Static Live Magazine November 2018

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Carli
This month’s goddess from Premiere Model Management is Carli from Deltona, FL.
Carli is engaged to be married and will be moving to Alaska next year. Her best vacation
was a trip to St. Thomas, where her fiancé proposed to her and her favorite
concert was seeing Coasts in Orlando in 2016. Carli works at a coffee shop and
coaches gymnastics and she has just recently started modeling with Premiere Model
Management. In the future, Carli wants to start her own bikini line.
Oh My...Goddess
Photo credit: Mandy Lynn Photography/Premiere Model Management
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October 1991
By Les Kippel
There we were, Oct, 1991 visiting,
of all places, Disney World! Walking
around The Magic Kingdom, enjoying
the rides.
‘Once in a while you get shown the
light In the strangest of places if you
look at it right’.
Yes, in the strangest of places -
Philip Kippel all of a sudden looks up
and sees an old friend of his: Chip!
What is Chip doing? Taking a break
and catching up on the latest issue
of RELIX Magazine with Mickey Hart
on the cover!
Chip sees Philip and immediately
runs over to Philip and wants his autograph!
Philip was laughing so hard! He
didn’t know that Chip was a Dead
Head!
Well, Philip gave him an autograph
and made Chip’s day!
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I found out something that was there all along, but now I’ve
learned how to connect into it when I need it. What am I so
excited about? The power of positive thinking. But to get to
that point I had to sit in a lot of negative spaces before I got
it right. There are times in your life when you’re going thru
something and “negative” steps in and helps you go deeper
into that “suffer” spot, when all you have to do is change
what you’re thinking to change your situation. Half the time
we worry about something and, in the end, it seems to work
out for the better and we wasted all that super good energy
on what could happen bad but didn’t. I like to call it distorted
thinking, I got that from Eckhart Tolle or one of those positive
thinking guys. He said once you tell your mind something,
good or bad, it starts to create the scene, good or bad. Then
By Brandi Shannon
you get in that mode of your mind feeding you all sorts of
crazy things and before you know it, you believe it. Like if
your supervisor tells you they need to see you in the office
on Monday and tells you to have a good weekend. Your
whole weekend will be ruined because you have accepted
the information and now your mind is creating things off of
it. It goes a little something like this, “Oh damn, wonder
what I did!” “Did I send an email that I wasn’t supposed to?”
Distorted thinking, ruining your whole weekend and when
Monday rolls around, it wasn’t that at all. You can easily
turn it around, but we are so in tune to receiving bad news
we try to prepare ourselves for it and it turns out not that
way at all. Granted, sometimes it will, but can you count the
number of times you did that and it turned out to be a good
thing? I can.
So now I live in the present moment. “The Power of Now” by
Eckhart Tolle, would make a great gift book. If you can teach
someone to train their mind to better help them through times
of crisis it would be the gift that keeps on giving. Here’s a
quote from Tolle that I absolutely trust and believe, “Your
outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey
only has one, the step you are taking right now!” Practice
the power of positive thinking and you will find
your true You! I don’t see it any other way now!
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When you ask most people about Freddie Mercury chances
are you’re going to get two answers: 1), He was the greatest
singer in rock ‘n’ roll history; or 2) He was that guy who died
of AIDS. While both of those answers are correct there was
so much more to the man then just those two things and the
band he played with. This month there’s a movie coming
out called Bohemian Rhapsody; a celebration of Queen and
Freddie Mercury that should create a whole new generation
of fans.
Those true to studying rock ‘n’ roll history will tell you that
there will probably never be another voice like that of Freddie
Mercury. Perhaps the fact that his band made “rock opera”
a common phrase back in the ‘70s will ultimately be his final
legacy, not the fact that his life was cut short by a horrible
disease that at the time no one understood. Even today, kids
around the world who have never heard of Freddie or Queen
know some of their songs like “We Will Rock You“ or “We are
the Champions“ as they are played at many sporting events.
There is also the song for which the movie is titled that most
critics felt was far too long for radio, yet it became one of
their biggest hits. Made famous again by the car scene in
the movie Wayne’s World, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is perhaps
proof that not all record labels or critics know what the public
may like or what may become a international hit.
By the Reluctant Genius
Here’s a little more info on one of the greatest rock bands of
the ‘70s and early ‘80s. While their leader may have passed
on far too early, the music he wrote will no doubt live on
forever.
Farrokh Bulsara was born September 5, 1946 in India. He
was known professionally as Freddie Mercury; a singer/
songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist
of the rock band Queen. His flamboyant stage persona
and four-octave vocal range (yes, that’s correct; he was
able to sing in four different octaves) made him one of the
most unique front men ever. Most singers would be happy
with two octaves and very few can even sing in three. Freddie
had a successful solo career throughout the years but
he will always be known best as the front man for the band
Queen.
Queen formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (lead guitar,
vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon
(bass guitar). Queen’s earliest works were influenced by
progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band
gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly
works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock
and pop rock, into their music.
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Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including “Bohemian
Rhapsody”, “Killer Queen”, “Somebody to Love”, “Don’t
Stop Me Now”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, and “We
Are the Champions”.
