Static Live Magazine March 2020 - 2 Year Anniversary

Vol. 3 Issue 13 

March 2020

“Music gives a soul to the universe, 

wings to the mind, flight to the 

imagination and life to everything” 

~ Plato 

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Oh My Goddess - Year in Review 

’60s Hair Wars: Hippies vs. Sgt Carter 

Behind the Mic: Riggs 

Return of the Vintage Guitar? 

Musical Innuendoes 

Art Feature - Year in Review 

Static Live Event Calendar 

Greg Douglass, Unsung hero of the early 

San Francisco Rock 

A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician 

The Cyrus Connection 

Rocktails 

On The Block 

Snap It 

Metal Compost 

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’60s Hair Wars: 

Hippies vs. Sgt. Carter 

Remember the 1960s? It 

was in all the papers – the 

Vietnam War, civil rights 

protests, sex, drugs and 

rock ’n roll. Those social upheavals 

made it seem Atlas had farted while 

he was holding up the earth. 

But the Molotov cocktail that firebombed 

more American households 

than those volatile, history-changing 

events was . . . guys’ hair! We males 

of the younger generation suddenly 

wanted to grow more of it. Our elders 

wanted to keep us looking like the 

flat-topped drill sergeant on the TV 

show “Gomer Pyle.” 

Looking back today, observers 

of this culture war might think we 

adolescent males in the ’60s were 

pushing to grow marijuana on top of 

our skulls. 

As we boys lobbied our parents to 

postpone a trip to the barbershop, 

we would play the J.C. card: “But 

Jesus had long hair!” However, those 

paintings of Jesus with hair down to 

his ass didn’t prevent a trip to the 

barber for me and my two brothers. 

My dad – smart guy! – knew the 

true reason we wanted hair down 

to our ass, and it wasn’t because 

we wanted to emulate the son 

of God. Rather, we wanted to be 

like someone bigger 

than Jesus Christ – the 

Beatles! But the Fab Four 

didn’t win the Hair Wars 

for our side. It was the 

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Cowsills, that mom-and-apple-pie 

family pop group, who struck the coup 

de grace. 

By the time the Beatles released 

the scandalous “Rubber Soul” in 

December 1965, in which the four 

mop-tops had hair that barely covered 

their ears, most of us white lads 

across America were allowed to have 

hair that looked like the Beach Boys 

on their “Surfer Girl” album – moppish 

but with ears fully exposed. That was 

the line of demarcation in the Hair 

Wars: If a boy’s hair had grown a 

quarter-inch over the top of his ears, 

he would be sent home with a note 

from the principal explaining how this 

hippie-freak kid was undermining 

American 

democracy. End of 

story. 

As for the black 

boys: Sure, Sly 

Stone sported an 

Afro that was bigger 

than the mushroom 

cloud of an atomic 

bomb. But, given that the black 

guys at school had hair that looked 

like country singer Charlie Pride, I 

assumed they also were losing the 

Hair Wars in their homes. 

All rock and soul stars were fueling 

us young lads with a lust for long 

beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, 

steaming, flaxen, waxen: The Door’s 

Jim Morrison with his lion’s mane. 

Led Zep’s Robert Plant with his 

even bigger lion’s mane. The Rolling 

Stones’ Brian Jones with his hippyfied 

medieval pageboy cut. 

The Hair Wars were at a stalemate 

when the Cowsills, that wholesome 

pop group that became the model for 

the TV show “The Partridge Family,” 

jumped into the fray with their 1969 

cover of the title song from the 1968 

musical “Hair.” 

by Rick de Yampert 

“Carl Reiner was creating a TV 

special called ‘The Wonderful World 

of Pizzazz,’ ” Susan Cowsill told me 

before her family group performed at 

Hippiefest in Daytona Beach in 2015. 

“And Carl, God bless him, thought 

it would be pretty darn funny if the 

Cowsills did a parody of hippies. So 

that video you see of ‘Hair’ with all of 

us dressed up, that was part of the 

deal. We were in modeling wigs from 

China.” 

The Cowsills’ record company was 

horrified and didn’t want to release 

“Hair” as a single. But a Chicago radio 

deejay sneaked it onto the air without 

revealing who was behind it, “and 

-- seriously old school verbiage -- the 

switchboard lit up,” Susan Cowsill 

said. The song became the Cowsills’ 

biggest hit. 

And – just my theory – “Hair” was the 

song that ended the ongoing Hair 

Wars in our home. I’m certain my dad 

was thinking “If even the Cowsills are 

down with this long hair thing . . . .” 

So, Dad finally admitted defeat. His 

exasperated parting shot to me and 

my two brothers was: “Go ahead -- if 

you want to have hair down to your 

ass, that’s fine with me!” 

I fulfilled my dad’s 

sarcastic blessing for 

many years. 

Love ya, Dad.

Behind the Mic: Riggs 

95.7 the Hog, Daytona Beach 

Hello, friends! Raise a glass 

to the 2-year anniversary of Static 

Live Magazine! It is a major 

benchmark by any standard and I am beyond 

proud and honored to be a part of the family. There 

are “publications” around that mention music and 

events around a cluster of ads that you could certainly 

use for a placemat or drawer liner. This product you 

hold is a magazine, a collection of impassioned works 

by industry professionals and fans of all things music 

and culture. It looks better from cover to layout and 

hell, even the staples are superior to any other. And 

it costs you nothing. What a rare and beautiful thing 

that is. Here’s to many more years of excellence. 

That said, I have now raised the bar much too high 

for my planned “26 Best Toilet Experiences” article I 

had pieced together. Damn. OK, how about this… a 

list of some of the publications that I am, for whatever 

reason, no longer a contributor. 

INDIFFERENT HOUSEKEEPING - I began writing 

for these jokers in college. Yes, it was a great startup 

gig for a young writer. But how far can you stretch 

concepts like “Best uses for dirty cereal bowls” and 

“That’s not a laundry pile, it’s art!”? Best 

work I did there was 

“Litter box / Mail box; Drive your cat postal!” 

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THREE SHEETS - Another early career gig 

that I enjoyed for a few months. This monthly rag was 

printed on chamois and LITERALLY could be used 

as a rag. The content held tales of drunk reflections 

and binge drinking tips. And though it would be 

frowned on in these modern times, the content was 

a cautionary tale of how to handle your liquor with 

dignity, grace, and if needed, a chamois. 

PIGS OF LOGAN - This quarterly kept up with some 

of Logan, West Virginia’s favorite and most portly 

swines. The State Department of Agribusiness 

eventually pulled their funding and we were forced 

to write for free. Also, no more all-you-can-stand 

bacon eating writers meetings. Miss the pork, not the 

farmers’ scorn. 

BALLS - I accepted a position with this quasimonthly 

tabloid under the guises that I was writing 

about my favorite sports moments. Turns out that 

was NOT what they were looking for. Explains why 

the publisher was winking so much. Anyway, I wrote 

erotic testicle literature until we got the cease & desist 

from the OTHER Balls. 

