Volume 13 — Issue 4

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Volume 13 — Issue 4

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March 6 - 20, 2013
By Sage Satori
In 1903 St. Patrick’s Day became a
public holiday in Ireland and is celebrated on
March 17, the Saint’s religious feast day and
the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death in the
fifth century. It has long been recounted that
during his mission in Ireland St. Patrick once
stood on a hilltop (which is now called Croagh
Patrick) and, with only a wooden staff by his
side, banished all the snakes from Ireland.
In fact, the island nation was never bothered
with an abundance of snakes. The “banishing
of the snakes” was really a metaphor for the
eradication of pagan ideology from Ireland
and the triumph of Christianity. Within two
hundred years of Patrick’s arrival, Ireland was
completely Christianized.
On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during
the Christian season of Lent, Irish families
would traditionally attend church in the
morning and celebrate in the afternoon.
Lenten prohibitions against the consumption
of meat were waived and people would dance,
drink, and feast on the traditional meal of Irish
bacon and cabbage. Though cabbage has long
been an Irish food, corned beef only began
to be associated with St. Patrick’s Day at the
turn of the century. Irish immigrants living on
New York City’s Lower East Side substituted
corned beef for their traditional dish of Irish
bacon to save money. They learned about
the cheaper alternative from their Jewish
neighbors.
The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took
place in the United States, not in Ireland.
Irish soldiers serving in the English military
marched through New York City on March
17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade
helped the soldiers to reconnect with their
Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving
in the English army.
Over the next thirty-five years, Irish
patriotism among American immigrants
flourished, prompting the rise of so-called
“Irish Aid” societies, like the Friendly Sons of
Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each
group would hold annual parades featuring
bagpipes (which actually first became popular
in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.
In 1848, several New York Irish aid societies
decided to unite their parades to form one
New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Today, that parade is the world’s oldest
civilian parade and the largest in the United
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3 ............................... St. Patrick’s Day
6 ....................................... Wine 101
8 ....................................... Bluesville
10 .................. Poco Releases Album
11 ............North Coast Artist Review
12 ................................ On the Beat
13 ....................... What About Jazz?
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15 ..........Cathy Richardson Interview
16 ....................... Brewin’ The Brew
17 ...............................Music Review
18 ...........................Earth Fest 2013
19 ..........................Mind Body Spirit
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Luck of the Irish?
The phrase “luck of the Irish” has been
used for decades to indicate good luck. But
if one knows any of the turmoil and strife
throughout Irish history then how in the
world could be thought of as good luck? The
eighteenth century was marked by complete
political, cultural and religious oppression.
By 1845 a disease, or blight, destroyed the
potato crop that was the staple of the native
Irish diet resulting in famine. While the Irish
people starved, a conservative death toll of
around one million, cargo loads of grain and
livestock were shipped to England for profit.
About one and a half million people who
could somehow emigrate, to escape starvation,
did so. Many arrived in American ports and,
although unwelcomed, went on to make lives
here. Ireland has been tormented from within
by war between territories causing distress for
much of the 1900’s. So when we toast, “May
the Luck of the Irish be with you!” I’m not so
sure we’re wishing our friends well.
Why Shamrocks?
The shamrock, which was also called the
“seamroy” by the Celts, was a sacred plant
in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the
rebirth of spring. It is said that St. Patrick used
the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain
the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish.
By the seventeenth century, the shamrock
had become a symbol of emerging Irish
nationalism. As the English began to seize
Irish land and make laws against the use of the
Irish language and the practice of Catholicism,
many Irish began to wear the shamrock as a
symbol of their pride in their heritage and their
displeasure with English rule.
Leprechauns?
Leprechauns had nothing to do with St.
Patrick or the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.
In 1959, Walt Disney released a film called
Darby O’Gill & the Little People, which
introduced America to a very different sort
of leprechaun than the cantankerous little
man of Irish folklore. This cheerful, friendly
leprechaun is a purely American invention,
but has quickly evolved into an easily
recognizable symbol of both St. Patrick’s Day
and Ireland in general.
Belief in leprechauns probably stems
from the Celtic belief in fairies, tiny men and
women who could use their magical powers
March 6 - 20, 2013
to serve good or evil. The original Irish name
for these figures of folklore is “lobaircin,”
meaning “small-bodied fellow.” In Celtic
folktales, leprechauns were cranky souls,
responsible for mending the shoes of the other
fairies. Although only minor figures in Celtic
folklore, leprechauns were known for their
trickery which they often used to protect their
much-fabled treasure.
The Music
The Celts had an oral culture where
religion, legend, and history were passed from
one generation to the next by way of stories
and songs. Irish Music is often associated
with St. Patrick’s Day—and Irish culture in
general. From ancient days of the Celts, music
has always been an important part of Irish
life. After being conquered by the English,
and forbidden to speak their own language,
the Irish, like other oppressed peoples, turned
to music to help them remember important
events and hold on to their heritage and
history. As it often stirred emotion and helped
to galvanize people, music was outlawed
by the English. During her reign, Queen
Elizabeth I even decreed that artists and pipers
were to be arrested and hanged on the spot.
Today, traditional Irish bands like The
Chieftains, the Clancy Brothers, and Tommy
Makem have gained worldwide popularity.
Their music is produced with instruments that
have been used for centuries, including the
fiddle, the uilleann pipes (a sort of elaborate
bagpipe) the tin whistle (a sort of flute that
is actually made of nickel-silver, brass, or
aluminum) and the bodhran (an ancient type
of framedrum that was traditionally used in
warfare rather than music).
Nontraditional Celtic bands have
created a hard rock variation using some of
the traditional instruments and sound for the
foundation while changing the tempo and
emphasizing hard core vocals. The Celtic rock
bands such as Flogging Molly, Gaelic Storm,
and Cleveland’s own Boys from the County
Hell have gained popularity in recent years
and enjoy success year round.
Regardless of how, or if, you and yours
celebrate St. Patrick’s day, one thing is for
sure, it gives America another reason to party!
*Historic notes compiled from historychannel.
com and Barnes & Noble edition of Ireland –
Past and Present.
Irish Toasts
May the saddest day of your future be no
worse than the happiest day of your past.
I wish you health, I wish you well, and
happiness galore.
I wish you luck for you and friends; what
could I wish you more?
May your joys be as deep as the oceans, your
troubles as light as its foam.
And may you find sweet peace of mind where
ever you may roam.
May the most you wish
for be the least you
get.
May the winds
fortune sail
May you sail a gentle
sea.
May it always be the
other guy
who says, “This drink’s on
me!”
of
you,
Oh, womens’ faults are many, us men have
only two:
Every single thing we say, and everything we
do.
May your troubles be less and your blessings
be more.
And nothing but happiness come through your
door.
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be
light, May good luck pursue you each morning
and night.
May you have the hindsight to
know where you’ve been, the
foresight to know where you’re
going, and the insight to
know when you’re
going too far.
As you slide down
the banisters of life
may the splinters
never point the
wrong way.
Here’s to the women that
I’ve loved and all the ones I’ve
kissed.
As for regrets, I just have one;
that’s all the ones I’ve missed.
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Entertaining with wine – the use of appropriate glassware
While some may enjoy wine out of a
paper cup at a ball game or picnic, selecting
the correct glassware and then caring for it
properly after use will truly make any wine
taste lots better. If you do not believe me,
there is a small experiment noted at the end
of this article.
Glasses selected for wine tasting should
always be clear and uncut. The wine needs
to be the star so ornately carved or colored
glassware will obscure the wine and detract
from its appearance.
