Brevard Live June 2015 - 1 2 - Brevard Live June 2015 Brevard Live June 2015 - 3 4 - Brevard Live June 2015 Brevard Live June 2015 - 5 6 - Brevard Live June 2015 Contents JUNE 2015 FEATURES BBQ & BLUES Columns BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS Historic Cocoa Village’s 5th Annual On June 10th we will reveal the nominees BBQ & Blues will feature several im- Charles Van Riper for the 2015 Brevard Live Music Awards pressing blues acts along with fin- 22 Political Satire on our website - www.BrevardLive.com. gerlicking BBQ. Headlining this year is The final voting is online. Cast your vote Little G Weevil. The event is held June Calendars until July 10th. 5th & 6th in Cocoa Village. Live Entertainment, Page 9 Page 17 25 Concerts, Festivals PART ONE TRIBE TAJ MAHAL Outta Space After twenty years, Part One Tribe con- Singer-songwriter and composer who 30 by Jared Campbell tinues to move forward with its Ameri- plays the guitar, piano, banjo and har- can Reggae vibrations. The band is new- monica, Taj Mahal has done much to Local Download ly renovated since Rob D’s move back to reshape the definition of blues music 33 Chatter About The Florida and is about to hit the road once over the course of his 50-year career by Local Music Scene again with new players and new music. including sounds from the Caribbean, Page 12 Africa and the South Pacific. Flori-duh! Page 19 36 by Charles Knight THE HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR This summer, music fans will celebrate 40 YEARS WFIT The Dope Doctor as the renowned Happy Together tour is Florida Tech’s very own WFIT 89.5FM 38 Luis Delgado, CAP back in their city, and bigger and better celebrated its 40th year on the airwaves than ever! This year the tour will offer this spring. In the spirit of college ra- Knights After Night six premier acts, with a total of 56 Bill- dio, the station threw a colossal party to Hot spots, events, board hits amongst them. thank the community for its support. 44 by Charles & Lissa Page 15 Page 20 Brevard Live June 2015 - 7 8 - Brevard Live June 2015 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most BREVARD LIVE MAGAZINE popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 24 years. PUBLISHER 12th Annual Brevard Live Music Awards EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Monday, August 3rd, 2015, 6-9pm, Gleason Performing Arts Center Heike Clarke he BMA team is working hard to Who will be the winners? That is com- SALES MANAGER make this year’s Brevard Live Music pletely up to the music fans of Brevard ASSISTANT EDITOR T John Leach Awards the best ever. Our energetic MCs, County. We have received your nomina- John Leach and Lisa Rocher Wagner, will tion ballots during the month of May, and ACCOUNT MANAGER be hosting the show once again along in the beginning of June the counting be- Charlene Hemmle with our musical director Joe Calautti and gins. By June 10th, the five top nominees sound man Mark Brasel. And yes, Joe and in nine categories will be published on our MUSIC WRITERS John will be teaming up for another unique website at www.BrevardLive.com. The John Leach Charles Knight presentation of our sponsors, both imper- voting will be open until July 10th. Our Matt Bretz sonating world famous celebrities - sur- online voting is quite sophisticated and it Andy Harrington prise, surprise. ensures that nobody can cast a vote more The entire show will be a night full than one time. PHOTOGRAPHY of surprises - the BMA winners, the per- The winners of Brevard’s glamorous Chuck Van Riper formers, the presenters, the recipients of popularity contest will be announced on Lissa Knight TajMahal photos the achievement awards, everything has a Monday, August 3rd, from 6 to 9 pm at the by Jay Blakesberg good amount of spontaneity and individu- Gleason Performing Arts Center at Florida ality that nobody can foresee. Besides the Tech. As always, Lou’s Blues is hosting COLUMNISTS program, nothing has ever been scripted, the After-Party featuring a super jam with Chuck Van Riper and that’s exactly what has made each and all the winners of the 2015 Brevard Live Charles & Lissa Knight every show in the past years so unique. Music Awards. Be there! Jared Campbell Reproduction of any portion of Brevard Live Magazine is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES Phone: (321) 956-9207 [email protected] COMMENTS & LETTERS Brevard Live Magazine P.O. Box 1452, Wednesday, Melbourne, Fl 32902 July 8th, Debauchery Copyright © 2015 Downtown Melbourne Brevard Live All rights reserved Guttermouth We are not responsible for photos or scripts sent to Brevard Live Magazine. Published photos and articles