TALK TO THE HAND! - This sassy weekly paper was 

a great outlet for those who wished to defiantly state 

their dismay with local city ordinances and events. As 

Chief Editor, my job entailed spellcheck, punctuation, 

obscenity censoring, slander avoidance, and general 

upkeep of the trailer we published in. 96% of the 

entries began with “Let me say something about this 

is that…” and finished “...and you tell that (obscenity 

deleted) S.O.B. that I will meet him in the G-damn 

parking lot of the Mercantile and settle this like a 

couple of grown-ass men!” Not what I bought into for 

a year of $65k torment. 

BLURRED INSIGHTS - A monthly magazine for those 

who can’t quite recall the details of their important 

stories. While my creative freedom was hampered, 

it’s surprising how long you can keep a job by 

massaging the facts. 

FROZEN FOUNDATIONS - I took a job in Kenosha, 

Wisconsin in the early 90’s writing for this journal. It 

required me to craft captions under photos of snow 

covered buildings, snowy landscapes, snowed on 

athletic equipment, animals in snow, and really snow 

anything they took a photo of. The photographer was 

a dictator and insisted that each of his picture subjects 

held a “voice” that we needed to amplify with words. 

Cheeseheads were wildly entertained by my series of 

stories from “Rusty the Blatz Keg”. Idiots. 

CLASSIC CITY SOUNDS - This bi-weekly published 

what I thought were concert reviews from area clubs 

and venues. Turned out that it was just angry rants 

from old townsfolk about the noise of the buses, dog 

food plant, traffic and “that long-hair that plays his 

guitar-fiddle on the corner of the drug store”. I quit via 

fax. 

THE OVERACHIEVER - This taunting periodical 

compiled stories of success from wealthy business 

owners and their advice to what they referred to as 

“the lazy filth” that populated the city’s bars. If you 

bought an annual subscription, you got a free ascot 

and monocle on a string of platinum silk. If you 

didn’t, they’d buy the house next to yours and play 

badminton in the front yard until you moved to a new 

town. 

SQUIRREL FANCY - A regrettable chapter in my 

writing career, this monthly magazine was, as the 

masthead read, “All About The NUTS!”. People would 

buy it, cut the word “NUTS” out, then drop the rest in 

the toilet at the store. Some of my best work was in 

features like “How to treat gushing bite wounds” and 

“You’ll never believe where I found a pecan!”. These 

tree rats hate being dressed up in doll clothes for the 

covers as well, so they would shred most of the issues 

in spiteful vengeance. 

HUMAN RESOURCES - Writing for this scandal 

sheet was a breeze because I would basically rip on 

co-workers and their annoying idiosyncrasies. Weekly 

features included “Kathy’s Kackles”, “Nice Attitude, 

Denise!”, “Back Room Rumors” and my favorite “Co- 

Ed Restroom Fails”. I was told that my “aggressive 

use of the term ‘shitass’ and mismanagement of the 

lunch HOUR” were the reasons for my dismissal. 

Whatevs. 

WHISKEY DIARIES - This weekly pamphlet featured 

some of my favorite drinks. But there was never 

room for the text due to what they told me was 

“malfunctioning photo formatting software”. I took that 

to mean they hated me so I left a lotta cat poop in the 

ceiling tiles. Sniff up, bitches! 

I also lost gigs at…. 

SHADY PEOPLE 

LACK OF VARIETY 

SOAP OPERA ABSCESS 

EXTREMELY UNHEALTHY MEN 

SCIENTIFIC MALCONTENTS 

AUTOMOTIVE IGNORANCE 

HIGHLIGHTS FOR HOARDERS 

FOOD & SEX & WINE & REGRET 

OUT OF TOUCH ILLUSTRATED 

RECEIPT FOLDER 

GUITAR CARRIER 

POPULAR SCABS 

MISTAKES MONTHLY 

SKYMALL FOOD COURTS 

Ahhhhhhh…. Well there ya go. A brief trip down my 

writing career memory lane. If you find any issues 

of the above works, grab ‘em ‘cuz those beasts are 

worth a good chunk on the internet market. 

I’ll sign the first 10 you send to Static Live to 

drive down the value! 

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February 1st marked the 

return of the Orlando Guitar 

Expo to the Central Florida 

Fairgrounds. This was the 33rd 

year of the two-day event show, 

which is presented by promoter Morty 

Beckman. It also kicked off the guitar 

show season for the year. Hundreds of 

dealers from all over the world packed the hall 

with thousands of guitars to buy, sell, and trade. 

The show is always crowded and packed with tons 

of people, But this year, Saturday was extremely busy. 

Over the past few years vintage guitars have been on 

the decline at the shows, but this show was different. 

Many vintage guitars were bought and sold; most of 

them were bought by other dealers taking them to 

other states. 

The vintage market still remains soft, though, and 

new vintage reissues still out-sell the real thing. But 

this brought hope that the market may be making a 

comeback and, with that, the shows will get bigger 

and better. So, you may ask, what guitars are showing 

signs of a comeback? Well, ‘50s and ‘60s Fender 

Telecasters, ‘50s Gibson Les Pauls and ‘60s Mosrite 

Ventures models and have shown a slight uptick in 

value. There are others, but the best way 

to find out what they are really worth is to 

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either take them to a local 

used and vintage dealer or 

to a show. 

Upcoming shows in March are the 

By 

North Carolina show in the awesome 

Randy music town of Asheville on March14th 

Pepper and 15th and then two weeks later at the 

Nashville, Tennessee show. Other upcoming 

notable shows are the Atlanta Guitar Show June 

13th and 14th and the biggest show of the year, the 

Dallas International Guitar Festival, May 1st and 2nd. 

The Dallas show also features concerts and meetand-greets. 

This year features Eric Johnson, Andy 

Timmons, Phil X and Eric Gales, among others. This 

show is presented by guitar maker and dealer Jimmy 

Wallace and is considered the premier event of the 

year. If you have to pick just one show, this is the 

one to go to. So get out there and check all the cool 

guitars awaiting new owners and look for me as I try 

to buy, sell and trade at most of these shows. 

Randy Pepper is a Freelance Guitarist for hire and 

the owner of the Guitar Attic in Holly Hill.

Musical Innuendos 

By Samantha Tribble 

Hi Static Live readers. My name is 

Samantha and I am beyond excited 

to share my weird and innuendofilled 

articles with you. I’m schooled 

in law and insurance with a passion 

for cats and photography. With a bit, 

more than a pinch of raunchiness 

and an overload of eccentric 

music this should be nothing short 

of a wild ride. Now for my first 

installment of Musical Innuendos. 

