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May 6 - 20, 2015
Pairings and the Ohio Wine Producers present
Perfect Pairings: Pairing wine and food like a pro
Plan ahead to compliment your weekend with a wine
and food pairing session conducted by an industry expert.
Learn how six major food elements [salt, sweet, tart, spicy,
toast and umami] impact the wines you are drinking and
either enhance or clash with the foods you love. Sip six
Ohio grown wines including Riesling, Chardonnay, Vidal
Blanc, Semillon, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
to see for yourself how certain food elements impact your
perception of those wines.
Each participant will receive a souvenir wine glass, a
unique wineglass charm, a wine tasting guide filled with information any connoisseur or novice
will find informative, a wine bottle shopping tote, wine and food pairing information, recipes
that complement regional wines, a copy of the latest issue of the WineBuzz and Sip magazines,
six wine trail brochures, a completion certificate suitable for framing and a $3 discount coupon
for a future lunch at Pairings.
Perfect Pairings sessions: 3:30-5 pm June 12, 26, July 17 and July 31 -- $45 per person per
class, reservations are required: call 800-227-6972 For more information on Pairings Wine and
Culinary Center see the ad on this page.
Pedal on the Strip safety-course ride and vintage
bicycle show planned for Memorial Day weekend
Registration is open for both a safety-course ride and vintage bicycle show during Pedal
on the Strip, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23. The Crabapple park lot, near Geneva State Park Marina,
will be the site of the event and start of the ride.
The Connect 534 event will offer youngsters and their parents the opportunity to have
their bicycles checked over for safe operation, their helmets checked for property fitting and
condition, and to ride a ½ mile bike-safety path with learning points along the route.
Also that day will be a Vintage Bicycle show, an opportunity for collectors and users to
show off their pre-1990 bicycles.
Registration for the youth event is required; visit the Geneva City Facebook page or send an
email to [email protected] to register. Registrations also may be made in person at
the utilities counter of Geneva City.
Advance registration will be used in awarding free bicycle helmets, provided by University
Hospital, Geneva Memorial Hospital.
The State Park’s paved bike path, between the parking lot and Cowles Creek bridge,
will be used for teaching bicycle safety skills. Small groups of youngsters on their bicycles,
accompanied by parents or other adult guardian, will ride the course and learn to obey rules of
the road, signs and respect for pedestrians and other bicyclists. No bicycles will be provided for
this activity; youngsters and adults must bring their own bikes.
Prior to departing for their safety ride, each group of riders will have the opportunity
participate in a blessing of the bikes, led by the Rev. David Lettau.
Youngsters who participate in the safety events and complete the ride will be treated to a
free hot dog and beverage, courtesy of The Lodge and Conference Center.
The day of events will conclude with a demonstration of Victorian bicycle (high wheel) riding
by members of the Ohio Wheelmen Association.
Bicycles have long been associated with Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio’s first summer resort. Many
a village youngster learned to ride a bicycle at the oval track that was on The Strip near Howard
Warner’s Colonial. Bicycle rental shops did business along The Strip, as well. Shupp and Shupp
was a well-known shop on the north side of The Strip. F.W. Lomas had the “Original Bike
Shop” a short distance from Shupp.
Additionally, the City of Geneva had a bicycle manufacturing industry, The Geneva Cycle Co.,
which specialized in high-grade tandems. The successful company opened in 1894 and even
manufactured a steam-powered bicycle.
“The bicycling heritage of Geneva and the resort town has been lost in the roar of motorcycles
and the congestion of motorized traffic,” says Carl E. Feather, a Pedal on the Strip committee
member. “This event will return the rightful focus on the bicycle while drawing attention to the
cycling opportunities that still exist in the state park and resort.”
Pedal on the Strip is free and open to the public. Sponsors include Northwest
Ambulance District, Geneva-on-the-Lake safety service
departments, The Lodge and Conference Center, University
Hospital and Geneva Memorial Hospital.
For more information or to register, visit the Pedal
on the Strip Facebook page or send an email to
[email protected] or call 576-3738.
May 6 - 20, 2015
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Connect 534 was designed around
creating and marketing new events
along State Route 534; The City of
Geneva, Geneva Township, Genevaon-the-Lake, and Harpersfield
Township. Connect 534 is working
hard to promote local businesses and
involve the community in new and
revitalized events and programs.
Sat. May 23
Pedal-on-the-Strip
10am-2pm
Crab Apple Park at the
Geneva State Park
Ride the two-mile paved trail
along the Lake Erie shoreline
and into Geneva State Park!
Learn about Geneva's bicycle
manufacturing history, participate in a vintage bike show as
spectator, exhibitor or vendor,
eat, ride and have fun!
Sponsors:
University Hospitals, Connect 534,
The Lodge at GOTL, & Northwest
Ambulance District
Thurs. May 28
Chalk-the-Walk
5-7pm at
The Pavilion in
Downtown Geneva
(Next to Capos pizza)
Celebrate the end of the school year!
$1 CHALK CONTEST
(Age Groups: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12)
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Summer Savings Brochure
Connect 534 is hosting a brochure
full of specials from businesses
along St. Rt. 534!
Check our website for more information! www.connect534.com
or contact: Sarah Bals
email:[email protected]
(440)466-0019
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Editor
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Snarp Farkle • Don Perry
Patrick Podpadec • Helen Marketti
Westside Steve
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Patti Ann Dooms • Pete Roche
Tom Todd • Donniella Winchell
Trenda Jones • Alan Cliffe • Steve Kane
6 ....................................... Wine 101
8 ....................................... Bluesville
11 ............................. Music Review
12 .................... Marc’s Rib Cook-off
13 ................................. On The Beat
15 ..........................Now We’re Talkin’
17 ................................... Kickin’ It
19 .......................... Concert Review
21 ............................. Music Review
22 ............................. Positive Light
23 ........................ Mind Body Spirit
25 ................................. Stay In Tune
26 ............................. Movie Reviews
30 ................................ Snarp Farkle
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By Don Perry
What About Jazz, you ask???…………well…..…….. It’s Everywhere Man!!!
BLU Jazz+ is a stunning new live music venue & photography gallery in downtown Akron, which has been
designed & crafted from the ground up, with the presentation of live jazz in mind. www.blujazzakron.com
BLU Jazz+ presents Red Light Roxy-Thursday, May 14th at 7pm.
Red Light Roxy is a professional jazz band from Cleveland, Ohio that plays an upbeat mix of jazz standards,
jump blues, swing, boogie-woogie and a dash of old-school R&B. Its repertoire comes from the Great American
Songbook and includes familiar songs made famous by such legendary performers as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat
King Cole, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong. Red Light Roxy is comprised of some of Cleveland’s most respected jazz musicians,
featuring Eileen Burns-vocals, Joe Hunter-keys, Daris Adkins-guitar, Dave Sterner-sax, Demitrius Steinmetz-bass and Glenn Davis-drums.
Also watch for Red Light Roxy at the Lake Erie WineFest on June 20th in GOTL!
Take 5 Rhythm and Jazz is Downtown Cleveland’s premier tapas lounge. Come revel in the smooth sounds of live rhythm, blues and jazz, while
enjoying some of the city’s finest cuisine. www.take5live.com
Fri. May 15th • 7:30 -10:30
Grand River
Cellars
Take 5 Rhythm and Jazz welcomes Michael Henderson –Sunday, May 24th for 2 shows, 7 & 10 pm
Vocalist/bassist Michael Henderson moved from Yazoo City, Mississippi to Detroit in the early ‘60s, and became a session player. As a 13-yearold, Henderson played bass with the Fantastic Four, Detroit Emeralds, Billy Preston, and other Motown acts through 1964 and 1965. He later
toured with Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin before joining Miles Davis. After almost seven years of touring with Davis, Henderson focused on
songwriting and singing in a solo career that produced many hit songs and albums for Arista Records, until his retirement in 1986. His solo recordings
have sold well over one million albums.
Michael Henderson was one of the first notable bass guitarists of the fusion era. In addition to Davis, he has played and recorded with Marvin
Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, the Dramatics, Doctor John and many others. He is considered to be one of the three greatest Motown bass
guitarists, along with Bob Babbitt and his primary influence, James Jamerson.
Nighttown, Cleveland’s premier jazz showplace begins their 2nd 50 years! Owner Brendan Ring and Jim Wadsworth Productions, invite you to
join 4-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz bassist, Christian McBride, for 2 shows 8 & 10 pm May 16th
www.nighttowncleveland.com
Christian McBride, on acoustic bass, leads his all-star trio for two big shows at Nighttown!
Featuring: Christian Sands-piano, & Ulysses Owens-drums.
Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, McBride’s path has described a continuous positive arc since his arrival on
the scene. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has performed or recorded with some of the biggest names in
the industry. From jazz (Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock) to R&B (Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan and the one and
only Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown) to pop/rock (Sting, Paul McCartney, Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby) to hip-hop/neo-soul (The Roots,
D’Angelo, Queen Latifah) to classical (Kathleen Battle, Edgar Meyer and the Sonus Quartet),
Christian McBride has become one of the most sought after artists in the business.
Opened by Ed George Sr. in 1948, The Tangier is Akron’s leading creative event center. On
May 16th The Tangier presents Gerald Albright at 7:30pm.
www.thetangier.com
One of the biggest stars of R&B and contemporary jazz today, whatever Gerald Albright puts
his mind to, he stands in a class of his own. Gerald has always been known for his energy on stage,
his unique percussive, yet soulful sound, and his upbeat, crowd-pleasing performances. Joining
Gerald on the Tour is another of contemporary jazz’s most talented artists; Memphis native son, one
of Gerald’s closest friends and fellow saxophonist, Kirk Whalum. Kirk has a total of 8 Grammy
nominations, including one for his most recent album, Roundtrip.
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Ferrante Winery
Sat. May 9th • 8-11
Beach Club Grill
Sat. May 16th • 8-11
Brennan's Pub
For full schedule
DonPerrySaxman.com
or
www.facevaluemusic.com
Spring is finally here!
We Offer the Personal Service You’ve Missed Lately
The Music Box Supper Club is a two-story, two-stage venue which celebrated their grand opening
in Cleveland last summer. The Music Box hosts a wide array of local, regional and national talent
several nights a week and welcomes Cats On Holiday on May 15th at 8pm. www.musicboxcle.com
Cats On Holiday is a Roots-based, Swamp Pop band that has been pleasing audiences for 15 years
with their own special blend of Texas and Louisiana inspired Blues, Rock, Roots & Zydeco, infused
with healthy doses of original songs and poetry about urban life. They perform throughout the year
at the best live music venues in Northern Ohio, upstate New York and the Lake Erie Islands.
Cats on Holiday are also a part of the “Sounds on the Shore” Concerts at Saybrook Twp. Park this
summer!
Donated to The Music Settlement in late 2013, BOP STOP is the place to see high-quality
up-and-coming and well-established acts on the near-West side. All programming is booked by
the staff at The Music Settlement; with a century’s worth of musical expertise, you can be sure
that a night out at the BOP STOP is always worthwhile in Cleveland’s premiere listening room:
an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie. Bop Stop
welcomes the Peter and Will Anderson Trio at 8 pm, May 21st.
www.themusicsettlement.org
Maryland natives, brothers and saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson, at a very young age were
drawn to the music of Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and John Coltrane. They attended Juilliard in
New York City, where they currently reside. The brothers have performed with jazz greats Jimmy
Heath, James Moody among others, and have headlined at Jazz at Lincoln Center, performed in
twenty-six U.S. States and toured Japan.
Peter and Will also have an engagement at BLU Jazz+ on May 22nd.
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By Donniella Winchell
ICY Lake Erie: nature’s giant gift to our grape and wine community
While most of us who have the occasion to walk along the bike path adjacent to the Lodge
are bemoaning the chilly temperatures which remain this spring, our growers annually celebrate
those icy breezes coming off the Lake Erie’s early spring waters.
The influence of the lake on grape growing is dramatic. It is THE PRIMARY reason
viticulture exists here. Each spring, steady, cool breezes skim across the ice-clogged waters. The
winds are trapped by the escarpment [high ridges of land south of I 90 formed during ancient
glacial times] and drop, cooling the air temperature significantly thus preventing early bud break
in the vineyards; in the fall, light currents blow across the sun-warmed lake and drop again
extending the growing season for another week or two.
Then beyond the influence of the Lake, the deep gorges carved by the Grand River and that
of the Conneaut Creek provide ‘air drainage’ so that on cool spring and fall nights the frosty air
flows onto the river and creek beds, and warmer air rises toward the vines planted on the ridges
above.
