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Contents August 2019
FEATURES
NKF RICH SALICK SURF FESTIVAL
The 34th Annual NKF Rich Salick PRO-
BONNAROO: JIM JAMES
For the past 10 years Matt Bretz has
rubbed elbows with famous personali-
Columns
AM Surfing Festival featuring the Ron
Jon Surf Shop Men’s Pro takes place La-
ties. This year he was thrilled not only
to see and hear one of his favorite per-
formers, but he was also able to sit down
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Political Satire
Critical Thinking
bor Day Weekend, August 30th through
for an interview with Jim James
September 2nd, at the Westgate Resorts
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Calendars
Cocoa Beach Pier..
Live Entertainment,
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WE 2019 FESTIVAL IS ON! Concerts, Festivals
GARY LAZER EYES No Woodstock Experience without
The band with the silly name is led by
singer guitarist Austin Young, along with
drama! But after a couple of months of
going back and forth about the location 31 Five Questions
by Steve Keller
guitarist Sean Gray, bassist Stephen Gil- of the festival, the name, etc it’s a done
32 byHuman
len, and drummer Chris Jones. Together deal: The WE 2019 Festival is held at Just Listen!
they create a sound that’s both, current Saloon Studios, NC, and everyone can Matt Bretz
and throwback to simpler times. watch it via pay-per-view or as simul- Satire
. cast at SCHD.
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40 Rock Your Health
by Richard Hendry
A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS DURAN DURAN LIVE
Jack Smink is more than another imper-
sonator. The spirit of Elvis comes alive
An unforgettable concert was held at the
Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space 42 IbyAmBillNomade
Stanley
in his entire personality. Watch his Elvis Center Visitors Complex in memory of
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tribute - Just One More Time the first moon landing 50 years ago. Florida Arts
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Steve Keller
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Ian Bertel
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Brendon Paredes
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Luis A. Delgado
Richard Henry
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Magazine. Published photos and
articles become property of this
publication. We are not COCOA BEACH ASTRONAUT PARADE on Saturday, July 13th commemorated
responsible for wrongful 50 years since the Apollo 11 Mission and looked at the future of technology. Mem-
advertised or canceled venues. bers of the Cape Kennedy Corvette Club drove the astronauts in the formation of a
Download a pdf file rocket. Among them were Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, Kennedy Space Center
Director Bob Cabana and Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden. Corvettes have a long
BREVARD history with the space program in Brevard. After the astronauts returned from their
FLORIDA early flights, they paraded along beachside streets in Corvette convertibles. The
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grand finale was Neil Armstrong’s baby blue Corvette. This parade was sponsored
by The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Photos by Chuck Van Riper
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A Space Coast Tradition Held
On Labor Day Weekend In Coco Beach
Visit The 34th Annual
NKF Rich Salick
Pro Am Surf Festival
S urf’s up at the 34th Annual NKF Rich Salick PRO-
AM Surfing Festival featuring the Ron Jon Surf
Shop Men’s Pro, taking place Labor Day Weekend,
August 30th through September 2nd, at the Westgate
Resorts Cocoa Beach Pier. Surfers and beach-goers
alike will enjoy the festivities while raising funds to
fight kidney disease. This is the biggest charity surf
contest on the East Coast!
Professional and amateur surfers will hit the waves in the
preliminary heats that begin on August 31st. Professional
competitions include the Ron Jon Men’s Pro, Victory Casi-
no Men’s Longboard Pro, and Gutin & Wolverton Women’s
Longboard Pro. Amateur divisions that you don’t want to
miss include the Surfer Dudes Pollywog division where 9
year old surfers and younger compete for a spot in the fi-
nals of this prestigious division. Surfing finals conclude the
weekend on Labor Day, September 2nd.
This world-class event not only features both Profes-
sional and Amateur surfing events but competitive tandem
surfing, live music and surf movie on the beach, a Taste of
Brevard and Silent Auction, and entertainment throughout
the weekend to guarantee something for everyone.
The Taste of Brevard and Silent Auction takes place on
September 1st at the Radisson at the Port in Cape Canaveral.
This tropical event showcases all the wonders Brevard has
to offer. Auction items include hand-painted surfboards, art-
work from the Wyland Galleries, beach cruisers, surf packs,
and much more. You are also able to enjoy samples from
over 20 of Brevard’s finest restaurants. All of the proceeds
go to the National Kidney Foundation of Florida to help
increase awareness and prevention of kidney and urinary
tract diseases, improve the health and well being of indi-
viduals and families affected by these diseases, and increase
the availability of all organs for transplantation. Tickets are
$35 and available on NKFsurf.com. They will be $40 at the
door
With the help of over 300 volunteers and the support
of the community, this year’s event is sure to make waves.
The event is in honor of the co-founder and 3 time kidney
recipient Rich Salick who passed away in July 2012. For
more information on the NKF Pro-Am Surfing Festival call
407-894-7325 or visit www.nkfsurf.com. All photos and cover photo by Kevin M. Sacket
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Photos/Cover by Amanda Laferriere
GARY LAZER EYES tum for the band continued, even if the
school studies suffered. “I was going
for the Advertising and PR program at
UCF but partied a bit too much at first,
By Steve Keller ing to UCF in 2014. We started play- and switched to Communications with
ing some of my solo music together, a minor in Digital Media,” says Young.
G ary Lazer Eyes is a shitty band
name. So says a tan t-shirt
hanging on the wall at the group’s
then writing new stuff.”
Taking their unusual name from
Gray and Millen were both Psych
majors. “You can tell we were really
the Canadian cult hit tv show “Trailer thinking about what we were gonna do
recent concert. For a small fee, Park Boys”, the band never intended after college,” Young jokes laughing
you too can own merchandise that the name to stick. “It was a joke and heartily.
both supports and ridicules the supposed to be short term,” he remem-
Melbourne based band’s moniker bers. The music, however, was taken Studies aside, Gary Lazer Eyes was
choice... very seriously. The band started book- moving forward. In 2016, Young, Gray
ing gigs in 2015, releasing their first and Millen moved into together. An-
What does not suck is the quartet’s EP ‘Black and White” that December. other EP; “High on Lies” was released.
sound. Led by singer guitarist Austin People started to take notice. The band
Young, he along with guitarist Sean The sound was reminiscent of the was voted ‘Best Rock Act’ in Orlando
Gray, bassist Stephen Gillen,and drum- times. Think Sublime meets The Clash. Weekly’s ‘Best of Orlando’ reader’s
mer Chris Jones create a sound that’s In addition to the recording, the band poll. The band started thinking about
both current and throwback to simpler started booking shows around campus. playing out of their comfort zone.
times. “The chemistry was there between the They booked a small East Coast tour.
“I met Sean ans Steve during high members. Sean and I started putting Young’s connections paid off for the
school in Brevard,” remembers Young. together DIY events with live music band to travel like rock stars. “It was a
“We never really became friends at venues we’d rent out or at house bus,” Young says. “My dad had used it
though until a few years later while go- parties,” Young recalls. The momen- for his construction business to shuttle
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people down south for a job, but it end- one had already towed it. We tracked it rave about the band as well. A small
ed up sitting in the corner of the shop down to a tow yard/body shop and the tour of SWIMM, GLE and The Spring
for over a year. I cleaned it up, took out guy couldn’t fix it. After a grueling 36 happened earlier this year. The Spring
some seats for equipment, rigged up a hours stranded in Roanoke, and meet- guitarist Matthew Rigsby raves; “They
playstation and TV and voila.” ing and partying with a bunch of weird have a groove that’s hard to match.
