Brevard Live May 2006 - 2 - Brevard Live May 2006 Brevard Live May 2006 - - Brevard Live May 2006 FAVORITE ORIGINAL BAND FAVORITE COVER BAND FAVORITE VOCALIST ❑ Black Eyed Soul ❑ John Quinlivan Band ❑ David Andrew Spilker ❑ Such Is Life ❑ Medusa ❑ Brian Maxwell ❑ Pinch ❑ Wunderdogs ❑ Brenda (Medusa) ❑ Medusa ❑ Ozone ❑ Ken Moores (JQB) ❑ Swamp Fox ❑ Paradym Shift ❑ Greg Caputo (Pinch) FAVORITE GUITARIST FAVORITE BASSIST FAVORITE DRUMMER ❑ John Quinlivan (JQB) ❑ Terry Wallace (JQB) ❑ Mike St. Pete (JQB) ❑ Mike McMullen (Ozone) ❑ Eric Nyman ❑ Randy Crouch (APB) ❑ Darren (Medusa) ❑ Vince McGee (Medusa) ❑ Pat Bautz (Middle Finger) ❑ ❑ John Bernam (Middle Finger) ❑ Kerry Morris (Middle Finger) Crak Staton (BES) ❑ Greg Caputo (Pinch) ❑ Mike Della Cioppa (BES) ❑ John Frank (Pinch) FAVORITE KEYBOARD FAVORITE MISC ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR ❑ Ken Moores (JQB) ❑ Ken Moores (JQB) ❑ Black Eyed Soul ❑ Glen Hess (Medusa) ❑ Will Powers (Middle Finger) ❑ John Quinlivan Band ❑ Dave Hoag ❑ Bobby Mills (Mills Bros) ❑ Medusa ❑ Misty Dureault (BES) ❑ Anthony Darmana ❑ Middle Finger Band ❑ J.B. Daniels (Middle Finger) ❑ Rene (AB) ❑ Pinch Brevard Live May 2006 - 6 - Brevard Live May 2006 Marchseries 4, 1953 - THOSE WERE PART VIII August 20, 2005 on drums, and Calvin on bass until Mark Glisson joined as The Glory Days bass player and played for so HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH by Judy Tatum Lane many years with the Groove Monsters and became very close to Dave. Dave kept hanges in music and had just recorded an album. when my husband John Lane the Groove Monsters going Csociety were happening The group was none other sat in on bass for them (Ken- after Austin and Steve Miller at such a tremendously fast than a version of “New Days ny played sax, which was his parted from the band, and the pace. But Kenny Cohen and Ahead”. Dave Fiester who original instrument of choice rest is history. Austin would his bands had not only kept would later become an icon and the bass guitar came join together with Kenny, up, but kept ahead, giving to fans and other musicians later). You better believe I Debby Boyer, Kurt Austin great musicians such as Dave as well, had a respect for was right up there in front, and Randy Crouch, and Fiester, Bill Hoffman, Austin Kenny, along with most again after many years of not excluding Kenny who after Pettit, a list of musicians of the other musicians and having seen Kenny play (the a time decided to pursue a that was endless, a chance music lovers, who still today last time was our random career as a soloist, they have to grow a little older, gain consider him the first and meeting in Gainesville), and now been together for over experience, and progress in original musical icon, and what a sound. This particular nine years as the Austin Pettit their musical ability, and that maintain the respect now band was formed after Austin Band with Debby Boyer. they did!!! But while they they had for him then. left the Groove Monsters to This is a band that I see stay- were still trying to perfect pursue other interests. Austin ing together until...the time their craft, Kenny along with It wasn’t long before along with Steve Miller had this band has persevered, Steve Bland, Jimmy Rudolph Kenny and Dave would be on formed the original “Groove become very tight both musi- and Don “Dumptruck” Han- the same stage together, and Monsters” after leaving the cally and as friends, along na were in New York making in time Austin Pettit along well known band “Grind- with the Groove Monsters, the pages of “Variety” play- with Debby Boyer would erswitch” and returning to is just unheard of. And how ing for audiences consisting form a band with Kenny. the area from Georgia. They fortunate for us in both cases. of patrons such as Truman I’m sure many of you had a brought in Dave who played Capote and Keith Richards chance to see that one. I first guitar along side Austin for I want to get back to from the Rolling Stones, and saw them at Doctor Joe’s 10 years, with Bill Hoffman Fresh Squeezed, but before I do I have to tell you some- thing that I find of great interest and hope you will as well. With the time of year it is, all the articles in the paper, happenings at the pier with the big, yearly, spring surfing contest, I have to tell you that Kenny surfed as well as he plays his bass and sax. In 1962 he won what was the first surfing contest at the “Canaveral Pier”. I just had to throw that in because I love it. But that’s another whole story