Glasses should also always be clean
and used only for wine. Fingerprints, water
spots and smudges cause distractions. And
an experienced taster will pick up flavors
from the residue left from milk poured into
a wineglass at a prior time. Strong smelling
detergents will likewise leave odors which
will detract from delicate wine aromas and
flavors for even the most unpracticed palates.
Stems should be long and graceful.
Handling the glass by its stem will keep
chilled wine cool and allow for the traditional
swirling of any color wine to release its
bouquet or aroma. Cupping the bowl will
allow too cold wine to be warmed slightly.
Glasses should be large enough to hold
5-7 ounces of wine and still be no more than
2/3 full so the liquid can be easily swirled
yet not spilled. The rim should be narrow or
non-existent. The bowls should be thin and
very transparent to show off a vintage’s best
attributes.
White wine glasses usually have a
narrow bowl, are taller and feature a tulip
shape to intensify delicate aromas. Red wine
glasses should have larger bowls, often in a
‘balloon’ form, to allow more surface contact
with the air and thus release more of the
bouquet of complex reds. Sparkling wines
or champagnes should be poured into a very
tall and narrow glass to show off and help
preserve the ‘tiny bubbles’ which make that
beverage so special.
When setting a table, wine glasses should
be placed directly above the knife and just to
the left if a water glass is also used. When
multiple courses are paired with different
wines, a separate glass should be provided
for each course and color. Then, every glass
should be placed just to the right of the prior
one, in the same order as the courses to be
served. If white wines are meant to be chilled,
they should not be poured until the appropriate
pairing served. Red wines, on the other hand,
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The Devil’s Music
The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
Cleveland Play House – Playhouse Square
thru March 10th
The Devil’s Music recalls the amazing
life and career, loves and losses, of the
greatest female blues singer of the 1920’s.
This magical musical transports you to a
Depression-era “buffet flat” in Memphis
where Bessie Smith, the volatile and lusty
blues singer, is holding court. Miche Braden,
in the role of Bessie Smith, virtually embodies
the sassy and sexy diva in every way, from
her voice, to her moves, down to the way she
wears her clothes. But her poignant portrayal
also captures the sadness and pathos behind
much of her music.
Bessie Smith overcame an
impoverished childhood to become the highest
paid black performer of her day. She lived the
kind of hard-drinking, promiscuous, violent
street life that she sang about, and everything
about her was real, inspiring in her audiences
a powerful empathy that won her the title
“Empress of the Blues.”
This one-act play features just three
other players – Jim Hankins on upright bass,
pianist George Caldwell, and saxophonist
Keith Loftis – all stellar instrumentalists, and
together they take you on a musical journey
through the songs that Bessie popularized:
“Downhearted Blues,” “I Need A Little Sugar
In My Bowl,” “St. Louis Blues,” “T’ain’t
Nobody’s Bizness If I Do,” “I Ain’t Got
Nobody,” “After You’ve Gone,” “Nobody
Knows You When You’re Down and Out,”
among others.
Throughout her career, Bessie
recorded 160 sides for Columbia Records,
for which she was paid from $125 to $200
with no royalties. On many of them she
was accompanied by jazz greats like Louis
Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson, but her
career waned with the onset of the Great
Depression. A fickle public turned its back on
the blues when it hit too close to home, and
developed a preference for swing. Bessie died
in a car accident in 1937, at the age of 43, and
her grave went unmarked until 1970, when
Janis Joplin bought a headstone to adorn the
final resting place of the great performer who
had inspired her, as she did every other female
blues vocalist who came after.
A measure of Bessie’s stature as an artist
is the fact that her recordings have remained
in catalogs throughout the world for more
than seventy-five years, still selling today,
which makes her the largest-selling Columbia
Records artist of all time. The Devil’s Music is
a must-see for anyone who is a true aficionado
of traditional blues. Call 216-241-6000 for
ticket information. Discounts available for
Cleveland Blues Society members. (The
Devil’s Music is only running through Sunday,
March 10th. Don’t miss the chance to see this
top-notch production before it leaves town!)
Blues Foundation Hall of Fame 2013
Inductees
The Blues Foundation has announced
its “Class of 2013” for induction into the
Blues Hall of Fame, and it’s an impressive
list, indeed! The Hall of Fame induction
dinner will take place on Wednesday, May 8th,
2013 at the Marriott in downtown Memphis,
Tennessee - a day prior to this year’s Blues
Music Awards ceremony.
This year’s Blues Hall of Fame
performer inductees represent a wide-range of
styles, talent, and generations, including the
late Chicago blues guitarist Earl Hooker and
guitarist Jody Williams, soul-blues singer Otis
Clay, blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery,
contemporary bluesman Joe Louis Walker,
and country legend Jimmie Rodgers, “The
Blue Yodeler.” Three “behind the scenes”
individuals will also be inducted: promoter
Dave Clark; arranger, songwriter, and talent
scout Henry Glover; and New Orleans music
legend and producer Cosimo Matassa.
A number of great songs are being
inducted in the “Classics of Blues Recordings
- Single or Album Track,” including Howlin’
Wolf’s 1951 Chess Records release “How
Many More Years”; Delta legend Tommy
Johnson’s “Canned Heat Blues” (1928,
Victor); Louis Jordan’s “Let The Good Times
Roll” (1946, Decca); Little Junior’s Blue
Flames’ “Mystery Train” (1953, Sun Records);
and Memphis Minnie’s 1941 Okeh Records
side “Me and My Chauffeur Blues.”
Three classic albums will also be
inducted with this year’s class: Howlin’
Wolf’s More Real Folk Blues (1967, Chess
Records); Louis Jordan’s Greatest Hits (1969,
Decca); and Henry “Ragtime Texas”
Thomas’s Complete Recorded Works (1975,
Herwin), later reissued as Texas Worried
Blues (1989, Yahoo Records). Rob Bowman’s
excellent Soulsville, U.S.A. book will be
inducted as a “Classic of Blues Literature.”
March 6 - 20, 2013
Grammy Blues Winners
The 55th annual Grammy Awards
ceremony was held on February 10th in Los
Angeles, California and broadcast in the U.S.
by CBS. It was quite a battle but, in the end,
blues veteran Dr. John came up the winner,
taking the Grammy Award for “Best Blues
Album” for his Locked Down.
The National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences
cut the number of blues award
categories in half a couple
of years ago in spite of the
growing popularity of the genre.
The other nominees in the
category - Shemekia Copeland,
Ruthie Foster, Heritage Blues
Orchestra, and Joan Osborne
- were equally worthy of the
honor, and if there’d been a second blues
category like there used to be, another one of
these talented artists would be taking home
some hardware.
The Black Keys, who certainly stir a
lot of blues and soul into their raucous rock
sound, walked off with a number of awards,
including a Grammy for “Best Rock Album”
for their El Camino, and “Best Rock Song,”
for their ubiquitous “Lonely Boy.” Keys
frontman Dan Auerbach took “Producer of the
Year” for his work on both El Camino and Dr.
John’s Locked Down, and Bonnie Raitt was
honored with the “Best Americana Album” for
her Slipstream.
The highlight of the Grammys for me
was Jack White. Wearing a blue rhinestoneencrusted Elvis suit, he soaked the stage
with blues rock first with his all-female band
on “Love Interruption,” then performed
“Freedom at Twenty-one” ala Jimi Hendrix
with his male band. Also on the plus side,
the Academy righted a longtime wrong by
finally awarding Texas blues legend Sam
“Lightnin’” Hopkins with a “Lifetime
Achievement Award” for his contributions to
American music. This year’s other “Lifetime
Achievement Award” recipients are Glenn
Gould, Charlie Haden, Carole King, the
Temptations, and the recently-deceased Patti
Page and Ravi Shankar.
