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Contents March 2023 

FEATURES 

GRANT SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 

Free admission, free parking, over 125 

crafters, live entertainment, along with 

succulent seafood make this a weekend 

no one wants to miss. This is Grant’s 

56th annual festival, and it is the biggest 

fish fry in theSoutheast. 

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TWO SPRING FAIRS 

The first one is in Palm Bay, followed by 

another fair in Viera. You can watch pig 

races, clown and comedy shows, have 

some parakeet encounters and magic 

shows along with many thrill rides. 

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INDIAFEST 

It’s a celebration of India’s rich culture, 

history, geography, and traditions. This is 

a well-run festival with a fresh look every 

year due to a different theme being 

presented. This year’s theme is ‘Handicrafts 

of India’. 

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NATE BARGATZE 

Nate Bargatze isn’t a household name... 

yet. The Nashville Tennessee comedian 

has spent the last 20 years touring and 

will come to the King Center for two 

shows on Friday, March 24th. Steve 

Keller wants to introduce you! 

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HONEY MILLER 

We are all lucky that singer/songwriter/ 

band leader Dave Miller isn’t a flash in 

the pan. His band, Honey Miller, has 

weaved in and out of the music scene for 

over a decade. Now Miller is yet again 

poised to recreate himself. 

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SALTWATER HIPPY BAND 

One of the great things about the Space 

Coast are our beaches, Based here in 

Brevard, The Saltwater Hippy Band 

adds to that feel with southern rock, 

along with some laid back classics and 

a touch of country rock.. 

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Columns 

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Chuck Van Riper 

Apocalypse 3.0 

Satire 

Calendars 

Live Music in 

Brevard County 

Gordon Lightfoot 

Guess Who 

The Supervillains 

Local Lowdown 

What’s new on 

our Scene! 

Fishing Report 

by Pompano Rich 



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March 4 & 5 

Grant Community Center 

Grant Seafood Festival 

Free admission, free parking, over 

125 crafters exhibiting, live continuous 

entertainment, along with a 

scrumptious menu of succulent seafood 

make this a weekend no one 

wants to miss. This is Grant’s 56th annual 

festival, and it is the biggest fish 

fry in the Southeast. 

What sets this seafood festival 

apart from others is that it runs 

through a 100 percent volunteer effort. 

All preparation, whether it be on the 

grounds or with the purchasing, cooking 

or serving of the various menu 

items is accomplished by volunteers of 

the community. No regular food vendors 

have ever been on site. All booths 

are run with volunteers; many booths 

are made up of family members, often 

times having several generations 

working along side one another. It is 

this complete volunteer effort that 

makes this festival unique. The festival 

is open on Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm 

and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. 

There is a stage with ongoing live 

entertainment. Every year the festival 

begins both days with an opening 

ceremony including prayer by Patrick 

Pittenger, Star Spangle Banner performance 

by Chloe Chase and a Flag 

raising by BSA Troops. On Saturday 

Josh Blevins Band performs at 10 am, 

followed by The Umbrella Thieves 

at 1:30pm, and Shoot To Thrill (AC/ 

DC Tribute) at 5pm. Sunday’s line-up: 

10am Tru Phonic, and Greggie & The 

Jets. For more info visit: 

www.GrantSeafoodFestival.com. 

March 17-26, Palm Bay 

March 29-April 9, Viera 

Spring Fairs 

Spring is in the air with nice temperatures 

and hopefully no rain, 

the perfect setting for enjoyment at the 

fair. Brevard County has two of them 

in March and April. All shows and 

rides will be free with paid admission 

of just $25 Monday through Thursday, 

or $30 Friday through Sunday. 

The Palm Bay Fair opens Friday, 

March 17th at 5pm and continues 

through Sunday, March 26th at Space 

Coast Harley-Davidson, located next 

to Bass Pro Shops. For information 

about the shows and the rides go to 

www.PalmBayFair.com. 

The Space Coast State Fair located 

at the SC Daily Park in Viera is Brevard’s 

largest and most popular annual 

family event. Located in the middle 

of Brevard County, Florida, and easily 

accessible from Interstate-95, The 

Space Coast State Fair is a short ride 

from all areas of the Space Coast. The 

Fair opens on March 29th and lasts 

until April 9th. For a daily schedule go 

to www.spacecoaststatefair.com. 

Loved by thousands of Central 

Floridians, come and see why the 

Space Coast State Fair is a must-see 

tradition on Florida’s Space Coast. 

You can watch pig races, clown and 

comedy shows, have some parakeet 

encounters and magic shows along 

with many thrill rides. 

March 17-19 

Riverview Park 

Sebastian 

River Days & Craft Brew Hullabaloo 

(formerly Shrimpfest) 

is an annual 3-day celebration of Sebastian’s 

special place on the Indian 

River. 

This event features FREE entry, 

parking, and shuttle service, along 

with 8 live bands, 50 vendors, 27+ 

Craft Brewers, and 9 Food Trucks, as 

well as delicious dishes served up by 

Sebastian River High Culinary Arts! 

Pareidolia Brewing and Mash Monkey’s 

Brewing, both from Sebastian, 

have joined forces with close to 30 

Florida brewers and home brewers 

who are bringing their best for the 

Craft Brew Hullabaloo, on Saturday 

from 1 to 5 pm. Entry to the festival is 

free and the Craft Brew Hullabaloo is 

$40 at the door, pre-sales are $35 online. 

The festival begins on Friday, 

March 17th from 3 pm to 8 pm. Celebrate 

St. Patrick’s Day the right way at 

this fabulous festival with Green Beer 

and Irish food! On Saturday, March 

18th, the event runs from 10 am to 8 

pm, with the Craft Beer Tasting from 1 

pm to 5 pm. Sunday, March 19th, the 

event starts at 10 am with live music 

all day to 5 pm. Enjoy a special Car 

Show on Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. 

River Days & Craft Brew Hullabaloo 

is a joint effort of the Rotary Club 

of Sebastian and the City of Sebastian. 

In the last few years close to $300,000 

has been raised from the event, benefitting 

local youth sports teams and 

clubs, helping prepare young people 

for careers and further education. 

For more information and to buy a 

pre-sale ticket for the Craft Brew Tasting 

go to www.RiverDaysFL.com 



Brevard Live 

Friday, March 24 

King Center, Melbourne 

Nate Bargatze 

By Steve Keller 

Sat/Sun, March 11 & 12 

Wickham Park, Melbourne 

Indiafest 

Started over 26 years ago, with a 

curious and humble effort of an 

ethnic community, today Indiafest is 

a symbol of cultural enrichment in 

Brevard and is celebrated with great 

enthusiasm. It’s a celebration of India’s 

rich culture, history, geography, 

and traditions. This is a well-run festival 

with a fresh look every year. This 

is due to a different theme being presented 

showing some of the unique 

aspects of India. This year’s theme is 

‘Handicrafts of India’. Indiafest is a 

non-profit organization, known for its 

charitable efforts to several local charities, 

including the parent organization, 

Manav Mandir, and aid in disaster recovery, 

nationally and internationally. 

