Static LIVE Magazine August, 2023
STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.
STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.
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OFF<br />
FOCUS<br />
ON LOCALS<br />
Wen By Joe Payne<br />
In 1965, I started my music journey th my<br />
three brothers - Gene, Larry and Gary - <br />
Sweet Spngs, Missou. My father, Berry Gene<br />
Payne bought a Kay guar and a small amp. One<br />
day whe my dad was at work, Gene went to<br />
my Dad's room and brought the guar and amp<br />
out to our front por. We began trng to play.<br />
Gene owed me an E7 ord whi was hard to<br />
play on that old guar.<br />
Gene got an offer to play bass a local black rhythm and blues band. So my Dad, Gene and I went to a<br />
music store and bought a Sound amp, an Egmond guar and a bass guar. We soon brought my younger<br />
brothers to the mix. Larry on guar, Gary soon took over the bass dues and Gene sted to vocals.<br />
Around 1970 we started plang professionally as the Payne Brothers band. We were the house band at<br />
Breakers then Moe's Bar whi is now Traders and then Pub 44. We played locally for 45 years and put<br />
out 2 CDs, "Blk of an Eye" and "Take on Life".<br />
After Gene passed, we played for several years along th Chs Tmble on keyboards and sax. We have<br />
played th so many great musicians ... too many to ve cred to. Some of the most notable ones are<br />
Robert Top Thomas, Shawn Beamer and Sco Corn.<br />
The band eventually disbanded. I then sted to plang solo gs as Joe Payne and Fends, whi led<br />
me to recordg at Sonny Yambor's Sunspla Studios along th Sonny as enneer and some of Volusia<br />
County's finest musicians, cludg Mark Evangelista on bass, harmony vocals and lead vocals on Iron<br />
Horse. Bryan Benne played drums on all tracks except Blues Busters, whi was played by Bly Dean.<br />
Lois Ridgdl played Hammond B3 and sang background vocals, Ryan Ltle played elec piano and Me<br />
Kaye also played bass. We produced my first solo CD to ve cred and tbute to all the great guasts<br />
who came before me and fluenced me to wte this onal CD entled "Blues Muze".<br />
LOCAL ARTISTS BIOS AND STORIES<br />
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