During the rest of the year, the mass of water creates a moderate or ‘lacustrine climate:’
meaning temperature swings are generally less extreme than in the area outside the lake’s
influence. Statistics recorded over decades show that within the escarpment area, the average
January temperature is five degrees higher and winter temperatures seldom [these past two
winters being the difficult exceptions] drop below minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Traditional wisdom declares that: ‘grapes like dry feet.’ Beyond the natural river gorge
air drainage, Lake Erie also plays a role in the amount of moisture adjacent soils receive and
retain. Its lake plains and nearby ridges get fewer total inches of rain and, on average, 5 less
thunderstorms per summer than areas immediately to the south. Finally sandy, loamy soils in
parts of the plain plus the many tributary streams that flow into the lake offer more opportunity
for successful viticulturists.
The total effect is to create a myriad of conditions contusive to quality fruit and to increase
frost-free season on the lake’s eastern and southern shores by 30 to 40 days. [Where less than
165 growing days are available, viticulture is virtually impossible; when 180-200+ days exist,
winegrowers can and do produce quality fruit.]
The identifying of both the ‘Lake Erie’ and Grand River designations known as
‘Appellations of Origin’ are granted to American grape growing districts which have unique
conditions to produce unique grapes and wines. This process began in the late 1970’s and
continues to this day. These assignments are made to recognize distinctive and historic growing
districts that produce wines with unique and identifiable characteristics. The best-known
national Appellations are perhaps California’s Napa Valley and New York’s Finger Lakes.
As our region continues to build its national reputation for great wines, the GRV and Lake
Erie Appellations will grow ever more important in the eyes of those ‘serious’ connoisseurs.
For additional information: [email protected]
Spring Specials at the Winery!
MONDAY: $5 off Any 2nd Entree
TUESDAY: Buy Any Burger or
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FRIDAY: AUCE Fish Fry
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Saturday 12-9, Sunday 12-7
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440-361-4573
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See our ad in the Winery Guide on
Page 2 for our
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By Cat Lilly
Kristine Jackson
Harpersfield Winery • Friday, May 22
The first time I ever heard Kristine Jackson sing was at a
Cleveland Blues Society meeting at Wilbert’s. She came in for the
blues jam and sang a somewhat obscure Nina Simone
song, “Be My Husband”, accompanied only by
her stomp box. It was electrifying – you could
hear a pin drop in the room. The raw emotion
in her voice was so mesmerizing it brought all
conversation to a halt and every eye in the place
was upon her.
Since then Kristine has evolved into the kind
of performer who can arrange a powerhouse band
and rock the stage with energy or mellow out and
captivate audiences with just her voice and guitar.
She maintains a busy performance schedule in clubs,
fine dining establishments, major halls, and private
events. She has opened or performed with B.B. King,
Buddy Miles, Joe Bonamassa, Lonnie Brooks, Robert
Cray, John Hammond Jr., Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Taj Mahal, to name just
a few.
Here’s what Michael Heaton, Cleveland Plain
Dealer, has to say about Kristine, in his article “Feelin’
the Blues”:
“Whether performing as a solo, duo or full
band........blues based music with a story to tell.... Robert
Johnson meets Tom Waits meets Bonnie Raitt meets
Galactic meets R.L Burnside meets Kristine Jackson!
From the ‘horn section’ to front stage! Kristine
has been on the scene since 1998. Starting as a freelance
trumpet player and ended up a full time singer, songwriter,
guitar player and band leader in 2004. With musical roots
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in Mo-Town, rhythm and
blues, classic rock and soul combined with a fresh modern sound Kristine has developed a
voice all her own. She can keep the audience engaged and moved in a solo acoustic show, or
combine with the full band for a soul pounding night of energy and emotions! Her carrier is
unleashing new sounds to the blues world from all aspects of her music.
Jackson sings, writes, and plays guitar and trumpet. When she gets her band cranked up,
KJ and Basically Blue own the musical territory where the borders between blues, country and
soul become indistinguishable..... If Elvis and Bonnie Raitt had a baby, [she] would be Kristine
Jackson.”
In Kristine’s early years on stage she was a trumpet player backing up amazing vocalists
across the country. When she stepped out on her own in 2004 to front her own band, it was a
natural transition. The band was a powerhouse for blues, roots rock, soul and more. Since then
she has won several blues competitions, traveled to Memphis to compete nationally, and opened
for B. B. King at Cleveland’s House of Blues.
Kristine formed a long-standing friendship with Austin “Walking Cane” Charanghat,
who actually mentored her on guitar. The two perform together regularly and, a few years back,
collaborated with Rob Muzick on a recording, under the name “The Mudbugs.” The album is a
mixed bag of traditional, original, and cover tunes like “Ode to Billie Joe,” the Beatles’ “From
Me to You,” and Ray Charles’ “Jealous Kind,” all done in their own distinctive style.
The 2010 release “Candy Store” featured Rob Muzick on lead guitar, Jim Wall on drums,
and Chris Hannah on Hammond B3. Many of the original tunes on this record deal with the loss
of KJ’s younger cousin, Liz Bohman, as she lost her battle with cancer in August 2009. Maybe
the most notable track, “By Your Side,” is still being played on B.B. King’s Bluesville (Sirius
XM) radio station. The tune is meant to bring comfort for those facing tragedy, letting them
know no matter what, we don’t have to be alone.
Kristine’s release, titled “Vol. 1,” was recorded in 2012, live at the Lava Room in
Cleveland. The CD is more of a tribute to the evolving sound of KJ Blues, with Matt Miller on
bass and Jack Charlton on harmonica. This incarnation of KJ Blues features an acoustic vibe
giving the vocals a chance to really be felt for their full, rich, soulful tones. Accompanied by
players who literally breathe and phrase at the same time, the sound is inviting and heartfelt.
Jackson’s latest release, “Vol. 2: Simply KJ”, proves that she can hold her own as a solo
performer and shows that she is actually hitting her creative prime. It is a mix of originals and
covers with traces of roots, gospel, blues, folk, Motown, country, and jazz. Whether covering
Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, or an old traditional blues tune like “St. James Infirmary”, she
makes the song her own. Her originals are well crafted and heartfelt. Kristine may have cut
her teeth in the blues world, but her choice of material, both original and covered, will be
appreciated by all types of music lovers. Harpersfield Winery is located in the heart of wine
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Tedeschi Trucks Band has announced the second leg of its “Wheels of Soul” tour that will
bring the Grammy-winning,11-piece blues-rock dynamo together with soul sensation Sharon
Jones and the Dap-Kings, and acclaimed guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, for a sizzling summer run
of dates across America. Performing at some of the finest outdoor venues in the country, and
incorporating family-friendly ticket pricing wherever possible, the first of the tour’s two legs
kicks off June 5th in Paso Robles, California, one of four nights in the Golden State. They just
announced second leg launches in July 10th in Houston, Texas and continuing through August
4th, and we are lucky to have them in Cleveland on July 19th.
Perhaps not since the days of Joe Cocker’s supersized Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour
of the early ’70s has this much talented rock and soul hit the road together, suggesting some
potentially explosive onstage musical fireworks. Singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, who fronts
TTB with her husband and guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks, is excited about the possibilities.
“Sharon is really soulful and sweet and we know a lot of the Dap-King guys through different
projects,” said Tedeschi, also thrilled to share the stage with longtime friend and TTB
collaborator, Doyle Bramhall II. “There’s a lot to look forward to and who knows—maybe we’ll
all get up and play together. The wheels of creativity are turning at all times; it should be fun and
could be epic.”
Formed in 2010 with a spirit of adventure that saw Tedeschi and Trucks shelve their
equally successful solo careers, Tedeschi Trucks Band has quickly become the vanguard of
modern roots music. TTB has already earned a Grammy for its debut album, Revelator, followed
with a dynamic live double disc, Everybody’s Talkin,’ and most recently released Made Up
Mind. Driven by Trucks, #16 of the top 100 Guitarists of All Time (Rolling Stone), and Tedeschi,
blessed with a voice that passionately delivers a range of powerful R&B belters to gentle ballads,
the group enlists two drummers, two vocalists, a three-piece horn section, bass, and a multiinstrumentalist keyboard player for what is a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts collective.
Combining inspired Memphis soul with post-war electric blues and classic songcraft into
an award-winning sound, TTB has captured the admiration of both concert audiences and
critics worldwide -- recently touted as “a deeply skilled groove machine” (Los Angeles Times).
With its legendary live performances featuring a growing repertoire of original material and
an astounding range of songs by anyone from blues pioneers Blind Willie Johnson and Elmore
James to present-day Ray LaMontagne and David Bowie, TTB thrives on shaking things up and
challenging itself. They’ve recently introduced an intimate acoustic segment into their live set,
and fans this summer can also expect to hear new originals that the band has been working on for
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ALL ROAD
Having wrapped up his 15-year tenure with The Allman Brothers Band, Trucks is entering
2015 with full-time focus and a jam-packed itinerary of TTB concert dates. After launching
the new year with their own annual Sunshine Music Festival in Florida, two sold out nights at
Nashville’s storied Ryman Auditorium, and a performance by Derek and Susan at February’s
high-profile MusicCares concert honoring Bob Dylan, TTB is looking forward to an inaugural
mainstage appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April and a return to
Lockn’ for a special two-night performance in September. Additionally, the group has also lined
up another trip to Europe this fall after two treks there in 2014.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have been hailed as one of the leading forces in the
revival of classic soul and funk. The band has traveled the world for more than a decade,
blowing minds with their electrifying live performances and their raw, handcrafted studio
recordings. The Brooklyn based 11-piece group delivers sharp, danceable funk grooves,
impassioned singing and sweet soul hooks that stay in your head for days on end. The group is
touring behind its sixth album under the renowned independent Daptone label, 2014’s Give the
People What They Want, which was recently honored with a Grammy nomination for Best R&B
Album. The prolific powerhouse and survivor that she is, Sharon Jones has fully recovered from
a 2013 cancer diagnosis and bounced back with one of the biggest years of her career, filled
with milestone accomplishments and a renewed energy for life.
Doyle Bramhall II is well-known for his extraordinary guitar work, but also as a distinctive
vocalist, composer and producer. Just 18 when he was recruited by Jimmie Vaughan to play
with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, two years later Doyle co-founded the Arc Angels with Charlie
Sexton and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section: Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon. So
impressed with Doyle too, Eric Clapton invited Bramhall to join Clapton’s group full-time and
their association flourished.
Collaborations with such as artists as Sheryl Crow, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Elton John,
Gary Clark Jr., Erykah Badu, and Gregg Allman have kept Doyle highly in-demand. He is now
completing his fourth solo album, launching the next chapter of his musical journey.
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By Pete Roche
JAMES TAYLOR’S FIRST ALBUM IN THIRTEEN YEARS, BEFORE
THIS WORLD, DROPS JUNE 15TH ON CONCORD RECORDS.
If you need something else from
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s
legendary “Walking Man” to tide you
over in the meanwhile, you might want
to check out Georgia on My Mind.
The non-canonical concert
album draws from a May 13, 1981
performance at the Atlantic Civic
Center in the good ol’ peach state. The
show aired over radio and was prepped
for official release (Taylor hadn’t done
a live album yet), but—for reasons not
entirely known—never saw light of day.
Some recordings from the broadcast
eventually popped up in bootleg trading circles as J.T.’s Unreleased Live Album.
The archive fetishists at Iconography cherry-picked eleven of the best cuts from that Atlanta
gig—the fourth of a whopping 47 dates in support of Taylor’s then-new LP Dad Loves His
Work—and applied a light sheen, making Georgia as an hour-long audio time capsule of Taylor
in his prime.
You may already know the folklore: Given an ultimatum by wife Carly Simon to cease his
relentless schedule or face a potentially messy divorce, Taylor responded with Dad and hit the
road (again).
The original set included lots of new material and a smattering of familiar classics (“Your
Smiling Face”) and backtracks (“Sugar Trade,” “Millworker,” “Brother Trucker”); Georgia’s
condensed version features the best of those—with emphasis on songs from Gorilla (1975), In
the Pocket (1976), and Flag (1979).
Accompanied by his ace band and backup singers, James romps through the Holland /
Dozier / Holland gem “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved Boy You)” before trying out the uppity
new “Stand and Fight” on the Civic crowd. The Gerry Goffin / Carol King-penned “Up on the
Roof” is loose but eloquent. “Fire and Rain” is mesmeric. Propelled by Lee Sklar’s bass and
Rick Marotta’s crack drumming, “Steamroller” becomes a gritty six-minute jam. The R&B /
disco of ATM anthem “Money Machine” exceeds eight minutes.