To date, the organization has donated 

over $1 million to deserving charitable 

causes. Indiafest caters to all age 

groups with hands-on activities and 

mouth-watering Indian cuisine. The 

Discover India booth will carry the 

theme with displays and interactive information. 

Enjoy yoga demonstrations 

or be entertained by all-day traditional 

folk, classical, and modern Indian music 

and dances while the fashion show 

will be the highlight of the day. One 

can browse the many vendors’ booth 

selling jewelry, colorful ethnic garments, 

and arts & crafts items. So, 

check it out. Tickets are: $8 adults, 

$4 children under 12, and under 5 are 

free. www.indiafestbrevard.org 

Nate Bargatze isn’t a household 

name...yet. The Nashville 

Tennessee comedian has 

spent the last 20 years touring and 

will come to the King Center for 

two shows on Friday, March 24th. 

Bargatze’s material originates 

from everyday life. His deadpan delivery 

is characteristically his own. The 

Atlantic published an article dubbing 

him the ‘nicest man in standup’. He is 

one of the few comedians on the scene 

right now that performs a clean routine 

that is suitable for all ages. 

Bargatze began his stand-up comedy 

career at The Boston in New York 

City. He has appeared multiple times 

on shows such as Late Night with 

Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show 

Starring Jimmy Fallon, being one of 

the first to perform stand-up on the latter. 

He was part of Fallon’s Clean Cut 

Comedy Tour in 2013, also winning 

New York’s Comedy Festival and the 

Boston Comedy Festival that year. He 

wrote for the Spike TV Video Game 

Awards and has performed multiple 

times for American armed forces in 

Iraq and Kuwait. He was mentioned 

by Marc Maron as a “comic who 

should be big” and by Jim Gaffigan as 

one of the top up-and-coming comics. 

Bargatze’s first stand-up album, 

‘Yelled at by a Clown’ (2014), made 

it onto the Billboard Top Ten Comedy 

Charts for two weeks, peaking at No. 

2. He released his second album, Full 

Time Magic, in coordination with his 

Comedy Central special in May 2015. 

In 2017, he had a half-hour special released 

on Netflix as part of The Standups. 

Photo by Mike Lavin 

In March 2019, Bargatze released 

an hour-long Netflix special titled The 

Tennessee Kid. It was filmed outside 

Atlanta, Georgia. His next standup 

special, The Greatest Average American, 

was released by Netflix in March 

2021. It was filmed outdoors at Universal 

Studios Hollywood and was 

nominated for the 2022 Grammy 

Award for Best Comedy Album. 

In January 2023, his latest standup 

special, Hello World was released on 

Amazon Prime Video. It was filmed in 

the round at the Celebrity Theater in 

Phoenix, Arizona. In the special, Bargatze 

talks about his extended family, 

growing up in a conservative household, 

as well as the ups and downs of 

having kids. He also talks about his 

favorite pastime: golf. 

Bargatze is also hosts the Nateland 

podcast, which draws inspiration 

from Seinfeld as it often turns into a 

“podcast about nothing”. The show 

also includes Aaron Webber, Brian 

Bates, and Dusty Slay. 

It should be noted that Bargatze 

will turn 44 the day after the Melbourne 

stop of the tour. Show times 

on March 24th are 7pm and 9:30pm. 

Tickets were still available as of this 

writing at www.kingcenter.com. 





Brevard Live 

The Recreation Of 

Honey 

Miller 


Brevard County has a lot of 

colorful characters. Some 

pop up seemingly out of nowhere, 

then disappear. We are 

all lucky that singer/songwriter/ 

band leader Dave Miller isn’t a 

flash in the pan. His band, Honey 

Miller, has weaved in and out of 

the music scene for over a decade. 

Now Miller is yet again 

poised to recreate himself. 

To know today we must first start with 

the past. As he states online, he began 

to add musicians to his solo outings 

“sometimes accidentally, sometimes 

with intent.” Miller played with such 

dignitaries as Jeff Stanton and Ryan 

Perez (Rex Goliath), Ana Lusk and 

Anthony Darama (Brevard Busking 

Coalition/Oranga Tanga), just to name 

a very few. Honey Miller, in all of their 

incarnations, have played it all. From 

tiny eateries in Cocoa Beach, to a twonight 

stand at the King Center, audiences 

both young and old have been 

entertained. 

“I am currently collaborating with 

Jeff Stanton, Loosey Ross and Vince 

Baldino currently creating folk/EDM 

fusion music”, explains Miller. “That 

is the new direction.” Over the years, 

Miller has composed and performed 

surf, funky rock, all with intelligent 

and often times personal, honest lyrics. 

The instrumentation may change, 

but the sound remained consistent. 

“I’m still writing blues rock & 

rock songs. I am in the process of licensing, 

multiple pop songs, which 

we are combining together with EDM 

beats,” he continues. Miller’s clever 

use of using the past and the technology 

available today sets him apart from 

the other solo entertainers on the scene. 

“Jake Salter of Tru Phonic encouraged 

me to use backing tracks as a solo act 

in live performances. Best advice I’ve 

had in five years, thank you Jake Salter! 

I truly could not do this without all 

the great musicians in Brevard County 

over the past 14 years.” 

The solo spotlight suits him. “I no 

longer have a band,” he quips somewhat 

thinking out loud. Miller has taken 

this opportunity to continue marketing 

the music which has garnered 

him a quite impressive following. “I’m 

giving away one of my albums for free 

via QR code complements of the locations 

I’m playing at. I will drive everybody 

to those locations. And since 

I can’t stand half of the venue owners 

in this town that are so f--king disrespectful, 

I’m glad to have figured out 

a way to drive people that want to hear 

Honey Miller to those locations.” 

So far, it’s starting to work as 

the fans have been showing up. “I’m 

gonna market the living f--k out of this 

thing until I’m dead,” he deadpans like 

Photo by Dominic Agostini 

only he can. “I am having more fun 

than a barrel of monkeys and people 

love it. Even the people that didn’t like 

me that drove me to keep going and, of 

course, my friends who encouraged me 

to keep going!” 

With all that he has going on that 

is new, Miller hasn’t forgot what has 

gotten him here in the first place. “I’m 

releasing an old Honey Miller tune that 

we found in the archives featuring Jeff 

Stanton on the guitar. It’s called ‘I’m 

Not a Junkie’.” He stated that the song 

will be available for download and 

streaming by press time. 

The music scene is alive and well 

as long as Dave Miller is around. Currently 

doing the solo thing, it wouldn’t 

be surprising if the next project is with 

a philharmonic. Whichever project he 

chooses to do, we are all lucky to bear 

witness. 

Check out everything Honey Miller, including 

solo dates, on their social media. 

Dave is currently performing solo 

in three locations, The Tiny Turtle, Hogan’s 

Irish Pub, and The Cottage Pub. 