Over the course of his career, Mercury performed an estimated
700 concerts around the world with Queen. A notable
aspect of Queen concerts was the large scale involved. He
once explained, “We’re the Cecil B. DeMille of rock and roll,
always wanting to do things bigger and better.” The band
was the first ever to play in South American stadiums, breaking
worldwide records for concert attendance in the Morumbi
Stadium in São Paulo in 1981. In 1986, Queen also played
behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of
80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock
concerts ever held in Eastern Europe. Mercury’s final live
performance with Queen took place on August 9, 1986 at
Knebworth Park in England and drew an attendance estimated
as high as 160,000. With the British national anthem
“God Save the Queen” playing at the end of the concert,
Mercury’s final act on stage saw him draped in a robe, holding
a golden crown aloft, bidding farewell to the crowd.
For the next few years rumors swirled that Freddie had contracted
the AIDS virus something he denied until a final note
he wrote only hours before his death.On the evening of November
24, 1991, just over 24 hours after that final note,
Mercury died at the age of 45 at his home in Kensington.The
official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting
from AIDS.
Recently, Queen has made a resurgence with shows featuring
Adam Lambert and have toured again around the globe.
It seems a good thing, even though (with all due respect) Mr.
Lambert will never live up to Freddie. At the very least he
can help create a new fan base and keep the legend of “the
greatest” voice in rock alive.
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By Rick DeYampert
During my tenure as the rock/pop/hip-hop writer at the Tennessean,
the daily newspaper in Nashville, about every other
week I’d catch a music act that would mutate my DNA
and make me think: I swear by the balls of Zeus and Elvis,
these bad-asses are gonna be on the cover of Rolling Stone
within a year!
However, of the thousand or so non-famous but good, great
or gonzo-great acts I heard in Gnashville’s music clubs over
2½ years, only one ever went on to the big time: India Arie.
(Although years later the amazing Ghana-born singer Ruby
Amanfu teamed with Jack White for an amazing duet on his
single “Love Interruption.”). And Gnashville, by the way, is
my name for the gritty, rockin’ side of the city known for its
country music.
All these kick-ass bands and solo artists – the Evinrudes,
the Honeyrods, Lennon Murphy, Ruby, etc. -- who I thought
were destined for Olympus instead were destined to remain,
more or less, “local acts.”
Which is a damn shame, but that leads me to my even greater
point: Music happens – most of it – in the local trenches.
Yes, we’ve all been blessed to see our fav superstars live,
and I was privileged to see more than most people because
of my 30 years as an entertainment and music writer at daily
newspapers. I’m grateful I got to see U2, McCartney, Pearl
Jam, Public Enemy, Springsteen, Prince, Ravi Shankar,
OutKast, Common, Erykah Badu, Daytona-bred Diplo, Tool,
Wu-Tang Clan, Emmylou Harris and others do their thing.
But 90 percent of the live music that has rattled my brainpan
and made me ecstatically yell “Holy shit what the freak did I
just hear?!” has been made by “local” artists.
When I returned to the Daytona newspaper for a second tour
of duty there after my stint in Music City, I brought the lesson
of Gnashville with me: Yeah, it’s nice to have talent, but it
ain’t got shit to do with who becomes famous.
The opposite of the Ruby Amanfu case taught me that in
Gnashville: At the fabled Ryman Auditorium, of all places,
I saw this teen girly-girl singer open for a barely known boy
pop group called N’ Sync. The teen girl was an OK singer but
far from spectacular. She performed in front of the curtain,
for Hank’s sake, with canned music and two – count ’em, just
two – backup dancers.
If someone had said, “For $500, you can have 20 percent
of all future earnings of this wonderful girl-pop singer!” then
I would have said, “Are you shittin’ me?! No way. Get outta
my face!” Her name: Britney Spears.
But talent does have shit to do with making great music,
something I continued to experience in Daytona-area venues
after returning from my Gnashville trip. Gnashville certainly
has more quantity of local music talent, mind you, but
Daytona’s A-listers – and there are many – exude quality on
a par with those Gnashville cats.
If I start naming names, then inevitably I’ll wake up the next
day and pimp-slap myself for leaving out local artists X, Y
and Z. So I’ll leave it at this: One way to get an adrenaline
shot of the Daytona-area music scene is to attend one of the
gobsmacking original music festivals staged by Phil Weidner
and his organization Songwriters Showcases of America.
Those fests include the 18th Annual DeLand Original Music
Festival on Nov. 3, the Seventh Annual Daytona’s Mainstreet
Live Original Music and Art Festival on Feb. 9, or the Eighth
Annual DeLandapalooza Original Music and Art Festival on
April 13. Details are online at ssa.cc.
Here’s hoping you find more Rubys and Britneys. I have a
feeling you will.
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By Bartholomew Betelguese III
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When Happy Meets Sad
Throughout history there have been all kinds of dark types
of art. Whether it’s ghost or goblins devils or demons it’s
been going on since man first picked up a pencil or paint
brush. What is the process of coming up with such things
and where does it come from? Perhaps it’s deep inside a lost
soul or due to a tormented history. One can only guess what
they might be thinking when someone is producing such
types of creations. Of course, it doesn’t always have to be
dark and scary for a person to be a tormented soul; just look
at a artist such as Vincent Van Gough. He was able to paint
some beautiful and famous scenery and yet still he cut off his
ear to impress a girlfriend, which definitely proves there was
something a little bit off. So the question is can somebody be
generally happy in life and still produce scary, if not horrific
types of artwork? The answer quite simply is sure, of course
they can.
within his creative brain which helps him create such pieces
as you see here. Maybe there’s nothing; just a never-ending
creative mind doing what comes naturally.
