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ROCKTAILS<br />
MUSICAL PRESIDENTS<br />
Mardi Maison Gras<br />
Party Animal in All of Us<br />
SUN SPLASH 1984
CONTENTS<br />
TABLE OF<br />
6 7 14<br />
32 48<br />
The Sour Grapes of Wrath-------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Spiritual Renaissance Manifesto----------------------------------------------<br />
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Trivia------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Crossword----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Party Animal in Us All-------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Rocktails-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Valentine’s Day Field Guide to Love Songs-------------------------------<br />
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A Word From the Throne--------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Sun Splash 1984--COVER STORY-------------------------------------------<br />
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Music & Events Calendar-------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Mother Earth Has a Broken Heart---------------------------------------------<br />
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The Ormond Beach Trifecta---SPECIAL ARTICLE-------------------------<br />
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Going to California, Kinda------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Musical Presidents------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Mud Rooster Blues------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Rare Earth Reviews-----------------------------------------------------------------<br />
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Trivia & Crossword Answers---------------------------------------------<br />
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“<strong>Live</strong> for Yourself and you will<br />
live in vain; <strong>Live</strong> for others,<br />
and you will live again.”<br />
~Robert Nesta<br />
“Bob” Marley<br />
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Oh My Goddess...<br />
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Samantha<br />
My name is Samantha Comer; I am 28 years old and I live in West Virginia. I am<br />
an insurance managing rep for Transamerica, working as the top rep for the last<br />
four years in my district. The last two years, I have qualified for The Million Dollar<br />
Round Table, performing in the top 1% of the financial service industry and I<br />
plan to achieve that each year. When I am not working I enjoy fishing and riding<br />
horses.<br />
I have been modeling since 2011, walking in more than 50 shows, appearing in<br />
over 20 magazines and working on movies such as The Price of Beauty as the<br />
lead. My favorite music is metal! My fiance and I actually based our engagement<br />
photos from Motionless in White’s song, Undead Ahead 2: The Tale of the Midnight<br />
Ride.<br />
“Creamy Gnocchi with<br />
Italian Sausage”<br />
This month, I’ve decided to go with a dish that’s<br />
extremely easy to make! This may be one of<br />
the quickest, simplest recipes I’ve written about<br />
so far. The basis for this dish is heavy cream,<br />
gnocchi, and Italian sausage. And… you only<br />
need one large pan and lid! A cooking time of<br />
25 mins is all it takes to whip this up. This dish<br />
is the definition of comfort food, the creamy<br />
sauce becomes a pink sauce once you add the<br />
tomatoes. The combination of flavors is just out of<br />
this world.<br />
Good Italian sausage is one of my favorite red<br />
meats. I highly suggest finding a good quality<br />
butcher for the freshest choice of meats. A good<br />
sausage will take this dish to the next level but<br />
store-bought from your local grocer is fantastic<br />
too… I promise. A great butcher within a half-hour<br />
of my location is Ray’s Quality Meats on US1 in<br />
Ormond Beach, FL. Huge selection and you will<br />
fall in love with other items there as well. Support<br />
your local butcher during these crazy times!<br />
Since this is a one pan meal, you will not have a<br />
ton of leftovers but, as always, it’s good to have<br />
storage options on hand. Pyrex and anchor glass<br />
leftover containers are the best. They come in<br />
a variety of sizes and shapes. They hold up<br />
extremely well and can be refrigerated or frozen<br />
over and over again and then microwaved. Let’s<br />
be honest, it’s much nicer to eat your leftovers<br />
out of glass as well.<br />
Ingredients:<br />
9 oz Italian Sausage (Mild or Hot)<br />
½ Onion, Chopped<br />
4 Cloves Garlic, Minced<br />
1/3 Cup White Wine (Sauvignon Blanc)<br />
14 oz Canned Diced Tomatoes<br />
1 cup Heavy Cream<br />
1 lb. uncooked Potato Gnocchi<br />
½ Cup Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese<br />
Handful of Basil (Torn)<br />
Salt & Pepper<br />
\Begin by preheating your pan on medium-high<br />
heat. Prepare your Italian sausage. You can<br />
use either mild or hot depending on your spice<br />
preference.<br />
I’ve made this recipe with sausage<br />
links and loose sausage.<br />
Both work equally as well but<br />
loose ground sausage is a bit<br />
easier to work with. Chop up links<br />
into small pieces. Chop your onion<br />
into small pieces. Side note, the<br />
onions I’ve been using have been<br />
extremely teary. Chew gum if this<br />
bothers you too much! Now add<br />
both to your preheated pan and<br />
sauté for a few minutes until the<br />
onions are slightly translucent and<br />
the sausage is browned.<br />
Add your minced garlic to the pan<br />
and sauté for about 30 seconds.<br />
Careful not to burn the garlic! Add<br />
white wine and cook for about<br />
a minute. You will immediately<br />
experience a wonderful fragrance!<br />
Stir in diced tomatoes, cream and<br />
gnocchi and give the pan a good<br />
stir. Once you notice bubbling,<br />
reduce the heat just a bit (to medium<br />
heat). Cover the pan and cook<br />
for 5 minutes allowing gnocchi to<br />
become al dente.<br />
Uncover the pan and give it a stir.<br />
Notice the nice pink creamy color<br />
that the tomatoes bring to the dish.<br />
Cook for another few minutes and<br />
then taste test a single gnocchi<br />
to make sure they are cooked to<br />
preference. You can allow to cook<br />
for a few seconds longer if you<br />
desire a thicker sauce. Stir in fresh<br />
parmesan cheese, torn basil, and<br />
a pinch of salt and pepper. Serve<br />
immediately and enjoy!<br />
You’re going to love this, and your<br />
friends and family will be very impressed.<br />
Typing this has made me<br />
hungry so off to the kitchen I go.<br />
Thanks for reading.<br />
Cheers!<br />
Watch my full cooking video for<br />
this recipe on my Facebook page<br />
“Ian Opalinski Music” or follow the<br />
link: facebook.com/ianopalinskimusic<br />
BY<br />
MUSICIAN’S COOKBOOK
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TRIVIA<br />
1. What is Bob Marley’s full name?<br />
2. What was the name of Bob Marley’s<br />
original Ska band?<br />
3. Whose cover of “I Shot the Sheriff” was a radio hit in 1974?<br />
4. What was Bob Marley’s first hit outside of Jamaica?<br />
1<br />
crossword<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
6<br />
9 10 11<br />
7<br />
8<br />
5. The Wailers were kicked off a tour in 1973 for upstaging<br />
what group?<br />
13<br />
12<br />
12<br />
6. What are the items buried with Bob Marley?<br />
7. What was the name of Bob Marley’s female back-up group?<br />
8. Bob Marley’s wife, Rita, had this hit song in the early ‘80s.<br />
9. Bob Marley received what honor in 1994?<br />
10. What were Bob Marley’s last words to his son?<br />
11. Who were the original members of the Wailers?<br />
12. What record<br />
label was Bob<br />
Marley with<br />
when he died?<br />
???<br />
14<br />
ACROSS<br />
DOWN<br />
DOWN<br />
3. Bob Marley's best subject in school 1. Bob Marley once lived in this US state<br />
9 This Bob Marley album spent 56 consecutive 2. The cause of Bob Marley's death<br />
weeks on the UK album chart 4. Bob Marley and the Wailers were the first<br />
1 Bob Marley once lived in this US<br />
11. The city where Bob Marley died reggae state band to perform at this iconic theater<br />
12. Before converting to Rastafari faith, 5. Where Bob Marley was born<br />
Bob Marley was part of this religion 26. Bob The Marley's cause of best Bob selling Marley’s reggae death album<br />
13 Maiden<br />
ACROSS<br />
name of Bob Marley's wife, Rita 7. Name of the musician who inducted<br />
4 Bob Marley and the Wailers were the<br />
14. Bob Marley's last tour Bob first Marley reggae into band the Rock to perform and Roll at this<br />
Hall iconic of Fame theater<br />
3 Bob Marley’s best subject in school<br />
8. Name of the luxury car driven by Marley<br />
5 Where Bob Marley was born<br />
10 Bob Marley's favorite sport<br />
9 This Bob Marley album spent 56 6 Bob Marley’s best selling reggae<br />
consecutive weeks on the UK album<br />
album<br />
chart<br />
???<br />
11 The city where Bob Marley died<br />
12 Before converting to Rastafari faith,<br />
Bob Marley was part of this religion<br />
13 Maiden name of Bob Marley’s wife,<br />
Rita<br />
14 Bob Marley’s last tour<br />
7 Name of the musician who inducted<br />
Bob Marley into the Rock and Roll<br />
Hall of Fame<br />
8 Name of the luxury car driven by<br />
Marley<br />
10 Bob Marley’s favorite sport
Party Animal in All of Us<br />
By Les Kippel<br />
Photo Credit: Les Kippel or Relix Archives (All)<br />
These were a while ago,, but Rock and Roll WAS fun!! Not always about the dollars and cents<br />
like today’s music with back up singers and fireworks. party with the promoters, party with the<br />
fans...<br />
Here are some of my “PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY”... Enjoy.. After this shit is over with<br />
Corona, let’s get back there!!<br />
Of course, Buddy Cage, who played with Jerry’s Band and replaced Jerry Garcia in the New<br />
Riders of the Purple Sage, ALWAYS had a ‘thin’ for Jerry... We didn’t question it!!!<br />
Left:My Favorite picture!<br />
Below:1973, Nassau Coliseum, Back<br />
Stage<br />
Starting Above, working clockwise:<br />
Giant Stadium, before trip to EGYPT<br />
Psychedelic Jerry, playing Banjo. A rare picture indeed! 1963<br />
Fillmore East ,1971<br />
The Year Jerry left us . . . . .. . . 1995 Tribute Art. on the Year End<br />
issue of Relix, 1995<br />
14<br />
Right: Nudie Suite. Year Unknown<br />
Jerry<br />
had many<br />
personalities<br />
through the<br />
years... but he<br />
was ALWAYS<br />
JERRY!!!<br />
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Rocktails<br />
By Dr. Peppar Spraed<br />
American singer, songwriter and<br />
actress. Well, let’s just say she’s<br />
starred in movies - her ability to<br />
actually act is still up for debate.<br />
Referred to as the “Queen of Pop”,<br />
she is regarded as one of the most<br />
influential figures in popular culture.<br />
Although after seeing how the “King<br />
of Pop” turned out she may want to<br />
reconsider her moniker. Madonna<br />
is noted for her continual reinvention<br />
and versatility in music production,<br />
songwriting, and visual presentation.<br />
For someone who so consistently<br />
reinvents herself, the Queen of Pop<br />
has a rather specific drink order.<br />
Imagine that? As it’s well documented<br />
that she’s very specific with almost<br />
everything she does, her rumored<br />
favorite go-to drink is the<br />
Pomegranate Martini<br />
~1.5 oz of vodka<br />
~1 oz of pomegranate juice<br />
~ 1.5 oz of blackberry puree<br />
~1 oz of cranberry juice<br />
~garnished with an<br />
orange.<br />
16<br />
Some may be thinking that<br />
a Botox milkshake or a<br />
Dysport rum runner<br />
would have been her<br />
favorite.