If you know Dave Miller, you know 

that he is a “merciless” promoter and 

supporter of his music. Rightfully so. 



The Column 

By Chuck Van Riper 

Apocalypse 3.0 

Here’s one of my favorite conspiracy theories. As 

you may know, I was very disappointed in the last 2 

apocalypses (apocalypsi?). The Y2K thing… nada, zilch, 

nothing. 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar thing… 

once again, doodley-squat. Very disheartening, indeed. 

We really need an apocalyptic viewpoint based on reality 

and facts. That never seems to be the case, though. Let’s 

look at this next one coming up. Dedicated to all you “Ancient 

Aliens” devotees. 

I’m sure many of you have heard of Planet X. It is also 

referred to by some as Nibiru. Nibiru was first described 

by Zecharia Sitchen, whose faulty translation of ancient 

Mesopotamian religious texts describe a planet whose orbit 

takes 3600 years. This planet, once close enough to 

Earth, wreaks havoc on it magnetic fields and causing a 

catastrophic reversal in the Earths poles. For those of you 

following along with the Ancient Aliens narrative, Nibiru 

was the home planet of the Annunaki, who came to Earth 

thousands of years ago to mine for gold to save their planet. 

They created the human race to be their laborers. Well, 

apparently, it’s about time for the planet Nibiru to make its 

appearance again. Scientists refer to this as “Planet X”. 

Now, scientists at Caltech have found evidence that 

such a planet may exist. They deduced this not by actually 

seeing it, but by anomalies in the orbits of distant planets 

such as Neptune and Pluto and mathematical modelling. 

If Planet X exists, it would be about the size of Neptune 

and have a mass about 10 times that of Earth. Its orbit, 

however, would take it way past Pluto at about 20 times 

farther from the Sun as Neptune. Neptune is about 2.8 billion 

mile from the Sun and takes about 165 years to make 

a complete orbit. Interestingly, Pluto has yet to make a 

complete orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1930. 

Its orbit takes 248 years. In contrast, Planet X is so far 

away it would take 10-20,000 years to make one orbit! 

Well, that would give you plenty more time for Christmas 

shopping. I wonder what the Netflix yearly fee would be. 

You could squeeze in a lot of movies in that time. According 

to conspiracy theorists, Nibiru is right on the other 

side of the Sun right now! That means any day now it 

should be coming by to obliterate Earth by creating a poll 


shift. Oh boy! I wonder if that will give us the ability to 

tune into HBO Max for free for a little while. I say it’s 

time to get out while the getting is good, but where to? I 

want to go to the planet Eris. 

Beyond Pluto is the Kuiper Belt, which is a vast 

region of icy objects and small celestial bodies. This is 

where we find the planet Eris. It takes about 557 Earth 

years to orbit the Sun, so there’s still plenty of shopping 

time come Christmas. There are things to get used to 

though. For example, a pound of coffee on Earth would 

weigh about 1.8 ounces on Eris. This is due to its gravitational 

acceleration. So it would be easy to carry all your 

groceries home, except for the fact that the surface temperature 

is -400 F, so you might want to bring an extra 

sweater or something. Its rotation on its axis is similar 

to Earth, which means that a “day” is about 25.9 hours. 

I don’t know if they do leap years there, but your TV 

schedule wouldn’t be too much different. Right now, I 

weigh about 180 pounds (yea, yea, yea, I’m going on a 

diet) but on Eris, which is .082 of Earth’s gravity, I would 

weigh 14.76 pounds. Problem solved, no dieting needed. 

If I could jump 3 feet on earth, I could only jump 1.45 feet 

on Eris, so I guess basketball is a no go there. The biggest 

problem would, of course be getting there. If I could book 

a flight (which is quite iffy these days) on a regular 747, 

flying at an average of 570 mph, it would take 1.8 million 

years to travel the 9.3 billion miles to Eris. I don’t think 

my phone can stay charged that long. How many bags 

of peanuts would I get? I know, that is a stupid idea. It 

would be much better to take NASA’s Parker Solo Probe, 

which travels at a much better speed of 430,000 mph. 

Now we’re talking. Then it would only take 20 years to 

get there. I wonder if that qualifies it as a smoking flight? 

Will there be meals or just peanuts? How many in-flight 

movies will there be? 

So anyway, with the next apocalypse right around the 

corner (Sun), start planning carefully and get supplies in 

order. I’m saving up for 4000 pounds of coffee, 20,000 

cartons of Camels, and 18,000 packages of Twinkies. 

Twinkies never go bad! So, I’ll be all set. When Nibiru 

comes screaming around the Sun next month, ponder a 

trip to TOI 700 e. It’s an earthlike planet that’s only 100 

lightyears away. Happy Apocalypse 3.0! 



1 - WEDNESDAY 

COCOA BEACH FISH 

CAMP: 6pm Dueling Pianos 

HEIDI’S JAZZ CLUB: 7pm 

Day Tripper 

HURRICANE CREEK 

SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance 

Lessons; 9pm Country Music 

DJ 

LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm 

Rock-Star Karaoke 

KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Matt 

Rossman 

SANDBAR: 8pm Project 

Orcon Revival 

SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm 

Dirty Bingo 

VILLAGE BIER GARTEN: 

6pm Karaoke 

WHISKEY BEACH: 7pm 

Karaoke 

2 - THURSDAY 

BLIND LION: 6pm SC 

Comedy 


CAMP: 4pm ScottE Hopson; 

7pm Line Dancing 

CORKED 1080: 7-10pm 

Pianist Gary Howell 


Sybil Gage 




DJ 


Smooth Play 

SANDBAR: 8pm Karaoke 

SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm 

Matt Riley 

SOCIAL DISTANCE: 

8:30pm Alexander James 


6pm Joshua Keels 


Trivia 

3 - FRIDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Chief 

Cherry Quintet 


CAMP: 9pm Micro Wrestling 


Mondo Tiki 

CROWNE PLAZA: 6-9pm 

Blue Diamond 

EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8pm 

Kome Back Kid 

FOO BAR: 10pm DJ Dexter 


Steve Kirsner & Friends; 7pm 

Ron Teixeira Trio w/ Krystal 

Clarke 


March 2023 

Entertainment Calendar 



DJ 

KEY WEST BAR: 9pm 106 

South 


Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 

9pm Jake Van Realte & the 

Spectrum 

PUB AMERICANA MELB: 

5pm Martini Martini 

SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Duo; 

9pm Bullet Dodgers 


Alex Warner 

SLOW & LOW Viera: 

5:30pm Tim England 


8:30pm Which Doctors; 