His eye for color and the lighting in his paintings or drawings
really stand out and the imagery he has produced over
the years has created a nice fan base. Whether it’s fairies
mermaids skeletons or robotic bears the brilliant colors and
creatures almost jump off the page at you. Mark is a self
taught artist, whose first watercolor painting was published
in a book when he was in the 5th grade. He’s been attending
art shows and comic conventions for about 13 years; his
work has become his living and he hasn’t had a “real job“
A perfect example would be this month’s artist, Mark Hadley
who seems to be always smiling and joking around and has
a very positive attitude about almost everything. Yet, when
you look at his artwork it seems to take on a whole different
and definitely darker tone. Not all of his work is scary or
horrific but a lot of it is; some of it is on the brink of being a
little gruesome and slightly disturbing. It’s a mystery what’s
behind that smile. Perhaps a demonic entity dwells deep
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in about 6 years. His art has been in a few Disney galleries,
and is currently in a gallery inside Universal Studios. If you
happen to come across Mark, chances are he will be laughing
with friends and having a great time but don’t let that fool
you. Somewhere in the back of his mind something is brewing
and chances are it’s a little bit spooky. Don’t be scared;
he truly is a nice guy so feel free to say hi. You can also look
at some of his other works at his website.
www.studiohadley.com
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y Adam Floyd
Time, time - gotta manage it and there’s never
enough of it. It is crucial to manage time well for a
successful life as a musical artist. Part of it is the
same as any profession: task scheduling, meetings,
deadlines and the like. I’m a bit weak with
the drill sergeant aspects of Time Management so
I get help from managers and other professionals.
For gigging, we need to think a couple of months
ahead to keep our dance card full. What’s the next
holiday or party? Is there a town festival or regional
event? I need to know this for NEXT year.
Often, spontaneous types who are exciting and
unpredictable on-stage can be the worst with detail
thinking and planning (guilty!). Day planners
(showing my age) and electronic calendars help;
and don’t forget bar napkins, on which I scribble
many a booking or song idea.
Time off - difficult to schedule but also crucial to
the musical artist. How can we take time off when
it’s tough to get by already? Long walks in nature
are free and a drive up to the mountains is cheap.
I NEED to get away from the hubbub and frenetic
pace of concert venues and nightclubs. Oh the
sheer humanity! We all crave time off and it can
be oppressing and soul crushing when you never
get a break. Money and no time or time and no
money?
Practice takes a lot of time and I suggest hopefuls
do most of their practicing when they are young.
When you are a working musician, there is almost
NO time left to actually practice. Skill maintenance
is often all we can make time for. Don’t waste time;
you will not be getting it back.
Spending time on continuing education sounds
like something for a medical profession or office
job. Players have to do it too! New songs, of
course, but also emerging styles, taste trends of
the public as well as delving into the REASON for
music. Learning to read music if you are illiterate,
improving reading if you already know some.
Use time to evolve or you could end up irrelevant.
Ever seen greying middle-age men looking pathetic
in combat boots and black rocker T-shirts? You
get the idea. If all we do is lean on our successes
we won’t be flexible when the winds of change
blow in. I am reminded of the Bruce Lee quote, “Be
Water”. I also like the Marine Corps’ idea that the
best are able to improvise. Take time to change up
your game for a fresh outlook, you will be better
and the audience will feel it.
Time flies, is short and waits for no man (sounds
like the drummer’s girlfriend). Be a swami and
learn to control time for a long and prosperous career.
Nanu nanu.
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6 Title of Janet Jackson’s third studio album from 1996 edited version of this 22-minute opus
8 This is on the cover of The Cure’s “Galore” album 5 Chaka Khan left school in 1969 and joined this band for a short time
9 MC5 was the house band for the Grande Ballroom, which was fashioned 7 This family member bought LL Cool J’s first DJ equipment
fashioned in the image of this San Francisco hippie hangout
11 Paul Thompson played this instrument for Roxy Music
10 Rage Against the Machine released this video in 1993 in support of 13 Radiohead’s Thom Yorke wrote this song after being rejected
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by a girl he was in love with at Exeter University
11 Members of Devo performed live as a Christian soft rock band called this 15 This Def Leppard album made Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of
12 Before joining The Cure, Simon Gallup was with this band 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
14 Middle name of Rage Against the Machine’s guitarist Tom Morello 17 Music label created by John Prine (3 words)
16 Vivian Campbell played lead guitar for this band before joining Def Leppard 24 The first president of _______ is related to Rage Against the
18 Janet Jackson played the role of Cleo Hewitt in the fourth season of this series Machine's guitarist Tom Morello
19 Album released by Rufus & Chaka Khan in 1974 25 In 1987, Devo released “E-Z Listening Disc”, which was an album
20 John Prine’s job before music made totally of this "style" of music
21 The two primary members of Kraftwerk met in this German band 26 After the Zombies disbanded, Rod Argent formed this band in 1969
22 Stevie Nicks’ brother, Christopher, played this instrument on the song “Greta”
23 Roxy Music hit song “Love is the Drug” is from this album
25 This was the original name of the Zombies
27 This band originally recorded the Todd Rundgren hit “Hello, It’s Me”
28 This computer company’s logo appears on a few of the guitars of
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29 This 1976 Todd Rundgren album would NOT be considered to be from his
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Behind the Mic: Riggs
Hello again, friends! Since Thanksgiving is upon us, I
thought it would be a good time to assess the MUSIC
things I am thankful for. In no specific order, here’s the
list …
I am thankful for Static Live Magazine for keeping music
top of mind and allowing me to contribute my musings
(always good to suck up right outta the gate)
I am thankful for the guitar solo.