become property of this uttermouth is an American punk rock erately explicit, offensive and intended to publication. We are not Gband formed in 1988 in Huntington shock, though usually in a humorous and responsible for wrongful Beach, California and currently recording sarcastic manner. advertised or canceled venues. for Hopeless Records. They have released In a time where bands take “breaks” Download a pdf file nine full-length studio albums and two live in order to have reunion tours along with BREVARD albums and have toured extensively, in- all types of marketing gimmicks, Gutter- FLORIDA cluding performances on the Vans Warped mouth continues to tour much of the year Tour. They are infamous for their outra- with no plans on stopping. If punk rock is LIVE geous lyrics and behavior which are delib- your music, don’t miss the show. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live June 2015 - 9 10 - Brevard Live June 2015 Brevard Lately Concert Review left the King Center with a huge smile on their faces…this guy included. Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Started in 1985, as a fun get together for a group of friends and musicians, their very first gig completely sold Brings “Pluck” to Brevard out. It wasn’t long for Dave Suich, Peter Brooke Turner, By Matt Bretz Hester Goodman, George Hinchliffe, Ritchie Williams, Kitty Lux, Will Grove-White, Jonty Bankes, and Leisa Rea to drop their day jobs and take off on tour with instruments ack in April I was lucky enough to experience a glori- they literally bought with spare change. Nearly overnight ously light hearted night with The Ukulele Orchestra of B these eight Brits went from playing the local pub to the Great Britain in concert at the King Center in Melbourne, welcoming arms of audiences across the world. Currently Florida. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I can honestly tell touring on their latest studio album and DVD, we were very you it was an amazing show put on by some very talented, fortunate to get them for a night here in Brevard. A night very fun loving musicians. This motley crew has been to- filled with hits from across the decades and a repertoire of gether for thirty years traveling the world covering songs rib-jabbing comedy. Without giving away all of their se- from all genres of music on their baby guitars. Over the crets one of the cheekiest moments of the night was when course of the evening these “brinka-brinkas” ripped through they took time out to “introduce the band”…to each other. the likes of Lady Gaga, Blur, Brahm, loads of disco, and This group is a hoot by every definition, but you don’t have even the theme song from Shaft. Now the music is fantas- to take my word for it there are a slew of others that agree tic, but what’s more is the humor and attitude of the group with me. David Bowie called them “Wonderfully clever”, that really makes them glow. Each and every performer Michael Palin says they are “Absolutely the very best of sings, and each one strums- and each one has a personality British”, and Brian Eno says about them “The Ukulele Or- brighter than the sun. And of course another feather in their chestra of Great Britain may well turn out to be a turning collective cap is that oh so clever British wit that their entire point in 21st century art. Then again…” country seems to share. Once again the King Center delivered and brought The first notes of nearly every song played were a pleas- dynamic and exciting entertainment to our little corner of ant surprise that caught most of the audience whispering “I the world. If you caught the show, then you know exactly can’t believe they are playing that!” to the person next to what I’m talking about here. If you missed it, you owe it to them. Regardless of what was played, however, the night yourself to do everything in your power to get to a show…I couldn’t have gone better and everyone- I mean everyone- promise a “plucking” great time. Brevard Live June 2015 - 11 Enjoying The Good Vibrations PART ONE TRIBE By Andy Harrington wenty years ago this November, Robert De- Filippo (Rob D) put together a band that has en- duredT through countless adventures, tours, lineup changes, instruments, albums, ups, downs and all- arounds. Originally named Part One, Part One Tribe continues to move forward with its American Reg- gae vibrations. The band is newly renovated since Rob D’s move back to Florida and is about to hit the road once again with new players and new music. The band originally formed in 1995 in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts. Encouraged by Rob’s father, they worked hard throughout their high school years.