1:30am DJ 


4pm Accordion Nick; 7pm 

RokSlyde 


Latin Dace w/ DJ Hans 

4 - SATURDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Don 

Alexander & The Alley Gators 


CAMP: 9pm Alex Hayes Band 


Royal Ink; 6pm Skyclub 


Allan Wronko; 8pm Good 

Fellas 

FOO BAR: 10pm DJ Ducati 


Rev Billy C. Wirtz; 7pm Ron 

Teixeira Trio w/ Hella Ayelet 

Gal 




DJ 

KEY WEST BAR: 9pm 

Shelley Songer Band 

LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Syd 

Taylor; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ 

Cindy; 9pm Switch 


5pm Jeff Bazemore 

SANDBAR: 6pm Karalyn & 

Dawn Patrol; 18th Anniversary 

Party 

SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Part 

One Tribe 

SLOW & LOW VIERA: 

5:30pm Dave Myers 


8:30pm Floriduh; 1:30am DJ 


3pm Pink Spice Band; 9pm 

DJ BG 


Just Us 

5 - SUNDAY 

CROWNE PLAZA/ 

LONGBOARDS: 1-7pm 

Lights Out Project 


The Nighthawks & Rev. Billy 

C. Wirtz 


Sunday Jam 

LOU’S BLUES: 2pm The 

Coolers; 7pm Corey Kipps 


3:30pm T.A. Williams 

SANDBAR: 4pm Absolute 

Blue; 10pm DJ Cerino 


Pompano Pete 


3pm My Remedy 


TBA 

6 - MONDAY 


CAMP: 7pm Karaoke 

LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty 

Bingo 

SANDBAR: 8pm Jam Band 

7 - TUESDAY 

CORKED 1080: 7-10pm Open 

Jam 


Trivia 

SANDBAR: 9pm Electric 

Tuesdaze 


Jam w/ Russ Kellum 


6pm Sean Adams 


Latin Dance w/DJ Hans,free 

dance lessions 

8 - WEDNESDAY 




Billy D & Friends 




DJ 


G-Man 



SANDBAR: 8pm The 

Syndicate Duo 


Dueling Pianos 


Karaoke 

9 - THURSDAY 


Comedy 


CAMP: 4pm Lowell Everly; 





Sybil Gage HURRICANE 

CREEK SALOON: 7-9pm 

Free Dance Lessons; 9pm 

Country Music DJ 


Shelley Songer Band 



Matt Riley 

SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm 

Jeff Bazemore 


6pm Ted Raffeto 


Trivia 

10 - FRIDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Tony 

Wynn and Cameron Brown’s 

Jazz Therapy 


CAMP: 9pm Anja 


Sarah D 


Switch 


Phoenix Band 




After 5 Band 




DJ 

KEY WEST BAR: 9pm TBA 


Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9pm 

Dreamer 


5pm Ricky T 

SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff Marquis; 

9pm Drifting Roots 


Buck Barefoot 


5:30pm Wes Hufnagel 


Webb Songer Band, 1:30am DJ 


3pm Accordion Nick; 7pm 

Floriduh 


Pinch Band 



11 - SATURDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Smoking 

Torpedoes 


CAMP: 8pm Different Strings 

CORKED 1080: 7-10pm Haia 

& The Pink Spice Band 


Vibe Tribe 


Nasty Habits; 8pm So; Party 

FOO BAR: 10pm DJ White 

Wolf 


Rev Billy C Wirtz; 7pm TBA 




DJ 


Rockfish 

LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Denise 

Turner; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ 

Cindy; 9pm Speakeasy 


5pm Vince Love 

SANDBAR: 4pm Gran 

Charismo; 9pm Hired Gunz 


Kaylin Berner 


5:30pm 2 Rock 


Absolute Blue; 1:30am DJ 


4pm Nick on Accordion; 9pm 

DJ BG 


Karalyn & The Dawn Patrol 

12 - SUNDAY 


1-7pm Nostaljah 


The Henrys; 


TBA 

LOU’S BLUES: 2pm 

Highway 1; 7pm Corey Kipps 


3:30pm Ricky T 

SANDBAR: 4pm Radar Red; 

10pm DJ Cerino 


Sidney 


3pm Sons of a Tradesman 


Anchors Up Duo 

13 - MONDAY 




Bingo 


14 - TUESDAY 

CORKED 1080: 7-10pm Open 

Jam 

HEIDI’S JAZZ CLUB: 

5:30pm TBA 

LOU’S BLUES: 6:30pm Trivia 


Tuesdaze 




4pm Sean Adams 




15 - WEDNESDAY 




The CJ Duo 




DJ 

KEY WEST BAR: 8pm Tina 

& Joe 

LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm Rock- 

Star Karaoke 

SANDBAR: 8pm Teddy V 


Comedy w/ Duncan Jay 


Karaoke 

16 - THURSDAY 


Comedy 


CAMP: 4pm Megan Katarina; 





Sybil Gage 




DJ 

LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm Rullie 

Brea 


SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Matt 

Riley 


Shelley Songer Duo 


6pm Sound Traveler 


Trivia 

ST PATRICK’S DAY 

17 - FRIDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Robby 

King Trio 


CAMP: 8pm Mud Rooster 

CORKED 1080: 7:30- 

10:30pm Shade 

CROWNE PLAZA: 6pm 

Hella Teixeira Band 


Murphy’s Law 




TBA 




DJ 

KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Lil 

Lin Band 



TBA 


5pm Alex James 

SANDBAR: 4pm Natty 

Common Roots; 9pm Tidal 

Theory 

SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm 2 

Rock 


5:30pm TBA 


Dawn Patrol; 1:30am DJ 


4pm Accordion Nick; 9pm DJ 

BG 


Latin Dance w/ DJ Hans 

18 - SATURDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Josh 

Miller 


CAMP: 9pm Cheetah 

Coalition 


Frank Sinatra Tribute & Dinner 

Show 


Tiki Band; 6-9pm SWAGG 


Electric Frogs; 8pm Perfect 

Tuesday 



Rev Billy C Wirtz; 7pm Hella 

Ayelet Gal w/ Ron Teixeira 

Trio 




DJ 


G-Man 

LOU’S BLUES: 1pm John 

McDonald; 5:30pm Karaoke 

w/ Cindy; 9pm Jette County 

Dragster 


4-7pm Drew Halverson 

SANDBAR: 5pm Stoney & 

The House Rockers; 9pm Love 

Valley 


Pompano Pete 


5:30pm Alex Warner 


8:30pm Rockfish; 1:30am DJ 


TBA 


Joey Ferris 

19 - SUNDAY 


Rockstead 


Kat Riggins 


Eddie 9V 

HILTON CB/ 

LONGBOARDS: 1pm DJ Salt 

Shaker 

LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Radar 

Red (TBA?); 7pm TBA 


3:30pm Drew Halverson 


3:30pm TA Williams 

SANDBAR: 4pm Saltwater 

Hippy Band; 10pm DJ Cerino 


Buck Barefoot 




SheepDawgs Duo; 6pm 

Karaoke 

20 - MONDAY 




Bingo 


21 - TUESDAY 


Open Jam 


Trivia 


Tuesdaze 












The CJ Duo 




DJ 



KEY WEST BAR: 8pm Billy 

Chapman 

SANDBAR: 8pm Project 

Orcon Revival 


Team Trivia 


Karaoke 

23 - THURSDAY 


Comedy 


CAMP: 4pm Alex James; 7pm 

Line Dancing 




Sybil Gage 




DJ 


Juiced 



Matt Riley 


Karalyn Woulas 


6pm Sound Travelers 


Trivia 

24 - FRIDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Tony 

Wynn & Cameron Brown 


CAMP: 8pm Smokin’ 

