world could be so very fine Ithis summer, then you’ll no doubt be elated to hear that July 15, 7 pm, Captain Hiram’s, Sebastian The Happy Together Tour featuring five major artists from the sixties will be returning again this year. Julian Marley Beginning in early July, The Turtles featuring Flo & or Julian Marley, a son of Bob Marley, music is life, Eddie, The Association, The Grass Roots, The Bucking- Flife is music and both are blessings from above. Born hams and Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere 1975 in London, England, Julian’s development as a & The Raiders, will be embarking on a trek that will take singer/songwriter began when, at age five, he cut his first them to approximately twenty U.S. cities where they’ll demo tape, recording a version of his father’s classic com- be performing a spectacular, fun-filled show full of their position, “Slave Driver,” at the Marley family’s Tuff Gong greatest hits: The Turtles with studio in Kingston. Since then Julian has devoted himself Happy Together, She’d Rather Be to a life in music, mastering a variety of instruments and With Me, Elenore, You Showed writing songs that reflects his dedication to spiritual uplift- Me, It Ain’t Me Babe; The Asso- ment and social change. ciation with Along Comes Mary, During the 90s, Julian formed his own band, the Up- Cherish, Windy, Never My Love; rising band, released a critically acclaimed album, 1996’s Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and Lion in the Morning, on which he wrote or co-wrote all the Raiders with Indian Reserva- the songs and toured the world, both as a solo performer tion, Kicks, Hungry, Just Like Me, backed by Uprising and as a member of Ghetto Youths In- Good Thing, Arizona; The Grass ternational, a musical collective whose core members are Roots with Midnight Confessions, Julian and his brothers, Stephen and Damian. Together, Let’s Live For Today, Sooner or Julian and Damian were the opening act for Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers’ 1995 US tour and featured artists Later, I’d Wait in 1997 on the rock-oriented Lollapalooza festival tour. A Million Years, Julian also assisted his brother Stephen with production on Temptation Eyes; 1999’s platinum selling Chant Down Babylon and, along and The Buck- with Spragga Benz and Marley siblings Stephen, Cedella, inghams with Damian and Ky-Mani, contributed a version of “Master Kind of a Drag, Blaster” to the 2003 Stevie Wonder tribute album, Concep- Mercy, Mercy, tion. In 2009, Julian’s career rose to new heights with the Mercy, Don’t You success of his Grammy Award nominated release, Awake Care, Susan. which blends R&B, hip hop, dancehall and the roots reg- gae that his father made famous around the world. Brevard Live July 2011 - 11 World Renowned Jazz Musician Christian Tamburr! Other featured performers at the Brevard Live Music Awards are Pam Jacobs, Ana Kirby, Ron Teixeira, Steve Mazzi, Mark Dobson, and Charles Van Riper. 12 - Brevard Live July 2011 Brevard Live Music Awards Show 2011 A Note from the Host Chris Long oly cow, I can’t believe that it’s as musical director, leading the all-star house Hthat time again. It literally seems band that also will include bassist Tom Wil- like just yesterday that the Brevard lett (Absolute Blue) and guitarist/vocalist Live staff was gearing up for the un- Joe Calautti (Chain Reaction/The Kore). As veiling of an exciting new production is the BMA tradition, we will showcase live - The Brevard Live Music Awards.