Hopkins, who died in 1983, was
memorialized in a statement released by
the Academy under the byline of musicians
Gary Clark, Jr. and Doyle Bramhall, Jr. The
two accomplished Texas bluesman said “To
understand the importance of Sam Lightnin’
Hopkins requires a look at Texas blues itself.
Texas, often referred to as a “country within
a country,” stays true to its reputation as a
century-long hotbed for the blues alongside
Mississippi and Chicago. Its style: wide-open,
flashy, dangerous, rule-bending, and always
swinging. Its lineage staggeringly rich: Blind
Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead
Belly, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin’ Hopkins,
T-Bone Walker, Lil’ Son Jackson, Freddie
King, Larry Davis, Johnny “Guitar” Watson,
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Pee Wee Crayton, Albert Collins, Johnny
Copeland, Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons,
Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many
others.”
R.I.P. Magic Slim
Chicago blues legend Morris “Magic
Slim” Holt passed away on Thursday,
February 21st, 2013 at
the age of 75. Holt had
been suffering from a
breathing disorder and
had been hospitalized
in Philadelphia for
several weeks.
Born in 1937 in
rural Mississippi, Slim
grew up in Grenada
and became interested
in music at a young
age, singing in the church choir. He originally
played piano, but after losing a finger on
his right hand in a cotton gin accident he
switched over to guitar. Slim picked cotton
during the day and played the blues at night
and on weekends at house parties and such.
In honor of his Mississippi roots, in 2011 the
state erected a Blues Trail Marker in his honor
in front of a building in Grenada where his
mother had once run a restaurant.
Slim made the move north to Chicago
in 1955, and was provided help (and his
nickname) by his friend Magic Sam.
Slim found the Chicago blues scene too
competitive, and went back to the South for
five years to hone his craft. When he returned
to the Windy City, he formed his longtime
band the Teardrops with his brother, bassist
Nick Holt. Magic Slim & the Teardrops
would soon become one of the most popular
blues bands in Chicago and around the world,
playing clubs and festivals alike with the
same white-hot intensity, winning Slim & the
Teardrops a Blues Music Award in 2003 as
“Blues Band of the Year.”
Magic Slim began his recording
career in 1966 with the release of the single
“Scufflin’,” and released a number of singles
throughout the 1960s and ‘70s. His first fulllength album was released in 1978 and over
the next three decades, Magic Slim would
release over two-dozen albums on labels like
Alligator Records, Evidence Records, Wolf
Records, and Rooster Blues. In 1990, Slim
began a lengthy association with Blind Pig
Records that lasted until his death, the label
releasing ten albums and a live DVD over
22 years, including the singer and guitarist’s
swansong, 2012’s Bad Boy. Over the course
of his lengthy career, Magic Slim earned 44
Blues Music Award nominations from The
Blues Foundation, winning six awards total.
Blind Pig Records owner Jerry Del
Giudice said in a press release about the
artist’s passing, “Magic Slim embodied the
heart and soul of this label. It was Magic Slim,
and the guys like him, and their music, that
inspired us to start the label in the first place.”
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All Fired Up Displays Evolution of Band While Staying
True to Classic Sound
For 45 years, Poco has been making
music in the realm of the classic country rock
sound that they helped found in the late ‘60’s,
one that inspired other acts to follow suit –
bands such as The Eagles, Firefall, The Little
River Band and Pure Prairie League. But to
persist across six decades, you need to have
a rabid fan base that considers your music to
be a soundtrack to their lives, or continue to
evolve and refine your sound while staying
true to your roots. Poco
does both and it’s why
their new studio album -their first in eleven years
-- All Fired Up (official
release date March 5), is
a celebration of longevity
and unparalleled
songwriting.
Still led by singer
and songwriter Rusty
Young, the addition
of two more excellent
songwriters in bassist
Jack Sundrud and
keyboardist Michael
Webb as well as
drummer George
Lawrence over the past decade, helped to reshape Poco for another generation.
“The music has evolved over the years,”
said Young. “Different band members bring
different voices to the sound and in many
ways keep the music fresh. History shows
that Poco has always had great musicians in
the band and it’s no different today. We’re
growing musically, challenging ourselves and
moving ahead to create the best music we’ve
ever made.”
All Fired Up, which was self-produced
and recorded at several studios including
Sixteen Tons in Nashville, the home studios
of Sundrud and Webb, Wildwood Lodge in
Missouri and Sound Emporium in Nashville,
shows a band that has no problem celebrating
its storied past while enjoying every minute of
the present. And Young explains the diversity
of the material that also manages to stay
cohesive.
“Most of the songs were written in the
last year or so,” he says. “It took me two
years to get ‘Regret’ to the point I was happy
with it and ’A Little Rain’ is a song we’ve
been doing in concert for the last three years.
Jack’s ‘Hard Country’ is a concert favorite
we’ve been playing for a number of years too.
The title track was a song that was written
just for the CD. We wanted to give a nod to
the classic Poco sound that everyone loves
from the early days and we think ‘All Fired
Up’ nails it. Michael (Webb) has Bobby Keys
playing sax on one of his songs, ‘That’s What
Rock ‘n Roll Will Do,’ which is very cool.
Jack’s ‘Hard Country’ is destined to be a Poco
classic. I’m especially excited about a song
called ‘Rockin’ Horse’ for a couple of reasons.
I think it’s unlike anything I’ve written before,
and Poco IS a Rockin’ horse!”
There is also the tongue-in-cheek “Neil
Young,” which talks about Rusty not being
Neil’s brother. “I don’t think Neil has heard
it yet,” Young joked. “I
would hope he’d get
a kick out of it and I
wonder how many times
people have asked him
about his brother Rusty.”
Young is also
celebrating his induction
into the Steel Guitar
Hall of Fame in St.
Louis alongside other
steel players that
helped influence him.
In addition, Young
is in Guitar Player
Magazine’s “Gallery of
Greats” along with the
likes of Jimi Hendrix,
Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn. In
addition Poco boasts a Grammy nomination
for ‘Instrumental of the Year’ and fans can find
the band’s memorabilia on display at the Rock
And Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music
Hall of Fame.
Poco, which has never stopped touring
over the years despite lineup changes, will
tour a bit more vigorously in support of All
Fired Up. “We’re anxious to show everyone
that we’re excited about the future for Poco
and we’re fired up and ready to go,” said
Young. “We’re hoping to reintroduce Poco to
the fans that may have drifted away over the
years, and to remind them of why they were
fans in the first place. And it would of course
be great if the CD captures new fans. We’re
always trying to attract new Poconuts.”
Of course, it’s inevitable that the longer
a band stays together, the more it often has to
change in order to adapt and stick around—
and also has to love what they do. That’s the
takeaway from a poignant narrative written by
Lawrence for the album. “There is no manual
for a 45 year old rock band,” he said.
“Long time Poco fans will find plenty of
nods to the earlier sound, while new-found
fans will hear the new energy and direction,”
said Sundrud. “All Fired Up is aptly titled,
relevant to the band’s musical roots and
blazing a new trail into the future. The songs
are rocking, thought-provoking, fun and most
of all, pure Poco.”
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Genre – Folk / Folk Rock
There are few guarantees in life. But
one guarantee there is - when Alex Bevan
releases a new CD (remember when we
used to call them albums? Let’s do that for
the rest of this review…ok?) it’s always
worth dropping what you’re doing and
getting it on the player. That’s Right!! The
low tech iconic hometown hero of the North
Coast has graced us with 14 brand new
tracks on his 21st album –I Have No Wings.