The band then ventured into new locals, we found an affordable van to Seeing them live every night is a treat.
territory; music video. Galapagos off rent from the local airport and drove Playing shows with them inspires me
of the High on Lies EP, was given the back to Florida.” to go extra hard on stage because they
visual treatment. Working with first capture so much attention.”
time director Steve Radley, the DIY Highs and lows like this are what rock Gary Lazer Eyes has played more
band was now seeing themselves in a star dreams are made of. The last 12 often in Brevard recently, due in part to
whole new way. “The concept/story months have been more of the same. Young, Gray and Gillen moving back to
was very cool,” Young marvels. The The band headed west, to Austin, Tex- Melbourne. They have also to a more
video opens up in a plush beachside as to be exact. The legendary South guitar driven sound with the departure
condo. A beautiful woman (Ivy Les By Southwest Music & Film Festival of Capati. Live they float in and out
Vixen) engages in a strip tease to her was the next notch on their resume. of different musical styles, all the while
assumed boyfriend (Zack Roundy) More singles were released on social keeping it light. A steady group of fans
while shots of the band are interwo- media. Local radio took notice in the visits the merchandise table at a recent
ven. The cinematography is something form of WFIT. The band’s song Sym- show (buying among things the t-shirt
rarely seen in the local music scene. metry finds its way on the afternoon described in the intro). A highlight of
We won’t spoil the surprise ending of playlist quite often. Sound Waves host the live set is when guitarist Sean Gray
the video. It’s available on Youtube for and Music Director Todd Kennedy has takes over on vocals for a cover of the
you to see for yourself. The video gar- been a fan for years. When I first heard Yacht Rock Classic”Escape” by Rupert
nered a whole new level of attention for Gary Lazer Eyes a few years ago, they Holmes (“Do you like pina coladas?...).
Gary Lazer Eyes, really setting them had a rock reggae sound that is very They also effortlessly add a snippet of
apart from their peers. common around here. Since that time the Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives
the band has expanded their sound so Me Crazy” into the mix. It’s somewhat
Rolling into 2017 with the success of much, to become one of the best indie hard to believe how comfortable the
the EP and accompanying music video, rock bands in Central Florida. Their band looks on stage after only playing
the band broadened its sound. Jones use of sonic textures put them in the for a few years.
replaced original drummer Michael league of Wilco or Cage The Elephant. A new EP release is on the hori-
Otero and Joe Capati joined the band The band’s passionate live perfor- zon for Gary Lazer Eyes. “I love Mel-
on saxophone and keyboards. More mances can put them on the next level bourne,” exclaims Young. “Orlando is
southeast tours, including stops in New of touring bands if they choose. Plus a good place to start but I’m happy to
York City followed. A career highlight they’re nice guys.” see the local Brevard scene growing.”
for any aspiring band is playing a festi- Bands in the local music scene Watch their videos on Facebook.com
val in your home state. The bucket list
item got checked as the band was in-
vited to play at the Okeechobee Music
Festival alongside worldwide heavy-
weights King of Leon, The Roots and
Cold Ward Kids.
The band was well on its way, both
literally and metaphorically. You’d be
mistaken if you think this is how our
story ends. In true Spinal Tap type situ-
ation, things took a turn for the worst a
long way from home in Virginia. “The
van broke down on the side of the high-
way and we left it there, got picked up
by friends to make it to our gig,” he re-
calls. “When we returned to try and fig-
ure out what was wrong with it, some-
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toured as part of Motley Crue’s Crue
Fest 2 tour in 2009. Hartless tells us
how he came to join the band some
years ago.”I was drumming for the
band Pistol Day Parade who was on
tour opening for Ted”, he recalls. “Un-
fortunately the band broke up after the
tour and I needed a new gig. I emailed
Ted’s management and was in Texas
before you knew it for an audition. We
jammed for about an hour and I have
been in the band ever since.”
We want to know how it feels
to play such iconic tunes like “Cat
Scratch Fever” and “Stranglehold” and
the crowds today that come to see the
show. “It’s an honor to follow in the
shoes of drummers like Tommy Al-
Ted Nugent’s Drummer Ted treats me and my family like his dridge and Carl Davies,” he says hum-
Jason
family”, he states with confidence. In bly. “The crowds have been great. Ev-
fact the day before the interview, the eryone from parents bringing their kids,
Hartless
rock legend “cooked up venison, boar to hunters and political enthusiasts, to
sausage and potatoes” for band and people who grew up on rock n roll are
crew alike. “Ted is 71 now and I can coming out to enjoy the show.” This
By Steve Keller tell you he shows no signs of slowing tour is set to end at the end of August.
down,” Hartless explains. In addi- Hartless is primarily a studio session
T ed Nugent aka ‘Motor City Mad-
man’, has quite the reputation in
rock n roll history. Since 2014, drum-
tion to music, Nugent is very vocal in
social and political issues. He’s had
musician playing “jazz, metal...what-
ever the situation calls for.” Hartless
a talk radio show in the past and had has also played drums for such legends
mer Jason Hartless has been part
of the ride, including recording the long been rumored to run for a govern- as Mitch Ryder and Joe Lynn Turner to
November 2018 release The Music ment office at some level. name a few.