I don’t know about you but my 

pussy is pretty picky. Especially 

when it comes to music. Its tastes 

are eclectic and often off the beaten 

path. Some nights it wants slow 

and patient music; other nights it 

wants heavy pounding beats. My 

kitty is always looking for something 

to satisfy its appetite, always 

begging for wet food. Whenever 

my cat starts whining to be fed I am 

reminded of the song ‘Food and 

Pussy’ by Dan Reeder, “it’s just the 

way God made me”. 

Even the most basic cats 

need the mood to be 

set. Ya know, candles, 

hot wax (maybe not…), 

and music that makes 

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you tingly all over. Music may be 

one of the most crucial details 

in any situation. It can make my 

cat lean in for more or pull away 

quickly as though you’ve offended 

its ancestors. Any song by Luther 

Vandross will bring your kitty closer 

but The Cure’s ‘The Love Cats’ 

could make it think you’re about to 

stuff it in a bag and drown it *wink*. 

Besides romance or fear, music 

can bring out a plethora of other 

emotions. It can make you feel 

things deeper than you thought 

physically possible. Some music 

can make your kitty purr, some 

music can make your pussy pump, 

some jams can make your cat jump 

out of its jammies. Some music puts 

my pudenda to sleep, like ‘The Lion 

Sleeps Tonight’ - and other songs 

- gives it quite the temperature 

boost, like ‘Cat Scratch Fever,’ “you 

know you got it when you’re going 

insane”, insane in the membrane. 

Elvis Costello even wrote a song 

about the most worshipped creature 

on earth; ‘Pads Paws Claws.’ It’s 

all “pads, paws, pads, paws, and 

claws”; which for some, isn’t exactly 

a turnoff. But when you don’t feel 

that rough tactics will do and your 

furry friend is feeling lazy, turn on 

and turn up ‘Nashville Cats,’ by The 

Lovin’ Spoonful. When it seems like 

all your sloth-like, mooching friend 

wants to do is be easy breezy and 

just lay there this song will help send 

them sky high. 

But then you have the cats who 

roam the streets always in search 

of strange. You wouldn’t want their 

answer to, “What’s New Pussycat?”. 

It would take too long for them to tell 

you who all they’ve been powdering 

their nose for. This is the kind of cat 

Jack Off Jill might say is a “pussy 

superstar”. It’s just best to avoid the 

skeeze and mellow on over to Les 

Big Byrd’s album They Worshipped 

Cats. This line-up will have you 

feeling relaxed and lost in space in 

no time. 

Now take some 

time to worship your 

sweet kitty and head 

back next month to 

see what weird thing 

I write about next.

ARTISTS FEATURED 

DENISE VEZZA MAGGIORE 

APRIL 2019 

SHERI ZANOSKY 

MAY 2019 

KEM McNAIR 

JUNE 2019 

DAN GUNDERSON 

JULY 2019 

JOHN “CRUSHER” HEALY 

AUGUST 2019 

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ARTISTS FEATURED 

KATTY SMITH 

SEPTEMBER 2019 

NICOLE GALLUCCIO 

OCTOBER 2019 

ANDREW SWAN (BREYHS) 

NOVEMBER 2019 

KELCIE McQUAID 

DECEMBER 2019 

COREY RIVERA 

FEBRUARY 2020 

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MARCH 

CALENDAR 

2020 

Sunday, March 1 

Crow’s Nest - Jason “Gote” Vandemaat 

1pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Bret Messer 1pm 

Chase’s - Reed Foley 12pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Savannah Savino 

12pm 

Outriggers - Rhonda Blair 2pm 

Traders - Potlikkers 2pm 

Flagler Tavern - The Evening Muze 5pm 

Bounty Bar - Thom Blasberg 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Bradford Buckley 9pm 

Monday, March 2 

Grind/Kona - Jimmy Z 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Jonny Odis 7pm 

Tuesday, March 3 

Grind/Kona - The Transfers 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Jeff Risinger 7pm 

Wednesday, March 4 

Outriggers - Laree App 5pm 

31 Supper Club - Mike Quick Band 6pm 

Grind/Kona - Faith Hannon 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers 7pm 

Traders - Aaron Lightnin’ 7pm 

Thursday, March 5 

Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones 5pm 

Outriggers - Corey Shenk 5pm 

31 Supper Club - Warren Beck 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Transfers 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Click 7:30pm 

Traders - TBD 8pm 

Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 9pm 

Friday, March 6 

Oceanside - Reed Foley 11am 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Danny Dread 

4pm 

Crow’s Nest - Black Velvet 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Faith Hannon 6pm 

Outriggers - The Vibe 6pm 

Traders - Love Bomb 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Beartoe 6pm 

31 Supper Club - The High Steppers 

7pm 

Bounty Bar - Tony Cuchetti 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Trees of Life 7pm 

Traders - Most Wanted 9pm 

Saturday, March 7 

Crow’s Nest - Tony Cuchetti 

1pm 

Tortugas - Cat 4 Duo 1pm 

Oceanside - Billy Dean & 

Warren Beck 11am 

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Bounty Bar - Thomas Jones 12pm 

Chase’s - Sean Holcomb 12pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Shaker Jones 

12pm 

Chase’s - Tony Cuchetti 5pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Marty McCarrick 

5pm 

Flagler Tavern - Rhonda Blair 5pm 

Crow’s Nest - TBD 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Just Us 6pm 

Outriggers - Jeff Risinger 6pm 

Tortugas - The Cyclones 6pm 

Traders - The Vibe 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Travis Rudd 6pm 

31 Supper Club - Beartoe 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Cory Worsley 7pm 

Traders - Most Wanted 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Trees of Life 1pm 

Tortugas - Mark Moore 1pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - James Wise 1pm 

Oceanside - The Vibe 11am 


Crabby’s Oceanside - The Cyclones 

12pm 

Outriggers - Mud Rooster 2pm 

Traders - Psycoustic 2pm 

Flagler Tavern - Jay Paski 5pm 

Tortugas - Kurt McClendon 5pm 

Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Austin Miller 9pm 


Tortugas - Heather Craig 1pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Jeff Allen 4pm 

Grind/Kona - Travis Rudd 6pm 

Bounty Bar - David Dequasie 7pm 


Tortugas - Jason Longoria 1pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Jay Paski 4pm 

Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Dustin Stock 7pm 

Traders - The Cyclones 8pm 


Tortugas - Cole Hall 1pm 


Crabby’s Oceanside - Travis Rudd 4pm 



Grind/Kona - Mark Moore 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers 7pm 

Traders - Marty McCarrick 7pm 


Tortugas - Travis Rudd 1pm 

Chase’s - Jay Paski 3pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Joe Payne 4pm 

Outriggers - The Cyclones 5pm 

Tortugas - Nate Utley 5pm 

31 Supper Club - The Transfers 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Claire Vandiver 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Faith Hannon 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Davis 7:30pm 

Traders - Mark Moore 8pm 



Tortugas - Joe Payne 1pm 

Oceanside - Dave Alexander 11am 

Chase’s - Travis Rudd 4pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Jimmy Z 4pm 