Before we get into talking about I Have
No Wings, let me tell you a little about Alex
for anybody, and I mean… ANYBODY…
who has yet to know the Low Tech
Troubadour.
Alex is a folk
/ folk rock, singer /
songwriter, with a
taste of blues guitar
virtuoso who can
paint vivid pictures
in our imagination
with poetic
storytelling lyrics
that are combined
with flawless vocals
and sometimes his
improvisational wit.
He’s been wowing
audiences since the
‘70’s, and even won
an Emmy Award in
1987 for his post score
The Rustbelt Blues
NBC’s American
Promise documentary
series. Many of you
know him from his
signature drinking anthem Skinny Little Boy
from Cleveland Ohio. I could go on, but let’s
get to album.
Open track Driving Back to Cleveland
immediately takes you on a road trip and
the observations and feelings as he driving
“as there is a song at the Heart of it All.”
Followed by Ghost Dogs, a bluesy haunting
tune that pulls you right into the implied
folklore. Much of Alex’s vintage folk/rock
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style surfaces out of the Pushin Coal with his
gritty vocal style and poetic description of the
hard working class on the Banks of The Ohio.
Dr. Boom is a fun
travelogue about the
turn that changed his
life – “iz all about you
know, you know.” Gas
Can takes scornful jab
at gas prices, profit
margins and the reality
of getting “chumped at
the gas pump” and now
he’s “working for the gas
can.”
One thing I really
like about this album
is how well the songs
are blended throughout.
Along with the fun, up
tempo, kind of bluesy
rock / folk numbers,
are heartfelt, thought
provoking ballads of
muse. Tired Pilgrims is
Bevan’s song of comfort
in the wake of the
Chardon School shooting “When sad angels
learn to fly.” Title tune I Have No Wings is an
introspective reflection on his grandparents
and how their hardworking (but very happy)
lifestyle impacted his character of who he is
now.
I feel this album is one Alex’s most
heartfelt creative works. As he states in a
recent interview: “I have been a lot of places
and met a lot of people,” says the man whose
lyrics have been reprinted as editorial content
in Newsweek and The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“I wanted to gather up all this life, all the
courage and strength I’ve seen and try to build
bridges to other music lovers who might need
it, too.”
Alex is proven testimonial that our
area is flourished with musical talent. Not
to mention, he is just a good guy to have
around. Remember when I said there are few
guarantees in life? Well here’s another one:
You will be overwhelmed with amazement to
see him perform live. I am always reminded
just how good (ah, great) he is when I am
there to witness his show.
Anyways, pick up Alex Bevan’s new
album I Have No Wings and listen to it until
the grooves wear out …and then get another
one. For more information on Alex Bevan:
visit www.AlexBevan.com or his Facebook
page. To email Alex: [email protected]
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BOB DYLAN
WITH SPECIAL GUEST DAWES
Friday, April 19th The University of
Akron E. J. Thomas Hall
On Sale Friday, March 8 at 11am
Bob Dylan’s influence on popular music
is incalculable. The Grammy,
Golden Globe and Academy
Award-winning American
singer-songwriter, author,
musician, and poet returns to
Akron for a legendary show
at The University of Akron’s
E.J. Thomas Hall Friday,
April 19th with special guest
Dawes.
For five decades, Bob Dylan
has shared his music and
vision all over the world
with countless accolades,
including his induction
into the Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame & Museum. In
celebration of Record
Store Day 2013, Columbia
12
Records will release a 7” vinyl single featuring
an unreleased demo of “Wigwam” backed
with a previously unreleased recording of
“Thirsty Boots” from the forthcoming Bootleg
Series Vol. 10. Pick up your copy on Saturday,
April 20, at participating independent record
stores. Don’t miss your chance to see this
living legend live in concert.
Dawes is an
American rock band from
Los Angeles, California,
composed of brothers Taylor
and Griffin Goldsmith,
along with Wylie Gelber
and Tay Strathairn. Dawes
was formed from the band
Simon Dawes after the
departure of co-songwriter
Blake Mills. The band
recorded their debut album,
North Hills, in Laurel
Canyon in a live setting
to analog tape, resulting
in a sound that Rolling
Stone magazine called
“authentically vintage”. Wilco multiinstrumentalist Pat Sansone is also credited
with appearing on the release. On February
8, 2013, the band released the first single
“From a Window Seat” from their new album
Stories Don’t End, scheduled for release on
Red General Catalog in the US and on Hub
Records in Canada for April 9, 2013
For more information on Bob Dylan visit:
www.bobdylan.com/us/home
For more information on Dawes visit:
dawestheband.com
Reserved Seat Tickets: $57.50
Student Tickets: $35 available only at the box
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Tickets go on sale Friday, March 8 at
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CARLOS JONES RECIEVES
“PATHFINDER AWARD”
Little Fish Records announced today
that Carlos Jones, Internationally acclaimed
American reggae artist, received “The
Pathfinder Award” for
Humanitarianism from his
alma mater, Maple Hts.
High School. Jones was
one of 5 recipients who
received this award at an
impressive assembly at
the school on Wednesday,
February 20th. Other
categories awarded were;
Education, Art & Science,
Citizenship & Government,
and Business.
This award is given
out annually to alumni
who have distinguished
themselves through
achievement in those
five categories, and is
determined by a committee
of students at the school.
Jones, who was
surprised and humbled by
the award, commented: “I got the opportunity
today to go back to my old high school and
give thanks and acknowledgement to those
who helped to build my foundation and lit
the way for me, as well as to pass on some
positive words of encouragement to the
students there. I hope that someone will take
away something of worth from what I have
shared. Thank you MHS, for the honor. I feel
that there are those SO much more deserving
than I, but I do greatly appreciate it.”
Joining him at the awards
ceremony were Lorenzo Lynch, his
best friend from high School; George
Gordon - his mentor, friend, and fellow
PLUS Band member who was partially
responsible for encouraging Jones to
pursue his love for reggae music; and
Larry Koval, his personal manager
since 1998.
For more information on Carlos Jones,
go to: www.carlosjones.com
TRACY MORGAN “EXCUSE MY
FRENCH” TOUR
Playhousesquare Center – Cleveland
Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 8p.m.
Live Nation welcomes Tracy Morgan
“Excuse My French” tour to the Ohio
Theatre on Saturday, June 8th.
In May of 2013, comedian and actor
Tracy Morgan will embark on 22-date tour
called “Excuse My French.” As a stand-up
comic best known for his
work on NBC’s “30 Rock”
and “Saturday Night Live,”
Tracy Morgan was first
introduced to television
audiences in his role as
“Hustleman” on the hit
comedy series “Martin.”
He went on to join SNL in
1996 where he appeared for
seven seasons and created
such memorable characters
as “Astronaut Jones” and
“Brian Fellows.” After
leaving SNL, Morgan
went on to star in his own
comedy series “The Tracy
Morgan Show” and voiced
“Spoonie Luv” on Comedy
Central’s “Crank Yankers.”
Currently starring on
NBC’s Emmy and Golden
Globe Award-winning “30
Rock,” Morgan appears opposite Tina Fey
and Alec Baldwin as “Tracy Jordan,” the
unpredictable star of Lemon’s (Fey) hit variety
show, “TGS with Tracy Jordan.” In 2009
Morgan received his first Emmy Nomination
for this role in the Supporting Actor category;
March 6 - 20, 2013
By Don Perry
Grammy winner, Esperanza Spaulding to perform
at PlayhouseSquare
Palace Theater, 1615 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115 • Sunday, April 7th, 7:30 pm.