Made Me Do It. Jason, Ted and bass Ted’s drummer Hartless has been Whoever Hartless is playing drums
player Greg Smith bring the tour to playing music professionally for more for, he brings the skill and passion for
the Melbourne on Monday, August than half his life. Mentored at a very the instrument. Check it out for your-
19th. Brevard Live talked to the 24 early age by drum legends Anton Fig self on Monday August 19th, at the
year old Detroit, Michigan native and Mountain drummer Corky Laing, Melbourne Auditorium. The show
Hartless as the band was preparing he found himself part of the Brian Sch- starts at 8 pm. Tickets are available at
to hit the road again. ram Band (ex Uncle Kracker). They www.elkoconcerts.com
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Friday, Aug 16, 6pm
SC Convention
Center, Cocoa
A Tribute
To ELVIS
Dinner & Show Saturday, August 24, 8pm
Holiday Inn Viera-Melbourne
MICHAEL LINGTON
& VINCENT INGALA
J ack Smink began his career as an
Elvis Tribute Artist in October of
1977, just 2 months after Elvis passed
out a doubt – Jack Smink!” During the
years, Jack was privileged to meet and
work with many of Elvis’s friends,
B revard Music Group’s Summer
Concert Series continues featur-
ing Michael Lington, a Danish-Amer-
away. Since then he has traveled band members, and family. Joe Es- ican contemporary saxophonist, song-
throughout the United States and to posito, JD Sumner, DJ Fontana, Dick writer, producer, recording artist and
other countries performing his tribute Grob, Sherrill Neilson, The Sweet In- a purveyor of soul and contemporary
shows. For Jack it is total dedication spirations, and many more. A few of jazz. He has released 10 solo albums
to the “King Of Rock’n’Roll”, to his those meetings have turned into cher- and has 24 singles that have charted
audience it feels as if the one and only ished friendships. on the Billboard and Radio & Re-
Elvis Presley has come alive - just one During the time just before the cords (R&R) contemporary jazz radio
more time. His shows are impressive 2002 show, Jack appeared on the CBS charts. Over the course of his career,
with his 14-piece Lightning Strikes Early Show. The night before his TV Lington has collaborated with Michael
Twice Productions Band. “I thought I appearance, Jack had a dream about Bolton, Barry Manilow, Aaron Neville,
had retired,” he mentioned to Brevard Elvis. The dream began to take shape Mike Love, Randy Crawford, Bobby
Live Magazine when he talked about into what is now his own musical dedi- Caldwell, Kenny Lattimore, Ryan
his upcoming dinner and concert on cation to Elvis entitled Just One More Shaw, Little Richard, Joan Sebas-
August 16th at the Space Coast Con- Time. Written and produced by Jack tian, Cristian Castro, Booker T. Jones,
vention Center. But Jack is more than and two of his band members, with The Dap-Kings, Ray Parker, Jr., Tay-
another impersonator. Somehow the background vocals by the legendary lor Dayne, Brian Culbertson, Chuck
spirit of Elvis comes alive in his en- Jordanaires, this hauntingly beauti- Loeb, William Bell, Dave Stewart, and
tire personality, and therefore “I want ful tribute tells of the wish of many many others. Lington has performed at
to do it again, bring the music of Elvis Elvis fans – to hear Elvis return and the Royal Wedding of Denmark’s fu-
Presley to his fans, because the King is sing to his fans Just One More Time. ture king, Crown Prince Frederik and
always alive.” Jack has appeared on CBS, NBC, Uni- Crown Princess Mary Donaldson at
Jack is the only Elvis Tribute Art- vision, TeleMundo, BBC in London, Fredensborg Castle and has also played
ist to have performed on the dates of and several other TV stations. Jack numerous other times for the Danish
both of Elvis’s missed performances has also been interviewed on BBC ra- royal family. He is the grandson of
that were scheduled to occur the two dio and numerous local radio shows. Danish composer and band leader Otto
days after he passed away. He and Locally, Jack and his band have per- Lington.
his band performed at The Cumber- formed at The King Center six times, Vincent Ingala is a contemporary/
land County Civic Center on August The Henegar Center, The Scott Center, urban jazz multi-instrumentalist. The
18, 1999 and August 17, 2002. When Melbourne Auditorium, and numerous tenor saxophone is his main instrument
the CEO of the Cumberland County other venues. of choice. He has released 5 albums,
Civic Center was asked who was the To read more about his accom- his most recent in April 27, 2018, titled
most colorful entertainer that ever ap- plishments visit www.jacksmink.com. Personal Touch.
peared at CCCC, he responded, “With- For tickets call 321-246-1217. www.BrevardMusicGroup.com
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You have had more than a few big Bonnaroo moments
over the years. Where once My Morning Jacket may have
been in the “indie rock box” you are now very well known
by other audiences. Can you comment on that?
JJ: Oh, sure yeah. We like to combine all our different fla-
vors together. I think that, as musicians, its all of our jobs
to kind of break down those boxes and destroy them. I have
never been able to get with the idea of separating music into
different boxes Because I love all music. I think its crazy
the way people even use categories of music to dictate their
social lives…”you can like this kind of music but you can’t
like that kind”(imitates silly voice) …it’s just dumb and I
think it makes us all look foolish. I think the more boxes we
destroy; the more people will come together and realize that
we’re all the same. The great thing about a place like Bonna-
roo is that it brings all different kinds of music together, and
hopefully we all learn from each other and bring those styles
into our own music and just keep smashing those boxes—
get rid of them.
Bonnaroo has always been a great place for bands to
spread their wings and find new fans. Somebody walking
by your set has a chance to hear you for the first time. Do
you approach it like that when you play a festival?
JJ: I’m always game to increase my fan base, but no I don’t
think I ever really think about catching for fish when I play a
At Bonnaroo 2019: show. I think our job is to put our guts out on the stage every
JIM JAMES INTERVIEWED
single time, and when you do that good things happen…and
if you are consistently authentic, and making good things
happen every night, then you have a better chance of some-
By Matt Bretz
one liking what they hear. I really think one of my favor-
O ver a decade ago a new friend moved to town and
told me stories about this magical city that only ex-
ists for one short week a year. She said it was nestled in
ite things about Bonnaroo is that I get to see bands. When
you’re out on the road you don’t get much chance to see
other bands play.
the mountains of Tennessee, and that anyone could be- The music industry was going through a heavy elec-
come a citizen for that precious week and indulge in the tronic period for a few years, but lately it seems like there
fantastic goings on. She was talking about Bonnaroo. are more bands without synth, and delivering in a more
The very next thing I did was buy a DVD that document- authentic, organic style again. Have you seen that as being
ed the 2004 Bonnaroo with excerpts of the festival and a trend that’s coming back?
cherry-picked performances. Some of the artists I was JJ: Personally, I like synth. I don’t really care what some-
familiar with, but a lot were new to me. One band in par-
body is playing as long as they are playing it in an authentic
ticular that caught my attention wasn’t well known yet,
manner of expression. Sure, I think there has been a slight
and definitely not mainstream, so I had no idea what to
move away from electronica in the sense of a disc jockey
expect when I hit play on their performance. For the next
few minutes I was in rock n’ roll heaven as I watched
standing in front of a festival crowd. But I think people are
the front man pour his heart and soul into every note just looking for something to connect to that feels like some-
and nuance. The band was My Morning Jacket, and the thing within themselves, and if electronic music is what
front man was Jim James. I was hooked. Since then I moves them and makes them feel then I’m all for it. You can
have seen My Morning Jacket a few times in concert- use anything, and if you have the right intention, you can
-once with Bob Dylan—as well as shows from James’ deliver something great to an audience. I really feel that the
solo tours, and over the years Jim James has become intention is what makes something authentic.
one of my all-time favorite artists. So…you can imagine Positivity is obviously part of the Bonnaroo message
how excited I was that, all these years later, I was going and as much as we all want to stay positive, these are trou-
to be able to talk to him face-to-face at the very place I bling and divided times we are living in. A lot of artists use
first caught a glimpse - Bonnaroo. their platform to speak out about things that are going on.
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At what part of the process, as a well-known artist, do you play shows or whatever. I think it’s incredibly unfair though
decide what to say and when about the state of the world? that musicians have lost half of their income in album sales.