Crow’s Nest - Bret Messer 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Jay Paski 6pm 

Outriggers - Off the Road 6pm 

Traders - Acoustic Inferno 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Adam & Farley 6pm 

31 Supper Club - Brent Clowers 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm 

Grind/Kona - The Cyclones 7pm 

Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Gina Cuchetti 1pm 

Tortugas - Marty McCarrick 1pm 

Oceanside - Rhonda Blaire 

Bounty Bar - Thomas Jones 12pm 


Crabby’s Oceanside - The Evening 

Muze 12pm 

Chase’s - Joe Payne 5pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Trees of Life 5pm 

Tortugas - Davis 5pm 

Crow’s Nest - Mud Rooster 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Eddy Davis 6pm 

Outriggers - The Big Beat 6pm 

Traders - Etc 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Jim Lord 6pm 

31 Supper Club - Billy Dean & Warren 

Beck 7pm 

Bounty Bar - Seth Pause 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley 7pm 

Traders - Pop Culture Poets 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Travis Rudd 1pm 

Tortugas - Trainwreck Orlando 1pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Hannah Wilson 1pm 

Oceanside - Marty McCarrick 11am 


Crabby’s Oceanside - Warren Beck 

12pm 

Outriggers - Mark Moore 2pm 

Traders - The Transfers 2pm 

Flagler Tavern - Chuck Morel 5pm 

Bounty Bar - Brody Mullikin 7pm 


Grind/Kona - Savannah Savino 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm 

Traders - Jimmy Z 8pm 


Tortugas - Cat 4 Trio 1pm 

Tortugas - DJ Nostalgia 9pm 

Traders - Just Us 2pm 

Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Jeff Risinger 7pm 

Traders - Joe Payne 8pm 



31 Supper Club - Cesar Frasier 6pm 

Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Davey Leatherwood 7pm 

Traders - Warren Beck 8pm 


Flagler Tavern - Etc 5pm 

Outriggers - Corey Shenk 5pm 

31 Supper Club - Comedy Night 

Yellow Dog Eats - Marty McCarrick 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Matt Burke 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Trainwreck Orlando 

7:30pm 

Traders - Eddy Davis 8pm 



Chase’s - Marty McCarrick 4pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Adam Floyd 4pm 

Crow’s Nest - Mark Moore 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Sam Seas 6pm 

Outriggers - Matt Burke 6pm 

Traders - Ashley & Sal 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Brent Clowers 6pm 

31 Supper Club - The Evening Muze 

7pm 

Bounty Bar - Jay Paski 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Relief 7pm 

Traders - Mike Quick Band 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Marty McCarrick 1pm 

Bounty Bar - The Transfers 12pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Nate Utley 12pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Rhonda Blair 

5pm 

Crow’s Nest - Joe Santana 6pm 

NSB Brewing - The Evening Muze 6pm 

Outriggers - Smokin’ Torpedoes 6pm 

Tortugas - Cain 6pm 

Traders - Randy Williams 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Gina Cuchetti 6pm 

31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 

7pm 

Bounty Bar - Thom Blasberg 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Coyotes & Towndogs 7pm 

Traders - Rock Candy 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Adam & Farley 1pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Nate Utley 1pm 

Chase’s - Reed Foley 12pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - Savannah Savino 

12pm 

Outriggers - Warren Beck 2pm 


Flagler Tavern - Tony Cuchettii 5pm 

Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze 7pm 

Flagler Tavern - Aaron Lightnin’ 9pm 


Grind/Kona - Jay Paski 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel 7pm 


Grind/Kona - Rhonda Blair Duo 6pm 

Bounty Bar - TBD 7pm 




Grind/Kona - Warren Beck 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Dustin Stock 7pm 

Traders - Bradford Buckley 8pm 


Flagler Tavern - Etc 5pm 

Outriggers - The Cyclones 5pm 

31 Supper Club - Ricky Silvia 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Jimmy Z 6pm 

Bounty Bar - Music Matt 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley Band 

7:30pm 



Crabby’s Oceanside - Danny Dread 

4pm 

Crow’s Nest - The Vibe 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Jason Longoria 6pm 

Outriggers - Pot Likkers 6pm 

Traders - TBD 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - Austin Miller 6pm 

31 Supper Club - TBD 

Bounty Bar - Warren Beck 7pm 

Grind/Kona - Joe Santana 7pm 

Traders - Boomers 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Jeff Jarrett 1pm 



Crabby’s Oceanside - Relief 12pm 


Chase’s - Bobby James 5pm 

Crabby’s Oceanside - The Transfers 

5pm 

Crow’s Nest - Trainwreck Orlando 6pm 

NSB Brewing - Warren Beck 6pm 

Outriggers - The Evening Muze 6pm 

Tortugas - Coyotes & Towndogs 6pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Big Beat 6pm 

Traders - Etc 6:30pm 

31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band 

7pm 

Bounty Bar - Shawn Kelley 7pm 

Grind/Kona - TBD 

Traders - Boomers 9pm 


Crow’s Nest - Bradford Buckley 1pm 

Yellow Dog Eats - The Cyclones 1pm 


Crabby’s Oceanside - Claire Vandiver 

12pm 

Outriggers - Mike Quick 2pm 

Traders - Black Velvet 2pm 

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GREG DOUGLASS, 

Unsung Hero of the 

Early San Francisco Rock 

Around 1972, with Mistress on the brink of financial 

suffocation, Greg began to play gigs with Terry Dolan 

of Terry and the Pirates. “I guess you could call me 

one of the pirates— Arggh Arggh,” says Greg. With 

John Cipollina on lead and Dolan carrying most of the 

vocal work, Greg handled the rest of the guitar work, 

including slide, bass, fills and rhythm, as well as a 

revolving door rhythm section. 

By Hank Harrison 

Greg Douglass first picked up a guitar when he was 

6 years old. During his high school years in Walnut 

Creek, California Greg played a lot of Beatles and 

Stones; until he heard the hard strains of the highdecibel 

bands that began to emerge in the mid- to 

late-’60s. 

During the Summer of Love (1967) Greg formed 

and soon ran away to the big city with the Virtues, 

his first band; he moved back home long enough 

to get married and have a kid. Over the next year 

or two, the Virtues grew into a full-fledged band. 

Renamed Country Weather, the four-piece group 

of acid-rockers managed to make it onto a few 

Fillmore posters. Country Weather grew stormy in 

1969 after playing numerous gigs at both Fillmore 

West and East, and the Avalon in its heyday. They 

filled in gigs at every bar and dance hall in Northern 

California. Greg was 18 at the time and itching for 

a bigger challenge, but Country Weather was in 

the process of whimpering its way into the Fog City 

night and Greg wasn’t about to quit music. To keep 

the ‘60s energy flowing into the ’70s, Greg formed 

a power trio called Mistress. Mistress played a lot 

of gigs, experimented with musical forms 

and even recorded an unreleased album. 

In fact, Mistress did everything but make 

money. 