In 2008, she took the Jazz world by
storm with her debut release “Esperanza”,
for Heads Up International, a division of
Concord Music Group, which went on to
become the best selling album internationally,
by a new jazz artist for that year. The highly
acclaimed release was the first opportunity
for a worldwide audience to witness her
mesmerizing talents as an instrumentalist,
vocalist and composer.
Soon after release, “Esperanza”
went straight to the top of Billboard’s
Contemporary Jazz Chart, where it remained
for over 70 weeks. These weeks were
filled with several television appearances,
numerous jazz awards and many prestigious
appearances, including Central Park Summer
Stage, in New York and the Newport Jazz
Festival. 2009 culminated in an invitation
from President Obama to perform at both
the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo,
Norway – where the Nobel Peace Prize
is awarded and at The Nobel Peace Prize
Concert.
The follow-up to this brilliant beginning
was the August 2010 release of “Chamber
Music Society”. Inspired by the classical
training of her younger years, Spaulding
created a modern chamber music group
that braids strands of jazz, light classical,
and gentle R&B together with intriguing
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improvisation and delicately structured string
trio arrangements. The result is a sound that
weaves the innovative elements of jazz, folk
and world music into the enduring foundations
of classical chamber music traditions. Miss
Spaulding supported this album by conducting
several tours across
the U.S. and Europe,
with performances
in Japan and South
Africa as well.
In February of
2011 Esperanza
Spaulding received
one of the industry’s
most prestigious
prizes, the Grammy
award for Best
New Artist. This
honor elevated her
grow in 2011, as she once again dedicated
much time to touring the U.S. and Europe in
support of her 2010 release. She also made
several appearances with “Us Five”, a quintet
led by saxophonist Joe Lovano. Esperanza
(which means “Hope” in Spanish) also
made appearances at fund raising concerts in
support of Free the Slaves, a human rights
organization dedicated to eradicating slavery
and human trafficking worldwide. Somehow,
amidst all of her travels, she found time to
begin working on her next studio project.
Esperanza, a graduate of the Berklee
College of Music describes her March 2012
release, “Radio Music Society” “not as a
sequel, but as a companion” to Chamber
Music Society. With her previous release, she
built upon her past and established herself as
a new voice for long-standing traditions. With
this latest release, she takes these traditions to
nnew heights by blending funky
R&B grooves with smooth
jjazzy licks and breathy, soulful
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By Chef C.T. Basil
Krazy Kraut for St. Patrick’s Day this year!
It is finally here, my favorite holiday
of the year, St. Patty’s day! I do enjoy most
holidays but St. Patty’s day is close to my
heart. As a person of Irish decent it gives me
a chance to enjoy heritage. It has nothing at
all to do with having a few pints of Guinness,
well maybe a little but also the corn beef, cabbage and red skin potatoes yum yum. And any
reason to have some brew ha ha’s with friends
is always welcome.
Then there’s the wonderfully delicate and
delicious Corn Beef sandwich. The salty meat
with the sour sauerkraut piled on a marble rye
bread with mustard is Chef Basil’s Epic Eat
of the Month. This sandwich is the Turkey of
Thanksgiving, the Ham of Christmas and it is
almost here. As a Chef we have to find a way
to put our own twist on the traditional Reuben
sandwich. This is a variation of the sauerkraut
that I learned from my first real restaurant job
and feel it would be a good option that I would
like to share.
St. Patrick’s Day is to celebrate St.
Patrick who lived in the fifth century, the
patron saint and national apostle to Ireland. St.
Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity
to Ireland and is legend to explaining the Holy
Trinity (Father, son and Holy Spirit) with the
three leaves of the shamrock associated with
this holiday. The 17th of March 461 is believed to be the day St. Patrick died and this is
why we celebrate St. Patty’s day on the 17th.
Slainte` (cheers/good health) and Erin Go
Bragh (Ireland forever) cook forever!!
KRAZY KRAUT
5 pounds sauerkraut squeezed of 3/4 of the
excess liquid
4 cups large dice mango
4 cup large dice pineapple
2 cups medium diced tomatoes
1 cup pineapple juice
1 1/2 cups white sugar
7 strips bacon crumbled
This one is simple combine all ingredients
and bake covered for 45 minutes and another
15 minutes uncovered at 350 degrees. Serve
right away or let sit for a few days to let flavors marry together.
Add a little zip to your sandwich with
some 1000 degree island dressing!
1000 DEGREE ISLAND DRESSING
1 cup mayonnaise
1/8 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons of each sweet and dill relish
1 jalapeno pepper fine dice seeds and ribs
included
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon powder sugar
1 tablespoon white onion fine dice
1 hardboiled egg chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Another simple recipe; combine all
ingredients together and let sit for 7 hours to
overnight in the refrigerator.
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March 6 - 20, 2013
By Helen Marketti
Cathy Richardson has been the singer for
Jefferson Starship since 2008. Prior to such
an honor, she had taken the space left by Janis
Joplin and toured with Big Brother & The
Holding Company as well as played the role
of Janis in the theatre production of “Love,
Janis”. Cathy has been on a musical road
for most of her life yet she still finds time to
create her own inspirations when playing with
her own band in her hometown of Chicago.
“I remember my next door neighbor and I
trying to learn to play the guitar. I was about
ten years old at the time and she was a little
older than me,” recalls Cathy. “She would
let me listen to her record albums. One day
she told me that if I really wanted to hear
girls playing guitar then I should listen to
“Heart”. I knew my sister had one of their
albums so I listened to it and when I heard the
opening for the song, “Barracuda”, that was
THE life changing pivotal moment for me.
Here were two women who were out front
leading this hard rock band. They were pretty
and mysterious looking. I love Ann Wilson’s
voice. From that point on, I knew I was going
to be a rock star. As I got
older, I was able to see
“Heart” in concert several
times. Another dream
come true was opening
for them during the 90s
in Chicago. I had my own
band by that time. The
second time I opened for
them, I was by myself
doing an acoustic set in
Hawaii, so it definitely
came full circle.”
“I first learned to play
the ukulele because my
hands weren’t big enough
to handle a regular sized
guitar. My dad had a
guitar and we had a piano
too. I remember wanting
an electric guitar for
Christmas one year but
got an acoustic instead.
I was very disappointed,” said Cathy. “I
remember my mom and my grandma being
very concerned that I was such a tomboy.
March 6 - 20, 2013
They went to the music store and asked the
male clerk if girls played electric guitars and
he told them that girls played mostly acoustic.
They listened to what he said.”
Sensing that Cathy’s heart was set on
getting an electric guitar, her father came
to the rescue. “My dad said if I saved my
money from my allowance and babysitting, he
would then match my funds and I could get
an electric guitar,” said Cathy. “After I had
$80 saved we went to the music store and I
picked out the guitar I wanted. We plugged it
into our stereo jack and immediately there was
feedback and distortion. I thought to myself,
“Yes!”…this is exactly what I want.” (laughs)
As time went on, Cathy seemed to be
prompted by the universe as a series of events
lead her to play the role of Janis Joplin.
“One day in high school someone put up a
flier that said, ‘60s Day tomorrow! Dress
like a hippie!’, I thought that sounded cool,”
remembers Cathy. “We started dressing like
hippies all the time. I wore these large framed,
prescription glasses and my hair was long and
somewhat permed. I was playing guitar and
singing by then and
everyone started calling
me “Janis”. I have to
admit, I had no idea
at the time who Janis
Joplin was.”
Cathy continues,
“My dad had one of her
albums, Pearl. I started
thinking how cool she
was. I learned to play
“Bobby McGee” on
the guitar. I was 17
years old when I started
covering, Janice. In
my senior year of high
school I sang, “Get It
While You Can” in the
variety show. Whenever
I played solos, I always
did “Piece of My
Heart”, “Bobby McGee”
and “Mercedes Benz”. I
really didn’t know anything beyond those hits
and the songs on the Pearl album.”