JJ: I like to live by the words of Dr. King when it comes It’s incredibly unfair that we haven’t figured this out. And
to things like that. He said, “if you’re not part of the solu- we could all get mad and say we’re gonna take all of our
tion, you’re part of the problem.” Every single person, every music off of Spotify, and You Tube, and Apple Music, but
single citizen has the responsibility to vote and use whatever in the end, we would just be hurting ourselves because no
platforms they might have for peace and love and educa- one would have the opportunity to listen to our stuff. I think
tion. I tell every person, especially artists, you can’t control it all goes back to the government again. People can’t afford
what you write. You can’t force yourself to write a political health insurance. People can’t afford to take care of their
song, or a love song…or how angry you are at the president kids…or afford to pay their student loans, so the fact that
or whatever it is that you’re feeling. You have to write mu- we even give a shit if they buy our music is kinda messed
sic that comes out of your soul naturally…love, death, or up. It’s all backwards. How about we go to the source and
whatever it is…and then use your platform in a non-violent, give people a life they can live in peace and comfort first.
peaceful way to get people involved, get others registered, And then if we reset that, we can worry about people buy-
speak out on social media. People are really suffering right ing our records again. Of course we want people to buy our
now, and a lot of us have it really good…and we need to records…I mean you don’t call a plumber over to fix your
realize how good we have it and help others. As artists I toilet and not pay them, but I think it’s going to take some
believe - and really every single person - we have a duty to major artists and major labels to stand up and say “nobody
speak out and be heard, because if we don’t it will be too late gets anymore music until we fix the Spotify model or the
to come back from what’s happening. Sometimes I feel like You Tube model or whatever it is that’s fair. I don’t know
it’s already too late, but I believe we can still come back. I what’s fair…whether it be a penny per play or whatever.
believe it’s all of our responsibilities to wake up and get out Unless all the power goes out or everyone’s phone dies,
and support each other. no one’s gonna buy music anymore. In a way that’s kind
Recently there has been a rash of cities and states en- of cool…it brings me comfort that people that can’t afford
acting legislation that works against the rights of half your health insurance can listen to music on You Tube. You have
audience… all the music of the world in your pocket and that’s pretty
JJ: Women yeah, I know…it’s terrible! That’s one of the sweet because it’s a comfort to people. It all really comes
biggest problems with Mitch McConnel. We really need back to comfort and love. If people keep caring more about
help getting him out of office. I don’t know how big your money than they do their fellow human being than things
readership is, but I really want to say this the world. We still are just gonna keep getting worse.
don’t have a great candidate that could take on Mitch and Do you think money is truly the root of all evil?
we really need help on that, because if we can do that we can JJ: Sometimes it seems like all people care about is making
take the power away and change the world in positive ways. that dollar. If we could get rid of that instinct and the United
You have two bands, and your solo career. As the walls State’s pride was like “not one person suffers on the streets
have sort of broken down in the music industry; record of the U.S., not one person is treated unjustly,” if that was
companies aren’t what they were, radio isn’t what is used our pride instead of ‘crush everybody into the ground and
to be; the traditional routes of music delivery have thinned take everything you can…maybe if our priorities weren’t
out; and so much happens on internet sites, YouTube, so- so screwed…maybe then people would buy records again.
cial media. Is it both the best and worst time to be in the I am one of your biggest fans and have been for some
industry? time. I’m sure it’s happened quite a few times that people
JJ: In the beginning there was a mirror…like from the be- have come up and told you about how a song you wrote
ginning of time until maybe 1970 or 1980. There was a huge had a huge impact on them. How does feel for you?
mirror and when looked into it, you saw music. And then in JJ: I don’t care how many records I sell or how many sold
the 90’s somebody took a stick and they broke the mirror out shows I play—I have doubts every day. I’ll feel like my
into maybe like 10 pieces and you had to look a little bit stuff is dumb, or no one’s going to like it. And so, when
harder to find music. And then, in the 2000’s, they broke someone comes up that is a true fan it makes me feel like I
it again into like 50 pieces and it was even harder to find want to do it again and again and keep making music. I’ve
music. Now, it’s in like 850,000 million gazillion pieces done it plenty of times with my favorite artists…so I get it.
and you ask what is music? Where is music? How do I get But to answer your question it feels amazing and it’s a huge
music? Music is just so fragmented now, but at the end of part of what keeps me going. As artists we can make music
the day I really don’t give a shit because I just like to make for ourselves all day long, but without connecting to other
music. I love to go into the studio every day, by myself, and people we aren’t going anywhere.
make music or get together with my friends and play music,
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The Saga Of Woodstock Continues With Drama But The...
WE 2019 Festival Is ON!
T he Spirit of Woodstock is sup-
posed to be of Music, Love and
Peace but that is not the case on the
Melanie, some of the same perform-
ers Woodstock 50 had announced - but
they still don’t have a venue. Moutenot
50th anniversary of the legendary mu- who is not into lawsuits and drama
sic festival that drew half a million took the easiest way out and renamed
fans to a festival ground in Bethel, NY, his festival “WE 2019.” That’s what
in 1969. A couple of weeks prior to the professionals do!
event the website woodstock.com fea- The original plan was to hold the
tures a three-day line-up including rap- first weekend (August 9-11) at the Sa-
per Jay-Zee, Miley Cyrus along with loon Studios in West Jefferson, North
John Sebastian and Melanie. But if you Carolina. The second weekend (August
Friday, August 8, 9pm want to buy tickets, you’re out of luck. 16-18) at Space Coast Harley David-
The Sandbar, Cocoa Beach “Tickets On Sale Soon,” says the page son in Palm Bay. But after two months
ALEX REBEL MARLEY
and offers a form to fill out to sub- of advertising the Palm Bay event, less
scribe for updates. Also the location of than a hundred tickets were sold. The
T he world famous dive bar in Cocoa
Beach, The Sandbar Sports Grill,
is infamous for their great parties. Get
Woodstock 50 remains a mystery after
being ejected from its initial site at the
Watkins Glen racetrack after failing
accommodation of artists and visitors,
the parking, the camping seemed to be
difficult and, most importantly, SCHD
ready for the next big bash presented to make a $150,000 payment. Several had changed management and now has
by Endless Summer Tattoo and Mark financial backers pulled out, and, just a new marketing director and event co-
Longenecker (of INK Masters fame): recently, the town officials in Vernon, ordinator who also were not in favor of
Alex Rebel Marley will perform a con- N.Y., where Woodstock 50 wanted to having this huge festival at this loca-
cert on Friday, August 9th starting at relocate, rejected another appeal for tion.
9pm. Also on the bill are top ranking permits. There is one place, however,
DJs Selector Longenecker, DJ Red I, where the Spirit of Woodstock is very FREE Simulcast at SCHD
and DJ Jimmy South. The admission is much alive and well, and that is located
free of charge. in the foothills of North Carolina. It is After talking it over with SCHD,
Alex grew up listening to various called Saloon Studios Live. Promoter Moutenat decided to keep this festival
forms of different music: amongst them Kenn Moutenot has full control over for both weekends at the Saloon Stu-
people like his cousin Bob Marley and the 100 acres property. “The permits dios Live in North Carolina and offer it
sons as well as other greats like Garnet are in place, we have a liquor license, as Pay-Per-View to anyone for $19.69
Silk, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller, Pe- plenty of accommodations, three ho- for both weekends. To subscribe go
ter Tosh, Jimmy Hendrix, Carlos San- tels close by and plenty of room for to the website www.WE2019.org. You
tana, and Dennis Brown. He was called camping.” can still watch a live video streaming
to music at a very early age as started But even this positive and easy- outside on a giant blow-up screen at
writing songs since age 11. He attended going promoter faced his challenges Space Coast Harley Davidson on Au-
St. Georges College and while there he along the way. In the very beginning gust 16th, 17th and 18th, and there will
wrote his first song “Color Prejudice,” the festival was named “Woodstock be no admission charge.
after which he went to Quality Aca- Experience” - until the team of Mi- Local musicians that were sched-
demics where he excelled in Literature chael Lang of Woodstock 50 sent uled to perform in Palm Bay decided
and History and also won the school Moutenot a cease-and-desist letter to travel to North Carolina. Jack Starr
music competition. In his music, he threatening a trademark lawsuit (even and the band Changes did not want to
speaks love, peace, liberation, and though the name Woodstock has been pass up the opportunity to play with
principle and plans to use it to spread used in many other festivals). Maybe many legends who had performed at
Rastafari message to all the countries rightfully so because “Woodstock Ex- the original Woodstock in 1969. “We
of the world. Not only does his lyrics perience” booked such original Wood- are grateful to keep our spot in the fes-
of peace, humility and love spring from stock performers as Jefferson Starship, tival,” says Billy James of Changes.
his life but it also inspires others. Canned Heat, Ten Years After and continued on page 23
Brevard Live August 2019 - 21The Column
By Chuck Van Riper
OVERLY CRITICAL THINKING
Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow,
and everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.