Torpedoes 


Aquinas 


Sheep Dawgs 




Ron Teixeira Trio w/ Krystal 

Clarke 




DJ 


Donegal Hill 



Umbrella Thieves 


5pm John McDonald 

SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff Marquis; 

9pm Mondo Tikis 

SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Tim 

England 


5:30pm 2 Rock 


Radar Red; 1:30am DJ 



Chief Cherry 


Unit 5 Band 

25 - SATURDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm TW6 


CAMP: 8pm Country Party w/ 

Line Dancing 

CORKED 1080: 7-10pm Sax 

On The Beach 

CROWNE PLAZA: 7pm DJ 

Dvcati 

EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm St 

John’s Wood; 8pm Vinyl Signs 



Rev Billy C Wirtz; 7pm TBA 




DJ 


LOU’S BLUES: 1pm TBA; 

5:30pm Karaoke w/ Cindy; 

9pm Luna Pearl 


5pm Billy Chapman 

SANDBAR: 4pm The 

Syndicate; 9pm Rokslyde 


Alex Warner 


5:30pm Andy Harrington 


Murphys Law; 1:30am DJ 


8pm Umbrella Thieves 


Heatstroke 

26 - SUNDAY 


Injoy 


Rusty Wright Band 


Rev Billy; 7pm Jam Session 

LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Coolers; 



3:30pm Alex James 

SANDBAR: 4pm Shuffle 

Tones; 10pm DJ Cerino 

SLOW & LOW CB: 5pm 2 

Rock 


6pm Alexander James 


Anchors Up Duo; 6pm 

Karaoke 

27 - MONDAY 




Bingo 


28 - TUESDAY 


Open Jam 


Trivia 


Tuesdaze 










Billy D & Friends 




DJ 




SANDBAR: 8pm Alexander 

James 


Comedy w/ Duncan Jay 


Karaoke 

30 - THURSDAY 


Comedy 


CAMP: 4pm Teddy V; 7pm 

Line Dancing 




Sybil Gage 




DJ 


Skyclub 



Matt Riley 


GEO 


6pm RokSlyde 


Trivia 

31 - FRIDAY 

BLIND LION: 8pm Which 

Doctors 


CAMP: 9pm Megan Katarina 

Band 

CORKED 1080: 7:30- 

10:30pm Key Change 


Krystal Clarke Jazz Rview 

DREW’S BREWS: 6pm 

Jersey Murph 


RPopa Wheelie 




After 5 BandHURRICANE 

CREEK SALOON: 7-9pm 

Free Dance Lessons; 9pm 

Country Music DJ 


Danny Morris Band 



Ruckus 


5pm Karalyn Woulas 

SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Duo; 

9pm Bullet Dodgers 


Dave Myers 


5:30pm Tim Myers 


8:30pm Midlife Crisis; 1:30am 

DJ 



James Gangs Band 


Juiced 

All calendar listings are subject 

to change without notice. Please 

confirm with the venue. 


COMMUNITY 

CALENDAR 

Mar 1: The Beach Boys with 

Special Guest John Stamos, 

King Center, 321-242-2219 

Mar 3: Tower of Power, King 

Center, , 321-242-2219 

Mar 3: Opening Reception: 

100% Pure Florida, Fifth Avenue 

Art Gallery, 321-259-8261 

Mar 3-26: Priscilla Queen of 

the Desert, Titusville Playhouse, 

321-268-1125 

Mar 4: Downtown Melbourne 

Botanical Fest, 321-724- 

1741 

Mar 4: Opening Reception: 

The Evolution of SLICE Exhibit, 

Studios of Cocoa Beach, 

321-613-3480 

Mar 4 & 5: Spring Fine Art 

& Craft Fair in Historic Cocoa 

Village, 321-631-9075 

Mar 4 & 5: Grant Seafood 

Festival, 321-723-8687 

Mar 6: The Grand Shanghai 

Circus, King Center, Melbourne, 

321-242-2219 

Mar 8 & 9: Sundry Showcase 

Swingtime Concert, Melbourne 

Municipal Band, Melbourne 

Auditorium, 321-724-0555 

Mar 10: Joe Bonamassa, King 

Center, Melbourne, 321-242- 

2219 

Mar 10: Pavel Haas String 

Quartet, Melbourne Chamber 

Music Society, St. Mark’s 

United Methodist Church, 

Indialantic, 321-213-5100 

Mar 10: Spring Fling Sock 

Hop, Melbourne Municipal 

Band, Melbourne Auditorium, 

321-724-0555 

Mar 10-19: Steel Magnolias, 

Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, 

321-636-5050 

Mar 10-26: Cinderella, Surfside 

Playhouse, 321-783-3127 

Mar 11 & 12: Indiafest, 

Wickham Park, Melbourne, 

321-779-0110 

Mar 11: Mendelssohn & 

Beethoven Concert, Brevard 

Symphony Orchestra at the 

King Center, Melbourne, 321- 

242-2219 

Mar 11: The Yale Spizzwinks 

in Concert, Space Coast Symphony 

Orchestra, Eau Gallie 

High School, 855-252-7276 

Mar 12: A Spring Fling 

Concert, Community Band of 

Brevard, Merritt Island High 

Auditorium, 321-338-6210 

Mar 12: Saxophonist Jeff 

Rupert & Friends: Jazz Concert, 

Space Coast Jazz Society, Veterans 

Memorial Center, Merritt 

Island 

Mar 12 & 13: On Your Feet!, 

King Center, 321-242-2219 

Mar 15: Gordon Lightfoot, 

King Center, Melbourne, 321- 

242-2219 

Mar 16: Eric Johnson – Treasure 

Tour, King Center, Melbourne, 

321-242-2219 

Mar 16: High Tea at Field 

Manor, Merritt Island, 321-848- 

0365 

Mar 17: Get the Led Out, King 

Center, 321-242-2219 

Mar 17-19: River Days & Craft 

Brew Hullabaloo, Sebastian 

Rotary Foundation, Sebastian 

Riverview Park, riverdaysfl. 

com 

Mar 17 – Apr 23: Leading Ladies, 

Melbourne Civic Theatre, 

Downtown 321-723-6935 

Mar 18: Symphonic Jukebox 

Concert, Space Coast Symphony 

Orchestra, Satellite High 

School, 855-252-7276 

Mar 18: Robert Jon & The 

Wreck, King Center, Melbourne, 

321-242-2219 

Mar 21: The Guess Who, King 

Center, 321-242-2219 

Mar 22: The Jungle Book 

(youth theatre), King Center, 

Melbourne, 321-242-2219 

Mar 24: Nate Bargatze – The 

Be Funny Tour, King Center, 

Melbourne, 321-242-2219 

Mar 24: New Exhibit - Cryolophosaurus: 

Frozen-Crested 

Lizard at Museum of Dinosaurs, 

Cocoa Beach, 321-783-7300 

Mar 24 – Apr 2: Godspell, 

Henegar Center, Downtown 

Melbourne, 321-723-8698 

Mar 25: All About Joel: The 

Billy Joel Tribute, King Center, 

Melbourne, 321-242-2219 

Mar 31: Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue, 

Melbourne Municipal Band at 

Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, 

321-636-5050 



Brevard Live 

Wednesday, Mar 15, 8pm 


Gordon Lightfoot 

Gordon Lightfoot has recorded 21 

albums and has five Grammy 

nominations. His songs have been 

aired regularly for over 50 years, earning 

him Radio Singles Chart Positions 

in North America achieved by few others. 