Folk singer J.D. Souther (The Eagles, Don Henley) joins James on AC hit “Her Town Too,”
their saccharine vocal harmonies seamlessly melding on the marital breakup song to a delirious
response. Guitarists Waddy Wachtel (Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne) and Dan Dugmore
(Linda Ronstadt) give “Mexico” an electrified turbocharge while Taylor digs his fingernails
into his acoustic—proof positive the four-time Grammy winner never truly confined himself to
stripped-down ballads. Indeed, it might surprise newcomers just how much this show rocks. It’s
certainly not a sleepy affair.
Auxiliary vocalists David Lasley and Arnold McCuller (both of whom remain with Taylor’s
band some thirty-three years later) flood the mix with their heavenly harmonies, too, as Billy
Payne splashes out piano chords and types out melodic keyboard flourishes. Producer /
songwriter Peter Asher contributes additional percussion over Sklar’s undulating grooves and
Marotta’s sharp snare.
Two of the disc’s oldest numbers, “Country Road” and “You’ve Got a Friend,” close out the
concert retrospective. The former documents Taylor’s powerful chest voice, while the latter (his
familiar spin on the Carol King piano tune) finds him revvin’ up slowly—from whispered getwell poem to gospel-fueled romp.
We don’t know why this recording never received official release. Coming just five years
after Taylor’s first best-of compilation—the now-multiplatinum Greatest Hits—a live J.T. platter
might’ve net millions in sales, too. Still, decades removed from the Atlanta show date, the
choice selections and energetic performances heard here rival the concert cuts on 1993’s LIVE
and 2007’s One Man Band.
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Patrick Meyers. Visit www.rootsofamericanmusic.org to learn more about ROAM.
The Great Grill-Off: 2015 Grilling Teams
This year’s saucy showdown welcomes seasoned grilling gladiators back into the barbecue
pits of downtown Cleveland. In total, 10 professional teams hailing from New Jersey to Texas
will battle for trophies, cash and ultimate bragging rights. Enjoy barbecue and sauce flavors
from five different states and Canada, including:
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ (NJ) • Carolina Rib King (SC) • Gator BBQ (ON) • DD Stutz’s
Jack on the Bone (OH) • Johnson’s BBQ (VA) • Ohhh Lardys BBQ (PA) • Pigfoot BBQ Company
(OH) • Pigtails BBQ Company (OH) • Porky ‘N’ Beans (OH) • Texas Smokehouse (TX)
A Weekend of Mouthwatering Barbecue, Great Music and Family Fun at
the 24th Annual Marc’s Great American Rib Cook-Off & Music Festival
General Admission Only $6 with Marc’s Coupon and Includes All Entertainment
Now in its 24th year, the Marc’s Great American Rib Cook-Off & Music Festival, is a fourday barbecue extravaganza not to be missed Memorial Day weekend! Co-presented by Fox 8
and Bud Light, this mouthwatering festive feast takes place at Jacobs Pavilion and the Nautica
Entertainment Complex on the West Bank of the Flats Friday, May 22 through Monday, May
25.
Without a doubt, competition is at the heart of this annual barbecue bash. Ten professional
grilling teams from across the country will engage in a fierce culinary battle for “Chuck Collier
Greatest Ribs in America,” “Butch Lupinetti Greatest Sauce in America” awards and the coveted
“People’s Choice” presented by DeckCreator and Primo Ceramic Grills. The sauce slinging
really heats up Saturday, May 23 when a unique selection of rookie barbecue chefs participate in
the annual Marc’s Amateur Grilling Competition presented by Del Monte Pineapple.
Once again this year the Rib Cook-Off will feature FREE ADMISSION from noon until 3
p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and DOLLAR DAY returns on Monday with $1 admission
compliments of Live Nation! Discount coupons to save $2 on adult general admission will be
available at all Northeast Ohio Marc’s locations. Admission is only $6 with a coupon and for
children 12 and under remains FREE all weekend long.
The cook-off also packs dozens of national, regional and local bands into its holiday
weekend celebration. This year, the cook-off will feature three stages including headliners on
the Bud Light Main Stage, “Ones to Watch” Live Nation Stage, and the Roots of American
Music Acoustic Dining Tent. The entertainment including main stage headliners continues to be
FREE with paid general admission. A limited number of reserved seats for all three main stage
performances, which include admission to the cook-off, are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK… HEADLINE ENTERTAINMENT
There’s an incredible array of tasty entertainment once again this year too. What better
way to open the Great American Rib Cook-Off then with a great American band! America,
featuring Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, will perform Friday, May 22; Los Angeles Sunset
Strip glam band Steel Panther with special guest Future Villains take the stage Saturday, May
23; Sunday, May 24, will bring Cleveland’s own Michael Stanley and the Resonators back to
the heartland for a Rib Cook-Off performance. Monday, May 25 is Dollar Day and will feature
premier party animals Disco Inferno and the highly-acclaimed 90’s cover band The Hot Sauce
Committee from Chicago. A limited number of reserved seats for The Bud Light Main Stage
concerts, that also include admission to the Rib Cook-Off, go on sale Friday, April 10 at 10 a.m.
at www.ticketmaster.com. Discounts do not apply for advance reserved seat tickets.
“ONES TO WATCH” LIVE NATION STAGE
Live Nation is pleased to feature some of the most exciting and talked about artists creating
a buzz throughout the region on the “Ones to Watch” Stage including a special performance by
the nationally renowned Robert Randolph and The Family Band on Saturday, May 23 at 4:35
p.m. Performers throughout the weekend on the “Ones to Watch” stage include the Tri-C High
School Rock Off winner, M4, along with Oldboy, Megan Zurkey Band, Tom Evanchuck, , Ryan
Humbert Band, Flashbang, By Light We Loom, These Knees, Hawkeye, Lauren Lanzaretta,
Midnight Passenger, Ottawa, Chris Allen Band, Cities and Coasts, Tim Moon, Archie Green
and So Long, Albatross. Log onto www.fox8.com/rib for up-to-the-minute entertainment
announcements and performance times.
ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC ACOUSTIC DINING TENT
(Saturday, Sunday and Monday Only)
Enjoy music in the Acoustic Dining Tent presented by The Roots of American Music, a local
non-profit music education organization, featuring some of the most talented singer/songwriters
and musicians from the region. Performers include Callie Shea Sullivan, Spyder Stompers and
Sugar Pie, Morgan Mecaskey, Tony Lang and Frank Camp from The Simpletons, Dan Miraldi,
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Two Time Marc’s Amateur Grilling Champion To Give Grilling Demonstrations
Compliments Of Primo Ceramic Grills And Deckcreator
Need some new backyard barbecue tips? Learn some new tricks from two time Marc’s
Amateur Grilling Champion, Paul Wood, form Hudson during grilling demos compliments of
Primo Ceramic Grills (www.primogrill.com) and DeckCreator (www.deckcreator.com). Paul
will be giving pizza making demos on the Trex Platinum Dining Deck three times daily on
Saturday, Sunday and Monday between 2:30-5:30 p.m. He is a self-taught cook and caterer who
comes from a long history of male cooks. Wood men have done almost all of the holiday and
special occasion meals for five generations. Paul has competed in several contests and won Best
Backyard cook in Hudson 2010, and was the Marc’s Great American Amateur Rib Champion
in 2013 and 2014, and was named their retired Grand Champion. He wrote and self-published
“Woody’s Cookin,” a compilation of his top 150 family recipes. Paul lives in Hudson, Ohio.
Kids Make It And Take Activities
Saturday through Monday, kids will be able to make Cleveland Skyline hats, fun animal
masks and participate in a community mural display celebrating what kids love about
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Cleveland Metro Parks Nature Tracks Comes To The Rib Cook-Off
Come out and play all summer long at Cleveland Metroparks! Stop by their booth and play
Plinko for a chance to win prizes, including free tickets to KidsDays at Cleveland Metroparks
Zoo - Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24. There’s a world of kid-friendly fun in one
destination. Learn more at clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo.
Dine In Style: New Dining Area - Trex Platinum Dining Deck
Stop by the Trex Platinum Dining Deck to watch the Marc’s Amateur Grilling Competition
on Saturday or enjoy your barbecue from this new dining area. Combining the durability of
recycled plastic with the natural beauty of reclaimed wood, the Trex Platinum dining deck is the
perfect place to enjoy some ribs. Learn more about Trex at www.trex.com.
Budweiser Build-A-Bar
Located in the heart of the Riverside Terrace Dining Area, the Budweiser-Build-A-Bar
features flat screen TV’s and panoramic views of the entertainment, grilling action and
Cuyahoga River. The multi-level bar is a great place to hang with friends and listen to the music
on the “Ones to Watch” stage.
General Event Information:
Event Dates And Times:
Friday, May 22 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 24 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day) 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
RESERVED AND GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS PROVIDE ACCESS TO BOTH
THE COOK- OFF AND ALL OF THE MUSIC PERFORMANCES ON THE BUD
LIGHT MAIN STAGE, ONES TO WATCH STAGE AND ROOTS OF AMERICAN
MUSIC ACOUSTIC DINING TENT.
For more details, venue information or driving directions, visit the festival’s official website
www.fox8.com/rib or call the Jacobs Pavilion Box Office at 216-622-6557 during event hours.
All Rib Cook-Off vendors will be accepting cash and credit cards for all food and beverage
purchases. A food and beverage ticket system is no longer used. Additionally, several ATM
machines will be located throughout the event site.
Parking is available at various surrounding lots on both the East and West Bank of the Flats. The
Swing Bridge that connects the East and West Bank is open, making it convenient to park in the
lots near the Settler’s Landing RTA Waterfront Line.
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Local Jams and Music Events
Open Jam: Scribbler’s Coffee Company, 388 S. Broadway, Geneva, OH 44041, 440-466-2233, 4th Saturdays from 2PM-5PM. All instruments
and styles are welcome.
Mountain dulcimer players and friends: Friday mornings from 10:00 to 12:00 - We are a small open group that currently meets at a home in
the Ashtabula Harbor. All instruments are welcome to play in this dulcimer-friendly environment, and of course, we would love more mountain
dulcimer players. Call Brenda at 440-813-7803 for the address.
New! Ukelele Club: Perry Public Library, 3753 Main St., Perry, OH 44081, 440-259-3300, Mondays from 7-8:45 pm. Bring your own uke
(available for purchase at Arrowhead Music in Mentor, and Pfabe’s in Painesville). Contact Gary at [email protected] for information and
signup.
New! Dulci-More Festival: May 22nd-24th, New Lisbon, OH. Concerts, Jams, Workshops and lots of other good stuff. For more information,
visit their web page: www.dulcimore.org.
Dates have been set for the 4th Annual Music Along the River Festival 2015: August 22-23 at the Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark,
south of Geneva. There will be some formal main-stage performances and lots of informal jams at water’s edge, so mark your calendars
now and plan to join in on a great weekend of acoustic music! If you are interested in performing, jamming or helping out, give Laura
Fidel a call at 440-361-4528.
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Ballet Theatre Ashtabula will present an innovative mix of ballet and contemporary dance when this year’s spring dance concert takes the
stage beginning Friday. Performances will be held two weekends, May 8-10 and 15 – 17. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
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Geneva-on-the-Lake Strip.
Spanning from the abstract to the traditional, each piece in Dream of Songs reflects a passion and vitality expressed by the dancers. Pieces are
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Ballet can tell a story or express a thought or emotion. It can be magical, exciting, provoking, or disturbing. Dream of Songs will take you on
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Brandi Carlile July 28
Over four acclaimed Columbia
albums, countless sold-out tours,
and fruitful relationships with top
producers Rick Rubin and T Bone
Burnett: Carlile and The Twins
hadn’t yet captured the distinctive
spark of old friends working up
new tunes, a slippery magic born
of years touring together, and
often caught only on raw demos
made at the behest of the label.
The Firewatcher’s Daughter, by
contrast, is a full-on Carlile/Twins
co-production, cut live in Seattle’s Bear Creek Studio, with complete artistic control granted by
ATO. With this new freedom, Carlile and The Twins, intent on capturing the elusive essence of
a song’s spirit, tracked the album live, with little or no rehearsal.
Ironically, during this time of liberation, Carlile and The Twins all transitioned to married
life; the Hanseroths became dads, and Carlile’s wife, Catherine Shepherd, was pregnant during
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the making of The Firewatcher’s Daughter. So when the engineer hit RECORD, the stakes were
higher than usual: Carlile and the Twins producing, kids underfoot or on the way, and three years
since an album. But true to form, they wrangled it all into song, catching many, many lightningin-a-bottle moments; the crackling Lucinda Williams-meets-Fleetwood Mac of
“Wherever Is Your Heart,” the CSN-meets-Bonnie Raitt of “The Eye,” to the
dark folk-punk of “The Stranger at My Door,” the Elton John-meets-McCartney
of “Beginning to Feel the Years,” and more – all executed without a net.