I am thankful for John Sykes for creating many of my favorite
guitar solos, from Thin Lizzy’s “Thunder & Lightning”
LP to the Whitesnake 1987 record. His work on
“Crying In the Rain” and “Is This Love” should have its
own Hall Of Fame. And not to mention the epic vocals
of David Coverdale.
I am thankful for the music of the late, great Gary
Moore. While his later blues work was stellar, his solo
rock records are master classes on guitar playing and
songwriting. I once saw him at Hammerjacks in Baltimore
and had to have my jaw replaced ‘cuz it kept
hitting the floor.
I am thankful for Bullet For My Valentine for making music
that gets me so pumped that when it shuffles up on
my iPod, I feel like I want to punch through a brick wall.
I am thankful for Toto. Yup, the band, not the toilet manufacturer.
I think Steve Lukather is an icon and though
the band has run through several singers, they always
manage to make perfect rock / pop music.
I am thankful for The Duke of Metal, Rich Ward, for his
friendship and career. From the rap metal goods of
ahead-of-their-time Stuck Mojo to his Sick Speed melodic
hard rock project, and his current success with
Chris Jericho and Fozzy. His songs and riffs are the
blood of life for my ears.
I am thankful for Pantera for literally changing the game.
And I am thankful for Dime and his one-of-a-kind axe
work. And while the Pantera riffs are legendary, I am
equally thankful for the early Pantera melodic metal records
for helping make the ‘80s a glorious time for rock.
I thank Kiss for being my rock and roll welcome mat.
The makeup, the movie, the Kiss radio… they were all
part of the frenzy. But I always love a good Paul Stanley
studio vocal. That dude knows how to pull emotion
out of a song. And I am thankful for the opportunity
to meet Kiss post-makeup and see that they were still
fan-centric. Also thankful for an interview moment with
Gene Simmons where he uttered the epic phrase “not
on camera… only questions about Kiss”. I will bring
that full story another time.
I thank Ronnie James Dio, about whom I have written
in a previous issue. His songwriting was superb and
his stage presence will never be matched. But his personal
kindness and unsurpassed vocal texture are the
things I am truly thankful for experiencing.
I thank Night Ranger for a lot of great music moments in
my life, from Brad Gillis’s guitar gymnastics to the free
shampoo I got at their Big Life sponsored tour.
I thank Robin Zander for making Cheap Trick the longest-running
quality rock show in the game.
I thank Dokken and Disturbed and Chevelle and Breaking
Benjamin and Queensryche and Scorpions and
Sevendust and Shinedown and Earshot and Story of
the Year.
I am thankful for cherry chip cake and I am thankful for
pepperoni pizza. Always.
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97.5 the Hog, Daytona Beach
I am thankful for my 12 years of retail record store duty
at Turtles Records in GA. Were it not for that sweet
employee discount, who knows how limited my music
horizons might have become.
I am thankful for Lzzy Hale and Halestorm. I am thankful
for Corey Taylor & Stone Sour and Slipknot. I am
supremely thankful for the epic riffs and metal music
journeys of Iron Maiden.
I am thankful for Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters. Meeting
Dave when they opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers
(imagine that) was sublime and I inexplicably told
him a private not-totally-true story about how my singing
his tune “Hey, Johnny Park!” to my then girlfriend
made her climax.
Odd choice, and while I prefer the rocking Foo tracks,
his unique compositions are as infectious as Lyme disease.
I am thankful for Godsmack and their brand of
gut-punching, melodic and growling hard rock.
I am thankful for the rare blend of power and beauty
that is Alter Bridge. Mark Tremonti gnaws through
massive chunk riffs while Myles Kennedy’s voice soars
like an eagle. I’d listen to that dude sing the freakin’
phone book.
And YES! I am THANKFUL for Nickelback. Those
Canadian brothers have forged their own road and
pleased my auditory senses along the way. Their
brand of hooks and melody hits my sweet spot. Emotional,
gritty, party, chunky riff rocking…. They do it all
with their signature sound. I once caught a size small
t-shirt launched from Chad Kroeger’s canon during
“beer:30” at one of their shows. It was a proud moment.
I am thankful for Ariana Grande for possessing the dynamic
voice of an angel. Though when I see her in
those Disney Channel reruns my 10 year old watches,
it feels a lil’ weird.
I am thankful for the leftover Count Chocula that I am
eating dry as I write this.
I thank Winger for being amazing musicians and Kip
Winger for a poolside video interview I did where he
was eyeballing my then-girlfriend’s thighs below her
shorts. And since I later discovered she sucks, it’s all
good AND I got an autographed denim Winger jacket
out of the deal.
I thank Steel Panther and Psychostick for allowing me
to laugh while I rock.
I thank Metallica for keeping my attention all these
years.
I thank the upcoming National Record Store Day for
draining my checking account as I chase rare and unreleased
vinyl and CD gems.
And I thank 95.7 The HOG for allowing me to play music
for YOU for a living… whether it’s the core AC/DC,
Led Zep & Ozzy or your favorite hard rock and metal
tracks on SATURDAY NIGHT LOUD, it is a pleasure to
put a song in your head that triggers a good emotion. I
know all the above have done the same for me so I am
happy to pay it forward. Most of all, I’m thankful to YOU
for reading this magazine!
CHEERS!
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Trivia Questions
1. Which Queen video features the band members
dressed in drag and vacuuming?