Ok, we all know this nursery rhyme by Sarah Josepha
Hale. This is the first verse. I have a few questions right
off the bat. Firstly, who is Mary? Is she Mary Tyler Moore,
Mary Lou Retton, Mary Queen of Scotts? I guess that
would have really thrown off the rhythm: Mary Queen of
Scotts had a little lamb… Well, a quick google search finds
that the Mary of this story, which is apparently based on a
real event, is Mary Sawyer. Thanks Google. Ok, so she had
a little lamb. Where did she get the lamb? Was it part of the
family farm? If so, why did this one lamb belong to Mary?
Was it a present? Who gave it to her? Did she buy it? How
did she pay for it? Hmmm… sounds like a scam to me.
Its fleece was white as snow. Really? I’ve seen a lot of
sheep. When I lived in the St. Croix, I passed a sheep farm
every day to get downtown. Not once did I ever look over
the flock and say “Wow! That lamb has a fleece white as
snow!” They’re more like an off white. In house painting
terms, we would call it eggshell at best. Most were dirty and
had black and grey mixed in. So was Mary’s lamb an al-
bino lamb? Did she, perhaps, bleach her lamb? Spray paint?
Hmmm.
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
Everywhere? Did the lamb go to, say, the butcher’s shop
with her? That would surely be a traumatic experience for
the lamb, seeing lamb chops or leg of lamb being made.
Maybe that’s why he was white as snow. As we will see
later, this creates a continuity problem with a latter verse.
It followed her to school one day,
which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play
to see a lamb at school.
It followed her to school one day. Just one day? This
insinuates that this was the first time the lamb followed her
to school. If “everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure
to go”, then wasn’t it there every day? Was this, perhaps the
first day of school? Did the lamb sneak in every day and this
is the first time the children noticed it? Did the lamb for-
get his invisibility cloak that day? Now, I can see where it
would make the other children laugh, but play? What were
22 - Brevard Live August 2019they playing? Scrabble? Hopscotch? Pinochle? Could the
sight of a lamb incite a rogue pinochle tournament?
And so the teacher turned it out,
but still it lingered near,
and waited patiently about,
‘till Mary did appear.
Ok, this one is pretty clear. The teacher gets pissed.
Perhaps she grabs an eraser and throws it at the lamb, scar-
ing the crap out of it until he leaves the classroom, which
would, again, make his fleece white as snow. So the lamb
hangs outside until Mary comes out.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
The eager children cry;
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,”
the teacher did reply.
Is it as simple as the lamb loves Mary because Mary
loves the lamb? I don’t know. I think maybe the lamb had
ulterior motives. Perhaps the lamb, after going to the butch-
er, figured out that it’s doomed to end up as Easter dinner
next year, so he figures he can play on Mary’s feelings and
assure her love of him. This makes her parents think twice
about chopping up the lamb into little pieces because Mary
is so attached to it. The lamb is a scam… now there’s a
nursery rhyme.
Am I over thinking this stupid little nursery rhyme?
Maybe so. But I think it’s sometimes important to analyze
writings, especially one as old as this, to put things into
context. This particular nursery rhyme has no real historical
significance. However one’s like “Bye,Bye, Blacksheep”
(speaking of sheep) was actually about wool taxes in Eu-
rope, “Ring Around the Rosy” is a reference to the black
plague. Look up the real meaning of “Little Jack Horner”
sometime.
So, my cherished readers, sometimes it’s ok to do some
overly critical thinking by putting things in context of the
time in which they are written. Want to try one yourself?
You really should. Here, I’ll help you get started. This is
one we have all heard of but rarely read. It starts out:
“We the people of the United States…”
WE 2019 Festival continued
If you want to see the festival live, you can camp, bring
your RV, rent a cabin or stay in a hotel room. For tickets
and detailed information along with the daily line-up of
performers, go to www.WE2019.org. Melanie and John
Sebastian will be there along with Jefferson Starship,
Canned Heat, Ten Years After, even Iron Butterfly who
were invited but did not make it to the original event in
1969, they will be there. Should be a great event to keep
the Spirit of Woodstock alive.
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AUGUST 2019
Entertainment Calendar
1 - THURSDAY SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
COCONUTS: 7pm Josh Beach: 7pm Buck Barefoot
Wagner SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm 4 - SUNDAY
EARLS: 8:30pm Rosario/ Dave Myers COCONUTS: 2pm Cocolocos
Craif Band THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm EARLS: 2pm Bonefish
FRESH SCRATCH Ethan Bailey Gould Trio Johnny’s Funky Roots Revue
BISTRO: 6pm Ryan McNelis TWISTED ROOSTER: FRESH SCRATCH
GOOMBAY’S: 6pm Alex 9pm Anything Goes with DJ BISTRO: 6pm Bobby Kelly
Warner Brianna Lee LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Love
LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pm WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Valley; 7pm Pete Spoth
Payback 9pm DJ Soul MAMBOS: 3pm DJ E
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm MATT’S CASBAH: Noon
Untamed Duo Untamed Duo IHB Funk August 4, 2pm
OFF THE TRAXX: 6:30pm SANDBAR: 4pm Vintage; Earl’s Hideaway,
Sydney Taylor 3 - SATURDAY 9pm DJ Cerino & Guest DJ Sebastian
SANDBAR: 3:30pm Teddy V; BLIND LION: 7:30pm The SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
8pm Karaoke Which Doctors Beach: 5:30pm Cory Yentz BONEFISH JOHNNY’S
SIGGY’S: 7pm Joe Barrera COCONUTS: 1pm The VICTORY CASINO FUNKY ROOTS REVUE
SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Conquering Lions; 7pm CC CRUISE: Noon Rocky and
Beach: 7pm Matt Riley Combo The Rollers Sock Hop This is not your average
THE LIVING ROOM: CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm
blues/ jam performance
7:30pm TBA Tropical Groove 5 - MONDAY
EARLS: 2pm Nasty Habits; COCONUTS: 6pm Sean but a line-up of famous
TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm
Latin Nights with DJ Scott 8:30pm Radar Red Manvell musicians, and chances
Robert FLORIDA BEER TAP FRESH SCRATCH are that you might never
VICTORY CASINO ROOM: 6pm Coastal Breed BISTRO: 6:30pm Trivia see these musicians in this
CRUISE: 11am Donna FRESH SCRATCH LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty formation again.