“Everything is completely live,” Carlile says. “That’s the only way to make
the moment happen. It’s way too easy to say, ‘Hey guys, you get your part down
and I’ll spend the rest of the evening by myself in a fucking booth not taking any
risks, and trying to nail down my contribution while I drink a bottle of Jameson.’
A lot of the songs are in about the highest key I can sing them in. The vocals
were very emotional for me. I was right on the edge – I’d been off the road for a
long time, I was on the precipice of becoming a mother, and there was a lot that
needed to come out before that could happen.”
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1985, its line-up remained unchanged until the dismissal of lead vocalist Scott Weiland in 2013,
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By Pete Roche
Jim Peterik of Survivor chat’s about his 50 year career
You might not know his name, but you can’t escape his music.
Jim Peterik’s been writing hits for almost half a century now, penning pop masterpieces in
at least two major bands—and several side projects. He’s also coauthored memorable tunes for
other artists, like southern rockers .38 Special (“Hold on Loosely,” “Caught Up in You”).
Peterik would be first to acknowledge that his biggest claim to fame came as a member of
the group Survivor, whose “The Eye of the Tiger” and “Burning Heart” set the tone for the
blockbuster boxing movies Rocky III and Rocky IV. Comprised of fellow guitarist Frankie
Sullivan and singers Dave Bickler and the recently-deceased Jimi Jamison, Survivor also scored
big with the uber ballads “High On You” and “The Search is Over” from 1984’s Vital Signs.
But long before Survivor rose up to the challenge of their AOR rivals, Peterik fronted The Ides
of March, who likewise ascended to the top of the charts with “Vehicle” and “Like It or Lump
It”—albeit a decade earlier.
Formed with high school friends outside Peterik’s native Chicago (Berwyn, Illinois), Ides
dabbled in the jangle-pop and barroom rock that became so popular in the wake of the British
Invasion of the ‘60s. They eventually added a horn section and experimented in soul, R&B,
and funk, releasing a batch of well-regarded singles and a half-dozen studio albums on Parrot,
Warner Bros., and RCA before disbanding in 1973.
The band reunited for a single show in 1990—but wound up bulldozing into the future with
dozens of new gigs a year. Another full-length, Still 19, arrived in 2010.
Now Peterik and his pals are pausing—if only for a brief moment—to reflect on their fifty-year
career together. The comprehensive new Ides of March box set, Last Band Standing, collects
the band’s entire output (and unreleased gems) into a single, handsome five-disc set that quite
literally spans the fifty years from 1965-2015.
Disc One commences with three brand-new studio tracks, including the titular “Last
Band Standing” (featuring guest guitarist Steve Cropper), then plunges back in time to “The
Beginning” with initial Ides singles “No Two Ways About It,” “You Wouldn’t Listen,” and
“My Foolish Pride” (issued on the Epitome, Parrot, and Kapp labels). Previously unheard ‘60s
offerings like “Don’t Cry to Me” and “Train of Love” sit nicely alongside B-sides “Give Your
Mind Wings” and “Girls Don’t Grow On Trees.” The remainder of Disc One and bulk of Disc
Two draw from the albums Vehicle (1970) and Common Bond (1971). There are two versions
of hit “Vehicle” (mono
and stereo), a poignant
symphonic tribute to
the Beatles’ “Eleanor
Rigby,” and a clever
borrowing of Crosby,
Stills & Nash nugget
“Wooden Ships.” Heck,
there’s even a 1970 Pepsi
commercial jingle—and
a terrific run through the
national anthem.
Discs Three pulls from
the LPs World Woven
(1972) and Midnight Oil
(1973), placing Ides barnburners, folk tunes, and countrified numbers (“Mother America,” “Lay
Back,” “Quicksilver” with previously “lost” songs (“American Express”) and live performances
(“Love’s Got the Power”). There’s a nice cover of Lovin’ Spoonful hit “Summer in the City,”
too. Disc Four assembles cuts from the Ides’ later years—the reunion era (“Spirit of Chicago,”
“Age Before Beauty”) and post-millennial albums (“Pepperhead,” “Keep Rocking”).
The fifth disc in the olive branch-adorned package is a DVD of the band’s incendiary
Windy City concert at House of Blues Chicago in May 2014 (not even a year ago). Comprising
fantastic footage from over eleven cameras, the hi-definition video sees the Ides gentlemen
bouncing through their ‘60s and ‘70s oeuvre with an energy that belies their ages. But they
make time for Peterik’s other tunes, too—including some of his Survivor and .38 Special
chestnuts. Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy even shows up at the end to help the guys
celebrate.
The DVD contains a treasure trove of extras, including a photo slideshow, music video for
“Last Band Standing,” and interviews with Peterik and the gang (Larry Millas, Bob Bergland,
Mike Borch, Dave Stahlberg, Scott May, Steve Eisen, and Tim Bales).
We caught up with Peterik by telephone earlier this week to discuss the box set and look back on
his prolific career. Humble, reflective—and funny—“Jimbo” still takes none of his success for
granted.
Voice: Heard you just got back from Italy. Busy these days, eh?
Jim Peterik: Yeah! Just got back from Milan a couple days ago. My jet lag is pretty much
okay. I’m feeling pretty good. It took a while. I was out there with another band I have called
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Pride of Lions. We headlined,
which was a dream of mine!
Frontiers is our label, and they hosted.
They’re based in Italy, and they take on all
the acts that were big in the ‘80s. They signed
Pride of Lions about ten years ago, which was
unusual for them. Because they usually sign
established bands, like a Toto or whoever.
But the president of the company really
liked what I was putting together. After
Survivor, I put together Pride of Lions. And I
said, “Okay, this is going to be the band that
I wanted Survivor to be.” I love Survivor—
always have—but I had a different vision.
So we built the momentum, and finally
headlined a set. People were very, very
enthusiastic. So it was a great moment!
Voice: So the big news now is Last
Band Standing. Could you tell us
about the project, and what it was like
looking back on The Ides of March?
Jim Peterik: Yeah, absolutely.
Fifty years in the making. And as we were compiling this, I was almost
in tears, because I’d almost forgotten some of these tracks! We went back and we licensed the
Parrot years—Parrot was the subsidiary of London Records. And we used the best of those, and
some we had to transfer off of vinyl, because acetates just didn’t exist. But for most of them,
we were able to find the masters. And we licensed the years off the Warner Bros. era, which
was our biggest era. That was when “Vehicle” became #2 on Billboard, in 1970. We got the
originals of all that stuff, all the best of the two Warner Bros. albums. And we got the licensing
to the two RCA albums that span 1971-73. That was interesting, Pete, because that was the first
time that stuff had been transferred from analog tape. And after all those years, you literally
have to put it in the oven—special ovens—so the film doesn’t flake off! But to hear these
masters in pristine condition was really revelatory, because I didn’t know they sounded that
good! Everybody goes, “Back to vinyl!” But some of that vinyl stuff sounded awful. Some of
the RCA Dynaflex, that vinyl was about a millimeter thick. It was awful shit! But the sound
quality is good on these discs. Seventy-seven cuts! Four CDs, and then the fifth is a DVD at
House of Blues Chicago last year, where we performed the best of the Ides, and the catalog of
things I co-wrote with the band Survivor, and songs with .38 Special and Sammy Hagar—but all
those are done in the Ides of March style. And there are outtakes from Dick Clark’s TV show,
and “Mama” Cass Elliott, and Tom Jones performing “Vehicle” in the ‘70s. A lot of curio pieces
that even I hadn’t seen, ever! What a journey!
Voice: Who is in Ides with you now? It’s the same guys from way back, yes?
Jim Peterik: Bob, Mike, and Larry, and me. The original four from ’64. Our very first single,
we financed that by playing sock-hops after basketball games. “Like It or Lump It” is on the
record. But what’s really funny, Pete, is that we have three brand new songs on the discs. “Last
Band Standing” is the title track, and it’s a neat song because it’s autobiographical and mentions
a lot of the high points of our career. Playing with Led Zeppelin, and jamming with the Allman
Brothers. Meeting George Harrison. That’s all in the song. And we were fortunate to get
Steve Cropper, the famous Muscle Shoals guitarist. He did a show with the Ides. We did “In
the Midnight Hour” and “Knock On Wood” and learned all that stuff—re-learned it, actually,
because we’d played those in the Sixties. But he was nice enough to stand in with us, and he
had his Stratocaster. That was a real feather in our cap, a real moment. And there are two other
brand new songs, “Who I Am,” which is an anthemic, brass kind of song. A sort of homage
to all those brass bands like Chicago and Lighthouse. You’ve heard a lot of it on the oldies
stations!
Voice: I love the band Chicago. Earth, Wind & Fire. Average White Band. But I love Chicago.
Jim Peterik: Yeah! Brass is an exciting element. But the thing with the brand new tracks is,
you have those, and then the CD goes right to 1964, where the next track is “Like It or Lump It.”
And you expect there to be this radical difference. And there is a difference, but it still sounds
like the same band that’s been together for fifty years. That same musical personality comes
through. That was kind of a revelation. There is a thread that kind of goes through all the cuts.
The Ides of March: This is what they are!
Voice: Bands like The Beatles and The Who would’ve been your contemporaries back then.
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Were you influenced by them, or were there other musicians who inspired you even earlier?
Jim Peterik: Wow, great question! I’d have to say, you know, Elvis Presley changed my world. I was only five years old, but my sisters said,
“You gotta watch this!” And Elvis came on the TV and did “Hound Dog.” And it electrified me. I saw the future! I knew I wanted to be a
rocker! The Ventures came along, and that’s about when I got my first good guitar, a Fender Jazz Master. And we started The Ides of March, but
we were called The Shon-Dells. Before Tommy James and The Shondells. And we were learning a lot of Ventures songs, and doing the little steps
that they used to do. And then The Beatles came along and blew it all out of the water! When I saw them on the Jack Parr show—two or three
months before Ed Sullivan—he showed some grainy footage from the BBC, and it was like, these longhaired aliens doing “She Loves You.” I was
like, “This is the shit!” So The Ides of March immediately became a Beatles-wannabe thing. We loved The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies. Our
first single on Parrot was very much an amalgamation of the The Hollies meet The Kinks. We did some Curtis Mayfield and those R&B changes
that I love so much. You’ve got to realize, Pete, that when you’re a young band, you kind of change along with the times, because you don’t
know who you are yet. When you’re only 15, you’re influenced by everything. We heard Arthur Conley’s “Sweet Soul Music,” and we’re like,
“We’ve got to get some brass! That’s the ticket!” And that of course led to “Vehicle.” And then you hear that brass is passe, that the new thing is
harmony, like Crosby Stills & Nash. That’s what spawned the song “L.A. Goodbye.” We were changing because we were so young! We loved it
all. We wanted to be all of that!
Voice: Your recent autobiography Through the Eye of The Tiger recounts your journeys in rock and has lots of anecdotes. Generally speaking,
what was it like hanging out with Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, and all those greats on the road?
Jim Peterik: It was pretty surreal. You’re sharing a lunch tray with Jerry Garcia. I mention in the book about walking Janis Joplin back to
her place, because she couldn’t find it. She was a little under the weather! But I was never influenced by the drug culture, even when it was
happening around me. The whole band was like that. We were invited to this big party after the Winnipeg show with Zeppelin, and you’d walk
into the hotel room, and there’d be this orgy! It’s like, “What’s this!?” We kind of scanned the groupies, and they’d invite people in, and we’re
like, “Thank you very much, Robert! We’ll see ya!” And we’d go to the Dunkin Donuts across the street, and we’d be back in our comfort zone!
So it was a little surreal. But we never fell into any of that. We just kind of observed it.
Voice: Do you suppose being from Chicago—being a Midwest band, as opposed to a coastal band—had anything to do with those down-home
sensibilities?
Jim Peterik: I mean, I think there’s something to be said for Chicago and that kind of meat-and-potatoes upbringing. Good people, suburban,
blue-collar. We never got too impressed with ourselves. Obviously there are some casualties from Chicago, but overall I think the good
upbringing helped us survive the fifty years!
Voice: In between Ides and Survivor—and after Survivor—you wrote lots of great songs for other bands. Everyone knows those .38 Special hits,
but even I wasn’t aware you’d had a hand in them until much later. How’d you come on board for those?