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Greg moved to Marin in 1973 to work with Cipollina 

and a few other bands, and to do studio work with 

Van Morrison during Morrison’s rebuilding period. This 

took him on the road with Morrison for a year until 

Van fired the whole band en masse. The band stayed 

together, however, and called themselves Sound 

Hole. They eventually found themselves a singer— 

one Huey Lewis. Sound Hole became The News and 

the rest is music history, but Greg continued to evolve. 

In 1974, he went inward, primarily to woodshed. In 

that Sausalito period he wrote at least fifteen songs - 

all brilliant - but for bread and kicks he went out on the 

road with Hot Tuna, including Jack Casady and Jorma 

Kaukonen. The Hot Tuna vapor lasted almost a year, 

during which Jorma and Greg got along famously and 

developed lots of double lead licks on Jorma’s favorite 

song, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning,” 

backed by drummer Bob Steeler. 

1975 saw another hiatus. This time Greg traveled 

back to Mill Valley and with John Cipollina’s Raven 

and appeared on the 1980 album “Raven”. They 

jammed all over, starting at the Strawberry Inn, Inn 

of the Beginning and The Saloon in North Beach. 

This combo sometimes played with Terry Dolan and 

sometimes with Nick Gravenites; occasionally with 

Peter Albin sitting in on bass. 

Greg continued to get better at his art but the stress 

of the road and some far too magical flirtations with 

drugs caused problems. In spite of the downward 

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sessions with Steve Douglas (no relation), the 

legendary saxophone player and key musician in 

Phil Specter’s “Wall of Sound.” 

ebb, Greg’s genius showed forth in his tune “Jungle 

Love,” which he co-wrote with Lonnie Turner and in 

2002 was adopted as the theme song for CBS-TV 

sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond. This brought 

him into contact with Steve Miller, who did a charttopping 

version of the hit. After that, Greg joined the 

Steve Miller Band for both studio and concert tours 

and featured on Miller’s tenth studio album, Book 

of Dreams. The day Greg signed with Steve Miller, 

“Keep on Rockin’ Me Baby” went number one on all 

the charts while the album went platinum. It was at 

this point that Greg wrote “Maelstrom,” a brilliant solo 

instrumental. 

After Abracadabra, around 1981, Greg recorded with 

such greats as Eddie Money, Country Joe McDonald, 

Tom Fogerty, Peter Rowan, and Link Wray, touring 

with most of them. A 1981 tour through Ireland, 

England, France, and Italy with Peter Rowan on 

Mandolin and Tex Logan on fiddle ended up with 

two of Greg’s tunes featured on an album mixed in 

a studio in Rome. A bootleg of this tour recorded at 

Slattery’s Pub in Dublin is definitive. His guitar work 

on “Refugees” is unbelievable and his melodic, soft 

sound comes through on “Raglan Road.” 

Upon his return from Europe, Greg did studio gigs and 

some touring with Paul Butterfield and Tom Johnston 

from the Doobie Brothers. 

Greg’s last serious touring gigs were with the Greg 

Kihn band, in which Douglass had an equal share. 

The first tune he cut with Kihn was “Jeopardy,” 

which became a number one international hit. Greg 

stayed with Kihn for three albums and four years 

(Kihnspiracy, Citizen Kihn, etc.). 

Except for a 1989 gig as a salesman for 800 numbers 

at AT&T, Greg never stopped rehearsing 

and writing. He went on to open for such 

artists as Leo Kottke, David Lindley, John 

Hammond and Taj Mahal. The biggest 

thrills he had at that time were his recording 

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Greg moved to the San Diego area in 1994, where 

he remains active as a touring guitarist with such 

bands as with Danny Kalb of the Blues Project, 

Big Brother and the Holding Company and the 

Electric Flag. He is also a studio player and a music 

instructor. At 70, he leads his own four-piece group, 

The Greg Douglass Band, and continues to play 

concerts, clubs and corporate events, spending 

about a month each year touring in Europe, primarily 

the UK. 

Here is a partial listing of albums Greg Douglass has 

played on. Information on additional writing credits is 

also included. 

Solo Albums: 2016 Flight of the Golden Dragon 

With The Steve Miller Band: 1977 Book of Dreams 

(also co-wrote “Jungle Love”); 1978 

Greatest Hits 1974–78. 

Douglass also co-wrote two songs: “Something 

Special” and “Goodbye Love” on Miller’s 1983 

album Abracadabra, as well as “Maelstrom” for his 

1986 album, Living in the 20th Century. Additionally, 

Douglass’ work with the Steve Miller Band has 

been reissued numerous times on greatest hits 

compilations. 

With the Greg Kihn Band: 1985 Citizen Kihn; 1984 

Kihntagious (also co-wrote “Stand Alone” and “One 

Thing About Love”); 1983 Kihnspiracy (also co-wrote 

“Tear That City Down”); Douglass also co-wrote and 

played on “Family Man”, included on Kihn’s 1982 

album, Kihntinued. 

With Tom Fogerty: 1981 Deal It Out. 

With Tom Johnston: 1981 Still Feels Good (also 

co-wrote “Wishing”). 

With Eddie Money: 1980 Playing for Keeps (also 

co-wrote “Trindad”). 

With Terry & The Pirates: 1980 The Doubtful 

Handshake; 1979 Too Close For Comfort. 

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A Day in a Life of a Gigging Musician 

PLENTY of time to prepare for my gigs next 

month. At least, that’s what I told myself last 

month when there was some time. But NOW 

has come as it always does and I’d better get 

cracking. Thing is, sometimes it’s hard to get 

moving until there is actually a time crunch. A 

deadline looming, if you will. Nothing like having 

to learn 10 songs in 8 hours to get the juices 

flowing. Not that I’m one to complain, more as to 

explain how I get the most out of my own habits. 

Driving to my Friday concert, I zoom down the 

interstate reminding myself not to speed. I need 

to stop by the store and get some strings for my 

guitars. Electrics for the Gretsch and acoustic 

strings for my Yamaha flat-top. I’ll need at least 

two sets of each so I’ll have spares. Get ready 

to shell out almost forty bucks. Oh well, easy 

come easy go. Probably the tips for my Saturday 

afternoon coffee house gig will make up for the 

expense. Fingers crossed, I arrive at the concert 

hall with just enough time to put on a fresh set of 

strings. 

A musician has enough on their mind with 

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down in the mundane world. Insurance, 

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family, keep a roof over my head and (egad!) 

maybe save a little for a rainy day?. Pondering 

the instability of a musician’s life only makes me 

nervous. Buy a house, live on the cheap, save 

when I can. I set my sights long term so I can 

focus on the immediate. 

What key should I sing the latest pop song in? If 

I use the original key, it’s too high for my voice 

(and that of the pop artist, but he got help with 

electronic studio wizardry}. I could always go 

down an octave, which is still technically the 

original key but sounds strange. If I go up a fifth 

and sing down an octave from there it works 

pretty well. Still a bit high for me, but doable. Only 

nine more songs to go and the clock keeps on 

ticking. 

