Brevard Live May 2012 - 1 2 - Brevard Live May 2012 Brevard Live May 2012 - 3 4 - Brevard Live May 2012 Brevard Live May 2012 - 5 6 - Brevard Live May 2012 Content may 2012 FEATURES page 51 COCOA VILLAGE’S BBQ & BLUES RE-LIVING THE MODDY BLUES Columns Last year this event became an over- Remaining semi-original guitarist Jus- Charles Van Riper whelming success for the Historic Cocoa tin Hayward and bassist John Lodge Village Merchant Association. So they along with founding drummer Graeme 20 Political Satire are doing it again. Great BBQ competi- Edge have continued to carry the torch, tion and traditional blues music featuring keeping the Moody Blues grand musi- Calendars headliner Doug Deming. cal tradition alive (and well) for the last Live Entertainment, Page 11 decade. 23 Concerts, Festivals Page 18 CHRIS CROSS & EDGAR WINTER Chris Long Keep your eyes on the Henegar Center 28 Political Blog in Downtown Melbourne. That’s where THE ETHICS OF BILL ROTH you find some of the coolest rock legends What happens if a small business person Brevard Scene performing, brought to you by Brevard speaks up and his “Big Brother” doesn’t 31 We’re Out There! Music Group. like what he says? Bill Roth found out Page 12 and told us his story. Out & About Page 32 Brevard’s vibrant NICHOLAS MARKS 37 club & restaurant Nicholas Marks grew up in a family MALICE N WONDERLAND scene steeped in the rich tradition of Roma mu- Malice is a well of talent and creativity, Life & The Beach sic. He became a third generation guitar- a well that almost went untapped. Until ist at the age of 10 and dedicated his life she moved to Brevard, her artistic abili- Column & More to it.. Matt Bretz met him at Pleasure Is- 42 ties were a well-kept secret.. by Matt Bretz land in Downtown Disney. 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Brevard Live May 2012 - 9 10 - Brevard Live May 2012 Brevard Live Historic Cocoa Village’s BBQ & Blues his June 8th & 9th, the merchants of the His- Ttoric Cocoa Village Association will be host- ing their second annual BBQ & Blues festival at Riverfront Park in Downtown Cocoa Village. Last year’s event has been a great success, so orga- nizers used the same recipe to serve up some fingerlicking food with smoking blues. Brevard’s very own blues man Josh Miller will be hosting and playing the stage featuring some of his finest blues musician friends, among them headliner Dough Deming. The event will feature a backyard and professional BBQ competition, kid zone, craft vendors, food vendors, the Blues Brothers Movie in the Park on Friday night and great blues music all day long on Saturday. The music starts at noon with top blues performers including: Josh Miller’s Blues Revue with Ben Champion, Kenny Clarke and Kostas Galanopoulos, Mike & Lynn Corby, Little Mookie & the Half Pints, and then Doug Deming will take the stage at 6pm. This event is sanctioned by the Florida BBQ Associ- ation and will bring professional BBQ competitors from all over the southeast and thousands of people from all over the state to Brevard County. Along with the profes- Doug Deming sional BBQ competition, there will be a backyard BBQ competition for people who want to get their first experi- “We have no gimmicks,” says leader Doug Deming ence in competitive cooking. There are major cash prizes about his band The Jewel Tones.“We play pure traditional for the professionals and smaller prizes for the backyard- music from the heart, with an image that conveys a deep ers. In addition to the main on-going events on Friday respect for the genre.” As a result, Doug Deming and the and Saturday, organizers offer a Blues music pub crawl Jewel Tones have been in demand as a backing band for throughout the Village restaurants and bars on Friday a “who’s who” of today’s top blues performers, including night starting at 6:30pm. Chicago’s A.C. Reed, Louisiana Red, Chicago Pete, Can- The Historic Cocoa Village Merchant Association nonball vocalist Alberta Adams, Black Top’s Johnnie Dyer, has partnered with Cindy Johnson at the Brevard County W.C. Handy Award winner Johnny “Yard Dog” Jones and School District for this event to assist the county with the legendary Lazy Lester. school’s music programs. Partial proceeds from this Doug Deming hails from Detroit but has relocated to event will go toward Music in Schools through Brevard Florida. As a guitarist and vocalist, he acknowledges a mu- Schools Foundation. sical debt to T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian and other The goal for this event is to bring locals and out-of- Texas bluesmen as well as moderns like Jimmie Vaughan towners into beautiful Historic Cocoa Village, to expose and Ronnie Earl. At Historic Cocoa Village’s BBQ & Blues local people to the excitement of competitive BBQ cook- Doug is not backing a legendary name, but his friend Josh ing, to showcase our wonderful American Blues music Miller will feature his exquisite guitar and vocals. tradition, and to put on an event that the whole family and If you like traditional blues, then don’t miss Josh Miller community can enjoy.