Jim Peterik: Yeah, that gets into a lot of sticky stuff, only because the first song that I actually collaborated on…. Well, let’s say this. We had
a song—this was before Survivor was signed—there was a song we were playing at all the clubs called “Rockin’ Into the Night.” It was a big
song; we used to close with it. But when it came time to make time to make that first record, our producer—we really respected him—but he
said, “That song isn’t really right for you guys.” We didn’t necessarily agree, but he was our producer. Next thing you know, we’re driving down
the highway, and we hear, “New from .38 Special, this is ‘Rockin’ Into the Night!’” It was like, “Oh, shit!” John Kalodner, who signed us…
he’d slipped the tape to .38 special’s manager Mark Spector, and they cut it the next day. So it was a real hard lesson. It didn’t make me the most
popular guy in the band, because they considered Kalodner to be like, my guy. Because we were buddies. So it was tough. But I knew part of
my calling in life was to be a songwriter, a collaborator. And Kalodner finally put us together physically the next year—me with .38 Special—and
the next thing we come up with around my kitchen table was “Hold on Loosely.” It was one
of those things where everything gelled. We got real lucky, and it became one of their biggest
songs. And we went on from there with “Caught Up in You,” “Fantasy Girl,” “Wild-Eyed
Southern Boys.” We had a real run there!
Voice: What was it like transitioning from Ides of March to Survivor? There were some big
changes in music, and in the music biz, between the early ‘70s and early ‘80s.
Jim Peterik: Oh gosh, yes! It was a real paradigm shift, because Ides of March… we were a
family band. We chose each other because we were friends. Most of us were actually in the
same Cub Scout pack back in third grade; that’s how far back we go. All four original members
were in the grade school band together. It was friendship over talent—not that we didn’t have
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Mc Entire said in the interview, “It’s really, really sad what they’re living with before
they decide to come out. And then why they decide to come out, and how they deal with it
after they’ve come out - the pressure society puts upon them, their families and what they put
upon them, whether they accept it or they don’t. You know, my new album is called “Love
Somebody” ... I wish it’d been called “Love Everybody.” You gotta love people for who they
are. Accept them, and then go on with life.”
SteelDrivers head to “Muscle Shoals”
McEntire loves the charts
The SteelDrivers’ will dish out
its fourth album of driving bluegrass,
“The Muscle Shoals Recordings,”
on June 16. Rolling Stone Country is
offering an exclusive premiere of
“Brother John,” which features slide
guitar by Jason Isbell, who also coproduced the track.
The album is largely inspired
by Muscle Shoals, Ala. with its
musical history of soulful music.
Muscle Shoals also is the hometown
of the SteelDrivers’ lead vocalist
and guitarist Gary Nichols, whose
bandmates - fiddler and vocalist Tammy Rogers, banjoist Richard Bailey, mandolinist Brent
Truitt and bassist and singer Mike Fleming - made the two-and-a-half hour trek from Nashville
to Sheffield, Ala., to the NuttHouse Recording Studio to record 11 new original tunes, mostly
written by Rogers and Nichols.
The music mixes soul, blues, bluegrass, R&B, country and rock. Isbell, Nichols’ friend and
musical compatriot since childhood, co-produced two of the 11 tracks and contributed slide
guitar to two (“Brother John “ and “Ashes of Yesterday”).
Nichols wrote or co-wrote five of Shoals Recordings’ songs, including the plaintive “Here
She Goes,” and the dark ballad “Brother John.” Rogers has credits on five songs, including the
waltz “Ashes of Yesterday” and the somber closer, “River Runs Red,” a meditation on the Civil
War. Richard Bailey composed the lone instrumental, “California Chainsaw.” The one outlier on
The Muscle Shoals Recordings is “Drinkin’ Alone,” a romp penned by Jay Knowles and former
SteelDriver singer Chris Stapleton.
Reba McEntire has the top selling country disc in the U.S. and third overall on the
Billboard charts with “Love Somebody.”
“Love Somebody” sold more than 62,000 units, scoring her ninth top 10 album. McEntire’s
last release, “All the Women I Am,” was seventh in its debut week with 64,000 units sold.
McEntire tops the country chart for the 12th time.
McEntire put out the CD on Nash Icon, which also includes Ronnie Dunn. The label is a deal
between Big Machine Label Group and Cumulus Media.
Nelson goes up in smoke with Willie’s Reserve
Willie Nelson is going up in smoke with Willie’s Reserve, his own brand of marijuana.
Willie’s Reserve will be grown, distributed and sold by local businesses in Colorado and
Washington and will become available in other markets when state regulations allow.
Nelson has been an outspoken supporter of cannabis for personal use and for industrial
hemp production. Nelson, his family, and a few close friends developed the brand with
emphasis on environmental and social issues, to lend support to the gradual end to marijuana
prohibition across America, according to a press release from Nelson’s publicist.
“I am looking forward to working with the best growers in Colorado and Washington to
make sure our product is the best on the market,” said Nelson.
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Reba McEntire came out squarely in favor of gay rights, including gay marriage. McEntire
made the comments in a story posted at Pride Source, a gay issue web site.
McEntire, who has enjoyed support from the LGBT community, said equality and same
sex marriages were “very important” to her. “I just went to my first gay wedding a couple of
months ago in California for Michael and
Steven, my two great friends. They’ve been
together for 20 years! I thought that it was
not fair, and I didn’t understand why they
couldn’t get married. It wasn’t because they
just wanted to get married. If one of them
had gotten injured and gone to the hospital,
the other one couldn’t make decisions for
them. It’s very upsetting. It’s not only for
convenience or for romantic reasons - it’s
for practicality. For practical reasons! I get a
kick out of what Dolly said: “Why shouldn’t
they get married and be as miserable as the
rest of us?”
“I don’t understand why people have a problem with it,” McEntire said of gay marriage.
“I’m a very spiritual person, but I don’t judge. I try not to; I’m only human. To each his own,
and everybody is different. God did not make us all the same. So, I just pray for an open mind
and a loving heart, and I think that’s all I can do.”
McEntire’s comments come during a period when several in the country community have
said they were gay including singer/songwriter Brandy Clark, songwriter Shane McAnally,
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Jones Museum opens
The George Jones Museum, celebrating the life
and work of one of the singer, opened with a gala
event Thursday, April 23rd with more than 800 people
attending.
Naomi Judd, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Greenwood,
Moe Bandy, Joe Stampley, T. Graham Brown, John
Rich, T.G. Sheppard, Dierks Bentley and Lorrie
Morgan were among those showing up. Jan Howard
shared first-hand stories of the years she knew Jones.
The museum is the result of years’ worth of effort
by Jones’s wife, Nancy, who announced the museum’s
creation last fall. The grand opening corresponds to
the second anniversary of Jones’s passing, April 26.
The museum documents Jones’s life and his position
in country music.
“I was so touched to see how all of George’s
friends came out tonight,” said Nancy Jones. “George
always thought he didn’t have any friends and he’d
tell me to build a museum but no one would come. Well, here we are, and everybody came.”
Spanning more than 44,000 square feet, the museum features displays of memorabilia and
photos, video displays and interactive experiences. The museum also includes a 40-seat, rocking
chair theatre that shows clips from Jones’s television broadcasts, concert appearances and
interviews
The museum opened to the public today. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children
ages 6-15. The George Jones Museum is located just one block off of Broadway at 128 Second
Ave. North Nashville, TN
Radio host Bones announces bio
Radio host Bobby Bones will pen his memoir, in a deal announced today by Dey Street
Books/HarperCollins.
The Bobby Bones Show has been described as an unscripted, five-hour sprint across
the state of country music, modern life, celebrity and social media. Bones also tours across
America to sold-out crowds with his comedy duo, The Raging Idiot. In 2014, after just a year
in country music, The Bobby Bones Show won its first Academy of Country Music Award. The
show is heard on iHeartMedia country music stations, including Washington, D.C., Boston and
Nashville. He is also heard nationally through the iHeartRadio digital service.
Bones grew up poor, the son of a single, addicted young mother and an absent father.
Bones, born Bobby Estell, is from Mountain Pine, Ark., a lumber mill town with a population
under 800. At age five, David Letterman was his personal hero.
First in his family to graduate from college, he landed his first job in radio at age 17,
soon took the on-air name “Bobby Bones.” He worked in Little Rock, Ark. and Austin before
working for iHeartMedia. “I’ve always been a pretty private guy,” Bones reveals. “But I think I
found my outlet, which is oddly one of the least private places I can be.”
“I’m not a traditional country music guy,” said Bones, “but the music reflects where and
how I grew up, and yes, you could say my life has been like a country song, full of highs and
lows and some crazy stuff along the way. I aim to tell it from the front seat of this roller coaster
ride.”
Zac Brown, Farr change it up
Zac Brown Band is out with its fourth studio release, the appropriate titled “Jekyl + Hyde”
where the group expands its boundaries. Guests vocalists include Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
and Sara Bareillis on sounds ranging from country to big band to hard rock to electronic.
Tyler Farr has a hit on his hands with “A Guy Walks Into a Bar,” which appears on his second
release, “Suffer in Peace.” He had a few hits on his 2013 debut, “Redneck Crazy,” but the new
release is more subdued.
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By Pete Roche
No disappointments at Todd Rundgren
Rocksino show
Todd Rundgren probably confused more than a few fans with his rave-centric show
Sunday night April 26th at the Hard Rock Rocksino in Northfield Park.
That’s because the songwriter / super-producer took the stage with a D.J. and two
female dancers instead of Kasim Sulton and his backup rock-and-roll musicians (or
symphony orchestra, as has recently been the case).
“C’mon Todd! Where’s your band?” we heard one disenchanted ticketholder yelling.
But Toddheads should know to expect the unexpected from Rundgren by now. And
if they’d bothered picking up his latest disc, Global (or even 2013’s State), they’d have
anticipated the tech-powered dance party instead of a customary rock concert.
Not that there’s anything “customary” about a Rundgren show.
Moreover, Todd wrote and recorded the majority of Global all by his lonesome at
his secluded island studio in Hawaii, using the latest computer software. So it can’t
be said that Rundgren is pulling the wool over anybody’s eyes by not recruiting a
drummer, bassist, or guitarist for the current tour.
No such musicians appeared on the record; having any onstage would’ve been the real
ruse.
But even without Todd’s typical auxiliary players on hand, the Northfield affair
was anything but stripped-down. On the contrary, the hundred-minute performance was lloud,
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colorful as a candy store, thanks largely to Pasadena emcee Dam Funk (Damon Riddick), who was charged with triggering Todd’s throbbing
tracks from atop an elevated riser at center stage.
The Philly-born music guru himself presided down front, flanked by dancing girls Ashley
and Grace, whose constant presence brought a pleasant balance to the visuals (as did four
perpetually-flickering video columns, two each on the left and right). Wearing a black vest,
black pants, and black Nike sneakers (and his now-trademark sunglasses), Rundgren strode into
view following a “Thank You” keyboard intro by Dam Funk and dove, headfirst, into Global
without so much as a glance over his shoulder.
As its name suggests, the new album is about humanity—people’s relationships with one
another and their home world. And from opening selections “Ev’rybody” and “Flesh and
Blood,” Todd touched on those sociological, ecological, and sometimes astrological themes
throughout the night, crooning into a hand-held microphone while pacing back and forth
onstage.
One really couldn’t want for a more boisterous icebreaker than “Ev’rybody,” whose call to
clap your hands and revel in togetherness (rather than the petty distinctions between people) was
bolstered by a huge beat and robotic background voice. Rundgren played guitar on these cuts
(and a couple others)—a translucent instrument that illuminated blue and red from within—his
crunchy chords and searing licks satisfying those desperate for a more genuine “rock” element,
his nimble finger-work preventing the show from feeling like an evening of glorified Rundgren
karaoke.
The girls strutted in glittery miniskirts and Afro wigs for the first few numbers, then changed
into other outfits that matched the music: Eastern belly-dancer costumes, streetwise sweats, etc.
A few audience members tried keeping up the with ladies’ synchronized aerobatics, shaking their
hips and flailing their limbs to the electronic grooves and percussion, but it took a little longer
for a few older spectators to get with the program.
“Your asses have gotta be numb by now!” Todd good-naturedly teased.
“Truth” harkened to 2004 album Liars, while “Secret Society” was the first of a couple
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Utopia. “Ping Me”
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communication. “Earth
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“Holy Land,” and “Terra Firma” continued the Global trend, but “One World” brought listeners
back to Utopia (without sacrificing thematic continuity). Liars cut “Future” dovetailed nicely
with the new “Global Nation,” but we’re sure not many minded when Todd slowed things down
a bit for the poignant ballad “Soothe.” Heck, he probably needed the break, too; the Hard Rock’s
two in-house video screens showed perspiration beading on Rundgren’s brow.
Todd’s encore consisted of three of his biggest hits, albeit globalized with the same pulsating
electronic grooves that charged the new material. Indeed, it took a while to spot 1978 single
“Can We Still Be Friends?” because of the facelifts given its familiar progression and keyboard
leitmotif. Likewise, Something / Anything? classics “I Saw the Light” and “Hello It’s Me”
received musical makeovers—but at least folks could (and did) sing along.