single Release Party<br />
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<strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>’s Annual Valentine’s<br />
Day Field Guide to Love Songs<br />
By Ric de Yampert<br />
Ever since Og the Caveman<br />
began wooing Ogette<br />
the Cavewoman during the<br />
world’s first ever Valentine’s<br />
Day, we guys have relied upon<br />
music to help us convince you<br />
ladies that this love thing isn’t<br />
just about getting your panties<br />
off – that it’s also about, well,<br />
the love thing.<br />
Like Cyrano de Bergerac, we<br />
guys rely on the great songsmiths<br />
of the ages to<br />
put words in our<br />
mouths, our Valentine’s<br />
Day cards and our gifts<br />
of mixtapes – words<br />
that we know (well, that<br />
we hope) will lay bare<br />
our affection for you<br />
and make<br />
you<br />
swoon.<br />
But, like Og, we modern-day guys, though wellmeaning,<br />
are Troglodytes when it comes to the<br />
love thing. Cupid makes us stupid. Given that and<br />
the fact that there is no such thing as a simple<br />
love song, it’s quite possible you women may<br />
open a Valentine’s Day card and discover a CD<br />
of MarilynManson’s “Valentine’s Day.” (Memo to<br />
my fellow Troglodytes – that would not be a good<br />
thing.)<br />
Guys, don’t let Cupid make you his bitch. Here is<br />
<strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>’s Annual Valentine’s Day Field Guide<br />
to Love Songs. Read it. Heed its lessons. Ladies,<br />
sneak a copy into your man’s secret porno stash<br />
– yes, the one you discovered months ago and<br />
decided to let it ride – so that he will have no<br />
excuse come Cupid Day.<br />
* Lesson No. 1 – Beware the trick love song!<br />
<strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>’s crack team of researchers has done<br />
the math and the results are in: To date in the<br />
history of the world, the bards and songsmiths<br />
have written 7,562,923 songs of the lovey,<br />
gooey “I Want to Hold Your Hand” variety, while<br />
those same bards and songsmiths have written<br />
7,562,924 songs of the “Love Stinks” variety.<br />
But <strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>’s research department is still busy<br />
calculating the number of trick love songs – they<br />
are legion! These are the insidious little bastards<br />
whipped up by Cupid to make us guys look bad.<br />
Quote one of these songs to your lady and you<br />
may think you’re the all-time greatest Romeo,<br />
but you might as well give her one of those<br />
farting dogs CDs. “Every Breath You Take” by the<br />
Police? Total stalker song. “Love Is Blindness”<br />
by U2? No, the guy isn’t blinded by his beauty’s<br />
beauty – he’s a head case who thinks love is a<br />
“little death.” “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails? “You<br />
make me perfect!”<br />
Trent Rezner croons – before confessing he<br />
wants to have sexual intercourse with his babe<br />
like an animal . . . and not like some cuddly<br />
wombat. Beware, you magnificent dumb-ass<br />
Troglodyte! There are many more.<br />
* Lesson No. 2 – Don’t buy your sweetie a<br />
last-minute Valentine’s Day CD at a truck stop.<br />
So, you messed up again and forgot to get your<br />
lady a Cupid Day gift. You’ve just gassed up at<br />
your local truck stop on the way home and you<br />
notice some David Allan Coe CDs behind the pay<br />
counter. “Hey!” you say to yourself. “He’s the guy<br />
who wrote ‘Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of<br />
Stone),’ one of the greatest country love songs<br />
ever! Great! Problem solved. I’m gonna pull this<br />
Cupid stuff out of my ass!” So you buy a Coe CD<br />
and toss it into a red gift bag.<br />
Oh, you magnificent dumb-ass Troglodyte! David<br />
Allan Coe truck-stop CDs are a different animal<br />
than David Allan Coe record store CDs. Congratulations!<br />
Your honey will be quite joyed, I’m sure,<br />
to get a VD CD with such songs as “Little Suzzie<br />
Shallow Throat,” “Don’t Bite the [censored],” “Linda<br />
Lovelace’’ and other ditties with titles we don’t<br />
print in a respectable magazine like <strong>Static</strong> <strong>Live</strong>.<br />
* Lesson No. 3 – No silly love songs! So, you’re<br />
a clever bastard who’s determined to outwit the<br />
Cupid Day jinx. You’ll score a Hallmark card and<br />
scribble the lyrics to Paul McCartney’s “Silly Love<br />
Songs” inside and be done with it.<br />
Oh, you magnificent dumb-ass Troglodyte! You<br />
can’t win. Quote “Silly Love Songs” or some other<br />
silly love song to your babe, and she will reply in<br />
a pissy, snarky voice: “What? You think love is<br />
silly? You think this is some game?”<br />
OK, guys, by now you’ve got<br />
the point: Cupid, no matter<br />
what you do, will make you<br />
stupid. You are doomed. Your<br />
best bet is to buy your lady a<br />
CD of farting dogs performing<br />
pop hits. Just make sure<br />
it’s instrumental hits and not<br />
some of those tricks songs<br />
with lyrics mentioned above<br />
– and remember that all love<br />
songs, ultimately, are trick<br />
songs.<br />
She’ll love a CD of<br />
Chihuahuas and<br />
blue-tick hounds farting<br />
the greatest hits of,<br />
say, the Ventures, that<br />
1960s guitar<br />
instrumental group.<br />
Trust me on this.<br />
You’re<br />
welcome.<br />
20<br />
21
A Word From the Throne<br />
By Billy Dean<br />
Sixth grade was a time of unlimited<br />
possibilities. Like many boys lining up<br />
outside the club of manhood, I thought<br />
my admission was to be bought by<br />
dunking a basketball. My parents saw<br />
that I was serious about my aspirations<br />
so they enlisted me to be drafted by my<br />
local Police Athletic League.<br />
After being picked-up in a later round<br />
of the draft - fair for a kid who was more<br />
round than tall - I began my engagement<br />
in team activities.<br />
I loved everything about being on a<br />
team, the practice, planning, and the<br />
sport itself, especially. I spent most of<br />
my week looking forward to the next<br />
practice, next game, and next general<br />
opportunity to become Shaquille O’Neal.<br />
At home I would practice all of the basic<br />
skills that the coaches taught in practice.<br />
Everyday I’d work on layups, jump<br />
shots, and free throws (my closest skill<br />
comparison to Shaq, himself). I took it<br />
so seriously that I accidentally learned<br />
meditation by staring at a poster of MJ<br />
dunking from the free throw line on my<br />
bedroom wall before games.<br />
My whole week’s momentum led up the<br />
game and I loved it...<br />
On the court I was a mixed bag, but<br />
overall a helpful presence. I was<br />
exceptional at bullying the paint,<br />
snatching rebounds, and chiming in for<br />
an occasional jump hook. It didn’t matter<br />
to me if I was the focal point of the team<br />
as long as I was learning what I needed<br />
to actually become that someday.<br />
At 11 years old, however, I didn’t<br />
quite have the athletic gift, grace or<br />
coordination to try and accomplish my<br />
on-court goals without exceeding the<br />
personal foul limit. My opponents would<br />
leave the game with the most innocently<br />
gifted bumps, bruises, scrapes, and an<br />
occasional fat lip. Again, not from malice<br />
but a lack of coordination on my par -<br />
think Sir Charles as a toddler.<br />
For my transgressions I would have<br />
to leave the game and await my next<br />
opportunity to live out my dreams.<br />
This was the hardest pill to swallow,<br />
my dreams being put on pause by the<br />
powers that be.<br />
Fast forward from ‘94 to ‘21 and I feel<br />
that familiar pang from my childhood.<br />
The momentum of my dreams being<br />
arbitrated and squashed by the powers<br />
that be. This time a world traveling,<br />
ubiquitous pathogen ended the game<br />
and the people “in charge” of making<br />
the rules can easily be out classed by<br />
the amateur refs of the local Police<br />
Athletic League. For the other players<br />
of the world who can empathize with<br />
the frustrations that have been bred by<br />
the indefinite game stoppage, every tick<br />
of the game clock passes away with a<br />
more anxious and urgent gaze. Each<br />
wasted second chips away at our hopes<br />
of returning to the lives we love and<br />
erodes our collective faith in the people<br />
who make the rules. How much longer<br />
do we have to suffer the madness ?<br />
For every one of our dream’s sake, get it<br />
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I was all-in.<br />
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SUN SPLASH 1984<br />
By Reluctant Genius<br />
24<br />
I’m really not sure how I was able to do it but<br />
ultimately I guess it was because my parents<br />
were just plain sick and tired of putting<br />
up with my antics, as I was a pretty wild<br />
teenager. The year was 1984 when I moved<br />
from my quiet little town of Roanoke Virginia<br />
to Montego Bay Jamaica I had just turned 17<br />
and pretty much thought I knew everything.<br />
I was there with my high school friend, his<br />
father and his father’s girlfriend. While my<br />
parents thought I had a chaperon to care<br />
for me, in reality my friend’s parents partied<br />
harder than I probably ever have in my life.<br />
My mom and dad came down to drop me off<br />
and to make sure that I had a roof over my<br />
head. Plus, they always wanted to go to the<br />
Caribbean so this was a nice opportunity to<br />
do so.<br />
It just so happened that the reggae Sunsplash<br />
was in town and we were able to get tickets<br />
for Wednesday night. It was a tough show<br />
to get into. Over the first few days we had<br />
been hanging with two Jamaican friends<br />
we recently met at Doctors Cave Beach and<br />
they mentioned there was a hill above the<br />
stadium where people would hang out and<br />
