Brevard Live June 2010 - 1 2 - Brevard Live June 2010 Brevard Live June 2010 - 3 4 - Brevard Live June 2010 Brevard Live June 2010 - 5 6 - Brevard Live June 2010 June 2010 • Volume 19, Issue 3 • Priceless FEATURES page 51 BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS SYBIL GAGE The nomination period is over. Thousands Until she was in her early twenties Sybil Columns of fans have nominated their favorite lo- Gage, or as she goes by now and then, Charles Van Riper cal musicians and now the actually voting Miss Feathers, resided in the wonderful- 22 Political Satire process has started. Fill out the ballot. ly diverse city of New Orleans. She now Page 8 lives and performs in Brevard County. Calendars Matt Bretz met up with her at Heidi’s. Live Entertainment, Page 20 CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE 25 Theatre, Concerts, It’s summer vacation but the music at Festivals, Arts the King Center for the Performing Arts RON TEIXEIRA keeps on going. You can listen to your fa- This piano man ranks right up there as one vorite classic rock albums played note by Brevard Scene of Brevard’s best musicians. A deceptive- What’s hot in note in a live performance at very reason- ly relaxed stylist, the Berklee College of 34 able prices. Music graduate spent nearly 20 years as Brevard Page 11 a studio and jazz musician in New York City, before circling back to his former Out & About home in Florida.. Meet the places and PETER WHITE Page 37 37 the people He has maintained a reputation as one of the most versatile and prolific acous- Sex & The Beach tic guitarists on the contemporary jazz ED’S HEADS Relationship scene. He combines elements of jazz, For 32 years Ed’s Heads (to a very few 44 Column pop and classical guitar to create a aka known as Ed Volonnino) has hand- by Matt Bretz sound that is eclectic and at the same carved tikis mostly on street corners, in time favored by a broad audience. malls and in restaurants and bars. Page 15 Page 42 Brevard Live June 2010 - 7 FAVORITE ORIGINAL BAND FAVORITE COVER BAND FAVORITE VOCALIST ❑ Elephant Gun ❑ All About Nothing ❑ Ana Delgado (Delgado) ❑ Megaphone ❑ Cause And Effect ❑ Beverly Beach (Cause/Effect) ❑ New Gravity ❑ Freeway ❑ Erin Coe (Open Fire) ❑ The Naturalistics ❑ Open Fire ❑ Julia Faith (All About Nothing) ❑ Who Was I ❑ The Usual Suspects ❑ Mike Lake (New Gravity) FAVORITE GUITARIST FAVORITE BASSIST FAVORITE DRUMMER ❑ ❑ Billy Chapman ❑ Bart Carter (All About Nothing) Aaron Michael (Who Was I) ❑ ❑ Craig Covert (All About Nothing) ❑ Biff Mokarry (New Gravity) Ken Dias (Cause/Effect) ❑ ❑ Eric Hotton (Open Fire) ❑ John Hull (The Naturalistics) Mike Cote (Open Fire) ❑ ❑ Eric Webb (The Naturalistics) ❑ John Ragozino (Open Fire) Rich Andrews (All About Nothing) ❑ ❑ Thomas Gerding (Cause/Effect) ❑ Paul Beach (Switch) Sammy Hill (Bullet Theory) FAVORITE KEYBOARD FAVORITE MISC ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR ❑ Bill Howard (solo) ❑ Chuck Van Riper (trumpet) ❑ All About Nothing ❑ Bruce Marion (solo/band) ❑ Dale McGinnis ❑ New Gravity ❑ Kenny Clarke (various) ❑ Dennis Brown (sax) ❑ Open Fire ❑ Tony Castro (Rockit) ❑ Paul Beach (sax) ❑ Switch ❑ William Tu (Sygnal) ❑ Scott Ryan (harp) ❑ The Naturalistics 8 - Brevard Live June 2010 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most 7th Annual Brevard Live Music Awards popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 19 years. How To Vote For Your Favorite PUBLISHER/EDITOR Band/Musician Heike Clarke STAFF revard Live Magazine readers don’t really mind if you get your office in- ACCOUNT MANAGER volved. They might even come out to hear Charlene Hemmle Bhave spoken and the results are in: MUSIC WRITERS The nominated bands and musicians the band you asked them to vote for and become a new fan. The BMA is all about Matt Bretz are displayed on the final voting bal- Chris Long promoting music and supporting your fa- Joan Bixby lot that you will find in this and next vorite performers in Brevard County. OUT & ABOUT month’s issues. We are looking for Bre- • After six years we’ve pretty much seen it Misti Blu Day all, so here are some No-Nos: Charlene Hemmle vard’s FAVORITE performers in nine ART categories. The winners will be hon- Please do not cross out the nominated Joan Bixby ored in our annual Brevard Live Mu- names and put in new ones. In this case, PHOTOGRAPHY sic Awards Show that will take place please save your stamp, we’ll throw it Misti Blu Day away. Tim Bretz Monday, August 30th, from 6 to 9 pm Don’t mark more than one name in COLUMNISTS at the Henegar Center in Downtown each category. It says it on the ballot but Chuck Van Riper Matt Bretz Melbourne. we still get those. Reproduction of any portion of Don’t mail 100 ballots with the exactly