A Wizard, A True Star throwback “International Feel” proved an invigorating finale, but “Just
One Victory” proved the more apt closer given the Cavs’ playoff victory earlier that afternoon.
We can’t take the Runt rapscallion to task for taking risks in concert—certainly not after
considering he’s made a career of shucking trends, pushing boundaries, exploring musical left
fields, pioneering new tech, and playing pop-rock chameleon for nearly half a century. When
you think about it, launching another tour with a rock band (however talented), would’ve been
the far easier route for Rundgren.
But where’s the challenge in that?
Dam Funk was a capable host and Korg keyboardist, but we’d be lying if we said his
repetitious extolling to “Clap your hands, y’all!” and “Bring the noise, Ohio!” didn’t lend a
hip-hop feel to the proceedings. Were it not for Rundgren’s manic onstage mobility, breathless
vocals, and ace guitar work, we might’ve left the Hard Rock feeling disillusioned.
Fortunately, that axe kept things anchored in the rock vernacular for which should-be-Rock-Hallof-Famer Rundgren is celebrated.
And even a night of Todd doing karaoke covers of his own work—which, we’ve already
established, this wasn’t—would be a worthwhile spectacle: An Evening of Rundgren Does
Rundgren.
Miss the gig? It was filmed for broadcast on Yahoo at www.screen.yahoo.com/live/event/
todd-rundgren , where it may still be available for viewing.
But if you’ve just got to see it in person, Todd has scheduled new Ohio dates at Kent Stage
(August 11) and Lorain Palace Theatre (August 12).
Todd appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman, April 27.
We’ll be reviewing the new album, Global, in the very near future.
www.todd-rundgren.com
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By Pete Roche
Tom Waits A Small Affair in Ohio
October 24, 1977 marked Tom Waits’ third
appearance in two years at the historic Agora
Ballroom in Cleveland—and (at least) second that
was recorded for broadcast by local radio station
100.7 WMMS. The short-but-sweet gig found the
San Diego native drawing primarily from his nowclassic Asylum albums: 1976’s Small Change
and 1977’s Foreign Affairs. Local ads cite Karla
Bonoff as his opening act that Monday night.
WMMS used to air lots of Agora shows in the
‘70s and early ‘80s (The Cars, AC-DC, Ramones,
etc.), many of which received official release. The
unpublished shows have enjoyed wide circulation
over incipient decades. We suspect the master
tapes remain archived in vaults at the Western
Reserve Historical Society; Bruce Springsteen
just approved official release of tapes from his
legendary summer ’78 Agora show.
In his Waits biography, Low Side of the Road,
author Barney Hoskyns recounts the chain-smoking lounge singer’s struggle with alcohol.
Waits was often ornery and unapproachable—and none too pleased when he learned his August
’76 Agora show would be disseminated over Ohio’s airwaves.
s But Waits was in better spirits by October.
Taken directly from the pre-FM masters, the aptly-named A Small Affair in Ohio
documents an evening of Waits at his finest, smoking and scatting for nearly an hour before a
well-lubricated audience. Waits was all of 28 at the time—yet his signature gravelly vocals
(and mature-for-his-age lyrics) make him sound 65 (his age now), making for a captivating
performance. The independently-issued concert disc (on the All Access label) boasts a
remarkably clean mix; Tom’s piano notes tinkle over the pronounced upright bass and crisp
drums, and Frank Vicari’s tenor sax is bright and bold.
Waits greets the crowd with a gritty run through the Frank Loesser-penned “Standing
on the Corner” (from the 1956 musical The Most Happy Fella) before dipping into his own
recent material. The fans are enthusiastic from the get-go, roaring and hollering between (and
occasionally during) tunes to cheer Waits on.
“I Never Talk to Strangers” and “The One That Got Away” escort listeners into Waits’
wacky underworld, where miscreants, sad-sacks, and alcoholics rub elbows (and other
anatomical parts) with prostitutes and pasty-clad strippers. It’s a perpetual red light district
populated by junkies jonesing for a hit and Johns fumbling for prophylactics to the sound of
Waits’ mocking (but mature) verses and Vicari’s mournful / mirthful horns. Chip White’s ace
drumming (and vibraphone) nudge the bits along unhurriedly while the meaty bass—we’re
unsure if that’s Danny Trifan (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) or Fitz Jenkins III—zigs and zags on
“Step Right Up,” and “Invitation to the Blues.”
Nutty narrative “Depot Depot” is the only original song not taken from either of the two
newer albums (it appeared on 1974’s The Heart of Saturday Night), but Waits nonetheless
delivers a bravura performance:
“This peeping-Tom needs a peephole and an up-tempo song!” he rasps, slipping into
character.
“Eggs and Sausage” chronicles more late-night, post-barhopping exploits, while the
thumping “Small Change” surveys another dime store novel’s worth of exploits by Waits’
hapless hooligans.
“There’s a rendezvous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight,” Waits cackles. “All the
gypsy hacks and insomniacs….in a graveyard charade, a late shift masquerade.”
Fittingly, Tom winds down with “I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work.” One can practically smell the
booze and smoke wafting through the club as the crowd clamors for more; a Waits show is never
not a visceral, satisfyingly seedy musical experience, and Small Affair effectively captures that
pulp vibe.
“I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars,” he growls. “Been a cabbie and a stock
clerk, and a soda-fountain jock-jerk and a manic mechanic on cars.”
“Now I got money to spend on my gal, but the work never stops. So I’m busting my chops with
Joe and Sal.”
Sounds like an allegory for Tom’s entire career.
Waits was rightfully inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. For those
curious why he warranted such honor—or for you alternative rock enthusiasts who know Waits
only for his role as “Tommy the Cat” (on Primus’ 1991 disc Sailing the Seas of Cheese)—A
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By Joel Ayala Ayapana RN, BSN, BA
The Realization of Religion and its Falsifications:
The Washing of Hands Rigidity, especially in religion, has truly and ultimately separated Humanity for far
too long. It creates fear, division, and judgment. The Crusades, first beginning in 1095, is a
rather strong example of this hypocrisy. The genocide imposed upon the Ancient Peoples of
Humanity’s history, such as the Hopi and the Mayans, clearly emphasizes this association.
And from ignorance people have failed to acknowledge that the truest roots of Christianity
delve further and deeper into the past than what we superficially know about the Ancients.
From this set of wisdom alone can you sense a degree within the actual act that there is a
considerable amount of unawareness? If indeed so, we are essentially living from amidst the
days of an Awakening Consciousness. We shall then know and acknowledge the abstinence of
Consciousness - of Truth. “Eli Eli Lama Sabacthani” were the very words spoken by Yeshua
on the cross before his resurrection. The words are not even closely related to being Hebrew
for that matter. They are more Mayan in connotation than what was previously and popularly
taught to the masses.
How many people have died in the Name of the Cross? When the “so-called” intention was
far from what can be defined as ultimately being Christian. And during the times of Christ was
there even such a title demarcated towards any one single soul? To say the least, I don’t even
think Christ defined himself as being Christian during those crucial times of Human history. I
must emphasize, time and time again, that it is of utmost importance to unlearn what had been
previously learned.
Even further, I doubt that Yeshua would desire to be predominately remembered in his last
days as being crucified on the cross. If one were to follow the same specific fate would they
desire to be reminded everyday of that cruel and horrific moment from that of your past life?
If it were me I would love to be remembered for my teachings and especially so, the life that I
had lived as an example for all other people to follow. As opposed to being remembered nailed
to the cross and with that very image hanging around people’s necks and tattooed all over
people’s shoulder’s throughout the world. And, with that said, when Christians are observed - in
their own contradictions - judging and condoning their own very fellow man as they become
rather rigid, indeed in response, when they are confronted with the very words of, “Well, what
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would Jesus do… in this particular situation if you were in his shoes or perhaps standing in his
sandals?”
Indeed, many Christians fail to ask themselves far too often - WHAT WOULD YESHUA
DO? When one sect of a belief system fails to delve deeper than the mere superficiality of
what can be perceived as “The Way”... we as human beings can easily fall into the trap of
defending the minor things as far as it relates to simple BELIEF. When we do so... in such a
way... DIVISION becomes the recourse for we defend such insignificance - derived from the
consciousness of FEAR.
I feel, as well, that Catholicism has received a significant level of bad publicity for the
particular level of behavior that has been portrayed by its leaders of the Church. And from
within the ranks of this humanly manufactured institution of well-ordained and highly decorated
fabric of the so-called cloth, there has got to exist a higher level of political fervor when it comes
down to catering to the significance of a highly celebrated ego-structured organization. Leaders,
especially of a spiritual nature, were meant to lead by example. Rather, if we were to perceive
the existence of such an entity on another end of possibility, would it be rude to say that perhaps
the spirituality component of what is illusively being displayed... is exactly just that - the
illusion.
Why do Popes step down... I wonder at times? We must not forget about that. How easily...
people forget about such atrocities portrayed within the church. There is a highly significant
level of SECRECY in the Catholic Church... and... WHY IS THIS? What is there to hide? There
is no particular FREE access or entryway by any member of the general population into the
Vatican for public viewing, especially within their own libraries and vaults, and why is this the
reality of things? Shouldn’t there be a higher level of TRANSPARENCY when it comes down to
knowing and experiencing God... especially within the “man-made” church.
And because of this... we have come to fall astray from who is truly being worshipped: God
or Church or the Leaders of Church or FEAR? I must emphasize though that people, especially
heads of church, can preach a good sermon all day, but the most important thing is that the
leaders of any spiritual system must also embody such preaching the same way as well. Their
words do not portray, nor parallel, their actions, per say. According to the Gospel of Thomas,
“When one is able to know thyself, they (too) shall know that they are well worthy to be the
Children of our Lord... and not just one Man.” This particular gospel from the ancient scriptures,
found at Nag Hammadi, teaches us about the importance of rediscovering of thyself. And
because of this, there is no particular need for the CHURCH!
The Gospel of Thomas states that the church is not required for the knowing of the true
relationship between Man and God. No wonder why the “Gospel According to Thomas” was
never included (according to the Council of Nicea) as being worthy and considered as a portion
of The King James Version of the Bible. This teaching would blemish and denigrate the very
foundations of religions. The King James Version is, exactly just that, a version of the Truth. It is
not, by any means, the “end-all” and “be-all” TRUTH! The King James Version is incomplete.
What we have failed in, though, being the very Humans that we are... is that we have not
been able to truly understand the origins of all of our religions. And when we finally do... we
shall see that there is NO DIVISION. All religions are connected to one source from where
it had all began. The fact of the matter is... whether Humanity is, indeed, ready for the truth?
It is so unfortunate that people do not see this connection. I truly feel and understand the true
meaning behind his words when he had said, prior to his crucifixion, “Father please do not
forsake them... for they know not... WHAT THEY DO!”
THE ILLUSION LIES FROM WITHIN OUR SEPERATENESS. Unfortunately, to go
any further than that would be too much here... within this conversation. The collaborative
Consciousness of Man is ultimately not ready to go beyond this point within the process of
Awakening. We have been so ingrained from what has been socially conditioned and drilled
into our Psyche from what has been taught subconsciously, our defense mechanisms have been
placed into overdrive defending the bulk of all of our egos. People are not ultimately ready for
the truth, but we will get there when the time is right.
Joel Ayala Ayapana is a Veteran of the United States Air Force. He has been practicing within
the specialized nursing field of Behavioral Health as a Registered Nurse for over eleven years
in the Cleveland metropolitan area. His inspirational work has earned him several awards and
recognitions within his profession.
Additionally, he is the author of his recently published work, entitled, The Book of Positive
Light: remembrance of the Heart which can be purchased at the following website LINK:
www.thebookofpositivelight.com
Not only was Joel the former host of his first highly-acclaimed podcast radio talk
show, Quantum Mindfulness Radio, broadcast on the BBS Radio Network (www.
quantummindfulnessradio.com), but he is also the NEW talk show host of his next eye-opening
and paradox-shifting podcast, Awakening Paradigms, now available for your listening pleasure
on Brad Saul’s WebTalkRadio.net. Tune into this sacred space of Quantum Potentiality... and
heighten your Consciousness to the next and heightened levels of your own Awakening.
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By
How it All Comes Together…..
FeatherTouch incorporates several different modalities that contribute to a person’s overall well-being. These modalities are all meant to
synchronize and blend with each other, to achieve ultimate wellness on all levels: body, mind, and soul. Unless we are treated holistically—that
is, on all of these levels—the goal of wellness becomes only a passing phase, rather than a final result.