watch the festivities and hear the music.<br />
This turned out to be true so Tuesday night<br />
we decided to camp out on the hill. The first<br />
couple of hours of the show was absolutely<br />
unique and wonderful. The vibe was near<br />
perfect. It was at that time some of the<br />
locals decided to break down the iron gates<br />
and rush the stadium instead of paying for<br />
tickets, as I believe the shows were sold out<br />
each night. At first we just sat there laughing<br />
and watching the craziness below when all<br />
of a sudden the city police burst out of their<br />
stations with their M-16s rifles and started<br />
firing into the air to disperse the crowd.<br />
Everyone around us just started running<br />
and screaming and for the first minute or<br />
two it was quite scary. Ten minutes or so<br />
later it seemed to settle down and everybody<br />
returned to their places on the hill. We all<br />
laughed about it. Then, believe it or not the<br />
same thing happened again and then again.<br />
Finally it got a little too nuts and we left and<br />
luckily made it home safe and sound.<br />
The next morning during breakfast while<br />
listening to the local radio news cast it was<br />
reported that the police had fired their guns to<br />
disperse the crowd and several people were<br />
injured in the melee. My parents just shot<br />
me a dirty look, as I hadn’t told him about the<br />
incident. Later that week somehow, someway<br />
they decided that I was able to stay and they<br />
returned home thinking I soon follow. Little<br />
did they know that I would spend another 6<br />
1/2 months exploring the wonderful island<br />
and learning more about reggae music in<br />
Jamaica.<br />
The music of Bob Marley was a huge<br />
influence on me during the time I was there;<br />
of course, it seems everyone has a story<br />
about him and what his music meant to them.<br />
I never got to see him play but I did see Peter<br />
Tosh and also The Wailers perform, plus I<br />
got to meet Eek-A-Mouse at the Far Bar in<br />
Montego Bay. Marley’s music and reggae still<br />
have a profound yet beautiful influence on the<br />
world today, even after all these years. Here’s<br />
a little more about him and why his music will<br />
last forever.<br />
Born in St. Ann Parrish, Jamaica on <strong>February</strong><br />
6, 1945, Nesta Robert Marley (later changed<br />
to Robert Nesta Marley) was derogatorily<br />
nicknamed “White Boy” by neighbors. His<br />
father was a 60-year-old white British Naval<br />
Captain and his mother a 19-year-old village<br />
girl when Marley was born. This helped him<br />
develop his philosophy of not being on the<br />
white man’s side or the black man’s side, but<br />
on God’s side. He had a knack as a child for<br />
reading palms and telling people’s futures<br />
but after the age of seven, he refused all<br />
palm reading requests and declared that his<br />
destiny was to become a singer.<br />
Marley, Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh<br />
formed a group called the Wailers and<br />
recorded for small labels throughout the<br />
‘60s; during that time, ska became popular.<br />
Marley’s lyrics became more spiritual and<br />
Jamaican music in general evolved into<br />
a more rock steady beat. The group was<br />
signed by Island Records in the early ‘70s and<br />
became popular with international audiences.<br />
Marley formed a new band after Livingston<br />
and Tosh went out on solo endeavors. He<br />
produced politically charged music about<br />
such things as unemployment, food and<br />
supply rations, and the political violence in<br />
Jamaica. This transformed him into a political<br />
icon.<br />
In 1976, two days out away from playing<br />
“Smile Jamaica”, a concert aiming to reduce<br />
tensions between opposing political factions,<br />
Marley and his entourage were attacked by<br />
a gunman. Marley and his wife, Rita, were<br />
both grazed by bullets but triumphantly took<br />
the stage with the Wailers before a crowd<br />
of 80,000 during the concert. This defiant<br />
gesture of survival enhanced his legend,<br />
galvanized his political outlook further and<br />
resulted in the most militant album of his<br />
career.<br />
Marley died of cancer on May 11, 1981.<br />
He was listed as fifth on the 2018 Forbes<br />
Magazine list of the highest earning dead<br />
celebrities. In addition to Marley Natural<br />
(the label under which he fronts a global<br />
marijuana brand), his family also markets<br />
licensed brands of coffee, apparel, lifestyle<br />
goods and audio equipment. Not to mention,<br />
he has sold 75 million albums in the past two<br />
decades. A retrospective of his work, titled<br />
Legend, is the best selling reggae album ever.<br />
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A Day in the Life of a Gigging Musician By Adam Flyod<br />
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TWANG said my guitar when I hit the last chord<br />
sometime after midnight. I ran off stage during<br />
the applause to the green room and packed<br />
away my axe in a padded, foam-lined hardshell<br />
case. My drummer with The POTLIKKERS<br />
says “It’s a tool, not a jewel” when I baby my<br />
equipment. It’s true that sooner or later gear<br />
will all fall apart if you play out and tour. It’s<br />
nice to be able to repair your own stuff when<br />
the inevitable malfunction happens. With a little<br />
patience and study, it’s fun to do most repairs<br />
myself. It saves me a few clams but more<br />
importantly keeps me up and running without a<br />
lot of down time driving to the luthier or electrics<br />
shop.<br />
I keep a small kit holding most “guitar tech”<br />
type tools with my travel set up. This covers<br />
repair contingencies for string instruments I<br />
play - guitar, violin, mandolin and banjo. I know<br />
I’ll need replacement strings for all of them. It<br />
also has the complete assortment of miniature<br />
screwdrivers and allen wrenches for making<br />
adjustments on the fly. At the bottom of the kit is<br />
a strap, a tuner and a bunch of guitar picks. I try<br />
to remember batteries, lots of spare batteries.<br />
Back at the studio I do all the major repairs<br />
on electronics and instruments. The soldering<br />
iron and multimeter are a must. I have many<br />
luthier tools like fret saws and nut slot files too,<br />
because I build fiddles and dulcimers. The skills<br />
I need are different when doing repairs though.<br />
People are sometimes shocked to learn that it’s<br />
easier to build from scratch than to do certain<br />
musical instrument repairs, especially if it’s not a<br />
repair you do regularly.<br />
The old German trade fiddle I’d been gigging<br />
with recently needed a neck angle adjustment<br />
so I took my time, watched a few videos to get<br />
my courage up and - voila, it turned out better<br />
than expected! Failure being an essential part<br />
of learning, I get lots of lessons there as well.<br />
Last week I was shaving down the violin bridge<br />
for low action and took it too far. I was humbly<br />
reminded that you can take wood off but you<br />
can’t add it back so easily. It’s worth it anyway<br />
because if I find that fine line between action<br />
being too low or too high, I can really make it<br />
TWANG.<br />
Feb. 5th Dennis Gallo -<br />
6pm<br />
DJ - 9pm<br />
Feb. 6th ETC - 6pm, DJ -<br />
9pm<br />
Feb. 12th Acoustic Inferno -<br />
6pm, Boomers - 9pm<br />
Feb. 13th Musikology - 6pm,<br />
Boomers - 9pm<br />
Feb. 19th Dennis Gallo -<br />
6pm, The Big Beat Band -<br />
9pm<br />
Feb. 20th Beartoe - 6pm,<br />
Cat 4 Band - 9pm<br />
Feb. 26th Sal & Friends -<br />
6pm, Psycoustic - 9pm<br />
Feb. 27th Etc - 2pm (Wine<br />
Walk), Paradoxx - 9pm<br />
Feb. 28th Marty McCarrick - 2pm
FEBRUARY <strong>2021</strong><br />
Feb. 1st - 7th<br />
Happy Valentine’s Day<br />
Feb. 8th - 14th<br />
Monday, <strong>February</strong> 1, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Jessie Abbey, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Jeff White, 5pm<br />
Tuesday, <strong>February</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Chuck Morel, 6pm<br />
Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Ian Opalinski, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Jeff White, 6pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Jay Paski, 6pm<br />
Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Elvis Tribute, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Jeff White, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 9pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Robert Keele, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - The Click, 7pm<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Sinatra Tribute,<br />
8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Nate Utley, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Morgan McManus, 4pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Heather Craig, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Bradford Buckley,<br />
6pm<br />
Traders - Dennis Gallo, 6pm<br />
Traders - DJ, 9pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Jay Paski, 5pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 6, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Cesar Frazier, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley, 7pm<br />
Chases - Sean Holcomb, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - Griffin Sinclair, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - The Transfers, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Jay Paski, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Brothers Within,<br />
6pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Psycoustic, 9pm<br />
Traders - DJ, 9pm<br />
Traders - Etc, 6pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Heather Craig,<br />
5pm<br />
Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 7, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Hannah Wilson, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Ian Opalinski, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Bradford Buckley,<br />
9pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Casey Picou, 8pm<br />
Monday, <strong>February</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Linda Long, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Chuck Morel, 5pm<br />
Tuesday, <strong>February</strong> 9, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley, 6pm<br />
Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 10, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Are Friends Electric,<br />
6pm<br />
Ormond Garage - The Cyclones, 6pm<br />
Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 11, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Velvet 45, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - The Transfers, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 9pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Stereo FM, 7pm<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 12, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band,<br />
8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Jeff Alcorneo, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Brasford Buckley, 4pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Brent Clowers, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Ian Opalinski, 6pm<br />
Traders - Acoustic Inferno, 6pm<br />
Traders - Boomers, 9pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - The Evening Muze,<br />
5pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 13, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Beartoe, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Casey Picou, 7pm<br />
Chases - Johnny & Heidi, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - Claire Vandiver, 12pm<br />
Crabby’s - Marty McCarrick, 5pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - The Evening Muze,<br />
7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Brent Clowers,<br />
6pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Aaron Lightnin’,<br />
9pm<br />
Traders - Boomers, 9pm<br />
Traders - Musikology, 6pm<br />
Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 14, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Jay Paski, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Casey Picou, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Aaron Lightnin’, 9pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Casey Picou, 8pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Chuck Morel, 5pm<br />
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FEBRUARY <strong>2021</strong><br />
Feb. 15th - 21st<br />
Feb. 22nd - 28th<br />
Monday, <strong>February</strong> 15, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Rasta Bayers, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Griffin Sinclair, 5pm<br />
Tuesday, <strong>February</strong> 16, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - The Evening Muze, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Rasta Bayers, 6pm<br />
Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 17, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Ian Opalinski, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Griffin Sinclair, 6pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Are Friends<br />
Electric, 6pm<br />
Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 18, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - The Transfers, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Jarrod George, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 9pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Robert Keele, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Jessie Abbey, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Original OG Show,<br />
8pm<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 19, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Dana Kamide Band,<br />
8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Griffin Sinclair, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Jay Paski, 4pm<br />
Grind/Kona - 5 Time Shag, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Heather Craig,<br />
6pm<br />
Traders - Dennis Gallo, 6pm<br />
Traders - TBD, 9pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Jessie Abbey, 5pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 20, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Christie Beu, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Hannah Wilson, 7pm<br />
Chases - Bobby James, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - Heather Craig, 12pm<br />
Crabby’s - The Evening Muze, 5pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 9pm<br />
Grind/Kona - The Cyclones, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - The Transfers,<br />
6pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Cody and Kyle,<br />
9pm<br />
Traders - Beartoe, 6pm<br />
Traders - Cat 4 Band, 9pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Rasta Bayers, 5pm<br />
Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 21, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - The Transfers, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Jarrod George, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - The Evening Muze,<br />
9pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Michelle Marie,<br />
8pm<br />
Monday, <strong>February</strong> 22, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Bradford Buckley, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Chuck Morel, 5pm<br />
Tuesday, <strong>February</strong> 23, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Brent Clowers, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Hannah Wilson, 6pm<br />
Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 24, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Chuck Morel, 7pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Bradford Buckley, 6pm<br />
Ormond Garage - The Cyclones, 6pm<br />
Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 25, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - The Evening Muze,<br />
8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Jessie Abbey, 7pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 9pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - The Cyclones, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - The Transfers, 7pm<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 26, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Guy Walker, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Jeff White, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Jessie Abbey, 4pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Smyrna Erb, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Ian Opalinski, 6pm<br />
Traders - Psycoustic, 9pm<br />
Traders - Sal & Friends, 6pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Hannah Wilson,<br />
5pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 27, <strong>2021</strong><br />
31 Supper Club - Brent Clowers, 8pm<br />
Bounty Bar - Claire Vandiver, 7pm<br />
Chases - Casey Picou, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - Hannah Wilson, 5pm<br />
Crabby’s - The Cyclones, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Reed Foley, 5pm<br />
Grind/Kona - Big Beat Band, 7pm<br />
Ormond Garage - Psycoustic, 6pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Bradford Buckley,<br />
9pm<br />
Traders - Etc, 2pm (Wine Walk)<br />
Traders - Paradoxx, 9pm<br />
Yellow Dog Eats - Jarrod George,<br />
5pm<br />
Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 28, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Bounty Bar - Hannah Wilson, 7pm<br />
Crabby’s - Rasta Bayers, 12pm<br />
Flagler Tavern - Jay Paski, 9pm<br />
Tayton O’Brians - Casey Picou, 8pm<br />
Traders - Marty McCarrick, 2pm<br />
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Mardi Maison Gras<br />
By Jamie Lee<br />
Everyone knows that I love Mardi Gras and I am<br />
not the only one. It seems people everywhere<br />
celebrate this holiday as an excuse to drink and<br />
be merry even if they are unaware of the religious<br />
implications that surround Fat Tuesday. Mardi<br />
Gras is a grand old time!<br />
Of course this year, like most every holiday<br />
event for the last 11 months, has been altered<br />
by Covid-19 but, even the ‘the plague’ cannot<br />
douse the fiery spirit that is Mardi Gras. The New<br />
Oreleanians have come up with a way to not only<br />
“shelter at home” but to celebrate this momentous<br />
holiday in a way that honors the tradition and<br />
keeps Mardi Gras artists afloat with house floats.<br />
The Krewe of Red Beans ‘Hire a Mardi Gras Artist<br />
Program’ was started to help supplement the<br />
income of the artists that work year round on the<br />
parade floats for carnival season with the twist of<br />
your home becoming the float. Over 200 homes in<br />
the New Orleans area have signed up to benefit<br />
these artists and to keep the season alive.<br />
It has even spawned DogHouseFloats.com; a<br />
contest for our fur babies to get into the fun and<br />
decorate dog house as floats as well as a contest<br />
online.<br />
No matter what the obstacle may be, the spirit of<br />
the Carnival Season lives on in the hearts of all<br />
that cherish Mardi Gras and it’s meaning.<br />
Clockwise-starting at Left Bottom-<br />
‘Acadiana Hay Ride, Krewe of Red Beans<br />
Hire a Mardi Gras Artist float, 948 Euterpe St.<br />
House No. 1 entitled, ‘The Night Tripper’<br />
‘Queen Jubilee’ float house at 2701<br />
St.Charles Ave., produced by the Krewe of<br />
Red Beans Hire a Mardi Gras Artist program<br />
Bee Hive Float house at 6106 St. Charles<br />
Ave.<br />
First Mardi Paws Dog House Float<br />
‘Pete Fountain and Jester’ float house, 808<br />
Napolean Ave.<br />
Lisa Browning works on a portion of one of<br />
the planned house floats in the upcoming<br />
Carnival season, which will not feature<br />
parades.<br />
All photos are photographed by Chris Granger of<br />
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans.
