Brevard Live August 2014 - 1 2 - Brevard Live August 2014 Brevard Live August 2014 - 3 4 - Brevard Live August 2014 Brevard Live August 2014 - 5 6 - Brevard Live August 2014 Content August 2014 SURFING FESTIVAL FEATURES The 29th annual NKF Rich Salick Pro-Am Surf Festival is the largest surfing charity THE BMA SHOW competition in the world, featuring profes- BMA producer Ana Kirby introduces the sional and amateur surfing competitions. Columns program of the 2014 Brevard Live Music This event is held each Labor Day Week- Awards Show. Get a sneak preview of the end at the Cocoa Beach Pier. Charles Van Riper glamorous evening of celebrating our mu- Page 21 sic scene in Brevard County. 22 Political Satire Page 12 BREVARD EATZ Calendars KING CENTER SEASON OF STARS We visited New England Eatery where 25 Live Entertainment, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Soul, the Famous you can eat the freshest seafood - you Concerts, Festivals and the Legendary - the King Center offers guessed it - New England style. The res- a season of top-notch entertainment. Check taurant is a favorite among locals and Outta Space it out and buy your tickets early. tourists alike. 30 by Jared Campbell Page 16 Page 38 Local Lowdown BREVARD COMEDY by Steve Keller HERE’S TO THE 80s 33 What’s trending? Steve Keller needed a good laugh so he Do you want to time-travel? How about decided to visit Open Mike’s to check out going back to the 80s, when the baby WTF Wednesday, an open mic comedy boomers were going wild with clothes, Knights After Night night where Brevard comics vie for stage hair styles, and - believe or not - new tech- 44 Hot spots, events, time. He met with Duncan Jay who is cred- nologies like Cds and music videos. All by Charles & Lissa ited to be the godfather of our local com- this will come back to life at 80s In The edy scene. Park, September 26-28, at Wickham Park. Page 18 Page 43 Brevard Live August 2014 - 7 8 - Brevard Live August 2014 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most 11th Annual Brevard Live Music Awards popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast Monday, September 8th, 2014, 6-9pm, Gleason Auditorium and beyond for 23 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke Vote ONLINE STAFF for you FAVORITE Bands & Musicians until August 10th, 2014 ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle ere are the instructions to cast your light on them during the slower summer MUSIC WRITERS Hvote: months and to award the ones who have a John Leach • Go to www.BrevardLive.com, click great following and motivated their fans. Steve Keller on “Click Here to vote for your favorite Promotion is a big part of the entertain- Charles Knight Bands/Musicians” and it will take you ment business, and the annual Brevard straight to our ballot where the nominees Live Music Awards are all about that. PHOTOGRAPHY Chuck Van Riper are listed in 9 different categories. Misti Blu Day • You can cast one vote in each category. Kudos to our producers! Ana Kirby Lissa Knight At the bottom of the page click the button (show), John Leach (Master of Ceremony) “Click Here to Vote Now!” and his assistant Lisa Wagner, Joe Calautti COVER PHOTO • Halt, you’re not done yet! Our system (music), and Mark Brasel (sound) have by Chuck Van Riper will send a confirmation email which you worked together to make this show come COLUMNISTS have to click. And now you’re done. together. This creative group graces our Chuck Van Riper • Be aware you can only vote one time. August cover. Every year it is a unique and Charles & Lissa Knight rewarding experience of creativity and ca- Jared Campbell The result of this annual popularity con- maraderie. - And don’t forget, the event is test will be announced at the Brevard Live held at a new location - the Gleason Center Reproduction of any portion of Music Awards. It’s for fun, it’s for game, on the campus at Florida Tech. Brevard Live Magazine is strictly prohibited without the written it’s for charity, and it’s a great way for permission of the publisher. bands and musicians to interact with their fans and followers. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES To all the Naysayers: By now we’ve Phone: (321) 956-9207 heard it all, the suggestion of favoritism, [email protected] politics, and here’s the worst - voter fraud! The conspiracy theories are endless, very COMMENTS & LETTERS interesting, and not true. True is that we Brevard Live Magazine P.O. Box 1452, have a lot of great musicians in Brevard Melbourne, Fl 32902 County with many, many music fans. Ev- Copyright © 2014 ery year it has been an honor to shine the Brevard Live All rights reserved We are not responsible for photos or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and GUESS & WIN! articles become property of this hose were the summer night parties in publication. We are not the 90s! YWho is the musician who responsible for wrongful T advertised or canceled venues. got distracted from his guitar? Email your answer to [email protected]. The Download a pdf file first correct submission will win a$25 gift BREVARD certificate to a local restaurant. FLORIDA Last month’s winner was Jason Anz of Palm Bay. The correct answer was Tom LIVE Bayes, drummer of Handful Of Aces. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live August 2014 - 9 10 - Brevard Live August 2014 Brevard Lately Independence Day is always a huge party on Brevard’s endless beach. Photos by Chuck Van Riper Beautiful evenings with live music: With the band Touch’d on the ocean deck at the Crowne Plaza. Brevard Live August 2014 - 11 By Ana Kirby BMA Show Director he nominations are in and the official ballots are posted. And as the votes are pouring in, production of the 11th Annual Brevard Live TMusic Awards is in full swing. Our technical team, under the direction of sound guru Mark Brasel, is primed and ready to go. The BMA All-star Band, with musical director Joe Calautti at the helm, is diligently working on tunes they will perform. Our host, John Leach and his lovely side-kick, Lisa Wag- ner of Rock Candy are eagerly waiting for SHOW- TIME! The presenters have all been confirmed. Did we mention that The Gleason is also undergoing a complete remodel? That’s right - a brand new facil- ity for a spectacular evening celebrating Brevard’s favorite bands and musicians. And this is who you will see on stage of the glamorous 11th annual Brevard Live Music Awards on Monday, September 8th, from 6 to 9 pm: John Leach (photo left) For the third time John Leach returns to the stage to lead the audience through a high-energy, funny and witty awards ceremony along with live performances by some of the fin- est musicians on the Space Coast. A musician himself, once the band leader of the outrageous rock band Glitterhick, knows the entertainment business like no other. He per- forms as guitarist, is a great vocalist himself, writes his own music, plays a lot of covers, works as DJ for corporate par- ties and weddings. He’s worked for Brevard Live Magazine Monday, September 8th, 6-9pm, since the 90s, and is a well-respected music writer and CD Gleason Auditorium at Florida Tech reviewer. John Leach rocks this world and the 11th Brevard Live Music Awards in September. 11th Brevard Live Music Awards Lisa Wagner (photo left) Don’t let all that Rock Candy cuteness fool you. This Tex- as girl has some real stage cred. She began singing at the ripe old age of 12 on the Opry Circuit in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. In the late 90’s, The Nashville We Will Network saw a video of Lisa singing and asked her to par- ticipate in a national singing competition hosted by Charlie Daniels. She not only won the contest, but also received See You At developmental deal. With that, she moved to Nashville to pursue her dream and shared the stage with many country superstars such as George Jones, Willie Nelson and Mar- tina McBride. She went on to performed in off-Broadway The Show! productions of “Grease” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. She is currently the lead vocalist for Rock Candy. 12 - Brevard Live August 2014 Brevard Live Paul Bender, Steve Cowden (top), The Divas (bottom), Jason Noon & Lights Out Project, GT Express (right). Paul Bender name to The Last Chance Band. 2-time BMA “Favorite Vocalist” (2012 & 2013) Paul Bend- While covering a wide variety of genres, Steve will al- er, lead vocalist for Funpipe, has been rocking most of his ways stay close to his country roots. You can find him per- life. The Cocoa Beach semi-native started singing in Jr. forming his solo act, his duo with either Roger Holloway or High School and has never stopped. But Paul Bender was bass player Bart Carter or The Last Chance Band at loca- not always a lead vocalist. While playing guitar in his first tions throughout the Space Coast. band, Hard Knox, he only sang backing harmonies. Soon, his band realized that his was too powerful of a voice to be The Divas in the background. So Paul was brought to the front and has The concept is simple, but clever. Take four exquisite voic- stayed there ever since. As a child of the 70’s, he was heav- es and back them up with the finest musicianship around.