We are triune beings. To ‘cure’ one level, and leave the other two unattended, keeps us from being balanced and wholly and fully alive.
I am often asked, “Out of all the modalities and techniques that I practice, which of them is the best place to start for dealing with minor
physical and /or emotional discomfort?”
Everyone is different. I do not treat any two clients the same. I usually know within a few minutes of consultation, where the majority of
their imbalance lies.
One of the ways that I ‘consult’ is the use of applied kinesiology. Simple muscle-testing can allow a practitioner access to the ‘soul level’, in
that our energy never lies.
We all exist as vibrational beings. Our bodies vibrate at a certain frequency that can be seen by the human eye, which is why we appear to
be “solid”; it is a very dense frequency. As well though, we have parts of ourselves (our energy body) that vibrate at a much higher or less dense
frequency and which the eye cannot usually see without training.
In scientific terms, it is labeled as an electromagnetic field which interacts with other fields in the universe. When we sense another person
in the room, even without looking, it is an example of our field interacting with their field.
Our thoughts are part of this field interaction. Our thoughts are the translators of what the energy field is transmitting to us. So when you
meet someone and instinctively retreat from them, your energy has interacted with this person’s energy and found something in it that feels
wrong or disruptive. Your mind takes this energy response and translates it into an uncomfortable feeling and often a thought like “that person
has bad vibes”.
Applied kinesiology is a truly ‘wholistic’ system, because it looks at the whole person (not just at selected parts). When you step on a cat’s
tail, it’s the other end that screams! J Kinesiology looks at all types of stresses which can cause disease. They include emotional, nutritional,
structural and electrical stress.
The basis of Kinesiology is that the body is like an electrical piece of equipment, which is controlled by an incredibly complex computer,
namely the brain. The brain is continually in communication with each of the 639 muscles in the body.
If a muscle is electrically in balance, it is possible to measure a constant electrical signal from the brain to that muscle and back again.
However, when the body is overstressed (through a chemical, emotional, structural or electrical cause), the electrical signals in one or more
muscles go weak. It is like a fuse in your fusebox blowing. The body figures that it is better to blow a fuse than the whole box, and subsequently
burn the house down.
The interesting thing is that muscle testing works just as well on mental or emotional issues
as on physical body parts. Basically one can put one’s attention on something and then test for a
weak or strong response. That is something we can use.
As I stated before, our energy never lies. The body is not as much of a liar as the
conscious mind is. It is much more likely to give an honest assessment of what is going on than
the person’s analytical thinking is. The body will give answers to things that are submerged and
unknown to the conscious processes, and it will give answers without being biased by wishful
thinking or social maneuvering.
Applied kinesiology involves the art and science of muscle testing. The word
“kinesiology” comes from the Greek: “kinesis”, meaning movement…and “logos”, meaning to
study. It literally means the study of movement.
Kinesiology combines Western techniques and Eastern wisdom to promote physical,
emotional, mental and spiritual health. It allows us to identify the elements which inhibit the
body’s natural internal energies that determine one’s state of health.
From the point of kinesiology, I can then determine if a client’s issue is structural, in
which case I will deal with it physically, or if it is emotional, in which case I might deal with
it through some guided mediation first. Often working with someone on the physical level
includes color, sound, music, and light—even numerical vibration….These techniques add an
element of creativity and joy to a healing session.
My healing sessions are always meant to be in celebration of our place within the lexicon
of creation, and our oneness with each other.
From that point, we move on to any residual issues. Often those issues are emotionally
based, and therefore I would find the use of Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) to be
amazingly helpful.
Tapping is so important to my own well-being, I couldn’t imagine starting my day without
first practicing that, in combination with a white light mediation. It brings my soul and my
heart in alignment with the Divinity, and at the same time grounds me to the Earth.
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whirlwind and he’s a strong leader, but it’s also lovely and loose and cool. That’s all a comfort
to me. I’ve produced myself and I feel pretty solid in the studio, but it’s really nice for me not to
have to do anything but help select the material and be free to be a singer and a guitar player.”
Fans who have followed Scaggs’ remarkable career dating back to the late Sixties with
the Steve Miller Band; his solo triumphs with such classic albums as Silk Degrees (1976) and
Middle Man (1980); and the splendid assurance of late-period high points like Some Change
(1994) and Dig (2001), will instantly recognize Scaggs’ characteristically deft touch as a singer.
He brings a sly drawl to a funky workout like Li’l Millet and the Creoles’ “Rich Woman,” a
conversational intimacy to Bobby Charles’s “Small Town Talk,” and an elegant delicacy to the
Impressions’ “I’m So Proud.” He easily negotiates the Latin flavoring of “Last Tango on 16th
Street” and “I Want to See You,” both written by San Francisco bluesman (and longtime Scaggs
compatriot) Jack Walroth. His soul is effortless and deeply felt, never making a show of itself,
but unmistakably evident in every lyric he delivers.
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KC & The Sunshine Band
Saturday July 18th
KC and the Sunshine Band are still
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when they first danced into the music
scene 40 years ago. Harry Wayne Casey
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fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of
a Latin percussion groove, giving us
an impressive string of hits like “Get
Down Tonight”, “That’s The Way (I
Like It)” and “Shake Your Booty”. With
sales of over 100 million records, nine
Grammy nominations, three Grammy
Awards and an American Music Award,
KC and the Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands of the 70’s and is credited
with changing the sound of modern pop music! KC and the Sunshine Band play over 100 live
shows annually, circling the country and playing dates regularly throughout Europe, Australia
and South America. In 2008, KC celebrated 35 years entertaining us, writing songs, performing
around the world and he has no intention of stopping. KC’s songs have stood the test of time and
you can ask any one of the thousands of fans who spend the entire concert on their feet, dancing
and shaking their booty.
You can count on hearing his music on the radio, at a nightclub, at the movies, in a sports
arena or at one of the 100-plus concerts KC and the Sunshine Band plays every year. It is always
fun and truly makes all who hear it happy enough to
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An Evening With Graham Nash
Friday July 31st
Legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash
will perform a series of “An Evening With” concerts
throughout the United States in July and August 2015,
kicking off on July 12 at the Vancouver Island MusicFest
in Courtenay, BC.
This summer, Shane Fontayne (guitar, vocals) will
be accompanying Graham Nash on the road. “I’m really
looking forward to an evening of music, stretching back
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If You Can Dream It,
I Can Build It.
It’s hard to believe it’s time to write another article. This time of the year seems to fly by faster than other times. Maybe because of all the yard
work and winter clean up. You know, all the raking in the corners of the flower beds that the leaves found a home to nestle into for the winter, the
sticks that fall from all the trees, the adding of new mulch, etc. Well anyway it’s time to put all that aside and get down to guitar business.
I’ve been getting a fair amount of new work in the shop this past few weeks. I got in a beautiful Gibson J-45 reissue that unfortunately had
a mishap with the headstock hitting the floor. That incident usually ends up bad no matter how you look at it. Many people might think that it’s
the end of the guitar, but that is a repair that is more common than you might think. I get that type of repair in the shop quite often. Of course the
crack or break can range from a small hairline crack to a devastating break with splinters missing and the whole nine yards. On a few occasions I
have been lucky enough to see a repair that doesn’t’ even need a re-enforcement cleat put into the break. If the crack is one that is a long, straight
separation without a lot of gluing surface it is possible to inject glue into the entire area and clamp it up. Sometimes you can’t even tell the crack
was ever there. These types of breaks are pretty rare though. Most of the time the break requires a cleat for added strength on the glue joint. I have
made a jig so that my router can cut a nice size elongated cleat with a matching plug that fits nicely in the routed slot. After some finish work to
hide the “not so pretty” cleats, the joint is now stronger than it ever was.
Another repair that I got in this week is from a friend of mine that I was at a music festival with last week. And by the way it was a great time,
and I want to thank all of my friends who showed up and brought food and libations. We all had a good time, but unfortunately my friend Peggy’s
1928 mandolin took a small spill and the back separated from the sides. It was a clean separation so the repair should be fairly routine. The one
thing that I will say here is that it’s important to remember to keep this older Gibson mandolin’s integrity it should be repaired with the original
hide glue that was used extensively in the factories back in the twenties. It is an age old glue that can hold up for centuries without fail, but it also
can come apart due to many different situations. Over time the glue hardens and can become a bit “brittle” and with an impact or certain humidity
changes it can separate. Occasionally it is possible to just add some warm water (not a lot) to a joint and the dried glue will re-activate and glue
back together. In the old days when the glue pot got low the workers would just add more dried glue chips and some water and mix it up and it
would all just keep mixing together. I have heard stories of this process going on in factories, sometimes for years.
The only down fall to using this type of glue is that it requires it to be used with a melting pot of sorts. This means that you must add the dried
hide glue (flakes or chips) into a small amount of heated water. If the water gets to hot the glue dries out and becomes too thick to work with. The
glue is applied when it is warm and as it cools it sets up to a very strong glue joint. If the hide glue has too much water in it will be way to “runny”
which can cause a mess and hard to clean up along with the fact that it will also lose some of its strength because it is diluted too much. One
other small problem is that there is not a lot of working time with this glue. You must have everything aligned and ready to go when you apply the
glue. It often sets up very fast and sometimes does not even require clamps to hold it together. Even when you use clamps it does not have to be
clamped for hours to cure like some other alphetic resin glues do. Hide glue has been used in the musical instrument industry for centuries and is
still regarded by many luthiers as a superior glue to any of the modern day adhesives. It just has a fast work time and is tricky to get things aligned
up correctly while using it.
I also got an older violin in to repair the bridge that had broken in half after the owner was
tightening the strings which had been sitting loosely for some time. Apparently it was time for
the bridge to say “no more stress and strain for me”, and decided to let go. The interesting thing
about the repair is the story of the violin. It was owned by the customer’s “great, great grandfather
who lived in Madison village and could have very well played the violin up in the square back in
the early 1900’s. There is a tag inside the instrument that shows that it had been repaired back in
1931. That’s only 85 years ago. I love it when I see an instrument that you know has been filling
many people with musical pleasure for such a long time. What a story it can tell. It reminds me of
a movie called the “Red Violin”. If you haven’t seen it you should rent it or get it on Netflix. You
won’t regret it if you like movies about history and music.
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line of products that will be coming in the future. This one is the new “SHG amp stash box”
Created in the mind of my good friend Clare. I want to make sure that she gets the credit for
coming up with the great idea of the “stash amp”. Of course you have the option of “stashing”
anything into them, jewelry, coins, small collectibles and even your “stash”. Check out the new
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The Age of Adeline
Lakeshore Entertainment PG13 110 min
You know how it goes, every once in a
while you have to change your perspective
and in this case I decided to see the big chick
flick of the week. Mind you I am NOT an antichick flick kind of guy, there have been many
that I thoroughly enjoyed. Not only that, but
when you toss in a little fantasy it often makes
for a very enjoyable story. Well gang, that’s
how it was with the AGE OF ADELINE, so
before we go any further keep in mind that
whatever I tell you will be at least something
of a spoiler so forewarned is forearmed.
And you might want to know that while
it is a little corny and a little predictable I
found it to be a pleasant experience. So if
you have a date night coming up you can read
this review afterwards. I often find that good
casting can make or break a film and in this
case Blake Lively as Adeline, a serious actress
with an ageless beauty that looks as good in
the Roaring Twenties as today was an excellent choice. Even the boyfriend Ellis, (Michiel
Huisman) who I thought might be an annoying hipster kind of grows on you as the film
progresses.
The story begins with a classic Twilight Zone style introduction that sets up the
unlikely set of circumstances that make up the
film. As a result of an auto accident, hypothermia and a random lightning strike Adeline
will remain 29 years old for almost a century.
One can only imagine the hell she would go
through as a scientific guinea pig during the
early 19 hundreds if anyone were to find out.
Not only that but lovers, friends, acquaintances, pets and yes, her own daughter (Ellen
Burstyn!), sooner or later realized that 5 or 10
years have passed yet she remains the same.
At that point the poor woman has to change
her name, her job and her identity. Yes she’s
able to learn and experience things far beyond
what a normal 29 year old, a bit like Bill Murray in GROUNDHOG DAY.
Though it’s been something of a lonely
existence at one point a charming young
man, Ellis Jones, makes his way into her
life and try as she might she gives in to Dan
Cupid’s arrow one more time. Of course
there’d be no film if everything didn’t start to
fall apart.
You see many years ago she been in love
with another young man and because of the
condition left him alone and broken hearted,
by disappearing just before he’d had the
chance to propose.
That young man? Ellis’ father (Harrison
Ford) who thinks he must be going crazy
when his son brings Adeline home to meet the
family.