Lightfoot’s radio hits in the USA 

have earned Five #1s, Five Top 10s 

and Thirteen Top 40 hits. In Canada he 

has earned Sixteen #1s, Eighteen Top 

10s and Twenty One Top 40 hits. 

Aside from his success in writing, 

singing and performing his own 

songs, Lightfoot has found fortune in 

having his songs recorded and performed 

by other great artists including: 

Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Johnny 

Cash, Hank Williams, Jr., Marty Robbins, 

Jerry Lee Gordon, Judy Collins, 

Johnny Mathis, Anne Murray, Olivia 

Newton-John, Sarah McLachlan, Barbra 

Streisand, Peter Paul & Mary, Harry 

Belafonte, Jane’s Addiction, Richie 

Havens, Glen Campbell, Toby Keith 

and George Hamilton IV. 

In June of 2012 Lightfoot’s legacy 

was further enhanced when he was 

inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of 

Fame. Lightfoot was honored for his 

role in defining the folk-pop sound of 

the 1960s and ‘70s. In his native Canada, 

Lightfoot has been decorated with 

the highest honors bestowed to a civilian 

including the Governor’s General 

Award and the Companion to the Order 

of Canada honor of merit. He has 

also won 17 Juno Awards - Canada’s 

equivalent to the Grammy Awards. 

Tuesday, March 21, 7:30pm 


Guess Who 

The Guess Who was the most successful 

Canadian rock group of the 

late 1960’s and early 1970’s, and Canada’s 

first rock superstars. The songwriting 

team of guitarist-singer Randy 

Bachman and lead singer-keyboardist 

Burton Cummings wrote such classic 

songs as “These Eyes”, “Laughing”, 

“No Time”, “No Sugar Tonight”, and 

“American Woman” (the first song by a 

Canadian band to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 

Hot 100 chart) before Bachman’s 

departure in 1970. The string of hits 

continued with “Share The Land”, “Albert 

Flasher”, “Rain Dance” and “Clap 

for the Wolfman”, among others, until 

Cummings left to pursue a solo career 

in 1975. 

The Guess Who won two Juno 

Awards and a Governor General’s Performing 

Arts Award, and was inducted 

into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, 

Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Canadian 

Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Canadian 

Music Industry Hall of Fame. 

The Guess Who proudly have 11 

Gold albums, 16 Top-10 Hits, and five 

#1’s over their storied career and continue 

to tour. The Guess Who officially 

broke up in 1975, though bassist Jim 

Kale and/or drummer Garry Peterson 

have toured and recorded under The 

Guess Who name since 1977. “The 

Guess Who” name is currently legally 

owned by former bassist Jim Kale, 

who is now retired, but has allowed the 

name to be used by the current lineup 

of musicians. 

Sunday, March 5, Noon 

Kavasutra Kava Bar, Plam Bay 

Supervillains 

The Kavasutra Kava Bar located 

just off Palm Bay Road is celebrating 

its second anniversary and 

wants to invite everyone to a big party 

with several live bands and DJs, 

among them the popular Supervillains. 

The band was founded in 1997 by 

drummer/lead singer Dom Maresco 

and guitarist/vocalist Scott ‘Skart’ 

Suldo’ when they were in their late 

teens. Now 7 full length albums, 3 EPs 

and thousands of miles driven playing 

the continental US and Bahamas, 

the band has become a headliner for 

many festivals. The band also features 

Brevard native BJ Hall (Abandon The 

Midwest) on bass. Maresco comments 

on the longevity of the band their 

crossover appeal to have been successful 

all of these years. “Really, just 

being stupid and never quitting”, he 

laughs. “We love music, I love to be 

on stage and perform. We thrive off of 

it, to be honest. We’re grateful that the 

fans keep coming, and after a while 

their kids start coming and the families 

come. It’s multi-generational.” 

Brevard County and surrounding 

areas have hosted The Supervillians on 

many occasions. This time they share 

the stage with other bands from our 

original music scene: Constant Throw, 

Deserted Will, Effit, Never Ender, and 

there might be a few more. Manager 

Matt Battista: “We want to introduce 

our venue to more people and attract a 

little attention by throwing a big party 

with a lot of music.” 



Brevard Live 

Saltwater Hippy Band 

By Steve LeClair 

One of the great things about the 

Space Coast is our beaches, filled 

with warm breezes, beautiful sun rises, 

calming waves, and enjoy the comfort 

of the salt water. Based here in Brevard 

County, The Saltwater Hippy Band 

adds to that feel with southern rock, 

along with some laid back classics and 

a touch of country rock. What’s more 

laid back than that hippy feeling! The 

band has been together almost five 

years now and solidifying the roster in 

2019, they feel that they have now the 

right mix of musicians and personalities. 

The band started through some responses 

on Craigslist as singer Tim 

Hattaway joined up with some players 

who all were already jamming together. 

These musicians were starting 

back a band that had been on hiatus. 

It kind of sputtered for awhile while 

they searched for players with matching 

goals and musical influences. With 

the band solidified, they started playing 

at various venues and after one of the 

original members left, it was decided 

to rename the band. The four that remained 

together have become musical 

brothers and are having a great time entertaining 

people, making new friends 

and growing and improving as musicians. 

Tim said, “I think our length 

of time together, our common goals 

and musical interests and our friendship 

very positively impact our music.” 

As the norm, everyone threw out 

some suggestions and one of them was 

Saltwater Hippy Band. Sort of perfect 

for this group of guys. Tim told me: 

“The name reflected our beach side attitude 

and it attached also to the music 

we played and pretty much describes 

the members of the band.” The band 

plays songs by groups like the Allman 

Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd 

Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray 

Vaughan, Chris Stapleton, David Alan 

Coe, etc… as well as a few originals. 

So let’s meet the band! 

Singer and Harmonica player Tim 

Hattaway grew up in middle Georgia 

in the 70’s, just a few miles down the 

road from the home of Capricorn Records. 

Needless to say, southern rock 

was a big part of his life growing up. 