Moore’s Duva Legends Show BISTRO: 6pm Anchors Up Bingo; 9pm Vinnie Hines Bonefish Johnny
WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Jeff SANDBAR: 7pm Jason
Bynum Wright
(John Stacy) is the eclectic
9pm Jason Wright
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Eric VICTORY CASINO singer-songwriter-guitar-
2 - FRIDAY Lee Webb Band CRUISE: 7pm Blues Cruise ist from legendary South
BLIND LION: 7pm Blue LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Ana; w/ Derek Trull Florida bands Groove
Fusion 5:30pm Karaoke w/ Cindy; WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Thangs and Shack Dad-
COCONUTS: 7pm 9:30pm Divas 9pm Karaoke dys, sharing the spotlight
Cocolocos MAMBOS: 1pm DJ E; 6pm with jazz blues singer and
CROWNE PLAZA: 5pm Krazy Ivan 6 - TUESDAY
MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm COCONUTS: 6pm Alex violinist Nicole Yarling, out-
Mango Men
Tru Phonic Rodriguez law country rocker Raiford
EARLS: 8:30pm Johnny &
The Blaze MONKEY BAR: 8pm GOOMBAY’S: 5pm Island Starke and sax star Jeff
FLORIDA BEER TAP Dueling Pianos Breeze-Dudley Quest; 7:30pm Watkins of New Orleans
ROOM: 6pm Josh Miller & OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Trivia Suspects who has per-
Blues Revue Sydney Taylor LOU’S BLUES: 8pm Jam formed with James Brown
FRESH SCRATCH SANDBAR: 4pm Scott Baker Night w/ RKB for over 20 years. With
BISTRO: 6pm Michelle Band;9pm Absolute Blue MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm Joe
SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris; 9pm Calautti multi-instrumentalist pro-
Marie
GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Harbour City Sound SANDBAR: 9pm DJ ducer Jeff Renza on bass,
Andre Walker & Friends SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Goldfinga singer and doctor of mu-
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Matt Beach: 7pm Andy Harrington THE LIVING ROOM: 4pm sic Lou Abbott on drums
Sams Band SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm Artist Chill Night and decades of collabo-
LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm Mark Soroka VICTORY CASINO ration between them all,
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm CRUISE: 11am Highway 1
Bonefish Johnny’s Funky
DJ Joe Redmond Harbor City Trio WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR:
VICTORY CASINO 9pm Open Mic w/ Steve Roots Revue is five bands
MAMBOS: 6pm Teddy V
MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm CRUISE: 7pm 4th Annual Hodak in one, laying down the
Dirty Power Band Pirate Invasion Costume WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm wildest, funnest collection
MONKEY BAR: 9pm DJ Contest Cruise Karaoke of soulful Americana, one
Salt Shaker TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm hit wonders and original
OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Twisted Dance Parties with DJ 7 - WEDNESDAY songs that you would ever
Chuck Van Riper Scott Robert COCONUTS: 6:30pm Jason
WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Domulot
want to get up and dance
SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff
9pm TBA FRESH SCRATCH to! Don’t miss this show,
Marquis; 9pm Dub Masters
SIGGY’S: 7pm DJ Chris; WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm BISTRO: 6pm Denise Turner the admission is as always
9pm Twisted Minds Galaxy GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm David free at Earl’s Hideaway
Brevard Live August 2019 - 25Entertainment Calendar
Southwood Smith BISTRO: 6pm Sarah D Dave Lapointe Rodriguez
LOU’S BLUES: 6pm GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm GOOMBAY’S: 5pm Island
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz; 9pm Acoustic Mondo Tikis Breeze-Dudley Quest; 7:30pm
Rockstar w/ Joe Calautti KEY WEST BAR: 9pm SANDBAR: 4pm Spanks; Trivia
MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm Danny Morris Band 9pm Love Valley LOU’S BLUES: 8pm Jam
Sarah D LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris; Night w/ RKB
OASIS: 9pm Open Jam Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm 9:30pm Guilty Pleasure MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm
OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Jeff Funpipe SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Cash Colley
Bynum MAMBOS: 6pm Cash Colley Beach: 6pm John Burr SANDBAR: 9pm DJ
SANDBAR: 8pm Jam Band MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm Goldfinga
THE LIVING ROOM: 7pm Spearfish Dave Myers THE LIVING ROOM: 4pm
Jazzcats MONKEY BAR: 8pm Ruckus THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm Artist Chill Night
TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Genesis Underground VICTORY CASINO
Hip Hop withDJ Scott Robert Chuck Van Riper TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm CRUISE: 11am Rocky & The
VICTORY CASINO SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Crew Twisted Dance Parties with DJ Roller
CRUISE: 11am The Joe Duo; 9pm Alex Rebel Marley; Scott Robert WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR:
Show;7pm Sail with Reality Mark Longenecker VICTORY CASINO 9pm Open Mic w/ Steve
TV Stars 7 PM (Give Kids SIGGY’S: 7pm DJ Chris; 9pm CRUISE: 11am Rocket City; Hodak
The World Benefit Cruise) Spanks 7pm Soca Party WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm
WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: SLOW & LOW/Cocoa WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Karaoke
9pm Male Revue Beach: 7pm Dave Myers 9pm Hip Hop Night
SLOW & LOW/Viera: 7pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm 14 - WEDNESDAY
8 - THURSDAY Bonnie Harrington Eric Lee Webb Band COCONUTS: 6:30pm Steve
COCONUTS: 7pm Jack THE LIVING ROOM: Fredricks
Flowers 7:30pm Chuck & Dave’s 11 - SUNDAY FRESH SCRATCH
EARLS: 7:30pm Therapy Hippie Jam COCONUTS: 2pm Rrip Tide BISTRO: 6pm Denise Turner
FRESH SCRATCH TWISTED ROOSTER: CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm David
BISTRO: 6pm Jerry Zee & 9pm Anything Goes with DJ Jersey Mike Southwood Smith
Company Brianna Lee EARLS: 2pm Sheba the LOU’S BLUES: 6pm Dueling
GOOMBAY’S: 6pm Jeff WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Mississippi Queen & The Pianos; 9pm Rockstar w/ Joe
Bynum 9pm DJ Soul Blues Masters Calautti
LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm FLORIDA BEER TAP MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm
OverRates Angry Bob Project ROOM: 3-6pm Hot Pink Anja & The Dreamers
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm FRESH SCRATCH OASIS: 9pm Open Jam
Tropical Groove 10 - SATURDAY BISTRO: 6pm Bobby Kelly OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Jeff
OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm BLIND LION: 7:30pm The LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Bynum
Devin Lupis Blues Stars Buckshot; 7pm Michele Wood SANDBAR: 8pm Jam Band
SANDBAR: 3:30pm Teddy V; COCONUTS: 1pm Alex MAMBOS: 3pm DJ E THE LIVING ROOM: 7pm