Mother Earth Has a Broken Heart<br />
by Hank Harrison<br />
Is the COVID-19 pandemic a signal from Mother Nature that we have<br />
gone too far? Are we finally out of balance? She gives us clean air to<br />
breathe; fresh water to drink; an abundance of food to nourish our bodies…but,<br />
like a battered housewife, she is sad and tired… Why? I think it’s<br />
because the human race does nothing for her in return. Like the abuser<br />
in a relationship, we grow selfish, materialistic…we take more and more<br />
resources.<br />
Her seas are becoming empty, her forests depleted, many of her favorite<br />
flora and fauna have vanished forever. We are headed towards Ecological<br />
disaster.<br />
An African proverb comes to mind:<br />
When man has killed all the<br />
animals on this Earth, he<br />
will die of loneliness.”<br />
The present climate crisis is the basis for all spiritual work in our<br />
time. Eventually, NOTHING else will matter. We lump all life forms<br />
together and speak of animals as projections of the human drama…<br />
that superiority shows our failure to recognize how intimate a part we<br />
are of the living web that covers this planet. There is no way we can<br />
separate ourselves from the ecosystem — we cannot exist without it<br />
but it can probably exist without us.<br />
With very slight rewording, the previous paragraph can serve as a<br />
description of our spiritual state. Thinking of ourselves as individuals,<br />
we fail to recognize how closely we are connected with others.<br />
Eastern religious teachings often speak of the illusion of individuality<br />
— this illusion is simply the failure to feel and act on our total<br />
inter-relatedness. Conflict, both inner and outer, is a symptom of<br />
this failure. Both ecological awareness and spiritual awareness set<br />
the same task before us, which is to learn to live in harmony with all<br />
things.<br />
Service is an essential part of spiritual development. Giving service<br />
helps us to develop — and development helps us become more able<br />
to serve. This service, especially required of us during this period of<br />
crisis and pandemic, is a radical reconstruction of our way of life so<br />
that we can live in harmony with the rest of the ecosystem so that life<br />
and spirit can survive on this planet. Much of what has been said and<br />
written about the eco-crisis has focused on specific villains, such as<br />
“the corporate polluters,” and on ways of opposing and preventing,<br />
their activities. But it is important to recognize that these activities<br />
are part of a larger pattern in which we all participate, based on two<br />
attitudes that most people seem to share without question:<br />
Ø The attitude that the earth and everything on it is<br />
“ours,” to do with as we wish, to exploit or change<br />
in any way we want.<br />
Ø The attitude that our purpose in life is to enjoy<br />
ourselves, especially by getting and consuming as<br />
much as we can of “the good things of life.”<br />
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The affluent society is the destructive society, using up, wasting,<br />
and poisoning at an incredible rate. Two obvious examples are paper<br />
products and cars. We destroy whole forests to make paper towels<br />
and cups that are used once and to print newspapers, magazines,<br />
and throwaways that are hardly read and soon discarded. Plastic<br />
throwaways: bags, bottles, etc., and now facemasks, pollute streams,<br />
rivers, and oceans.<br />
Automobiles are the major source of air pollution in most cities;<br />
the major cause of death and injury among young adults; a major<br />
consumer of space in our crowded cities; a major source of water<br />
pollution; a major user of many scarce resources; a major reason<br />
for tankers and pipelines and, therefore, a major cause of ecological<br />
damage.<br />
There are two major ways of doing lasting damage to the ecosystem:<br />
Ø By taking out of it what cannot be replaced (such<br />
as exterminating whole populations and species of<br />
plants and animals)…and<br />
Ø by putting into it deadly substances (such as<br />
long-lasting pesticides, poisonous air pollutants,<br />
and radioactive wastes).<br />
Aboriginal groups throughout the world did none<br />
of these things. Survival requires that we stop do-<br />
ing them as soon as possible. In addition, we need<br />
to reduce the tremendous burden we cause by our<br />
high and increasing level of consumption and by<br />
the enormous number of human beings. There is a<br />
great difference between replacing what we use and<br />
just using without allowing for sufficient replace-<br />
ment. The world’s forests are diminishing. So are<br />
many species of fish. If we are to stop destroying<br />
the ecosystem there will have to be drastic changes<br />
in the lives of each of us. Here are some examples<br />
of needed changes:<br />
Ø Giving up gas-guzzling autos as a major means<br />
of transportation.<br />
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Ø Recycling everything we use. Sharing more of<br />
our belongings, using things longer, repairing them<br />
more, using more second-hand items.<br />
Ø Drastically cutting consumption. For example,<br />
in North America, we need to cut energy consump-<br />
tion to roughly one-tenth of the present level, which<br />
would take us down to about the level of the 1950s.<br />
Ø Eating less food brought from far away. Giving<br />
up lots of “disposable” and“convenience” items.<br />
Growing our own would be a start.<br />
Ø Giving up many wasteful self-indulgence, such<br />
as candy, cosmetics, tobacco, alcohol, gadgets,<br />
gas-driven lawnmowers, joy rides, drive-ins, plastic<br />
cups, etc., etc.<br />
Ø Giving up some of Our “freedom” to do whatever<br />
we want with “our own property.”<br />
Ø Doing a lot more about population control.<br />
The eco-crisis also has contributions to make to spiritual work already<br />
mentioned that there are abundant opportunities for the kind of<br />
selfless service which is a vital part of spiritual work. Another contribution<br />
is to demonstrate the relevance and even the necessity of<br />
spiritual development for our lives. This is already realized by many<br />
people who have seen clearly the disorder and destructiveness of<br />
our way of life and recognize that spiritual work could lead to a very<br />
different way of life. The way that most of us now live is just as destructive<br />
spiritually as it is ecologically, and for the same reasons.<br />
The eco-crisis may help us to realize this and nudge life towards<br />
a more balanced life of service to the planet. We tend to think of<br />
service as a sacrifice, an unpleasant giving up of things we enjoy.<br />
Actually, selfishness is a kind of cage that prevents us from finding<br />
that colossal good vibe. This is a paradoxical discovery that we each<br />
have to make for ourselves. The planetary crisis may provide the opportunity<br />
for many more of us to make this discovery. If enough of us<br />
do, we can create the earthly paradise.<br />
By undertaking responsibility for the planet, by thinking of ourselves<br />
as gardeners and temple-builders, we can create both spiritual and<br />
ecological understanding. In short, to love Mother Earth we must first<br />
learn to get along.<br />
It took over 2 million years for the world’s population to reach 1 billion…in the last 200<br />
years that figure has risen to 7.8 billion…what does the future hold? 37
The ART of painter<br />
Eric e. fitzpatrick<br />
By Bartholomew Betelgeuse III<br />
Every town in the United States has its local<br />
heroes or legends and this month’s featured<br />
artist is one of those people. Having met him as a<br />
sophomore in art class there’s no doubt that Eric<br />
Fitzpatrick was a person that I could look up to as<br />
a inspiring young artist. His visit to the classroom<br />
was one of the highlights of that year. He proved<br />
there was a future in making a living with art. It’s<br />
not often that an artist can become popular or<br />
famous while still alive but Eric has proven it can<br />
happen and continues his work to this day, living<br />
in the same small town but now known for his<br />
work worldwide. It’s been interesting over the last<br />
few weeks getting to know him more and finding<br />
out that, like so many of the other artists we have<br />
featured, he’s humble and sincere and just an allaround<br />
good guy.<br />
Left Top: Voo Doo Jazz<br />
Left Middle: Reflections<br />
Left Bottom: Farewell to the Queen<br />
Above:Pope Paul Plays the Saw<br />
Opposite Page<br />
Top Left: The Jester - Self Portrait<br />
Top Right: Hep Cats<br />
Right Middle: High and Mighty<br />
Right Bottom: Moonlight Breakers<br />
Here’s a brief bio of Painter Eric E. Fitzpatrick:<br />
He is one of those exceptionally rare artists who<br />
paints equally well with either hand. Until an<br />
arm injury in 1988 Eric had worked exclusively<br />
with his right hand (doing mostly realistic work).<br />
During that year, however, Eric was forced to<br />
paint using only his left hand. The results were<br />
a revelation; award winning Expressionistic<br />
work that was full of raw emotion. Having won<br />
major painting awards with both hands, Eric now<br />
often combines the two. (As a general rule, the<br />
“Places of the Heart” and “Southern Culture”<br />
Series are performed with the right hand and<br />
“The Musicians” Series with the left.) Regardless<br />
of which hand is dominant in a work, the most<br />
important thing to Eric . . . is that it comes from<br />
the heart. You can find the artist’s paintings in<br />
such corporate collections as Nippon Steel,<br />
Hitachi, IBM, and yes . . . even McDonald’s.<br />
Mr. Fitzpatrick’s paintings currently hang in 16<br />
countries around the world.
