Brevard Live April 2015 - 1 2 - Brevard Live April 2015 Brevard Live April 2015 - 3 4 - Brevard Live April 2015 Brevard Live April 2015 - 5 6 - Brevard Live April 2015 Contents April 2015 FEATURES MELBOURNE ART FESTIVAL ROCKY PATEL Columns Over 250 artists will display their work “Rocky Patel is the rockstar among cigar Charles Van Riper at the 31st annual Melbourne Art Festi- smokers,” said Tony Nardone, owner of 22 Political Satire val. And once again, there will be a huge Executive Cigar who brings this celeb- stage with non-stop live entertainment. rity for a meet and greet to his cigar shop Calendars Page 9 in downtown Melbourne. Live Entertainment, Page 17 25 Concerts, Festivals TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Driven by Susan Tedeschi’s impas- INTERVIEW WITH THE DANDY Outta Space sioned, blues-soaked vocals and Derek Jim “Dandy” of Black Oak Arkansas is 30 by Jared Campbell Trucks’ virtuoso guitar, Tedeschi Trucks the original long haired Raunch & Roll- Band is an 11-member, American roots- er and he’s influenced rock & roll sing- Local Download rock tour-de-force. ers for generations. Brevard Live writer 33 Chatter About The Page 13 John Leach had the pleasure to conduct Local Music Scene an interview with the legend. JEFFERSON STARSHIP Page 19 Flori-duh! Known for 70s pop rock hits like “We 36 by Charles Knight Built This City” and “Find Your Way SKUM ROCKS! Back”, Jefferson Starship created its own As far as bands go, SKUM sucked. It’s The Dope Doctor rock legacy without straying too far from a well documented fact. And now you 38 Luis Delgado, CAP their Summer of Love/Haight Ashbury can see this music dilemma on the silver roots. On this tour they celebrate the 50th screen because they documented their Knights After Nights anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Air- failure in a movie that premiered in Mi- Hot spots, events, plane and The San Francisco Sound. ami. Charles and Lissa were there! 44 by Charles & Lissa Page 15 Page 35 Brevard Live April 2015 - 7 8 - Brevard Live April 2015 Brevard Arts BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 24 years. PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Heike Clarke SALES MANAGER ASSISTANT EDITOR John Leach ACCOUNT MANAGER Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS John Leach Charles Knight Matt Bretz PHOTOGRAPHY Chuck Van Riper Lissa Knight COVER PHOTO Photo by Chuck Van Riper Mark Seliger April 25 & 26 in Downtown Melbourne Chuck Van Riper COLUMNISTS Melbourne Art Festival Chuck Van Riper Charles & Lissa Knight he 31st annual Melbourne Art Fes- transportation to the festival to help al- Jared Campbell tival features top of the line fine art leviate traffic and parking congestion in presentedT by over 250 artists! Every the downtown area. Service starts at 8 am Reproduction of any portion of year this production takes many hours both Saturday and Sunday, with final buses Brevard Live Magazine is strictly of volunteer effort to make it happen. departing the festival at 6 pm on Saturday prohibited without the written The entire committee is driven by pure and 6 pm on Sunday. The buses will run permission of the publisher. community spirit, friendships and sup- continuously. Service from Sears Plaza ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES port. They are always looking for vol- (Melbourne): 1050 S. Babcock St., and Phone: (321) 956-9207 unteers and you can meet the team at Indialantic Shopping Center (Indialantic): [email protected] the MAF tent right next to the Henegar 710-890 North A1A. Festival bus stop is in Center during the festival. front of the Henegar Center. COMMENTS & LETTERS Over 250 artist tents will line New Ha- Brevard Live Magazine It all starts with a 5K run which has not ven Avenue and the side streets of down- P.O. Box 1452, much to do with art but has become so town Melbourne from the post office to Melbourne, Fl 32902 popular that it attracts over 1,500 runners. the railroad tracks. Artist booths open each Copyright © 2015 It starts at 7:30 am on Saturday morn- Brevard Live day at 9 am and close at 5 pm. All rights reserved ing from Crane Creek and leads over the Every year the MAF features a huge We are not responsible for photos causeway and back. stage with non-stop live entertainment or scripts sent to Brevard Live Several free Art Workshops will be which continues until 11 pm on Saturday Magazine. Published photos and offered during the Melbourne Art Festival night. The line up for Saturday is Paul articles become property of this and are open to children ages 6-13. Artists Roub, Tom and Anna of Delgado Band, publication. We are not that are participating in the show will teach responsible for wrongful The Shelley Songer Group, Lights Out advertised or canceled venues. these workshops. Class size is limited to Project , Dan Heitz, Beverly McClellan, 20 and registration is required prior to the Download a pdf file GT Express Motown Revue. On Sunday starting time at the Art Workshop tent. the stage feaures Simple Soul, Jacie & The BREVARD KidsWorld encourages and inspires Knick-Knacks, Applebutter Express, and FLORIDA young and old alike and is dedicated for Grandpa’s Cough Medicine. See calendar families with children from 3 to 12. for times. For more information and entry LIVE The MAF is providing free shuttle forms go to www.MelbourneArts.org. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live April 2015 - 9 10 - Brevard Live April 2015 Brevard Lately First Annual Lagoon Fest Created Awareness A Day Of Music For A Great Cause By Matthew Bretz, Photos: Tim Bretz peared the air got cooler, but the stage just got hotter. Bill Wharton - the ast month the Marine Resources Sauce Boss - was on hand to serve up LCouncil held the first annual, his legendary stage made gumbo to and hopefully the first of many, La- hungry people while ripping through goon Fest to raise funds and save the a solo blues set. Austin Jenckes, fresh Indian River lagoon. The event was off The Voice television show gave held at the Ted Moorhead Lagoon up a heartfelt collection of country- House, and hosted a number of musi- ish tunes. Kyle Cook of Matchbox cal acts to entice the masses as well 20 fame treated the crowd to some of as a multitude of vendors. Adult bev- his new material, a couple of Match- erages and grilled food were also on box hits, and an amazing rendition the menu making for a pretty great of a Fleetwood Mac song. The night day. Inside the Lagoon House was wrapped up with a bang as the one the VIP area and a steady turnover of and only Pato Banton took the stage local solo talent including Andy Har- and blasted through his well known rington and a killer set by the young repertoire. I must have seen Pato play Hannah Kaufman who pulled off the a dozen times over the years, but it best acoustic version of Young the never gets tired and he’s always on Giant’s Cough Syrup I’ve ever heard. point. There was a silent auction, lots of info The Lagoon needs help and about the lagoon, another bar, and one there aren’t a lot of people or a lot of of my favorite stops - a masseuse. money to take care of it. The MRC Outside the main stage didn’t reached out to the community that seem to stop for more than a few min- lives and works along the banks of utes at a time. It seemed like everyone the river, and the call reached further was chomping at the bit to give their than anyone thought. Hopefully the time and talent for such a great cause. momentum will continue. Hopefully On standout for the day was the we will have another party next year. mighty Lights Out Project headed up And hopefully some day in the future by Jason Noon, a very tight, very tal- we can all get together to celebrate ented reggae band locally grown. As how far the lagoon has returned to its Performers Josh Miller, Bill Wharton, Jason the night went on and the sun disap- pristine state. Noon, Kyle Cook, and Pato Banton. Brevard Live April 2015 - 11 12 - Brevard Live April 2015 Brevard Live Tuesday, April 21, 8 pm King Center, Melbourne TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Photos by Mark Seliger id you know that there is a local blues publications and traveling with packed houses in the world’s most cel- Dconnection to Derek Trucks that the all-woman festival Lilith Fair orga- ebrated venues from Red Rocks Am- old-rockers in this county will remem- nized by Sarah McLachlan. Her album phitheatre and the Beacon Theatre to ber? In January of 1992 Derek Trucks Just Won’t Burn went gold in 2000. By the Hollywood Bowl and Royal Albert was presented the Entertainer of the 2003 she was opening up for The Roll- Hall. TTB’s debut release Revelator, Year Award by Florida’s then most ing Stones and made big noise on Aus- produced at the couple’s Swamp Raga prominent and important statewide tin City Limits in 2004. home studio, earned both a Grammy music publication, Jam Magazine. He Award and multiple Blues Music was 12 years old. The Jammy award In 2010 Trucks and Tedeschi an- Awards while 2011’s dynamic live was handed to him onstage by the nounced a hiatus from their solo ca- follow-up, Everybody’s Talkin’, deliv- members of the previous year’s win- reers and created The Tedeschi Trucks ered a double-disc classic reminiscent ner, Melbourne Florida rockers Dead Band where the couple focus on writ- of legendary concert recordings like Serios.