2. With whom did Queen perform on the “Under
Pressure” single?
3. Which Queen single had just dropped off the
UK charts but re-entered after Freddie Mercury
died?
4. Queen recorded music for which 1980 film and
its accompanying soundtrack?
5. Which album was released by Queen in 1995?
6. What was the last video that Freddie Mercury of
Queen was able to film?
7. Which member of Queen was the last to join?
8. Who recorded the original version of Freddie
Mercury’s solo hit “The Great Pretender”?
9. Which band member wrote the Queen song
“Who Wants To Live Forever”?
10. What does the Killer Queen keep in her pretty
cabinet?
11. “The Loser in the End” was written by which
member of Queen
12. Which Queen video had four children playing
the band members?
13. Which Queen album has sides “White” and
“Black” instead of “A” and “B
14. Which Frank Sinatra song was covered by
Queen?
15. Which Queen video was banned by the BBC?
Answers on page 38
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Rocktailswith Katie
Hey all you Static Live readers out there! It is that time of
month again for some cocktail lovin’ from your local Mixtress,
Rocktails with Katie. Mixing for you live from the Bounty Bar
at Flagler Tavern in NSB, the best spot for music and cocktails
around! This Rocktail is made in honor of No Shave November;
a month dedicated to embracing the idea of letting
your hair grow, something cancer patients lose during chemotherapy.The
goal is to donate all money you’d spend on
shaving and grooming, to educate about cancer prevention,
save lives, and aid those fighting the battle. So I’ve chosen
one of the sexiest bearded men on the mountain rock music
scene as my muse for this monthly RWK concoction! So
forget to shave and don’t forget to rock out with your cocktail
out!
I was introduced to the intoxicating and gritty mountain sound
of Tyler Childers at the Bounty by my talented right hand
mixing man, Mr. Ross Buck Davis. Both Mr Childers and my
friend are proud badass long haired and red bearded Kentucky
men. Once after a particularly long night of slinging
craft cocktails and cracking jokes, Ross played White House
Road over our sound system. I lifted my eyes from counting
the stacks of cash we had earned that shift to listen closely.
Tyler’s clever lyrics poured out of the speaker like sweet
rockin’ molasses to our ears. “Get me drinking that moonshine,
Get me higher than the grocery bill, Take my troubles
to the highwall, throw ’em in the river and get your fill…”
White House Road
2 oz Mitchers Bourbon Whiskey
1/4 oz Brown Sugar Syrup
1/4 oz Maple Syrup
2 dash Tobacco Bitters
Pinch of Makers Mark Whiskey Barrel Chip
2 dash Peychauds bitters
In your favorite mixing glass, pour in Mitcher’s Bourbon,
Brown Sugar Syrup, Peychauds Bitters, and Tobacco Bitters.
Fill mixing glass with ice. Stir virtuously until nicely chilled.
Strain the chilled WHR Cocktail into a decanter. Then you’re
ready to smoke it up! With a culinary smoke gun, pack in
whiskey chips, place smoking tube into decanter, then ignite
to fill decanter with heaven smoke. Swirl cocktail into the
decanter to infuse the smoke flavor throughout the libation.
Pour over a ice. Garnish with a charred orange peel. Drink
while listening to Childers’ music, let that beard grow and
donate to the cause.
xoxo Rocktails with Katie
After that first introduction, I found Tyler Childers’ Purgatory.
This album is semi-autobiographical sketch of his journey
from a rebellious youth to a happily married man, in his classic
outlaw style. Purgatory is a painting of the both the light
and darkness in his life. Sin and temptation. Murder and deceit.
Demons and angels. Moonshine and cocaine. So much
moonshine and cocaine. All played out on the large, colorful
canvas of Eastern Kentucky.
“I was writing an album about being in the mountains,”
Childers said. “I wanted it to have that gritty mountain sound.
But at the same time, I wanted a more modern version of it
that a younger generation can listen to—the people I grew
up with, something I’d want to listen to.”
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“Guerilla Marketing”
We’re going to take a slight detour from the road to DIY
booking and veer off into the realm of guerilla-style marketing.
Many years ago, my bandmates and I used to literally
dumpster dive and come up with the weirdest most asinine
ways to promote our shows in town, turning any large scale
object we could find into the canvas for a “show poster” for
an upcoming gig. This would be anything from a 1970’s hotair
balloon printed twin mattress to a plywood painted cutout
of a “chef” holding up a menu board. We would print out the
details of our shows and tape or staple them to the objects
and “deliver” them all over town as a means to advertise our
upcoming shows. Granted, this may be an eyesore to local
businesses or an inconvenience for the local garbage pick
up company (sorry), but we were all about that punk rock
guerilla marketing. So, did it make you look twice and catch
your eye? You betcha. Did it make you want to come check
out our next show and see what the weirdness is all about?
Oh yeah.
But on a larger scale, let’s check out a few examples of the
most epic, punk rock marketing campaigns that were so asinine
that they actually worked. Punk rock is a state of mind,
not a genre of music, and it pumps through the veins of all
great artists, pushes the limits of traditional promoting, and
opens the floodgates to the masses. So buckle up, and take
notes, kids.
Cryptic Symbolism Coming to a City Near
You-ARCADE FIRE
In August of 2013, Indie Rockers, Arcade Fire, secretly released
a series of cryptic symbols of a circle with a diamond
in the middle and the word ‘reflektor’ in several cities worldwide.