The Ormond Beach Trifecta<br />
By Sean Impara<br />
It’s a commonly known fact that 50% of all<br />
restaurants close within the first three years of<br />
operation. Despite all the glamour and glitz of<br />
owning a restaurant, it’s not always as easy or as<br />
fun as one would think This last year has been<br />
especially tough on restaurants and other social<br />
type venues so keeping one going seems like<br />
quite an accomplishment. But imagine doing that<br />
times three, which is the case with the places we<br />
are writing about this month.<br />
There’s no doubt that there are plenty of decent<br />
restaurants to choose from when dining out at the<br />
beach here in Central Florida but the restaurants<br />
highlighted here undoubtedly have proven the<br />
hotspots and “places to be” in Ormond Beach.<br />
Let’s take a few minutes to talk a little about their<br />
history and what makes them special when it<br />
comes to adding to the ambience of an already<br />
outstanding community.<br />
Grind Gastropub & Kona Tiki Bar<br />
( live music 5 nights a week)<br />
There was once a semi-upscale restaurant/bar on<br />
Granada Boulevard that established a reputation<br />
for its hip and cool vibes when it opened back<br />
in 2013 . What was once Caffeine Bistro and<br />
Wine Bar has now been transformed into Grind<br />
Gastropub and Kona Tiki Bar. By building out the<br />
back areas - including a stage - additional seating<br />
was added to the venue, creating a unique dining<br />
and listening experience. The outside is a huge<br />
covered tiki bar done in style with all wood and<br />
palm thatch and the inside is a true old school<br />
style gastropub.<br />
The concept of gastropubs, which originated in<br />
the United Kingdom years ago is still a popular<br />
theme. The menu is fun with clichés from some<br />
classic movies and themes, and the overall<br />
ambiance with the open brick walls and cool<br />
lighting take you away to an almost nirvana state<br />
of mind.<br />
31 Supper Club<br />
(live music 3 nights a week)<br />
Ormond Beach entrepreneur Bill Jones had<br />
created a force to be reckoned with on West<br />
Granada Avenue in Ormond Beach with<br />
31 Supper Club. Both he and owner Kevin<br />
Wakefield have helped the dining experience<br />
take a step back in time.<br />
On December 2015 a Prohibition-era speakeasythemed<br />
eatery opened in the iconic white Art<br />
Deco-style building Jones owns in the heart of<br />
the city’s downtown business district.<br />
Bill was quoted as once saying, “I want you<br />
to come in and feel like that you have walked<br />
through a time portal. Some people may confuse<br />
that as formality, but it’s not. It’s about being<br />
relaxed, going to visit something that hasn’t been<br />
around in 70 or 80 years,” Jones said of 31.<br />
The building sat empty for a few years until<br />
Kevin Wakefield and his vision of fine dining<br />
transferred the place into one of the most highly<br />
respected places in the surrounding area. It<br />
didn’t hurt that the property was designed by<br />
renowned innovators, The Shok Group. If you<br />
haven’t ventured out to see the place, the view<br />
alone is worth the visit and the food and service<br />
are always impeccable. From the zebra style<br />
chairs to the ice bar and iconic cigar lounge out<br />
back. It almost feels like you could be in Miami<br />
or some other big city, as the place is done with<br />
style and grace.<br />
Ormond Garage<br />
(live music 3 nights a week)<br />
Ormond Beach has a new brewery, located inside<br />
the historic Ormond Garage building, which<br />
was built in 1919. It’s a perfect place to show<br />
off cars from past races as well as have some<br />
great food and superb beer that’s brewed onsite.<br />
Once again Kevin Wakefield has outdone himself<br />
since he opened the Grind Gastropub and Kona<br />
Tiki Bar across the street on West Granada<br />
Boulevard, followed by 31 Supper Club.<br />
Although he’s thought about it for at least<br />
four years, the plan to open “Ormond Garage<br />
Brewing” was put into action about a year and a<br />
half ago.<br />
It wasn’t easy, as Covid and dealing with other<br />
local breweries delayed the opening, but where<br />
there’s a will there’s a way. After opening 31<br />
Supper Club, Wakefield was quoted, saying of<br />
Ormond Garage, “As soon as we got this one up<br />
and running, I’d already had in my brain that I<br />
wanted to make that a brewery across the street.”<br />
The brewery consists of about 3,200 square feet<br />
inside with a biergarten in the rear. The mural<br />
on the back outside wall brings one back to the<br />
very first races on the beach that made Ormond<br />
Beach and Daytona Beach famous around the<br />
world. The place serves a simple yet elegant<br />
menu and the fresh made beers will be named<br />
after the famous drivers and race cars that got<br />
their start racing on Ormond Beach’s shore, as a<br />
tribute to the city’s “Birthplace of Speed” history<br />
and the original Ormond Garage that burned<br />
down in 1976.<br />
Wakefield is also hoping to turn the brewery<br />
into a music venue, similar to some of the larger<br />
venues in the county. Their first National show<br />
featuring “Sister Hazel“ was a huge success and<br />
others were planned before covid struck. In <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
things should finally get back to semi-normal and<br />
more big shows are planned for the summer and<br />
fall season.<br />
There’s no doubt that the future looks bright<br />
for all three venues and it’s obvious that they<br />
have all added to the great dining experience<br />
in the Ormond Beach area. Let’s hope that<br />
this is just the beginning for Mr. Wakefield and<br />
that he continues his prowess of creating great<br />
entertainment eateries.<br />
As time has proven, the trifecta is here to stay<br />
and will continue to be “the” places to visit by<br />
both the snow birds and locals alike.
Going<br />
to<br />
California,<br />
Kinda<br />
By Randy Pepper<br />
Every January, every musician and store owner<br />
gets psyched to go to California to see what’s<br />
new in the world of musical merchandise. This<br />
year it’s going to be a little different there will be<br />
no NAMM in Anaheim California; this year it’s<br />
going to be virtual. Now there will be seminars<br />
and stuff like that that you can login and watch<br />
on your computer just like you would normally<br />
in person but now you can watch it in your<br />
underwear.<br />
This year they’re going to be honoring Garth<br />
Brooks and Melissa Etheridge and some others.<br />
Some of the musical distributors have already<br />
laid out what’s new. PRS has already done their<br />
virtual launch party. They introduced the 22 fret<br />
new Special Semi-Hollow edition. It has two PRS<br />
58/15 LT humbuckers and a PRS Narrowfield<br />
middle pickup that is paired with a five way<br />
blades switch and two mini toggle switches that<br />
tap the 58/LT pickups. They also re-introduced<br />
the studio model which they also did back in the<br />
1990s and it hasn’t been seen since, but it’s back<br />
in a whole new way. Basically the same thing;<br />
two single coils with one humbucker and a five<br />
way switch. For more info on all the new models<br />
including the new custom 24-08 Visit prsguitars.<br />
com.<br />
Takamine also had their launch party as well.<br />
They introduced their new LTD <strong>2021</strong> Blue Rose<br />
edition and a few others. You can check those<br />
out as well at takamine.com. Gibson announced<br />
that they would do their virtual show starting<br />
January 18th and in the coming weeks you’ll see<br />
more and more retailers coming out with new<br />
models - we will see models from Fender and<br />
others.<br />
The best way to follow all the action is to go to<br />
those websites and see when their launch parties<br />
are or keep an eye on YouTube as most of them<br />
will be streamed live for everyone to watch. That<br />
is a big deal because in the past you had to have<br />
a pass just to get in to NAMM and if you didn’t<br />
own a music store or know somebody in the<br />
music industry, you didn’t get in. This year is so<br />
different as everyone will get to see what’s new in<br />
the world of MI. It will be interesting to see if we<br />
only miss the January event and not the summer<br />
NAMM; all of the guitar shows are still canceled<br />
until the summer but God willing we get to do<br />
those shows as well.<br />
Although there has been talk of Holding a virtual<br />
guitar show, I don’t know how this would work<br />
because you would have so many dealers from<br />
all over the country trying to sell their stuff and<br />
not be able to do trades and buying as well. One<br />
thing is for sure - this has been a very strange<br />
time for everyone and that includes all of the<br />
musical industry, let’s just hope by this time next<br />
year we’re back to normal.<br />
Randy Pepper is the<br />
owner of the Guitar Attic<br />
and Holly Hill and a<br />
Guitarist for hire.