“I had a friend who worked in the theatre
and told me that “Love, Janis”
was coming to Chicago and
suggested I see it. I had already
read the book “Love, Janis” so I
was familiar with her story,” said
Cathy. “One day I received a call
from the producer of the show.
He said the girl who was going to
play Janis dropped out, that the
show was going to open in a few
weeks, none of the auditions are
working out and everyone keeps
saying that he needs to see me
because I would be perfect for this
role. I had no theatre experience
at all and said, “no thank you”
but he persisted, telling me they just needed a
singer and not to worry about anything else.
He suggested I stop by the theatre and meet
Sam Andrews (original guitar player for Big
Brother & The Holding Company) who was
the music director. I figured if I went to meet
them then they would see I am not the right
one. Well, they ended up offering me the role
of Janis on the spot and rehearsals were to
start the following week. I toured with “Love,
Janis” for about a year and a half. I left the
show in 2002.”
Life has a way of finding us even if we are
not paying attention to what it has in store.
“I got back on the road with “Love, Janis”
in 2006 in San Francisco,” said Cathy. “The
following year I did the show in Phoenix and
Tucson. At the time, Sam Andrews told me
they were going on a national tour of thirty
cities with Jefferson Starship, It’s a Beautiful
Day and Quick Silver Messenger Service. He
asked me if I would be interested in being
their singer for “Big Brother”. I remember
thinking how cool it was that several of the
original musicians were still touring with these
bands. Mostly every night of the show, they
would gather in the wings to watch me sing
“Ball & Chain”. It was one of the greatest
times in my life.”
“After the tour was over, Diana Mangano,
who was the singer for Jefferson Starship,
decided that after thirteen years she didn’t
want to do it anymore,” recalls Cathy. “Paul
Kantner (original member of Jefferson
Airplane and Jefferson Starship) asked if I
would be interested in singing with them and
that’s how it all got started.”
Cathy works with her own bands when
not on the road. “I have my own Cathy
Richardson Band which is based in Chicago. I
have had this band since the 90s and we do a
lot of original material and cross over different
genres. My other band is the Macrodots,
which is a partnership between Zach Smith
(formerly of Scandal) and myself. Marcodots
has a more focused rock sound. Inspiration for
songwriting comes through life experiences
because some events are more prolific than
others.”
In 2003, Cathy received a Grammy
nomination for her artwork for the album, The
Road to Bliss. “I was inspired to start creating
cool CD packages after I saw Joni Mitchell’s
album, “Turbulent Indigo” which was the
first CD I ever bought that reminded me of an
album where the art work was tied in with the
music. I used to stare at my album covers and
read every single liner note.”
The road for Cathy Richardson is paved
with good intentions and remarkable
experiences; a magical trip that has no signs of
slowing down.
For more information:
www.themacrodots.com and
www.CRBand.com
Cathy Richardson is on Facebook.
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By Ron Emser
"Fun is like life insurance; the
older you get, the more it costs."
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I want my last words to be “Hold my
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Well, of course that didn’t happen,
but it could have! I was attending the
7th Annual Winter Warmer, where 25 of
my closest friends, I mean Ohio microbreweries, were present. Even better, I was
with my nephews from Chicago, Rob &
Tom. Terry was there, too! If you knew
these guys, you would know that the setting
was right! But alas... I’m still here!
Windows on the River was the location
and it was great. The Ohio Craft Brewers
deserve some major “kudos” for pulling off
this successful event. The breweries were
nicely spread out in three areas. Two indoor
rooms, a balcony and one outdoor patio,
which was set up for the cask ales.
Great beer everywhere! A favorite
of mine was Willoughby Brewing Co.
“Supernova”, indeed a hops forward brew.
Great Lakes Alchemy Hour and Fat Heads
Ibusive were definitely in the running.
This was just a great opportunity to
experiment and sample so many unique
beers. If indeed you are interested in
exploring the world of beer, this was a great
place to start!
I have a major announcement to make about
Beer Joints R Us. It just got better and a
lot cheaper. As great of an idea it was to
provide you with an “All-Inclusive” Craft
Beer Tour... it wasn’t cheap!
So, here’s the” New & Improved”
BJRU 2.0! My objective is turn a bunch
of people onto “Good Beer”. Here’s the
plan! We’ll lead you to these great vestiges
of zymological wonders, (i.e. Craft Beer
Joints), while not emptying your wallet!
So you say... “What’s the catch there,
Ron?” Here it is! While I’m not going to
be able buy everybody lunch and their own
pitcher of craft beer at each location, we’ll
still be able sample some good stuff and
visit 3 micro-brews. Everybody that’s going
to join us on the bus trip will be bringing a
6 pack of their favorite brew... NO GENNY
allowed!
We’ll be able to wet our collective
whistles with a nice sampling of craft beer
AND perhaps some home brew, (HEAR
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BREWERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS?)
and also keep it reasonable. So what do ya
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I’ll be doing a trip from 101 Bottles in Kent.
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get one off the ground from Little Mountain
Brewery as well. STAY TUNED... I know
I’ll be... (Pun intended!)
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always wanted to see on “King of the Hill”.
King of the Hill Hank: “You’re 12 years
old, and drinking a beer.”
Bobby Hill: “I didn’t even like it.”
Hank: “Now you’re just trying to get me
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March 6 - 20, 2013
By Pete Roche
Moody Blues’ vocalist, Justin
Hayward, Releases New CD
Spirits of the Western Sky
Justin Hayward’s had many milestones
in his fifty year career. The prolific singersongwriter sold over 60
million albums and notched
a handful of unforgettable
hits with legendary rockers
The Moody Blues, including
“Question,” “Tuesday
Afternoon,” and “Your
Wildest Dreams.” He
also sang on Jeff Wayne’s
Musical Version of War
of the Worlds in 1978 and
issued a string of acclaimed
solo projects from 19771985 without wandering
too far from the Moodys,
who remain a premier live
touring act.
Now the iconic voice
behind “Nights in White
Satin” is back with his first
disc in over fifteen years,
Spirits of the Western Sky.
Featuring lush
orchestration by Academy
Award-winning composer, Anne Dudley,
and the songwriting chops which fans have
come to expect of Hayward, Spirits finds
the Wilshire, England native channeling his
creative muse vis-à-vis romantic Genoa, Italy
and sunny Nashville, Tennessee. A decade in
the making, Spirits is the first true testament
of what’s been on Hayward’s mind since View
from the Hill (1996) a pastiche of night birds
and skylarks, gardens and groves—a musical
postcard of summer haze and still shadows
lingering beneath breeze-brushed trees.
Thematically,
Spirits is a
reflective rather
than nostalgic album, a
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celebration of rebirth,
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love, and forgiveness
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from a sexagenarian
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singer who’s been
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least half the cuts have
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the Moody balladeer
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taking stock of
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intimate relationships,
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reveling in the beauty
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of interpersonal
connections that click
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and reexamining ones that don’t. Hayward’s
narrators keep their chins up and hearts open
even when something’s amiss. Throughout,
Hayward maintains a cheery optimism and
warm, “we’ll overcome” determination that
sees his lovelorn characters through every
obstacle—or at least tides them over until the
cosmic tumblers click into place, sending good
fortune their way.