This was the beginning of a large scale artistic announcement
of a new record to be released after several
years of silence. On August 26th, there was an announce-
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ment made via a large mural in downtown Manhattan that
alerted fans to be on the lookout for something coming in
September. A few days later, the group finally announced
the details of the record that would be released officially in
October. Arcade Fire’s guerrilla-marketing style of worldwide
graffiti drew a lot of attention and praise from fans, yet also
received criticism for inciting vandalism despite efforts to use
materials that were easily removable. Either way, this enigmatic
campaign caught the attention of fans and bystanders
alike. Art? Vandalism? Vandalism in the name of art? You be
the judge.
DIGITAL TIP JAR - RADIOHEAD
In 2000, Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke was on the
verge of a total breakdown due to the pressure of full time
touring and promotion that the group decided it was time to
take a different approach to the release of their next album
“Ok Computer”. This album was the first of its kind to be
released entirely digitally including a special fan-based website
for previewing and pre-ordering of the album. Following
this release 7 years later, “In Rainbows” was famously
released as the first ‘pay what you wish’ album where fans
determined the amount they would pay for the album from
free to whatever they thought it was worth. This “digital tip
jar” format literally rocked the world of traditional album purchases
and was an interesting transition from the physical
world of album sales to the digital world that rules today.
THE PREDECESSORS OF POKEMON - CUT
COPY
Australian Indietronica group Cut Copy spearheaded the location-based
media phenomenon back in 2013 to promote
the release of their fourth album “Free Your Mind” They
constructed billboards in countries worldwide and instructed
fans to visit these locations and open the band website
which actually allowed them to preview their latest single
from the album once they were on location.

This guerilla marketing technique significantly boosted album
sales in anticipation of the release and may have even
inspired future location-based media such as Pokemon Go!
I hope these examples give you the inspiration you need to
create the next epic marketing campaign of our time.
About the author:
Jessie Abbey and her husband, Blake, are co-founding members
of indie-pop outfit, Musical Charis. They have logged thousands of
miles on DIY tours across the US and released 7 records over the
past 10 years. More recently, Abbey’s solo album “The Deep and
the Sea” debuted at #7 on the iTunes Alt. Folk charts in 2016 and
this fall they will release their first children’s album “Abbeycadabra”
in honor of the birth of their first child. Both Musical Charis and
Jessie Abbey’s music can be found on itunes, Amazon, Spotify and
Pandora. For more information, please visit -
www.JessieAbbey.com or
facebook.com/musicalcharis
@abbeycadabra_kids
@jessieabbey_music
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By Candice Beu
In the past decade my sisters and I started performing for
veteran gatherings and charity functions as a way of giving
back to the men and women who have served our great
country. When we started putting these shows together we
wondered how we could appeal to the young men and women
returning from Afghanistan (and their families) as well
as the Vietnam Vets, and the Octogenarian Veterans who
would come to these events with their loved ones. To bridge
the gap we decided on creating several collections of performances
spotlighting songs throughout the ages, ranging
from the 1920’s to today’s music. Our most popular set was
designed after the classic USO (United Service Organization)
Show model galvanized by Bob Hope during WWII. We
put our own spin on songs like “Soldier Boy”, “Be My Baby”
and “You Belong to Me” and added some standard sister act
numbers of the 1940s & ‘50s such as “Mr. Sandman” and
“Lollipop” (by the Chordettes). Our very favorite addition was
the harmonically complex show stopper “Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy” by the Andrew Sisters. Bob Hope was known as the
“one man moral machine” for troops back in the day, so we
wanted to emulate that tradition by becoming a three woman
moral boost for our audience of veterans in this modern day
era. The very first time we donned our khaki skirted uniforms,
Garrison caps and black patent leather heels was for a Bob
Hope USO tribute to our Veterans hosted by his daughter
Linda Hope, at the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach.
The entire sold out event was an absolutely stellar experience.
It inspired us to keep the formula we put together and
find more ways to give back in this manner through comedy
and song. Every time we’d get up to sing for an audience of
Veterans, something magical would happen. We would all
be transported in time. I can’t exactly say what was happening
during these moments but it was transcendent. These
performances became the most intimately uplifting of our
career, in my opinion. Not only were we getting the opportunity
to honor service men and women, but we were helping
raise money, awareness and assistance for them, which in
turn is a very holistic enterprise, especially for those who
suffer with disabilities, chronic pain, depression and severe
PTSD. Every time we’d put on our uniforms to sing for an
audience of Vets (of all ages), we felt this healing experience
occurring. It was never mere Cosplay for us sisters. We saw
it as our duty to serve those who served us. We ourselves
never had to get out on the front lines or sacrifice in times of
war for the freedoms we all enjoy today. Instead, we got the
chance to touch the hearts and the lives of those who did, in
really meaningful ways. We used our faces & our voices as
instruments of peace, to entertain, rebuild and uplift the military
personnel and the people they love, who came to our
stage. We already know that through Music Therapy we can
touch people emotionally, bring folks together, facilitate self
expression & remembering, encourage the ability to remain
focused, strengthen connections, and set the tone to enable
our bodies to move and our cells to heal as we celebrate life
through song. We are not trained Music Therapists by any
means but we do use music and entertainment to provide
valuable therapeutic support to our Veterans whenever we
can. I would personally like to take this opportunity, on behalf
of the Beu Sisters, to extend our appreciation to all who have
served their fellow man in this manner and to thank everyone
who lovingly supports our troops and dear Veterans with
their time, talents, energy, and donations. May
we never forget how truly blessed we are by the
freedoms ensured to us by these courageous
men and women. Happy Veterans Day!