BlockMusical Presidents<br />
On The By Jenny McLain<br />
Although the Bernie Sanders memes<br />
are great fun, one of the highlights<br />
of the Presidential Inauguration in<br />
January was undoubtedly the National<br />
Anthem as sung by Lady Gaga. I<br />
was at work during the ceremony, but<br />
noticed FaceBook posts during my<br />
lunch break about Lady Gaga “killing<br />
it”, so I couldn’t wait for time to go<br />
home so I could see, exactly, what<br />
she had done that was so awesome. I<br />
watched the YouTube video after I got<br />
home and, I can’t say that I’m a big<br />
fan of Lady Gaga, but it was probably<br />
my favorite thing I’ve ever watched<br />
her do (sorry, I did not see the latest<br />
version of “A Star is Born”).<br />
I started thinking, since I had music<br />
and Presidents on my mind at the<br />
moment - I know Bill Clinton plays the<br />
saxophone and Richard Nixon played<br />
the piano; I’ve even seen a video<br />
of Barack Obama singing Amazing<br />
Grace (kind of). But how many<br />
US Presidents had/have a musical<br />
talent.? As it turns out, a LOT of them<br />
did/do!<br />
Sax player Bill Clinton once said,<br />
“Music is about communication,<br />
creativity, and cooperation, and by<br />
studying music in schools, students<br />
have the opportunity to build on<br />
these skills, enrich their lives, and<br />
experience the world from a new<br />
perspective.”<br />
Harry Truman was quite an<br />
accomplished pianist and never<br />
passed a piano without playing a tune.<br />
He once joked, “My choice early in life<br />
was either to be a piano-player in a<br />
whorehouse, or a politician. And to tell<br />
the truth, there’s hardly any difference.<br />
I, for one, believe the piano player<br />
job to be much more honorable than<br />
current politicians.”<br />
John Quincy Adams was a flutist and even<br />
wrote music. He is quoted as saying, “I have to<br />
study politics and war so that my sons can study<br />
mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their<br />
sons can study poetry, painting and music.”<br />
Woodrow Wilson played violin and sang tenor in<br />
his college glee club. This quote from him is very<br />
relevant today, “The man who disparages music<br />
as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation<br />
an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a<br />
national need.”<br />
Other notable musician Presidents include John<br />
Tyler who played the violin (and his wife was<br />
a guitarist); Abraham Lincoln, who also played<br />
the violin; Calvin Coolidge, who dabbled in<br />
harmonica. And there was once a buzz about<br />
Ronald Reagan secretly learning to play the<br />
harmonica as well.<br />
Here are some more Presidential quotes about<br />
the importance of music:<br />
Music “brings us together, helping us reflect upon<br />
who we are, where we have come from, and<br />
what lies ahead.” The Arts and Music transcend<br />
“languages, cultures, and borders.” … “exchange<br />
ideas and styles and share in the artistic vibrancy<br />
born from diverse experiences and traditions.<br />
– President Obama in a 2010 message to the<br />
World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China<br />
“The Arts and Sciences, essential to the<br />
prosperity of the State and to the ornament<br />
of human life, have a primary claim to the<br />
encouragement of every lover of his country and<br />
mankind.” –George Washington<br />
I firmly believe that the interest in and practice of<br />
music can be a major contributor to a person’s<br />
happiness by helping them become more well<br />
rounded. It can serve so many purposes -<br />
music can be a goal to achieve; it can be a<br />
mood stabilizer, a release, an escape, a shift<br />
in perspective. And since it is a truly universal<br />
“language”, maybe music could somehow<br />
contribute to a more well-rounded society and<br />
global community. If only it were that simple ...
<strong>February</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
5 t h - Morgan McManus 4pm<br />
6 t h - The Transfers 12pm & Griffin Sinclair 5pm<br />
7 t h - Ian Opalinski 12pm<br />
12 t h - Bradford Buckley 4pm<br />
13 t h - Claire Vandiver 12pm & Marty McCarrick 5pm<br />
14 t h - Casey Picou 12pm<br />
19 t h - Jay Paski 4pm<br />
20 t h - Heather Craig 12pm & The Evening Muze 5pm<br />
21 s t - Jarrod George 12pm<br />
26 t h - Jessie Abbey 4pm<br />
27 t h - The Cyclones 12pm & Hannah Wilson 5pm<br />
28 - Rasta Bayers 12pm
Behind the mic: It’s my Birthday Month<br />
Catch RIGGS, GUY, & INTERN STEVE<br />
The Morning HOG / 95-7 The HOG Weekday 5-10am<br />
& SATURDAY NIGHT LOUD 9-midnight<br />
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Hello, friends!<br />
It’s my birthday month. I used to go hogshit wild<br />
for my birthday, dragging it out for a solid week<br />
with indulgences and fun. Now, I just want to<br />
make lists. So here we go....<br />
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Top “Adjusted” New Year’s Resolutions<br />
1) Develop a Gluten allergy<br />
2) Throw more things<br />
3) Instead of swallowing pride, puke it up<br />
4) Befriend some fish<br />
5) Write a screenplay about decadent mimes<br />
3 Favorite Places To “Go Yard”<br />
1) Baseball Field<br />
2) Fabric Store<br />
3) Carl’s “Meat by the Feet” Butcher Hut<br />
Worst Bands I’ll See In The Future<br />
1) Carpe Dimebags<br />
2) The Vance Funderbrunt Spontaneity<br />
3) That’s What She Shed<br />
4) Indifference<br />
5) Damp Camp<br />
5 Least Ordered Girl Scout Cookies<br />
1) Mesquite Leeks<br />
2) Toffee & Tomato Sammies<br />
3) Gin Fizzies<br />
4) Chocolate Iced Mistakes<br />
5) Grunion Snaps<br />
Worst Places To Hide In A Horror Flick<br />
1) Drain Pipe<br />
2) Linen Closet<br />
3) Behind Sheer Curtain<br />
4) Any Trunk<br />
If I Could Re-Name My Pets, They’d Be Called...<br />
1) Princess Pissalot<br />
2) Goodyear<br />
3) Dan<br />
4) Ambassador Flapjack<br />
Words I Plan To Use More in <strong>2021</strong><br />
1) Pendular<br />
2) Cattywampus<br />
3) Kerfuffle<br />
4) Pandiculation<br />
Potential Failed Video Games<br />
1) Frog Heist<br />
2) Dragon Stank 9<br />
3) Follow The String - Hyper Edition<br />
4) John Madden Takes A Bath<br />
Worst Questions To Hear At A Water Park<br />
1) “What’s IBS?”<br />
2) “Does This Look Infected?”<br />
3) “The Dermatologist said it’ll just fall off”<br />
Best Available Men’s Bowling Team Names Of<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
1) PinBrawl<br />
2) 4 Bros, 12 Holes<br />
3) The 7/10 Lickers<br />
4) Gutter? I Just Met Her<br />
5) Balls-A-Droppin’<br />
Worst Acoustic Duos of <strong>2021</strong><br />
1) Parsnips & Mayo<br />
2) Fletcher & Belcher<br />
3) Sherry & The Admiral<br />
4) Macadamia Mel & The Harlot<br />
3 Top Potential Announcer Calls During March<br />
Madness<br />
1) “That tangerine is ready to peel!”<br />
2) “Call your momma and tell her it’s a 3-ball!”<br />
3) “Bust out Grandpa’s change purse for that<br />
DIME!”<br />
Favorite Pizza Chains That Don’t Exist Yet<br />
1) Stuffie McCrusters<br />
2) Once Upon A Pepperoni<br />
3) Round And Ready<br />
4) Pretty Slices<br />
5) Monte Bellisimo’s Too Much Toppings Tavern<br />
Things To Look Forward To<br />
1) Unexpected riches<br />
2) Pineapple<br />
3) A goddamn break<br />
4) A first kiss<br />
5) Extra Nyquil sleep<br />
New Hobbies For <strong>2021</strong><br />
1) Spot Cleaning<br />
2) Line Drawing<br />
3) Kite Critique<br />
4) Blurry Photography<br />
5) Coin Washing<br />
Potential Autobiography Titles<br />
1) My Life: A Study In Confusion<br />
2) Wait For It...<br />
3) I’m Pretty Sure That Happened<br />
4) Arousal And Mozzarella - A Memoir<br />
In this month of love, I hope those take root in<br />
your heart. Pop THAT in a Valentine card & wait<br />
for the fireworks!<br />
Love you long time!<br />
Cheers!<br />
RIGGS<br />
Catch RIGGS & GUY<br />
The Morning HOG / 95.7 The HOG Weekdays<br />
5-10am<br />
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FB<br />
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MUD ROOSTER’S BLUES<br />