Easy-listening opener “In Your Blues
Eyes” is a valentine ornamented with bright
chords, gently loping drums, swirling
strings, and one of Hayward’s tasteful
st
eelectric guitar solos. The wistful
““One Day, Someday” bounces over a
hhiccupping acoustic riff and triggered
ddrums, gaining altitude courtesy of a
few decorative keyboard swells and
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Hayward’s patent vocal harmonies. The
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song finds his repentant, “repeatedly
so
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with an aggrieved paramour, contenting
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hhimself with “the music keeping [him]
sane” until past sins are forgiven.
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“We put our faith in God and
Man, and one of them betrays us every
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chance he can,” he croons.
Yet Hayward allows his Romeos and
Lotharios to believe tomorrow things will
change and that past wrongs will be righted.
He doesn’t entertain despair. “I’m still here,
still rollin’ on, trying to get I love you into
every song,” he confesses.
The cinematic, slow-build title cut clings
to love as an ideal—a “beautiful adventure”
worth taking even when circumstances (here,
a couple contemplating “what might have
been”) suggest otherwise. Acoustic guitars
and electric piano create a lulling rhythm
as artificial harmonics cascade between the
chords and timpani punctuates the verses.
Hayward’s lead guitar tone hasn’t changed
much from his Songwriter and Night Flight
days. His attack is clean, his solos uncluttered
excursions of forlorn midrange that serve the
song rather than call attention to themselves.
Sister track “The Eastern Sun” (our personal
favorite) is a lovely finger-style guitar study
wherein Hayward delves into “life’s mercy”
while Dudley’s violins and cello softly billow.
It’s easily the most poetic lyric on the album,
a Walden guidebook of picturesque meadows
and streams juxtaposed by the sounds of
children at play and his own earnest; let me be
plea to a seemingly noncommittal partner. It’s
also Hayward’s most impassioned delivery;
despite the singer’s heavenly hums, his voice
cracks imaging a world “with no sorrow and
no shame.”
The album’s second half commences with
its liveliest offering: “On the Road to Love”
pits flower power against pop rock in an
upbeat indictment of time as the illusion, the
game that we all play. And if the song sounds
not unlike something Kenny Loggins might’ve
penned in the Eighties, it’s only because the
chart-topping “Footloose” auteur co-wrote the
ditty with Hayward after a chance meeting
on the road and sang backup for Hayward instudio.
“Lazy Afternoon” finds the uncertain
singer second-guessing himself to the sound
of soft piano and hollow impact of a repetitive
rim shot. I’d have given you the world if I had
known just what to say, Hayward surmises.
“In the Beginning” examines the flip side of
the same coin; the singer acknowledges that
to get you’ve got to give. Organ percolates
behind urgent acoustic strums in a gospellike crescendo as twangy guitars wail over
stuttering percussion. The Moody guitarist
fully embraces his country side on “Cold
Outside of Your Heart” and indulges bluegrass
on “What You Resist Persists,” working banjo,
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EarthFest 2013 will be held on Sunday,
April 21st from 10am-5pm in an exciting new
location: the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
(not far from I90 off of I71 S) . In partnership
with Sustainable Cleveland 2019, the theme
for the event is EarthFest 2013: Celebrating
Advanced and Renewable Energy. “This
incredible opportunity for EarthFest 2013
offers us a venue that will showcase the
Fairgrounds’ recently installed 500-kW wind
turbine, solar array and brand new Energy
Center Museum as part of this year’s advanced
and renewable energy theme,” says Earth Day
Coalition Executive Director Scott Sanders.
EarthFest engages as many as 1,000
volunteers, 200 exhibitors and 10,000 to
50,000 attendees of all ages. The event
showcases the people, organizations,
companies, initiatives, practices, services and
products that define northeast Ohio as a global
leader in sustainability and a great place to
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New This Year:
• Advanced and Renewable Energy
exhibit area next to the Fairgrounds’ dramatic
500kW wind turbine and Energy Education
Center. Attendees will learn firsthand about
exciting initiatives in our region as well as
home products and conservation methods
that utilize advanced energy sources,
minimize emissions and maximize efficiency.
Additional exhibit areas will include 175+
exhibitors in Clean Transportation (with
Ride-and-Drive), Local and Sustainable Food,
Green Home Improvement, NEW Lawn &
Garden, Health and Fitness, Community
Works and Family Fun. Also, visit the NASA
Glenn Research Center Village at EarthFest.
• Guests will enjoy microbrews, all-day
chef demos and a huge selection of healthy
and delicious local food from your favorite
food trucks, such as Izzy Schrachner’s StrEat
Mobile Bistro. (Look for a list of trucks and
menus in our upcoming eblasts and on our
website).
• Listen to all-day music and the best of
Northeast Ohio singer-songwriters, musicians
and bands on multiple “Party with the Planet”
entertainment stages organized by students
enrolled in Cuyahoga Community College’s
entertainment booking class.
• Families will have a fun-filled day with
amusement rides, inflatable obstacle courses,
petting zoo, urban farm animals, a beekeeper
exhibit and more!
• Ride your bike to EarthFest, park at the
Ohio City Bicycle Co-op valet station at the
Bagley Road Fairgrounds entrance and get
FREE admission to EarthFest.
• Take walking tours of Baldwin Wallace
University’s solar, wind, composting and
green building installations led by students
from the university.
• Visit the regularly scheduled flea
market repurposing event which will take
place on the Fairgrounds during EarthFest and
receive a dollar off admission to EarthFest.
Since 1990, Earth Day Coalition has
organized EarthFest, which today is Ohio’s
largest environmental education event and the
longest running Earth Day celebration in the
nation. From inception, Cleveland Metroparks
Zoo has been the host site for EarthFest.
Over the last 23 years, Earth Day Coalition
has had a wonderful partnership with the
Zoo at EarthFest and has reached hundreds
of thousands of people with the message of
environmental sustainability and green living.
“This year continues our 24-year tradition
of collaboration, celebrating our successes
with exhibits from numerous partnerships
with local institutions and businesses. The
Fairgrounds will provide us with expanded
exhibit and activity space and the unique
energy exhibit opportunities made possible
by the Cuyahoga County wind turbine and
Energy Center Museum,” says
Sanders.
“We are looking forward to deepening
our community collaborations and this
partnership with Earth Day Coalition and
EarthFest allows us to collectively advance
the transition to clean renewable energy and
awareness of environmental initiatives,” Says
Joanne Scudder, Director of Sustainability
with the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds and
board member of the Cuyahoga County
Agricultural Society which oversees
fairground operations.
In partnership with Cleveland Mayor
Jackson’s Sustainable Cleveland 2019
initiative, NASA and others, this year’s theme
is “Advanced and Renewable Energy.” The
new venue supports this theme by representing
a vision for northeast Ohio’s clean, green
energy future. The event’s centerpiece will be
the Fairgrounds’ recently installed 500-kW
wind turbine and the Fairground’s Energy
Center Museum that is scheduled to open
in late March, just in time for EarthFest.
“These attractions complement the array
of partners businesses and community
organizations that are working on technologies
and practices that accelerate our region’s
investment in alternative energy sources,
technology, conservation practices and jobs,”
says Sanders. Join Cleveland Mayor Frank
Jackson and additional local dignitaries in the
Welcoming Ceremonies at EarthFest.
Admission:
$3 ages 2-11; $5 ages 12+; FREE under age 2,
for anyone who rides and parks their bike at
the Fairgrounds entrance, and to guests who
ride RTA’s Redline (regular fare) from any
station to Brookpark Rapid Station and take
the free EarthFest shuttle to the Fairgrounds.
Earth Day Coalition and EarthFest
2013 is supported in part by the residents of
Cuyahoga County through a public grant from
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District is also a key sponsor.