The time for time off is over and I just keep 

slogging until my next day off, which is never. 

Classical violin concerts, weddings and planning 

my summer tour keep me busy 24/7. Singing for 

these bands and being a side-man for the other 

ones. Practice and rehearsals, planning and 

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“These girls are gonna put a 

hurtin’ on this world”. This was the 

infamous prediction of Billy Ray 

Cyrus to our family band on the 

27th of February, 1999. Back then 

we opened for him in Daytona 

Beach under the name “Littil 

Women”, kicking off the first night 

of Bike Week that year. We mark 

this event as a turning point at the 

start of our burgeoning careers. 

After a successful run of shows 

at previous Bike Week Events, 

Biketoberfests, and Seafood 

Festivals, our local promoter Tom 

Celli handpicked us to be the 

opener for Billy Ray. Tom Celli 

Productions had given us some 

real star powered experiences 

locally in the business when 

we were first starting out. TCP 

hired us in the fall of 1997 and 

provided us with our first real, 

professionally payed performance 

experiences and opportunities 

for the next two years straight. 

Back in the day, Daytona Beach 

Street venue shows were major 

events in Volusia County and 

Tom was an amazing promoter. 

TCP never failed to bring in top 

artists, and a good sized crowd of 

vendors, bikers and music festival 

enthusiasts. It was a dream come 

true network to be a part of for 

newcomers like ourselves. Celli 

and his crew were very good to 

us and treated us like the stars 

we longed to become. I remember 

Tom saying to us often, “Don’t 

ever forget...this is how you girls 

deserve to be treated. Never settle 

for less”. 

He always provided the best for 

us and our entourage. By 99’ he 

had us opening for the likes of 

Pam Tillis, Daryl Singletary, Bad 

Company, and Little Foot but 

we were still surprised when he 

asked us to open for Billy Ray. He 

believed in us and knew 

that the next step on our 

mile marker goals was 

to make a quality “VHS 

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press video” showcasing our act 

so we could send it out with our 

“demo tape” to booking agents and 

record labels (it was the 1990’s 

afterall). On opening night of Bike 

Week, Celli had hired us a film 

crew and gifted us our very first set 

of cordless mics for the occasion 

so we could sound professional 

and do our choreography without 

tripping over mic cords. The night 

seemed to fly by in a flash of 

bedazzled red dresses, heels, long 

hair and black cowboy hats. All 

I remember is a feeling of being 

totally on auto pilot. Everything fell 

into place on stage as if we’d been 

doing it our whole lives. 

By Candice Beu 

I know now that we didn’t just get 

lucky that night though. That kind 

of stage-magic isn’t accidental. It’s 

actually the result of putting in tons 

of work. My Mom, sisters and I had 

been perfecting our performance 

techniques as if it were our full 

time job. We rehearsed together 

every day in the living room and 

backyard, for hours on end. We 

drove an hour and a half every 

weekend to take vocal lessons 

with Linda Ronstadt’s vocal coach, 

Manny Lujan. Each month, each 

week, each day we set new goals 

for our group and visualized the 

outcome of our labors together. 

By the time we got in front of an 

audience we were more than 

ready to rock it. By the finale of 

our set we had totally won over 

Billy Ray’s audience! We ended 

the show with the reveal of our 

6 year old baby sister Gabrielle 

(our mascot) who came out from 

behind us to sing the last verse 

of the last song to thunderous 

applause. I still marvel at how my 

baby sisters held it together so 

well under all the pressure and hit 

every one of their marks on such 

an important night. We came down 

those backstage steps completely 

out of breath, with hearts on fire 

inside, smothering the little ones 

in kisses and squeezing each 

other tightly as we congratulated 

ourselves. Tom Celli quickly led us 

towards a very impressed and very 

energetic Billy Ray, who was about 

to go on next. He made a little joke 

to us as he introduced himself, 

saying, “I thought I heard some 

angels out there...now how am I 

supposed to follow that?” Even 

though the crowd was chanting his 

name, he still took the time to give 

us encouraging words. 

He may have been a larger than 

life personality but he had the 

air of a real down to earth family 

man. I spied a blonde Momshell 

with a toddler on her hip peeking 

out the front windows of his plush 

tour bus. Billy Ray waved to them 

and told us he was here with his 

beautiful wife Tish and his small 

children who always traveled with 

him (Miley was only a year older 

than Gabrielle at the time). The 

film crew for our show took the 

opportunity to snap a few pictures 

and (with his approval) shot our 

interaction with the celebrity. Even 

in the midst of all the pre-show 

chaos, Mr. Cyrus so kindly obliged 

our team with a touch of his star 

power and even went the extra 

mile to give our promo video his 

seal of approval, telling the camera 

in his most endearing southern 

drawl “this here’s the future right 

here! These girls are gonna put 

a hurtin’ on this world”. This 

moment has become a cherished 

memory from our early days. It 

still makes us smile. Just having 

had that interaction in real time 

and capturing it on film is truly 

one of the best things ever. We 

were never big “achy breaky” fans 

but we were suddenly star struck 

in his presence. He was such a 

kind soul who took time to bless 

us. His words have since become 

a recurring catch phrase for us 

during the course of our career. 

“Well, Billy Ray did say we were 

gonna put a hurtin’ on this world 

(wink-wink)”. This little phrase even 

got spliced right into our press kit, 

knowing it couldn’t hurt to have his 

endorsement. And it didn’t. 

The video we made that night 

was eventually mailed to over 100 

people during the next year as 

we tried to garner interest in our 

Mother-Daughter act. It wasn’t until 

we were low on resources, low on 

hope and down to one of our very 

last tapes that the right connection 

clicked into place for us. Our 

packet finally got into the hands of 

an agent at William Morris Agency, 

who got it to famed song writer 

Desmond Child, who showed 

our tape to Steve Greenberg of 

Hanson, Baha Men (and eventual 

Jonas Brothers) fame ...and the 

rest is Beu Sister history. This 

chain of events that (in less than 

3 years’ time) brought us to the 

signing of our first record deal with 

S-Curve Records all began with a 

little locally made VHS tape of our 

Daytona Beach Bike Week show 

and Billy Ray Cyrus’ foretelling of 

our family’s future successes. 

Many years later, while playing 

Radio Disney gigs all over the 

country with our songs from 

Disney’s “Home on the Range” 

and “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”, 

we started being asked by our fans 

if we knew any Hannah Montana 

songs. I remember being like 

“who IS this Hannah Montana that 

everyone is suddenly SO into?... 

I didn’t know. I was nearing 30 at 

the time. To our surprise, Hannah 

turned out to be Miley Cyrus, Billy 

Ray’s “smiley” little kiddo who was 

hiding in a tour bus backstage at 

our turning point gig so very long 

ago! 