By David Dequasie<br />
Trends in music come and go. Sometimes, they<br />
go away more quickly than our musical tastes<br />
would prefer. A couple of trends that I look back<br />
upon with great fondness are the swing craze<br />
during the late 1990’s, and the blues resurgence<br />
of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.<br />
By the late 1980s, Stevie Ray Vaughn was a<br />
household name, unless of course your house<br />
was living under a rock. With the help of Stevie’s<br />
success and collaboration, young listeners heard<br />
Albert King and Lonnie Mack for the first time<br />
and record companies were taking the blues as a<br />
serious, money making form of music.<br />
Suddenly, artists who already had been recording<br />
and performing for decades, now had videos in<br />
heavy rotation on television. Many of the artists<br />
who had been dismissed as being past their<br />
prime were now more popular than ever. The Allman<br />
Brothers Band reformed with an astounding<br />
new line up and the great album, Seven Turns.<br />
Neil Young reinvented himself with Neil Young<br />
and the Blue Notes. Gotta love the horn section<br />
on that one.<br />
John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana,<br />
and others were even winning Grammys. Pat<br />
Benetar also seized the moment with the very<br />
fine True Love album. Jack Bruce and Ginger<br />
Baker did an excellent Cream re-form of sorts<br />
with 17 year old guitarist Blues Saraceno. Many<br />
recordings which had been out of print were now<br />
being reissued in compilations or original<br />
album form.<br />
Check out any of the Real Folk Blues series on<br />
the Chess label. Each one is a gem, there’s a<br />
reason that these vinyl records fetch high prices<br />
on Ebay. It was also good to hear<br />
veteran blues men such as Johnny Winter, Gary<br />
Moore, and Buddy Guy on the radio, having released<br />
their first singles in decades.<br />
John Hyatt and Sonny Landreth also experienced<br />
a sudden boost in popularity, Sonny being the<br />
first slide guitar virtuoso to come along in quite<br />
some time. Fortunately for us, record companies<br />
then signed new artists such as Blues Traveler,<br />
Gov’t Mule and Chris Duarte. Unfortunately,<br />
William Shatner seems to have missed the boat<br />
during those years, giving us a blues album in<br />
2020. Yeah, 2020 wasn’t such a great year.<br />
Blues festivals, at that time, seemed to be popping<br />
up everywhere. There was a real sense of<br />
community in the crowds and a feeling that there<br />
was something for us other than spandex wearing<br />
hair metal bands. The first time that I heard<br />
Derek Trucks was at a local festival. Only 10<br />
years old at the time, he was the sound of hope<br />
for the blues. Perhaps one of the<br />
greatest additions to the blues world were the<br />
number of musical prodigies who were given attention.<br />
Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd<br />
were soon to follow.<br />
It’s hard to say what’s in store for <strong>2021</strong>, but let’s<br />
hope that the live concerts come back, this is<br />
where the blues have always lived and that would<br />
be a good trend.<br />
3401 S. Atlantic Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 386-423-8787<br />
<strong>February</strong> LIVE MUSIC Schedule<br />
Feb 6 th - Sean Holcomb 2pm<br />
Feb 13 th Johnny and Heidi- 2pm<br />
Feb 19 th - Bobby James 4pm<br />
Feb 20 th - Bobby James 2pm<br />
Feb 21 st - Bobby James 12pm<br />
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Feb 27 th - Casey Picou 2pm
RARE EARTH REVIEWS<br />
In honor of Black History Month, I would like to<br />
highlight a few personal influences that in my<br />
mind prove that music transcends and has a soul<br />
everyone can relate to.<br />
ICE T This artist’s reputation is<br />
well known. He is the pioneer of<br />
transcending hip-hop and metal,<br />
by way of his band, Body Count,<br />
and he continues to collaborate<br />
with multiple artists from all<br />
genres.<br />
Terrance Hobbs One of<br />
the original founding members<br />
of Suffocation, Hobbs’ ability to<br />
completely shred metal riffs has<br />
never been questioned. To this<br />
day, he continues to pave the way<br />
for future metal masters.<br />
Mike Smith All one needs to<br />
do to familiarize themselves with<br />
Mike’s work is blast Suffocation’s<br />
“Effigy of the Forgotten” in its<br />
entirety. Truly one of my favorite<br />
drummers ever.<br />
Dr. Dre Dre’s ability to produce,<br />
write, kill the mic, and rule the<br />
business world, has proven he<br />
is a juggernaut in the music<br />
industry.<br />
Wu-Tang Clan<br />
Straight up, Wu-Tang<br />
Clan ain’t nothin’ to<br />
f*#@ with!<br />
KRS One Knowledge Reigns<br />
Supreme Over Nearly Everybody<br />
with this street lyricist’s ability to slay<br />
anyone in his path. Truly, a one-of-akind<br />
MC.<br />
By Andy Minor<br />
Jimi Hendrix What can be said<br />
about this legendary guitar player<br />
that hasn’t already been relayed<br />
a thousand times over? His<br />
influence surpasses time itself.<br />
Robert Johnson Legendary<br />
blues guitar player Robert<br />
Johnsen, the man who<br />
supposedly sold his soul to the<br />
devil “at the crossroads”. Blues<br />
and metal have always had their<br />
ties and Johnson definitely had a<br />
hand in bridging that gap.<br />
Chuck D From “Bring the<br />
Noise”, “Anthrax”, “Public Enemy”<br />
and more, Chuck D bringing the<br />
two cultures together, in my mind,<br />
was a great collaboration between<br />
the two genres. Although hip-hop<br />
and metal are different, I believe<br />
their core and spirit are one in the<br />
same.<br />
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Bad Brains This<br />
classic punk rock<br />
powerhouse band<br />
was banned in DC<br />
for a reason. If one<br />
has not heard of Bad<br />
Brains, do yourself a<br />
favor and remedy<br />
that today.<br />
In closing, I do not believe music would be here today<br />
without these powerful influences from very powerful<br />
artists, tried and true. The one thing I love about<br />
music is that no matter what color, race, culture, or<br />
background you are, when you can see in a person’s<br />
eyes, you know if you are relating over the tunes,<br />
because music is a universal language.<br />
I hope you check out these top ten influences in my<br />
life, and maybe they will inspire you as well.
the answers<br />
1<br />
13<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
D C M A T H J<br />
6<br />
E A L P B A B<br />
9 10 11<br />
L N E X O D U S O M I A M I<br />
A C G L O N A W<br />
W E E L C A T H O L I C<br />
A N D E R S O N O C C<br />
R D E A<br />
E U P R I S I N G<br />
14<br />
12<br />
7<br />
8<br />
1. What was the name of Bob Marley’s female<br />
back-up group?<br />
I-Threes<br />
7. The Wailers were kicked off a tour in 1973<br />
for upstaging what group?<br />
Sly and the Family Stone<br />
2. Bob Marley’s wife, Rita, had this hit song in<br />
the early ‘80s.<br />
One Draw<br />
3. What is Bob Marley’s full name?<br />
Robert Nesta Marley<br />
4. What was the name of Bob Marley’s original<br />
Ska band?<br />
The Teenagers<br />
5. Whose cover of “I Shot the Sheriff” was a<br />
radio hit in 1974?<br />
Eric Clapton<br />
6. What was Bob Marley’s first hit outside of<br />
Jamaica?<br />
No Woman, No Cry<br />
8. What are the items buried with Bob Marley?<br />
His red Gibson guitar, a soccer ball,<br />
a marijuana bud, a ring that he had<br />
worn every day, and a Bible opened<br />
to Psalm 23<br />
9. Bob Marley received what honor in 1994?<br />
He was inducted into the Rock and<br />
Roll Hall of Fame<br />
10. What were Bob Marley’s last words to his<br />
son?<br />
Money can’t buy life<br />
11. Who were the original members of the<br />
Wailers?<br />
Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter<br />
Tosh<br />
54<br />
12. What record label was Bob Marley with<br />
when he died?<br />
Island Records
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