8pm Karaoke Rodriguez; 7pm The MATT’S CASBAH: Noon Jazzcats
SIGGY’S: 7pm Touch Of Yesterdays IHB Funk TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm
Grey CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm SANDBAR: 4pm Stoney & Hip Hop withDJ Scott Robert
SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Paul Chapman Band The House Rockers; 9pm DJ VICTORY CASINO
Beach: 7pm Matt Riley EARLS: 2pm Last Call; Cerino & Guest DJ CRUISE: 11am The Joe
THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm 8:30pm Twisted Minds SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Show; Non-Smoking Cruises
Stringdaddy Live FLORIDA BEER TAP Beach: 5:30pm Will Purdy
TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm ROOM: 6pm William M. VICTORY CASINO 15 - THURSDAY
Latin Nights with DJ Scott Brant CRUISE: 7pm Spanks COCONUTS: 7pm Alex
Robert FRESH SCRATCH Warner
VICTORY CASINO BISTRO: 6pm Miguel Jose 12 - MONDAY EARLS: 8:30pm The Coolers
CRUISE: 11am Donna GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm COCONUTS: 6pm Sean FRESH SCRATCH
Moore’s Diva Legends Show Andrew Walker Manvell BISTRO: 6pm David Mander
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm FRESH SCRATCH GOOMBAY’S: 6pm Jeff
9 - FRIDAY Rockfish BISTRO: 6:30pm Trivia Bynum
BLIND LION: 7:30pm Tony LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Jeff LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pm The
Wynn & Cameron Brown Bynum; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ Bingo; 9pm Jeff Bynum Bullet Dodgers
COCONUTS: 7pm Radar Cindy; 9:30pm Luna Pearl SANDBAR: 7pm Jake Salter MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm
Red MAMBOS: 1pm DJ E; 6pm VICTORY CASINO Frank Rios
CROWNE PLAZA: 5pm Sax On The Beach CRUISE: 7pm Blues Cruise OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm
Buck Barefoot MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm with Derek Trull Devin Lupis
EARLS: 8:30pm Joey Tenuto Electric Tree Frogs WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: SANDBAR: 3:30pm Teddy V;
FLORIDA BEER TAP MONKEY BAR: 9pm 9pm Karaoke 8pm Karaoke
ROOM: 6pm The Umbrella Country Night w/DJ Lights SIGGY’S: 7pm Matt Adkins
Thieves Out 13 - TUESDAY SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
FRESH SCRATCH OASIS: 8pm Karaoke with COCONUTS: 6pm Alex Beach: 7pm Matt Riley
26 - Brevard Live August 2019Entertainment Calendar
THE LIVING ROOM: EARLS: 2pm Alita Davis VICTORY CASINO August Birthday sails Free)
7:30pm TBA & The Boyz; 8:30pm Logan CRUISE: Noon Country
TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm Brothers Songwriters Cruise 22 - THURSDAY
Latin Nights with DJ Scott FLORIDA BEER TAP COCONUTS: 7pm Syndicate
Robert ROOM: 6pm Mud Rooster 19 - MONDAY Trio
VICTORY CASINO FRESH SCRATCH COCONUTS: 6pm Sean EARLS: 8:30pm Love Valley
CRUISE: 11am Donna BISTRO: 6pm Sarah D Manvell FRESH SCRATCH
Moore’s Diva Legends Show GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Alex FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 6pm Music Trainer
Warner BISTRO: 6:30pm Trivia GOOMBAY’S: 6pm Jeff
16 - FRIDAY KEY WEST BAR: 9pm LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty Bynum
BLIND LION: 7:30pm The Untamed Trio Bingo; 9pm Michael O’Brien LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pm
Jeff Stanton Trio LOU’S BLUES: 1pm John SANDBAR: 7pm Anja The Galaxy
COCONUTS: 7pm Tripp McDonals; 5:30pm Karaoke Dreamer MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm
Tide w/ Cindy; 9:30pm Rocket City VICTORY CASINO John McDonald
EARLS: 8:30pm Raisin MAMBOS: 1pm DJ E; 6pm CRUISE: 7pm Blues Cruise OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm
Cane Triple Play w/ Derek Trull Devin Lupis
FLORIDA BEER TAP MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: SANDBAR: 3:30pm Teddy V;
ROOM: 6pm Will Purdy Usual Suspects 9pm Karaoke 8pm Karaoke
FRESH SCRATCH MONKEY BAR: 9pm Dance SIGGY’S: 7pm Greg
BISTRO: 6pm Michelle w/ DJ E 20 - TUESDAY Vadimsky
Marie OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm COCONUTS: 6pm Alex SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Sydney Taylor Rodriguez Beach: 7pm Matt Riley
Acoustic SANDBAR: 4pm Syndicate; GOOMBAY’S: 5pm Island THE LIVING ROOM:
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Russ 9pm Kathleen Turner Breeze-Dudley Quest; 7:30pm 7:30pm TBA
Kellum Band Overdrive Trivia TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm
LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris; 9pm LOU’S BLUES: 8pm Jam Latin Nights with DJ Scott
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm Touch Of Grey Night w/ RKB Robert
Spanks SLOW & LOW/Cocoa MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm Will VICTORY CASINO
MAMBOS: 6pm Teddy V Beach: 7pm Andy Harrington Purdy CRUISE: 11am Donna
MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm SANDBAR: 9pm DJ Moore’s Diva Legends Show
Love Valley Matt Riley Goldfinga
MONKEY BAR: 8pm Last THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm THE LIVING ROOM: 4pm 23 - FRIDAY
Call Harbor City Trio Artist Chill Night BLIND LION: 7:30pm Tony
OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm VICTORY CASINO Wynn and Cameron Brown
Chuck Van Riper Twisted Dance Parties with DJ CRUISE: 11am Highway One COCONUTS: 7pm No
SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff Scott Robert WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Pressure
Marquis; 9pm Musical VICTORY CASINO 9pm Open Mic w/ Steve CROWNE PLAZA: 5pm
Seduction CRUISE: 11am BeatleBeat Hodak Tropical Groove
SIGGY’S: 7pm DJ Chris; (Beatles Tribute Band); WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm EARLS: 8pm Roughouse
9pm Roughouse 7pm 101.1 WJRR Presents Karaoke FLORIDA BEER TAP
SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Nirvanna: A Tribute To ROOM: 6pm Mike Quick Trio
Beach: 7pm Cory Yentz Nirvana 21 - WEDNESDAY FRESH SCRATCH
SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: COCONUTS: 6:30pm TBA BISTRO: 6pm Anchors Up
John Burr 9pm Durik Comtois FRESH SCRATCH GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm
THE LIVING ROOM: WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm BISTRO: 6pm Denise Turner Acoustic
11pm TBA Vontage GOOMBAY’S: 6pm David KEY WEST BAR: 9pm 106
TWISTED ROOSTER: Southwood Smith South
9pm Anything Goes with DJ 18 - SUNDAY LOU’S BLUES: 6pm LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm
Brianna Lee COCONUTS: 2pm Jason Reverend Billy C. Wirtz; 9pm Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm
VICTORY CASINO Dumulot Band Rockstar w/ Joe Calautti Cover Story
CRUISE: 7pm Moonlight EARLS: 2pm Raiford Starke MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm MAMBOS: 6pm Devin Lupis
Drive-in & The 18 Wheelers Frank Rios MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm
WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: FRESH SCRATCH OASIS: 9pm Open Jam The Kore
9pm DJ Soul BISTRO: 6pm Bobby Kelly OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Jeff MONKEY BAR: 8pm St.
WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Unkle Bynum John’s Wood
R.A.N. Project Dirty; 7pm Jeff Bynum SANDBAR: 8pm Jam Band OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm
MAMBOS: 3pm DJ E THE LIVING ROOM: 7pm Chuck Van Riper
17 - SATURDAY MATT’S CASBAH: Noon Jazzcats SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Crew
BLIND LION: 7:30pm Tropical Groove TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm Duo; 9pm Natty Common
Harbor City Trio SANDBAR: 4pm MIA Band; Hip Hop with DJ Scott Robert Roots
COCONUTS: 1pm The 9pm DJ Cerino & Guest VICTORY CASINO SIGGY’S: 7pm DJ Chris; 9pm
Bullet Dodgers; 7pm Seed SLOW & LOW/Cocoa CRUISE: 11am The Joe Funpipe
CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm Beach: 5:30pm Bonnie Show;11am and 7pm Birthday SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
Cocolocus Harrington Bash (Everyone with an Beach: 7pm Buck Barefoot
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SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm Hodak FRESH SCRATCH
Bonnie Harrington Johnny Debt FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 6pm Dex Wilborn
THE LIVING ROOM: WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: BISTRO: 6pm Denise Turner GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Jeff
7:30pm TBA 9pm TBA GOOMBAY’S: 6pm David Bynum
TWISTED ROOSTER: Southwood Smith KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
9pm Anything Goes with DJ 25 - SUNDAY LOU’S BLUES: 6pm Dueling Unkle Dirty
Brianna Lee COCONUTS: 2pm Love Pianos; 9pm Rockstar w/ Joe LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm
VICTORY CASINO Valley Calautti Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm
CRUISE: 7pm Them Seeds EARLS: 2pm Ellie Lee & MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm Pete Speakeasy BandMAMBOS:
WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: Blues Fury Spoth 6pm Teddy V
9pm DJ Soul FRESH SCRATCH OASIS: 9pm Open Jam MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm
WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm BISTRO: 6pm Bobby Kelly OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Jeff Electric Tree Frogs
Unkle Dirty LOU’S BLUES: 2pm The Bynum MONKEY BAR: 9pm The
Coolers; 7pm Jake SANDBAR: 8pm Jam Band Kore
24 - SATURDAY MAMBOS: 3pm DJ E THE LIVING ROOM: 7pm OASIS: 8pm Andrew Walker
BLIND LION: 7:30pm Tony MATT’S CASBAH: Noon Jazzcats OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm
Wynn’s Groove Factor OHB Funk TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm Chuck Van Riper
COCONUTS: 1pm TBA; SANDBAR: 4pm Galaxy; Hip Hop with DJ Scott Robert SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff
7pm TBA 9pm DJ Cerino & Guest VICTORY CASINO Marquis; 9pm 506 Crew Band
CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm SLOW & LOW/Cocoa CRUISE: 11am The Joe SIGGY’S: 7pm DJ Chris; 9pm
Chuck Van Riper Beach: 5:30pm Will Purdy Show; Non-Smoking Cruises Hypersona
EARLS: 2pm The Angry Bab VICTORY CASINO SLOW & LOW/Cocoa
Project; 8:30pm Heartland CRUISE: Noon 1st Annual 29 - THURSDAY Beach: 7pm Dave Myers
FLORIDA BEER TAP $20,000 Dinner Dine-Around COCONUTS: 7pm TBA SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm
ROOM: 6pm Acoustic Cruise EARLS: 8:30pm Dave Scott Frank Rios
Ramblers & Tumbleweed THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm
FRESH SCRATCH 26 - MONDAY FRESH SCRATCH TBA
BISTRO: 6pm Miguel Jose COCONUTS: 6pm Sean BISTRO: 6pm Murph from TWISTED ROOSTER:
GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Manvell Beachside Bums 9pm Anything Goes with DJ
Andrew Walker FRESH SCRATCH GOOMBAY’S: 6pm Alex Brianna Lee
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm BISTRO: 6:30pm Trivia Warner VICTORY CASINO
Pinch LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty LOU’S BLUES: 1pm ELW CRUISE: 7pm Anja and The
LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Bingo; 9pm Pete Spoth Band Dreamers
Michele Wood; 5:30pm SANDBAR: 7pm Chase MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR:
Karaoke w/ Cindy; 9:30pm VICTORY CASINO Char Good & Friends 9pm DJ Soul
Umbrella Thieves CRUISE: 7pm Blues Cruise OFF THE TRAXX: 6:30pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm
MAMBOS: 1pm DJ E; 6pm w/ Derek Trull Devin Lupis Unit 5
Changes WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: SANDBAR: 3:30pm Teddy V;
MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm 9pm Karaoke 8pm Karaoke 31 - SATURDAY
Dreamer SIGGY’S: 7pm Gary BLIND LION: 7:30pm
MONKEY BAR: 9pm Dance 27 - TUESDAY Vadimsky Americana and Bluegrass with
w/ Dj Chemics COCONUTS: 6pm Alex SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Wild and Blue
OASIS: 8pm Beachtown Rodriguez Beach: 7pm Matt Riley COCONUTS: 1pm Micah;
Hoedown with Eroc Lee Webb GOOMBAY’S:5pm Island THE LIVING ROOM: 7pm Syndicate
Band Breeze-Dudley Quest; 7:30pm 7:30pm TBA CROWNE PLAZA: 1pm
OFF THE TRAXX: 6pm Jeff Trivia TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm Jersey Mike
Bynum LOU’S BLUES: 8pm Jam Latin Nights with DJ Scott EARLS: 2pm Sol Party;
SANDBAR: 4pm Scott Baker Night w/ RKB Robert 8:30pm Crash Rocket
Band; 9pm Cover Story MATT’S CASBAH: 6pm VICTORY CASINO FLORIDA BEER TAP
SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris; Eric Lee Webb Duo CRUISE: 11am Rocky and ROOM: 6pm Cobalt Blue
9pm The Day After SANDBAR: 9pm DJ The Roller FRESH SCRATCH
SLOW & LOW/Cocoa Goldfinga BISTRO: 6pm Ryan McNelis
Beach: 7pm John Burr THE LIVING ROOM: 4pm 30 - FRIDAY GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm
SLOW & LOW/Viera: 6pm Artist Chill Night BLIND LION: 7pm Vince Acoustic
Dave Myers VICTORY CASINO Love & The Soul Cats KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
THE LIVING ROOM: 8pm CRUISE: 11am Highway 1 COCONUTS: 7pm Vintage Heatstroke
Grateful Dead Tribute Night WESTSIDE SPORTS BAR: CROWNE PLAZA: 5pm LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Vinnie
TWISTED ROOSTER: 9pm 9pm Open Mic w/ Steve Chuck & Dav’s Old Hippie Hines; 5:30pm Karaoke w/
Twisted Dance Parties with DJ Hodak Jam Cindy; 9:30pm Sold Out
Scott Robert WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm EARLS: 8:30pm Love Valley MAMBOS: 1pm DJ E; 6pm
VICTORY CASINO Karaoke FLORIDA BEER TAP Krazy Ivan
CRUISE: 11am & 7pm Jared ROOM: 6pm Tru Phonic’s MATT’S CASBAH: 7:30pm
Blake, Bigg Vinny and Jared 28 - WEDNESDAY Original Music Party with Eva Galaxy
Weeks COCONUTS: 6:30pm Steve Weingarten & Run Raquel MONKEY BAR: 9pm DJ
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