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On the
Block
By Jenny McLain
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 Nominees
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was established in 1983,
with induction of honorees beginning in 1986. Artists are
eligible for nomination/induction 25 years after the release
of their first record; there are no other formal criteria in the
performance category, leading to considerable controversy
surrounding the subjectivity and music industry bias of the
nominating and voting committees.
Def Leppard has been eligible for induction since 2005 and
was nominated for the first time this year. In an interview
with Huffpost Live in 2015, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliot
said the band would “politely refuse” induction. Only time
will tell whether they are inducted and whether they “politely
refuse”. Inductees will be announced in December.
The Sex Pistols refused their induction in 2006. In a public
post on their website, Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten said,
“Next to the Sex Pistols, rock and roll and that hall of fame
are a piss stain” and “We’re not your monkeys, we’re not
coming. You’re not paying attention.” Musicians such as
Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose have also very publicly declined
their inductions in the past.
Some of this year’s nominees, such as Roxy Music, Kraftwerk,
LL Cool J, Radiohead and The Cure are considered by
some to be the most glaring omissions to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame to date. Kraftwerk and LL Cool J have both
been nominated four times in the past. Radiohead and the
Zombies each received their first nomination last year.
Here is a complete list of this year’s nominees:
Def Leppard
Devo
Janet Jackson
John Prine
Kraftwerk
LL Cool J
MC5
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Roxy Music
Stevie Nicks
The Cure
Todd Rundgren
Rufus & Chaka Khan
The Zombies
If you want to vote for your favorite, you can go to the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame’s website and participate in the annual
Fan Vote. After all, the criteria are virtually nonexistent
and the voting process obscure so your vote may count for
something, if you care about that sort of thing . . .
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By Randy Pepper
I did a guitar show in Asheville, North Carolina in October.
As I was standing in my booth, a guy came in who looked
very familiar to me. He was wearing a cap and I saw his hair
kind of hanging out of the back of it. I said, “Hey, are you
Edge?” He replied, “Yes, I am Edge.” No way!!! I asked if
he plays guitar and he said he has been playing for many
years. He said he has some Les Pauls, some Strats and
other stuff. I found it interesting that a WWE Superstar is a
guitar player. Edge is not just an 11-time World Champion
wrestler, he is actually a pretty good guitar player. I asked
how many people in the WWE play guitar and he told me
there are a few who actually do. One Superstar named Elias
comes out and plays and sings each week. Now, he’s not a
great player and can’t sing very well but he makes the best
of it and uses it during his schtick to get the crowd fired up.
Edge told me that Elias has been playing for about five years
and was surprised that Elias isn’t a better player after that
time. I told him I teach guitar and some people just don’t get
it as quickly as others.
morning, wrestled the same evening and then played another
gig that night, in three different states. Jericho actually
hosted a rock and wrestling cruise that combined his love for
both. The cruise featured over 25 different wrestlers and a
handful of rock bands, including Fozzy.
Probably the most famous wrestler-musician is Terry Bollea,
a.k.a. Hulk Hogan. Hogan played bass in the band Rucus
and he traveled the Florida club scene until being discovered
by Sylvester Stallone for the movie “Rocky”. Hogan
went on to be one of the most famous wrestlers of all time.
Meeting Edge (Adam Copeland) was a real treat; he was a
great guy and I hope I get to jam with him next time I’m in
Asheville.
Randy Pepper is the owner of the Guitar Attic in Holly Hill
and is a freelance guitarist for hire.
There are other wrestlers that are musicians also, like
Frankie Kazarian, who wrestles for Ring of Honor and is the
bass player for the metal band Vextemper (look for them
on iTunes). Also, Chris Jericho is the singer for the popular
hard rock band Fozzy. Jericho recently played a gig in the
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By Jeff Shaw
Ever since Les Paul perfected the solid body electric
guitar in the 1940s, and more and more musicians
picked them up, the age old question has
been: Who is the greatest guitarist in the world?
The answer is simple: It all depends on your personal
taste. Shredders, with their lightning fast
licks. The more melodic players, with their mellow
tones. The jazz guys. The country “pickers”. Anybody
could make a case for their favorite guitarist,
and nobody can tell them any differently.
To me, there is a combination of things that goes
into making a great guitarist. The tone (I’ve always
liked the tone Brian May has). Technical ability.
Face it, the first time you heard “Eruption” from
the first Van Halen album in ‘78, you had two reactions:
The first being that you lost your mind.
The second was “How the hell does he do that?”.
Or maybe the neoclassical style of Malmsteen is
your thing. The smooth jazz sounds of either Norman
Brown or Grant Geissman? The blues? Joe
Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Albert Guy.
Anyway, whoever is your favorite is the greatest
guitarist in YOUR world. So put in on, turn it up,
and FEEL it.
Now if you’ll excuse me, David Van Buckethead is
calling, and I must listen.
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“Somebody say HARMONICA!” yells Adam Floyd, impresario
and bon vivant while musical virtuoso Farley Palmer
raises his hands and shouts, “HARMONICA!” in unison
with 1000 other people. Did you know the harmonica was
celebrated annually here in Central Florida? New Smyrna
Beach hosts the largest harmonica event in the Southeastern
United States.