Bands like the Allman Brothers, Marshall 

Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZTop, 

Hendrix and Led Zeppelin were some 

of his favorites back then and still are 

today. He really enjoys all types of music 

though and thinks it shows in the 

variety of music that the band plays. 

He and his wife moved to Cocoa 

Beach about 8 years ago after retiring 

to be near family. He had played with 

a friends band in Georgia for many 

years and was anxious to make some 

music connections here in their new 

home. It wasn’t easy to connect initially 

and was frustrating until he got 

a call in response to one of his posts. 

This led to the formation of the band. 

He’s very thankful for his band brothers, 

they love playing music for the 

people and hope to continue for many 

years to come! A fun fact: During his 

time playing and singing in Macon he 

was fortunate to be invited to perform 

at the “Big House.” This is the former 

residence and the now museum of the 

Allman Brothers Band. He shared a 

stage with some true music legends 

such as Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell and 

Paul Hornsby. Tim is big into hiking 

and the outdoors. He, of course, loves 

our beaches. 

Guitarist and backing vocalist 

Charlie Amrich moved to Brevard 15 

years ago, played in several local bands 

(including Dangerfish and Electric 

Tide) then met up with Tim through his 

Craigslist ad back in 2018. Charlie’s 

music and guitar influences include 

most of the usual suspects; Clapton, 

Hendrix, Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Santana, 

Van Halen, along with a healthy dose 

of southern rock bands like The Allman 

Brothers, Marshall Tucker, The 

Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Charlie: 

“I’m always amazed by a great technical 

guitarist, but also love the raw, 

rough around the edges energy of Neil 

Young, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) 

and the experimentation of The Edge 

from U2. To me, it doesn’t matter if 

there’s a thousand notes or one, it’s 

if you feel something when you hear 

it. One thing that’s a lot of fun with 

this band is, there’s plenty of room to 

improvise on some songs and give it 

our own twist.” He added, “The local 

music scene is really incredible; that 

there are so many great, live venues in 

a county the size of Brevard. And you 

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continued 

can’t beat playing an outdoor gig in 

the middle of winter, with palm trees, 

a tiki bar or the ocean as a backdrop!” 

Handling the bottom is Bass Player 

Luis Torres. Luis talked about his 

humble beginnings. “When I was a 

teenager, my cousin and friends were 

putting together a band and I get this 

call, play bass with us. I said I don’t 

know any of that but that didn’t stop 

them from saying ‘let’s make a band’. 

So I started taking lessons at 14 years 

old.” After a few years he started to gig 

in venues and stayed true to his musical 

journey, learning his technique and 

getting an education in music. “I have 

been lucky to play with so many amazing 

musicians and so many different 

genres of music from death metal to 

jazz and latin music.” Today he’s glad 

to be part of the Saltwater Hippy Band 

and “share my musical heart.” 

Justin Kanner has been playing 

drums since he was 13 years old. His 

brothers had a extensive album collection 

(Doors, Zeppelin, The Who, all 

the greats). He’d listen and the drums 

would stand out to him as he’d play 

along with his hands on the dresser. 

His first drum set was bought by his 

father, and a friend showed him how to 

play and it just took off! He’s now 60 

years old and until joining the SWHB, 

the bands he had been in never made 

it out of the rehearsal space. He joined 

the band about five years ago and 

loves playing with them. Justin added, 

“There’s no drama or back biting and 

they are three of the nicest guys and 

talented! I love this band because everyone 

is on the same page. I wouldn’t 

want to be anywhere else!” 

The band plays out from four to 

six times a month mostly in the Cocoa 

Beach area; but they do perform 

in other parts of Brevard frequently so 

look them up on Facebook or Space 

Coast Live and go check them out! 

Get a dose of Hippy love, Saltwater 

Hippy that is! 

LOCAL 

Lowdown 


Welcome to March. As the saying 

goes, will we go in like a Lion 

or a Lamb? With all the talent here in 

our Brevard music scene, my money’s 

on a roar. It is also the birth month of 

my children; Connor 26, Mathew 23 

and Sage 19. Damn I’m old (look for a 

50th birthday bash concert announcement 

later this year). Lastly but certainly 

not least, it is Women’s History 

month. Plenty of great artists to share 

with you this month so let’s go... 

You know it’s going to be a good 

month when we get a band announcement. 

Dig if you will, The Circle 

Line. Their debut single “I Find Myself” 

is the next Bond theme if you ask 

me. Compromised of scene vets Dave 

Clark and the power couple of Bonnie 

and Andy Harrington, this track rocks. 

For fans of Lana Del Ray and Portishead 

(Google it), not sure if this is a 

record only project or if live performances 

are in the works. In the meantime, 

go their individual social media 

for updates. 

If metal is to more of your liking, Corium 

should do the trick. I’ve been 

watching their progress online and 

have been impressed. Reminds me of 

my days in Buffalo getting invited to 

watch an unknown band called Cannibal 

Corpse practice for their first 

studio recordings. Corium have their 

song, shows and merch game on all 

point. Sometimes it can be easy to get 

lost in a genre between here, Orlando 

and Tampa, these guys plan on carving 

their own path. 

Let me bend on your empathy for a bit. 

We have some peeps that need your 

help. Since last column, Casket Culture 

singer Josh Doyle was involved in 

a horrific car crash after a show which 

ended up totaling his car and mangling 

his arm. He is on the mend but in need 

of funds for the extensive surgeries. 

Also ongoing is guitarist, promoter 

and all-around nice guy Carlos Satana 

(no, not THAT one). He is set to get 

a cornea transplant this month. I have 

affectionately dubbed it ‘Make Carlos 

See Again’. You can purchase Deep Six 

Promotion shirts with all the proceeds 

going to the surgery. There are also 

separate Go Fund Mes set up for both 

Josh and Carlos online if you feel so 

inclined. Ok guilt trip over. Or is it? 

Stacy Lynn Cartechine, lead singer 

of the local band Cover Story, went 

through something every parent fears. 

Her son Alex died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 

at age 21 last December. 

This is the same condition that my 

stepson Mathew had prior to getting a 

heart transplant in 2015. The condition 

often goes undiagnosed as kids look 

healthy on the outside. “He came home 

from work, took a shower and literally 

just dropped and died,” Cartechine 

said. “He had sudden cardiac arrest.” 

“This could happen to your kid,” she 

continued. 

Cartechine got involved with Who 

We Play For, a nonprofit charity, to 

help ensure other kids get screened 

for undiagnosed heart conditions. She 

is now leading the charge to eliminate 

these deaths in young people through 

affordable heart screenings. 