Life is funny that way. You never 

know how experiences will 

intersect or whose paths you 

might cross at any given time. 

In fact, Billy Chapin (one of the 

owners of Static Live Magazine) 

was the producer of our very first 

4 song demo tapes! Years later 

we worked together on a song for 

a feature film called “Because of 

Winn Dixie”. Nowadays, I get to 

be part of this venture with him. 

Music careers can often come full 

circle over time, and have some 

surprising twists, turns, and crazy 

coincidences. I count on these 

moments of synchronicity showing 

up in my world and revealing the 

deeper connections and meanings 

of life to me. I absolutely cherish 

them. It has made my precious 

time here on earth and my musical 

journey such a Beu-tiful ride. 

My congrats to all at Static 

Live for two wonderful years of 

collaboration bringing music, 

art, writing and wonderful 

synchronicities together in this 

incredible publication. The light 

within me honors the light in all of 

you. 

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March 13 - Travis Rudd 4pm 


March 14 - Joe Payne 5pm 


March 20 - Marty McCarrick 4pm 

March 22 - Reed Foley 12pm 


March 28 - Bobby James 5pm 


Six Questions With . . . . Scotty Sudakis 

I sat down with Scotty Sudakis, songwriter and lead 

singer for the local band, Five Time Shag. Scotty 

was born in Santa Monica, CA and moved to Volusia 

County when he was ten years old. Scotty is from a 

musical family, which surrounded him with influences 

from an early age. 

GW: Scotty, what’s going on with Five Time 

Shag right now? 

Scotty: Probably the most exciting thing is our six 

song EP which just came out on January 23rd. We 

recorded with Billy Chapin and Static Live Music. We 

are very pleased with the result, and I hope our fans 

will be too. It is a distillation of a lot of hard work, 

practice, writing and lyrical expression. We are so 

proud of it. It is available on all the usual platforms 

- Jukebox, Touchtones, Spotify, iTunes and our Five 

Time Shag FaceBook page. We are heading up the 

Main Street Music Festival on February 8. Five Time 

Shag is also booked for gigs in Orlando and around 

Volusia County until December of this year so far. Nice 

having that ahead of us. Billy Chapin is currently in 

talks to book us as an opening act for larger bands and 

bigger venues. 

GW: What do you do when you’re not out 

gigging with the band, any side hustles? 

Scotty: Yes! I’ve been working as a bartender at 

Peanuts Sports Bar in NSB for five years now. I love 

the people and the vibe of Peanuts. It’s great to be a 

part of that family and also be able to do some gigs 

there with FTS. When time permits, I’ve gotten into 

working with some local musician friends to explore 

other genres. I also have been writing for Static Live 

Magazine from time to time. Writing is a nice creative 

outlet for me, and I truly enjoy it. I play the piano too, 

so that relaxes me. 

GW: As an artist, are there any other art forms 

that interest you? 

Scotty: More than the forms, I am interested in the 

processes and mindsets that move other artists to 

create. I have much respect for other musicians, as 

well as painters, video artists, actors and others. I 

look into what they do to make their mind concepts 

flow into tangible form. I sometimes look at how they 

use their God-given talent to express their feelings and 

messages to us. It’s fascinating to me how they do it. I 

am also interested in how musicians hone their craft to 

improve their style and presentation to their listeners. I 

constantly look at my own art as well, hoping to bring 

out the best music that is inside me. 

GW: What music do you listen to at home? 

Scotty: Depends on the mood, I guess. If I want 

retrospective, I may listen to Frank Sinatra or Tony 

Bennett. That music, while appearing simple, is very 

layered and complex. If I just want driving lyric, it’s 

Anderson Paak. Also, NPR has a series called Tiny 

Desk that is excellent. If I’m a bit sad, Elliot Smith or 

any emo music is helpful. It’s so stripped down and 

raw that it helps me deal with my feelings honestly. At 

home, I always listen to music that is different than 

what FTS does. I like to step back and study the other 

forms. 

GW: You seem like a chill guy. Is there 

anything that bugs you? 

Scotty: People fighting and not trying to understand 

one another. We are all different and always will be. 

So many people judge others by superficial things and 

they don’t bother to dig deeper and see what’s inside 

the person. But, if we put our differences aside and 

focus on our shared views, we can begin to understand 

and accept one another as we are. Finding acceptance 

is the key to getting along. 

GW: What’s the best advice you ever got? 

Scotty: My Grandfather, Eugene Alexander Bruce, told 

me, “Always show up on time or fifteen minutes early, 

do the best you can at whatever job you have, and if 

you see something that you desire, go for it. Never 

have regrets because you didn’t try.” 

GW: Thanks for your time, Scotty. 

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CROSSWORDPUZZLE 

Across 

2. “Cheap Thrills” was released in 2016 by which 

artist? 

5. What is the title of Justin Bieber’s album released 

in 2020? 

9. Who sings the hit song, “Hotel California”? 

11. What state was Michael Jackson born in? 

13. What is the title of FKA twigs’ single that was 

nominated for a Grammy Award? 

15. What is the title of Harry Styles’ recently released 

album: Fine ___? 

16. What is The Weeknd’s birth first name? 

17. What song off of Rush’s Moving Pictures album 

was named after an airport’s identification code? 

18. What is the first name of the rapper Gucci Mane? 

19. What is the title of Tyler, the Creator’s 

newest album? 

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Down 

1. How many members are in the newly reunited girl 

group, The Pussycat Dolls? 

3. What band sang the following lyrics: “Is this the 

real life? Is this just a fantasy”? 

4. Selena Gomez was born in which state? 

6. Off of Eminem’s latest album, what is the title of 

the song featuring the late Juice Wrld? 

7. What is the title of Halsey’s newest album? 

8. How old was Lorde when she released her hit 

song “Royals”? 

10. What is the first name of the rapper Ski Mask the 

Slump God? 

12. What country did the rock band Rush originate in? 

14. What is the name of the 90’s girl band known for 

their hit song ‘No Scrubs’? 

16. Jaden Smith is both a singer and a(n) ____? 

Answers on Page 37

On the Block 

By Jenny McLain (Editor, Static Live Magazine) 

A little over five years ago I met Sean Impara, the 

Publisher of Static Live Magazine. At the time, he 

was booking a lot of music around Volusia County 

(but considerably less than he books now). I wanted 

to see some of the artists he had been telling me 

about and one day I offered to help him keep the gigs 

updated on his website . . . 

Little did I know, I was 

witnessing the beginning 

of Static Live Media Group, 

Static Live Music and 

Static Live Magazine. As 

his booking business grew 

bigger and bigger, Sean 

always talked about starting 

a music magazine in our 

area. I thought it was a 

cool idea, although a big 

undertaking. I will admit, it took some convincing on 

his part to get me to agree to contribute to the project, 

but I finally had to acknowledge that I could make a 

unique contribution to it. 