I won’t give away the exact ending but
let’s say it shouldn’t be very hard to figure
out as it approaches. Still this story and all of
these actors have a certain charm that could
take even an unremarkable plot and weave a
spell over even the most jaded viewer.
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Avengers Age of Ultron
Marvel PG13 141 min
There sure are a hell of a lot of superhero movies in the last decade or so; I might
venture to say too damn many. One reason is
that I have to draw the obligatory comparison between Marvel and DC Comics to start
every single one. Usually the divide breaks
down along generational lines. Remember
when in comics or crime movies the bad guy
was an embezzler or a bank robber or a stick
up artist? In the sixties we saw the advent of
the anti-hero and the rise of Marvel Comics,
which is basically an extremely familiar group
of superheroes except for the fact that they
whine about everything. Well, about that time
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it was no longer
frightening to read
about a bank robbery, nothing less
than killing every
man woman and
child on the planet
would spark the
public interest. I
don’t think Stan
Lee has ever
had an original
thought in his life,
preferring to steal
ideas from the DC
Comics group and
change them just
enough to avoid a
lawsuit. Now, let’s
see, the Justice
League of America was a series in which DC Comics took a handful of their flagship heroes
and brought them together to fight crime. Just like the Avengers. That doesn’t mean he isn’t an
icon, just a derivative icon.
That’s where the generation gap comes into play. Young adults, teenagers, adolescents etc.
are pretty easy to impress. With them it’s a lot easier to pass off some phony serious sounding
mumbo jumbo and have it all mistaken for deep thinking. I guess that’s the plan with the latest
AVENGERS entry.
Maybe it’s one of those inside jokes where the fans who read the comics are the only ones
who really understand what the hell is going on.
So Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk and a handful of other super guys are locked in
deep psychological
turmoil about the
future and the purpose of the Avengers.
Should they prevent
strife or merely
avenge it once it
happens? In the other
corner is a humanrobot hybrid, a result
of an artificial intelligence experiment
that goes by the name
of Ultron (James Spader)
He has taken it upon himself to make the world a better place by exterminating all the inferior
human beings. I don’t know if STAR TREKS V Ger was a technical consultant but it’s the same
idea.
Now because nobody in the audience is stupid enough to believe that the humans will all
actually be killed we’re forced to sit through nearly two and a half hours of cacophony with
smashing buildings and automobiles and buses and spaceships and robots until the inevitable
climax. Guess what that might be. And all interspersed with snippets of dialogue I assume
someone thought were cute. I’m serious folks, except for the handful of rabid fans who follow
Marvel Comics like Billy Graham followed the Bible I don’t think anyone else will have a clue
as to what the hell is going on.
It’s not that the acting is horrible but the dialogue is so silly it’s hard to tell. Oddly enough
the best performance was by Spader who was extremely charismatic as he voiced the renegade
robot antagonist.
And sure the effects are spectacular and the battles overwhelming, but for God’s sake after
10 minutes they do get old an annoying.
If you are an aficionado of these characters you might possibly think this headache producing mismatch is a grand success.
If you aren’t I suggest you avoid this stinker like the space plague.
(PS. Did anyone else notice there are two, count em, two movies in this issue containing the
words “Age Of?”
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talent, but we grew to be a great band. We didn’t start out being a great band. The difference
with that is, you have a real chemistry when you’re friends with people. You look across the
stage, and you smile and laugh, and you have a great time. And the audience picks that up. I
love Survivor—it was absolutely my biggest success—but we were never that. It was more
calculated, more of a business. And then Foreigner came out, and we put together Survivor…
that became our role model. It was like, “Let’s be kind of mainstream, melodic rock.” It was
kind of a decision, because prior to that I’d been doing soul and R&B. Ides of March were
a funkier thing. But the main difference is that Survivor didn’t have that kind of long-term
friendship bond. We were friends, but not like that. And musicianship only goes so far. When
you’re hanging on the road with five other guys, hey, you’d better like each other! So there was
some tension. It was never as much fun as The Ides. But I can’t argue with the success. When
we got into the studio, we made some magic!
Voice: What brought about the Ides reunion for the 1990s?
Jim Peterik: Berwyn, Illinois is our hometown. They offered us quite a bit of money to
reunite. This was 1990. It was gonna be a one-off show, but 25,000 people showed up, and
we were pretty damn good. We had three months of rehearsing, learning the material from the
vinyl. So we’re like, “Screw this, we’re gonna keep going!” So from 1992 to present, every
year we’re going between 35-50 shows a year. We just keep making music and putting the
records out. Last Band Standing is proof of that whole recorded output, from ’64 to now.
Voice: I studied Latin in high school, and my daughter’s a Latin scholar now. So I’ve got to ask
where you got the band name from. Ides of March.
Jim Peterik: The funny story is, originally the band was The Shon-Dels. But Parrot was just
about to put out “You Wouldn’t Listen,” and they had the labels printed out. And we were riding
down the highway—another one of those “Oh, shit!” moments—and we hear the D.J. tag, “New
from Tommy James and the Shondells, it’s ‘Hanky Panky!’” So we were scrambling for names.
And of course we had a lot of fun with ridiculous names. But we’d all read Julius Caesar in
high school. And Bob says, “Look at this: ‘Beware the Ides of March.’” It sounded like a name
to us!
Voice: Would you mind reflecting a little on your time with Survivor’s Jimi Jamison? His
passing a few months ago was quite a shock for everyone.
Jim Peterik: Yeah. I mean, that was a life-changing day. A sorrowful day. I was at my cottage
in Michigan, and I got a call from my personal trainer. Actually, it was a text. She wrote, “It’s
a shame about Jimi.” I was like, “What are you talking about?” But then the phone rings, and
the name Jimi Jamison lit up. I was like, “Thank God!” So I cheerfully say “hello,” but there
was a voice on the other end—his daughter—and she was sobbing. She said he’d just passed.
And you can imagine how devastated I was. I’d talked with him just two weeks before. We
were very close friends, even though I wasn’t in the band with him at the end. For about a
week I couldn’t even move. But the way I deal with loss a lot of times is to pour it into the
music. There’s this song, “Heaven Passes the Torch.” I poured all my emotions into that, and
I got some of the greatest singers in the AOR world to sing on it: Bobby Kimball from Toto,
Mike Reno from Loverboy, Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), and Bill Champlin (Chicago). They
all contributed vocals. And we premiered it—I hate to say “premiere,” because it sounds so,
you know—but we did it at his funeral service in Memphis. And they organized a video collage
of his life. I still can’t believe I got through that ceremony. We put together a homage album
called Torch: The Music Remembers. For Jimi and Freddie Frederiksen [from Toto]. It was
available…we had it in Milan, and we sold out 500 copies in the first two nights. It had the best
stuff that Jimi and I did for Frontiers, and some of the new songs. But that’s how I dealt with the
loss, helping people remember the best of both of them.
Voice: Your website has a couple video addendums like, “The Singer Not the Song,” where you
discuss songwriting as an art. Can you tell us more about that?
Jim Peterik: It’s a web series that they produced for me. We have maybe four episodes so far.
And it’s basically about songwriting. It’s a solo website along with the Jim Peterik website. We
look at the world of technology as much as we can. I try to connect people to that, and to who I
am. When I put out my book, it was like, “Jim who?” Then they’re like, “Oh, oh yeah, ‘Eye of
the Tiger.’” But gradually people get it. And that feels good.
Voice: So what’s coming up next for Ides? Will the band be touring behind the box set?
Jim Peterik: We’ve got isolated shows. The economy being as it is, a lot of the festivals
dried up. But we do have some significant shows coming up. We’ll do kind of an unplugged
set. We’ve got some stuff—but that’s off the record, until it’s “real!” But we’re going to keep
posting stuff. We’re doing a lot of in-stores. Like Record
Store Day, the day that emphasis the sort of brick-and-mortar
record stores. That’s the premiere of the box set. And then
we’re pretty much doing drivable locations outside Chicago.
And New York in September.
Voice: You’ve got to add Cleveland to the itinerary.
Jim Peterik: I would love that!
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50 years, and coming round to today with all its blessings and problems,” says Nash, “a splendid
time is guaranteed for all.” Graham Nash will continue his long-time tradition of raising money
for charity through the Guacamole Fund’s special benefit seats; in addition, he will be donating
$1 per ticket sold to charity.
While continually building his musical legacy, Nash is also an internationally renowned
photographer and visual artist whose work has been shown in galleries and museums
worldwide, including the Smithsonian. Born in Blackpool, England, Nash was appointed
OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2010. He first rose to fame with The Hollies, and went on to form
Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1968. Nash has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
two-times (for CSN & The Hollies), and is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame (as an individual
and with CSN). In May 2013, he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Boston’s Lesley
University. His autobiography - Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life - was released on September
17, 2013 by Crown Archetype/Random House, and landed him on the New York Times BestSellers list.
Graham Nash’s photography is currently on display in exhibition at the Fine Art Photography
Gallery at Mumm Napa in Rutherford, CA. Titled My Life Through My Lens, Photographs by
Graham Nash, features more than 50 of his photographs. The exhibition has been extended now
to run through April of 2015 at the winery’s Fine Art Photography Gallery.
More info: GrahamNash.com
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John Hiatt & The Combo
The Taj Mahal Trio Co-Headlining Tour
September 2nd
Over thirty-five years after the
release of his debut album, John
Hiatt remains one of America’s most
respected and influential singersongwriters. As the Los Angeles
Times once wrote, “(Hiatt) writes the
funniest sad songs – and the saddest
funny songs – of just about anybody
alive.”
John Hiatt’s songs have been covered
by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan,
Bonnie Raitt (“Thing Called Love”),
Buddy Guy, Emmylou Harris, Ronnie
Milsap, Iggy Pop, the Neville Brothers, Rosanne Cash (the #1 country hit, “The Way We Make
A Broken Heart”), the Jeff Healey Band (“Angel Eyes”), Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, Linda
Ronstadt, and even the cartoon bear band of Disney’s 2002 film, The Country Bears.
He earned a Grammy nomination for his album Crossing Muddy Waters, and B.B. King and
Eric Clapton shared a Grammy for their album Riding With The King, the title track from which
was a Hiatt composition. In 2007, John Hiatt was honored with his own star on Nashville’s Walk
of Fame and his legacy was even further cemented with a pair of accolades in the fall of 2008:
the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting in September,
and his October induction into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and
influential figures in late 20th century blues and roots music. Though his career began more
than four decades ago with American blues, he has broadened his artistic scope over the years
to include music representing virtually every corner of the world – west Africa, the Caribbean,
Latin America, Europe, the Hawaiian islands and so much more. What ties it all together is his
insatiable interest in musical discovery. Over the years, his passion and curiosity have led him
around the world, and the resulting global perspective is reflected in his music today.
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REMEMBER THE FUTURE!
I started watching the original Star Trek
series lately and I found the old show still gets
my attention even with the antiquated special
effects. In one episode where the Enterprise
went back in time, it still made me think that
yesterday is tomorrow, or is that tomorrow is
yesterday hmm… well something like that!
Time travel is so messy, and that’s what makes
me think it’s probably been done already
seeing all the crap that’s going on in the world
now, it would certainly solve the emergence
of some very mysterious inventions, like shoe
horns that don’t beep and triple-ply toilet
paper!
We are all time travelers actually, the time
it took you to read this far is already in the
past and since you cannot anticipate what I’ll
write through to the end of this article, you
are trapped in that minuscule space between
the past and the future that we call the present,
yet slowly moving forward in time, with my
guidance of course! But before you thank
me for guiding you through space and time
you should consider where I might lead you!
Hahaha!
Isn’t it funny that we can travel through
the past at any given time we choose through
memories but not the future? Why can’t we
just reverse what we do to remember what
we did to remember what we are going to do?
Remember the future! I have remembered
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the future a few times for sure, like when I
know I’ll poop my pants if I don’t go sit on the
crapper in a few minutes and it’s just as vivid
a memory as the memory of when it happened
in the past!
Just like some memories of the past are
frightening, so are some memories of the
future! When I remember that I’ll poop my
pants if I don’t go sit on the crapper soon,
I can also remember the stinking mess it’ll
make and how I’ll have to brave the stench
and clean it up getting my hands all poopy,
that’s a friggen Futuremare!!
Remembering the future is tediously mindnumbing and is probably why most of you
earthlings don’t even try, because by the time
you finally think you have done it, it’s already
in the past and you’d have to start all over
again which will leave you with a mess on
your hands… literally! But if you would have
remembered the future when you first started
reading this article, you would have realized
that you were actually stepping aboard the
Star Shit Entersuprise and were about to badly
go where no man wants to go!
Snarp Trek!
~Snarp
www.snarpfarkle.com
~ Rick Ray
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