The Florida Harmonica Championships is quickly becoming
an institution in Florida started 13 years ago by local musicians
Floyd and Palmer. It is a gem and one of the favorite
events in the area. Harmonica hopefuls, aficionados and
fans flock to the event, held in October at Beachside Tavern
in New Smyrna Beach. With a panel of judges and a hot
backing band, contestants vie for prizes in three categories,
as well as the title of Grand Champion.
The festivities started out this year with the pre-show at the
Hub on Canal Street, where a standing-room-only crowd
cheered uproariously and jumped getting ready for the Sunday
show. The big event begins with an hour-long lesson on
the harmonica from the judges. The event is also popular
for its all-comers Harmonica Orchestra, which tries to break
its own record for the number of harmonicas in an orchestra
every year.
What started out as an early afternoon contest thirteen years
ago has blossomed into a two-day Town Festival and spilled
over into Saturday night’s pre-show. The Payne Brothers
band backs up the contestants, and they are a real jewel.
Truly a kick-ass band. The contestants can choose almost
any song and the band fires right up. Contestants can also
choose to perform solo and all styles are welcome. It takes
an extensive list of volunteers and lots of community involvement
for Floyd and Palmer to realize this annual Festival.
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The Florida Harmonica Championships has grown every
year since its inception and is attended by over a thousand
spectators who come to witness the extravaganza. Contestants
number around 25 and the slots fill up early! They
come from as far away as New Zealand and previous winners
have included the European Grand Champion as well
as winners from Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami. The FHC
is a celebration of the harmonica as the people’s instrument
that anyone can play. The contest features both old and
young on stage separately and together. This year FHC featured
an autistic child prodigy who blew the doors off the
place and a 92-year-old beginner in his first concert.
Farley Palmer, two-time Florida Harmonica Champion, and
violinist Adam Floyd have developed this into an important
statewide event that locals cherish. The crowd waited patiently
deep into the night as the votes were tallied and the
winners announced. Congratulations to Kyle Yardley for the
Style Award, John Shibley for Showmanship and Ed Cougan
for Technical Ability. The coveted Grand Champion for 2018
is Dockta D, who received a large engraved cup and has
bragging rights for the year. Every coastal town from Miami
to New York has a seafood festival or a music festival. ONLY
New Smyrna Beach has the Florida Harmonica Championships.
Somebody say “HARMONICA!”
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Tech Death Inferno
Don’t know what tech death is, folks? Well, if you weren’t in attendance for this
stacked sold out show featuring “Emporos”, “Exist”, “Inferi”, “Archspyre”, “Beyond
Creation”, and headliners “Obscura” then I believe you. Overall review
of this show is super solid. Six technical death metal bands that just rip! The
standout band for me was Inferi, who seemed to set it off well. Definitely check
them out! Archspyre and Beyond Creation, both hailing from Canada, each put
on highly mind-blowing sets of vicious technicalities in metal form. Obscura
being the finishing act delivered a perfect mix of it all, melodic, thrashy and at
times brutal. This show was 100 degrees, slammed with people and a good
time for all!
Hair Metal Mayhem
There was a glam metal sighting at the Hard Rock Hotel (thanx for the V.I.P
passes) in Daytona on September 28th. Nova Rex and Pretty Boy Floyd hosted
the hotels first metal concert to date. Pretty Boy Floyd played their brand
of sunset strip / Motley Crue tunes to start out the show. Nova Rex followed
up with some of their classic hair metal tunes including “Bosoms and Beer”,
“She’s a Bitch”, and “Turn It Up Loud”. Not a packed house, but definitely a
cool place for concerts. Maybe a Nasty Savage reunion concert in the future?
One can only hope.
New School Album of the Month
Inferi - “Revanant” - by Jeff Watson
New school album of the month pick is “Revenant” from the band Inferi. This
technical death metal band from Tennessee delivers a swarming array of black
metal influence as well as brutal death metal. Stand out tracks include “A
Beckoning Thrall”, “Through the Depths”, and “Behold the Bearer of Light”. A
demonstration of ripping solos, high speed harmony and rapid drum attacks.
Great release from this band! Highly recommended for 2018!
Old Schools Album of the Month
Nuclear Assault - “Game Over” - By Chris Rajotte
With the combination of John Connelly’s rough distinctive voice and Dan Lilker’s
intense bass playing, Nuclear Assaults’ “Game Over” stands to be one
of the best metal debuts of their time. Opening with the killer instrumental
“Live, Suffer Die”, New York’s Nuclear Assault put together 39 minutes of fierce
crossover thrash / hardcore metal resulting in one hell of a classic album.
“Game Over”, released on Combat Records in 1986, has that not so great recording
sound that’s has made this album stand out from other albums. From
the 43 second “Hang the Pope” to the 7 minute “Brain Death”, the band’s raw
sound stayed true to dedicated underground fans of S.O.D and Carnivore.
Songs for the end of the world include “Stranded in Hell”, “Nuclear War”, “Sin
“and “ Betrayal”. Enjoy the apocalypse y’all.
Show picture - Jeff Watson; Flyer - The Haven
Inferi album cover - Helge C. Balzer
Nuclear Assault album cover - Combat Records 37

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F A I T H F U L
Crossword Puzzle on page 18
Trivia Questions on page 24
1. I Want to Break Free
2. David Bowie
3. The Show Must Go On
4. Flash Gordon
5. Made In Heaven
6. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
7. John Deacon
8. The Platters
9. Brian May
10. Moet et Chandon
11. Roger Taylor
12. The Miracle
13. Queen II
14. New York New York
15. Under Pressure
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