Brevard Live Magazine is strictly We want to invite you to participate in same pen and handwriting. We’re getting prohibited without the written finding the bands and musicians in Brevard pretty cunning in spotting the bogus votes. permission of the publisher. County with a large and dedicated fan-base. The last day for mailing your vote Yes, this IS a popularity contest - and YOUR is July 15th. We usually get another load ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES vote counts! There are some minor rules for from the following days - and the only Phone: (321) 956-9207 a valid vote. winner here is the postmaster. They sold Fax: (321) 956-9228 • NO photocopies allowed. After receiving you a stamp. So remember, if the postmark [email protected] a huge paper load the first year from over- doesn’t say July 15th, it’s a waste. COMMENTS & LETTERS joyed fans, we decided to save trees. There- Brevard Live Magazine fore, the ballot on page 8 is already printed Now, may Brevard’s favorite entertain- P.O. Box 1452, up. Please fill it out and mail it in. ers win this year’s music awards. BMA- Melbourne, Fl 32902 • ALL ballots need to be mailed to Brevard producers Chris Long and Heike Clarke Live Magazine/BMA, P.O. Box 1452, Mel- are currently working on the awards show Copyright © 2010 bourne. Ballots that are put under our office Brevard Live to make it another unforgettable event in All rights reserved doors, brought to gigs of our music writers, our local music history. or want to be dropped off in person - do not In our August issue we will reveal the We are not responsible for photos count. During the years the readers participa- details of our show. As always we will fea- or scripts sent to Brevard Live tion has increased, we get thousands of votes ture some of Brevard’s finest musicians. Magazine. Published photos and and we have to keep it manageable. At that time tickets will be available at articles become property of this • Yes, it’s a game but we ask you to play it publication. We are not our regular outlets in several music stores responsible for wrongful fair. The rule is one person, one vote. And we around the county. advertised or canceled venues. We neglected to To Benefit The Music Aid give the proper All proceeds of the Brevard Live Mu- Download a pdf file photo credit for sic Awards 2010 will benefit the Music BREVARD the Psychedelic Aid Inc., a non-profit fund of Brevard Live FLORIDA Furs photo in last Magazine to aid members in our music month’s magazine community in times of catastrophic events. LIVE to Anna Dorfman For more information about this fund go to www.brevardfloridalive.com / BurnedDown- spacecoastmusicaid.org www.brevardlive.com Days.com © www.floridalive.org Brevard Live June 2010 - 9 10 - Brevard Live June 2010 Summer Concerts July through October At The King Center Classic Albums Live Summer Series remember when the rock was young - and so were I the sound systems. Be honest, how many concerts did you go to in the 60s and 70s where you actually listened to the music? The enjoyment didn’t come from the sound quality but from the fact of being there, getting the t-shirt and bragging to your friends how awesome the concert was. Now you’ll get the real concert experience with a perfect sound. The King Center is bringing back the popular Classic Album Live Series this summer. - Note for note. LED ZEPPELIN: II Friday, July 16, 2010, 8 pm Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in October 1969 on Atlan- tic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in the UK and North America from January to August 1969. It was Led Zeppelin’s first album to reach number one in the United Kingdom and United States. PINK FLOYD: THE WALL Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8 pm The Wall is the 11th studio album by Pink Floyd. Pre- sented as a double album, it was released on November 30th, 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with theatrical ef- fects, and adapted into the filmPink Floyd The Wall. 40 YEARS OF WOODSTOCK Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 8 pm Woodstock was billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” held at a 600-acre dairy farm from August 15 to August 18, 1969, 43 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York. During the rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed in front of 500,000 concert-goers. It was one of the greatest moments in music history. BEATLES: THE WHITE ALBUM Saturday, October 09, 2010 at 8 pm The Beatles is the 9th official British album and the Classic Albums Live is an ensemble of world-class mu- fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album sicians recreating the greatest Rock albums ever recorded released in 1968.