The organization began after Cocoa 

Beach High soccer player Rafe 

Maccarone went into sudden cardiac 

arrest right before a game in 2007. He 

died the next day. His friends started 

the Play for Rafe Foundation, which 

later changed to its current name.It 

helped Cartechine realize she wasn’t 

alone. She met 19-year-old James Gibson 

through the group. He was flagged 

at high risk during a heart screening to 

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Brevard Live 

LOCAL LOWDOWN 

continued 

play basketball. Gibson had visited a 

cardiologist, who diagnosed him with 

the same condition as her son. “Until 

we let enough people know about it, 

that they should be screened, it’s going 

to continue,” Cartechine said. Screenings 

performed recently at Titusville 

High are just some of the 30,000 the 

group performs each year. Efforts 

are being made with Brevard County 

Schools to include student musicians 

with the screenings in addition to the 

student athletes. 

Who We Play For wants to partner 

with schools, sports clubs, colleges, 

parents and other organizations to perform 

heart screenings. info@whoweplayfor.org. 

Do you like music? I’m guessing 

so since you’re knee deep into this 

month’s column. You know who also 

likes music? Joey Ferris. So much so 

that in addition to playing covers in 

the local area, has recorded his original 

music in a release called ‘We Were 

Beautiful’. “The album has been in 

the works since the first days of Covid 

Lockdown. Big life changes for me inspired 

me to write and record new music,” 

he says. “I grew up in a small coal 

mining community in Southern West 

Virginia. Very little television, 2 radio 

stations and a 45 min drive to the nearest 

city. We learned to play instruments 

and entertain each other.” Now Ferris 

entertains the county with his originals 

that are good old fashioned honest rock 

with blues tendencies. 

Nicole Luc Roberts is an educator by 

day, songstress by night, sometimes 

later in the day and a lot on the weekends. 

A remarkable story of how she 

got into music at age 15 and ventured 

with her band from California, eventually 

landing in Brevard. Life, love, 

marriage and kids, breakups, and finally 

returning to live performances 

all make up her story which honestly 

should be a movie. 

Another great rock band closer to home 

is Sky Club. They have expanded their 

setlist and started to play the cover 

band circuit. I expect a banner year 

for these guys both with local exposure 

as well as new music on the way... 

Two other singer/songwriters that have 

been entertaining the masses lately are 

Alexander James and Corey Kipps. 

Not sure if they even know each other. 

If not, please consider this your introduction. 

Both come from the original 

music world initially. As busy as their 

cover gig schedule has them, hopefully 

they make time this year to record and 

release new music. I am speaking it 

into the universe as they say. Call me 

if your need a drummer. 

Anytime I’ll be able to give press 

to Sounds of Nebula, I will. I was very 

pleased to catch their set at SCMF last 

year as they played to a near capacity 

crowd. They have a specific sound, far 

from any trends that are happening and 

I respect that. A lot of bands have come 

and go but this band has stuck it out. 

Bravo ladies. 

Wrapping things up this month with 

another great charitable cause. Multi 

Emmy award winning guitarist/composer 

Brian Tarquin is releasing 

“Brothers in Arms” with partial proceeds 

to benefit Fisher House Foundation. 

You may know him as the host of 

WFIT’s Guitar Trax show heard Monday 

nights from 10-midnight. Some of 

rock’s greatest guitarists including Joe 

Satriani and Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal 

(Guns n Roses). Tarquin wrote and recorded 

all instruments minus drums on 

the album. I always love the marriage 

of music and charity coming together 

and this amazing lineup of players is 

the cherry on top. Tune in to the show 

to hear album tracks as well as details 

on how to purchase. 

Contact Steve at keller5@hotmail.com 

H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue Hosts 

6th Annual Chase Your Tail 5K 

On April 22, 2023, H.A.L.O. No- 

Kill Rescue will host their 6th 

Annual Chase Your Tail 5K to raise 

awareness for no-kill rescue! The race 

festivities and start line will be located 

at the Sebastian Community Center 

and the course will take runners and 

walkers up historic Old Dixie and 

down Indian River Drive to enjoy the 

beautiful, panoramic views of the Indian 

River. Participants are encouraged 

to bring their fourlegged best friends 

to run/walk with them! 

On-site registration will start at 

6:30 am with a delicious, energy-infusing 

breakfast bar and the race will 

start at 7:30 am. Participants and their 

families will enjoy music and entertainment 

and will be greeted by some 

of H.A.L.O.’s adoptable dogs. Awards 

will be given to the over-all male and 

female winners and male and female 

winners of all age groups. Early registration 

is $30 and participants can sign 

up at halorescuefl.org/walk-for-rescue. 

Race packets will be available at Runner’s 

Depot in Vero Beach on April 21, 

2023 or on-site on race day. Same day 

registration will be available at the Sebastian 

Community Center for $35. 





Rigg’s Outpost 

FISHING REPORT 

MARCH FORECAST 

By Captain Pompano Rich 

B 

revard March weather is almost Spring but cool in 

the mornings warming to 78 degrees. It’s a great time 

to visit us. Especially since Spring Break is not till April. 

The beaches and Inlets will provide 12 miles of condo 

free lined beaches. Ihave been fishing the East Coast of 

Florida for 60 years! Melbourne has always been my 

March destination. The ocean, the beaches, the inlets and 

the estuary abound with tasty easy to catch critters. 

On calm days a party boat adventure is inexpensive 

and truly a productive experience. I am talking a mile off 

the beach in shallow waters. Slightly silty water one can 

see the outlines of patch reefs while headed for your destination. 

Virtually each one of these underwater islands 

abounds in colorful and feisty 2 to 5 pound bottom dwellers. 

Mate rigs everyone up with chicken rigs. (to catch 

fish… Whut) I found this funny whilst lacking caffeine! 

Three hook leaders with 3 pieces of the bait of the day. 

Within minutes the rod tip is rattling and you’re pulling in 

who knows what. Mate pointing at a reddish fish coming 

up. Yes, a tasty lane snapper, and oh there’s a silvery fish 

at the base of the leader. So it’s an ocean porgy. Your fish 

receives a marking and placed in huge cooler. Back at the 

dock the mate will clean your fish. Of course a generous 

tip is welcome. 

Head to the beaches south of the town Indian Atlantic 

and there are numerous parks and beach entrys in route 

to the Inlet. It’s a remarkable ocean for so many coastal 

species. The best is the Carolina Traveler. El Pompano! 

Here from the Carolinas to scarf up crustacea and enjoy 

warmer sea temps. My fave by far. 

Bring a seven and a 10 two piece rod and pick up some 

sand spikes. The 10 to reach roughly 80 yard sand bars 

and intersect the pomps. The seven to throw lures at bluefish, 

mackerel and jacks that pound the surface knifing 

thru balls of bait. Rigg’s will teach you which pompano 

and whiting rigs to use to reach optimal success. Live 

and frozen bait is never an issue. The Pompano King Pin 

Capt. Matt Burr (Momma B’s charters) works full time. I 

can honestly say that I don’t know anyone in Sebastian/ 

Melbourne that can out perform Matt. He’s on Facebook. 

If you want to learn it all including Inlet fishing for snook, 

redfish, drum, flounder, pompano and permit he’s the guy. 

Rigg’s Outpost has it all.

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