I could go on about forever. I’m sure it only makes sense to me, but I relate those days of surfing so much with the music of the time, a very big time in my life. That’s what you did if you lived in Cocoa Beach in the 60’s, you surfed, listened to and/or played music, and continued next page Brevard Live May 2006 - Glory Days HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH your parents were really happy if sometimes even though the ness and the band had to figure out something. So they did. I waves were good, you went to school. Hard core cases who don’t have to tell you about the way Dave played slide guitar just couldn’t seem to pick school over surfing (males) were as only Dave could do. Well, it was no different even back sent to Florida Air Academy in Melbourne as punishment, and then while he was very young. And I’ll give you one guess to learn to be good, responsible adults. Fortunately for some, which finger was sprained so badly it was almost broken. But the school was private and rather expensive and not all parents not to fear, the band (I think Jack Sullivan) came up with the who wanted to do so could send their kids there. But Cocoa perfect solution. Dave’s finger must have been 5 inches in Beach High gave Florida Air a fair share of business. circumference from the bandages, and Velcro had just hit the market and was very popular for convenience and easy use. Well, it was time for Fresh Squeezed to load up the vans So why not Velcro Dave’s slide to the bandages on his finger and move on down the road to the next gig. Just getting into so he could play, and that’s just what they did, and he played the van should be a simple thing to do, but not with this group. beautifully. It wasn’t very funny at the time, but thinking We spent a lot of time and drove more miles on the road than back and picturing Dave standing there, now, I can’t help but I liked at times. Dave and the other guys would always argue smile. It seems that the guys would have learned something over who would get to ride shot gun in Jack’s van. Fortunately from this, but when Saturday wrestling came on television, I had only John to contend with in the step van. But this one the band could not miss it, would end up having their own particular time while playing in Jacksonville, Florida, Bob wrestling match getting each other in head locks and body Montalvo jumped into the front passenger’s seat and Dave slams, and before it was over, putting out part of their pay was determined it was going to be his. He had won it fair and and losing their deposits for the hotel room. And unlike the square and his turn had come. He would not be stuck in the wrestling on television, sometimes people got a little banged back. And so it all began, the playful scuffling, pulling and up. If they could go back and change it, they would do it all pushing, etc., and before it was over, Jack Sullivan was taking the same way. They had fun!! And there was so much to look Dave to the emergency room. Bob had kicked the door open forward to. As my husband was saying just today, so many of which hit Dave’s hand just the right way (or I should say the the musicians that we know now and knew then, developed wrong way). The band had a gig that night, and besides being somewhat of a cynical side towards everything trying to play in a lot of pain Dave couldn’t use his finger to play. Seeing music encompassed (although they would never give it up), as how Dave was the one and only guitarist, with not even a but Dave was always very optimistic rhythm guitar in this band to take over, this was serious busi- continued next month - Brevard Live May 2006 BREVARD LIVE I N D E X Download BREVARD LIVE MAGAZINE at www.brevardlive.com MAY 2006 Volume 15, Issue 1 PUBLISHER & EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF THE GLORY DAYS, PART VIII page 7 Charlene Hemmle (Office/Graphics) by Judy Tatum Lane This is the story about music history on the Space Coast. Judy Karen Hoodless (Sales/Marketing) remembers those “Glory Days” in the 60’s and 70’s when rock’n’roll was young. After Chris Long (Staff-Writer) David Mac Makin (Computer) Smilin’ Sideways and Fresh Squeezed, Judy remembers the heydays of The Fantastic Lou Belcher (Arts in Brevard) Group and New Days Ahead. Terry Wallace (Photography) EDDIE MONEY page 15 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS by Chris Long Rock legend Eddie Money is the first of 2006’s “Summer Concert Morgan Burroughs Eroica Fedder Series” produced by Souther Jam Promoters.