In the meantime, Sean joined forces with musician/ 

music producer/entrepreneur Billy Chapin to record 

some of the vast local talents. I remember being 

nervous the day I was invited to have lunch with 

the two of them. It was about a year later that we 

published the first edition of Static Live Magazine. I’ll 

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1. What does Post Malone’s face tattoo say? 

2. What artist did Travis Scott sign a record deal with? 

3. Which of Ed Sheeran’s hit songs stayed at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks back in 

2017? What is the title of YNW Melly’s 2019 hit song featuring Kanye West? 

4. What is the title of Billie Eilish’s song to feature in the 2020 James Bond film? 

5. Who was the lead singer of Nirvana? 

6. What was the title of MC Hammer’s hit single from the ’90s? 

give credit where credit is due – Sean certainly knows 

how to assemble and manage a team of people. The 

first issue was printed two years ago, in March of 

2018 and we are beyond proud of the product it has 

become. 

We want to extend a special thanks to our 

contributors, our business partners, our advertisers, 

our fans, local venues and 

musicians, and everyone 

who supports our project 

each month. We have had 

requests for hard copies 

from all over the country, 

and we have even seen a 

couple of issues listed for 

sale on eBay in the United 

Kingdom! 

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Static Live: Introspective 

Answers on Page 37 

Live Music Line-up for March 

March 1 

Jason “Gote” Vandemaat 1-5 


Black Velvet 6-10 


Tony Cuchetti 1-5 

TBD 6-10 


Trees of Life 1-5 


Bret Messer 6-10 


Gina Cuchetti 1-5 

Mud Rooster6-10 


Travis Rudd 1-5 

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Mark Moore 6-10 


Marty McCarrick 1-5 

Joe Santana 6-10 


Adam & Farley 1-5 


The Vibe 6-10 

Under New Management 


Jeff Jarrett 1-5 

Trainwreck Orlando 6-10 


Bradford Buckley 1-5

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1. Photo Credit Laura Mata Brito 2. Photo Credit Laura Mata Brito 3. Photo Credit Laura Mata Brito 

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1. What does Post Malone’s face tattoo say? Always Tired 

2. What artist did Travis Scott sign a record deal with? Kanye West 

3. Which of Ed Sheeran’s hit songs stayed at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks back in 2017? 

Shape of You 

4. What is the title of YNW Melly’s 2019 hit song featuring Kanye West? Mixed Personalities 

5. What is the title of Billie Eilish’s song to feature in the 2020 James Bond film? No Time To Die 

6. Who was the lead singer of Nirvana? Kurt Cobain 

7. What was the title of MC Hammer’s hit single from the ’90s? U Can’t Touch This 

8. What famous actor was featured in Paula Abdul’s music video for her song “Rush Rush”? 

Keanu Reeves 

9. What is the title of Eminem’s eleventh studio album released in January 2020? 

Music To Be Murdered By 

10. What is the name of the band that released the song “Hysteria” in 1987? Def Leppard 

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By Chris Rajotte, Andy Minor and Jeff Watson 

VADER, abysmal dawn, hideous divinity 

Photo Credit Nuclear Blast 

On Tuesday, February 11th, Polish death metal band Vader 

brought their form of horror and war music to The Haven in Winter 

Park, along with California’s Abysmal Dawn and Italy’s Hideous 

Divinity for some serious head thrashing. All the opening bands 

did impressive sets to get the crowd and the pit rolling. Vader did 

an impressively long set from their 37-year career that included 

many early classics like “Dark Ages”, “Silent Empire “, “Incarnation”, 

“Sothis” and “Reborn In Flames “. Storm Trooper anthem “Triumph 

Of Death “ lit the crowd ablaze. They also did a killer cover of Judas 

Priest’s “Steeler” to end the show and to send all parishioners on 

their journey home. 

New School Album of the Month 

Orphan Stomper (Australia) 

*Deathcore* 

Releases: 

November 13, 2019 – Feasting 

December 28, 2019 – Flay and Spray 

This 8-song self-titled album was released on February 18, 

2020. Mixing classic Death Metal with force, Brad Evans’ vocals 

do not disappoint, with brutal guitar lows and extremely slicing 

highs. Combined with Lachlan Groenstein’s insane drum patterns 

and driving guitars, this Australian duo deserves listening to. It 

definitely delivers some thunder from down under…… 

Old School Album of the Month 

When you think of extreme bass playing, one must consider the 

pummeling roar of Steve DiGiorgio, bassist extraordinaire of many 

ensembles including legendary bands Death, Autopsy, Obituary, 

Testament, and Control Denied to name a few. Where would this 

freak of the fretless finger plucking madness get his start? With 

the California thrash/death foursome Sadus. “Swallowed In Black 

“ is Sadus’ 2nd outing and is full of technically oriented bombs 

to make your head explode. Released in 1990 on Roadrunner 

Records, Sadus uses numerous tempo changes with extreme 

complexity to break all the land speed records known to man. 

“Swallowed In Black” is the death metal musician’s dream theater. 

Intro “Black” along with “Man Infestation”, “ The Wake”, “Oracle 

Of Obmission “ and the minute-long classic “In Your Face “ are 

digesting ditties to soothe one’s, dirty soul. 

LIVE MUSIC 

Gotha Location 

3/5 Rafael Rodriguez 

3/6 Claire Vandiver Duo 

3/7 Run Raquel 

3/12 Jimi Papas 

3/13 TBD 

3/14 Wood Panel Basement 

3/19 Theo Moon 

3/20 Acoustic Rooster 

3/21 CC Trio 

3/26 Jim Reddin Duo 

3/27 DME Young Musicians 

Showcase 

3/28 TBD 

1236 Hempel Ave 

Windermere, Florida 

New Smyrna Location 

3/1 Bret Messer 1pm 

3/5 The Transfers 6pm 

3/6 Beartoe 6pm 

3/7 Travis Rudd 6pm 

3/8 James Wise 1pm 

3/12 Claire Vandiver 6pm 

3/13 Adam & Farley 6pm 

3/14 Jim Lord 6pm 

3/15 Hannah Wilson 1pm 

3/19 Marty McCarrick 6pm 

3/20 Brent Clowers 6pm 

3/21 Gina Cuchetti 6pm 

3/22 Nate Utley 1pm 

3/26 Jimmy Z 6pm 

3/27 Austin Miller 6pm 

3/28 The Big Beat 6pm 

3/29 The Cyclones 1pm 

147 Canal St, 

New Smyrna Beach

MARCH 13 

PATO BANTON 

MARCH 19 

VANA LIYA 

MARCH 21 

BUMPIN UGLIES 

MARCH 27 

RIES BROTHERS 

MARCH 28 

THE BROTHERS 

WITHIN 

APRIL 4 

NIRVANNA 

APRIL 17 

SUBLIMINAL DOUBT 

APRIL 18 

ONE DROP 

APRIL 24 

BELLA’S BARTOK

Static Live Magazine March 2020 - 2 Year Anniversary

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