For exhibitor, sponsorship and volunteer
opportunities please contact Earth Day
Coalition Events and Marketing Coordinator
Christina Yoka cyoka@earthdaycoalition.
org or (216) 281-6468 ext. 231 for more
information. Exhibitor applications, Art
Poetry and Essay Contest brochures and all
developing event details
will be available online at
www.earthdaycoalition.org.
March 6 - 20, 2013
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It Takes Courage and Heart to Create the Life You Deserve
By Cindy Van Arnam
It takes a lot of courage to step up and
make a change in your life. We all get stuck
in our comfort zones; an area of our life just
becomes easy and so we stay there floating
through life and not really creating what we
want.
It takes courage to make your life into
what you want. You have to grab life by the
balls and demand more of yourself. It’s that
simple. Making change demands that you step
out of your comfort zone. It demands that you
do things you don’t feel like doing. It forces
you to step up and take control.
And that takes a hell of a lot of courage.
You’re going to have people trying to hold
you back because they don’t want you to
change. If you change it means you’ll outgrow
them and move on. You’re going to have
days where you’d rather just lay on the couch
and do nothing but that’s not going to harbor
change. You’re going to have days where you
wish the world would just go to hell...
But then you’re going to have those incredible
days that make you realize why you’re
changing. You’re going to have those days
that make you feel alive and every cell in your
body tingles with pleasure and excitement.
The days where you can’t stop smiling and
you want to love everyone you come in
contact with. The days that make you realize
what you’re fighting for. And every painful
moment will be worth the effort.
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Even though change takes courage it will
be a lot easier for you if you take the time to
think about why you are doing it and what you
want out of it. Setting goals is important to
make change happen. If you don’t think about
what you want you’ll never get anywhere.
I know it’s been said over and over again
that you need to set goals, and I personally
hate hearing it. The term is old and the way
that’s it’s done doesn’t work for everyone. But
taking the time to imagine where you want
your life to go is KEY to getting there.
You don’t necessarily have to set
boundaries for yourself and have dates and
numbers attached to everything you want.
You don’t have to say that you’re going to
have a specific amount of money by a specific
date at a specific time. To me, that’s WAY too
much structure. For a woman who likes to
be spontaneous and fun-loving; that kind of
structure simply doesn’t work out.
But I take the time to dream. I sit quietly and
stare off into the distance mentally showing
myself the life that I want to live. I focus on it
daily. I daydream.
We were all taught at a very young age
March 6 - 20, 2013
to focus and pay attention. We were put into
a classroom with 20 other daydreamers and
told to stop daydreaming. This is WRONG!
Daydreaming and imagining is what makes us
the incredible human beings that we are.
So start imagining the life you want.
Not Always Easy
Imagining can be a lot easier than actually
doing. Becoming someone you’re not used
to being is a challenge. You’re going to come
up against roadblocks and you’re going to get
frustrated. There will be times when you’ll
wonder if it’s worth it at all. In the end it
will come down to the fact that your biggest
challenge is going to be conquering yourself
and your own thoughts.
You’ll need to challenge yourself every
single day. You’ll need to be aware of the
thoughts that crawl through your mind and be
able to determine which ones are supportive
and which ones aren’t. It will be your job to
decipher the good from the bad; separate them
and continue with the things that move you
forward.
This is where you will need to dig deep
and find the courage to continue on and be
strong.
Every single one of us is born with an
innate desire to succeed and live a fulfilled life
and although it’s going to take a lot of courage
it’s also a good idea to get help. It’s a lot easier
to have courage when you have someone to
help you through the rough patches.
Stick To It
Always remember what your original
decision was. When the going gets tough
you will need to remember that decision and
stick to it. This is where you will need the
courage to keep going. Things will come up
that will make you doubt your decision; but if
you’ve fully committed to it you can make the
changes in your life that you need to make.
Your Greatest Achievement
The changes that you make in your life
to improve your health, vitality, energy and
spirituality will result in being your greatest
achievement. You will look back one day
and realize how far you’ve come. You will
understand the courage and hard work that
you put into changing your life and it will be
worth every moment.
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Mar. 14
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in the past five years he has also been
nominated for the Supporting Actor NAACP
Image Award.
Tickets are $35.50 and go on sale Saturday,
February 23 at Noon. Available at Playhouse
Square Ticket Office, www.playhousesquare.
org, or by calling 216.241.6000.
HOUSE OF BLUES CONCERT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No Matter What Reunion Show - A Benefit for
Autism Speaks w/ Brent Kirby
Saturday 03/30/2013
After more than 12 years apart, popular cover
band, No Matter What will reunite for one
night and for one VERY special cause!
Doors open at 7:00. Tickets are on sale NOW
for a $5 minimum donation. ALL proceeds are
going to Autism Speaks, a cause very near to
our hearts. The show will begin at 8:00 with
talented singer/songwriter, Brent Kirby getting
the big night started. After that, NMW will hit
the stage and rock the House of Blues with all
of your old favorites!
For those who never had the pleasure,
No Matter What is: Jennifer Preisler Farley
on vocals, Joseph Del Re on lead guitar, Bob
Horwatt on drums, Pete Scorzino on bass/
vocals, and Tom Tonkli on rhythm guitar
and vocals. Joining us will be our very good
friend, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Lee
Wiegman.
This promises to be a very special
evening. We are all taking time out from our
very busy lives and families to come back
together for this special event [Jen’s coming
all the way in from Wisconsin!]. We hope you
consider joining us.
***Tickets Now On Sale!!!! They are
available through the House of Blues box
office, either in person or via the phone [no
internet sales for this fund raising event].
Tickets can be purchased at House of Blues
box office or by calling 216.523.2583.
You may also contact band members,
who have tickets available for the minimum
donation of $5 per ticket. ACT FAST. THIS
LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A SELLOUT [for real!]
All proceeds from this event will
benefit Autisim
Speaks. Mimimum
donation of $5.00.
YNGWIE
MALMSTEEN
Thursday, April 25 *
doors at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $22 In
Advance * 4-Packs:
$66 On Sale: Friday,
March 8 @ 10 AM
Yngwie immersed
himself in the music
of such bands as Deep
Purple and spent long
hours practicing to
learn their songs.
His admiration for
Ritchie Blackmore’s
classically influenced
playing led him back
to the source: Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, and
Mozart. As Yngwie absorbed the classical
structures of the masters, his prodigious style
began to take shape. By age 10, he began to
focus all his energies into music. His mother
and sister, a talented flautist, recognized his
unique musical gifts and gave him support and
encouragement. His mastery of the instrument
progressed rapidly. In his early teens, Yngwie
saw a television performance of Russian
violinist Gideon Kremer, who performed the
highly difficult 24 Caprices of 19th century
virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini. The effect
was profound, and Yngwie understood at last
20
how to combine his love of classical music
with his burgeoning guitar skills and onstage
charisma.
Yngwie’s first solo album, Rising Force
(now considered the bible for neoclassical
rock) made it to #60 on the Billboard charts,
an impressive feat for a mostly instrumental
guitar album with no commercial airplay.
The album also gained Yngwie a Grammy
nomination for best rock instrumental
performance. He was voted Best New Talent
in several readers’ polls, Best Rock Guitarist
the year after, and Rising Force became
Album of the Year. Rising Force blazed a trail
on the concert circuit that established Yngwie
as one of rock guitar’s brightest new stars
and added a new genre to the music lexicon:
neoclassical rock.
With his place in guitar history firmly
established, Yngwie’s neo-classical
compositions fueled the ears of fans and the
ambitions of aspiring guitarists worldwide
for over a decade with such powerhouse
classic albums as Marching Out, Trilogy,
Odyssey, Live in Leningrad / Trial By Fire
(gold-selling concert
video of Yngwie’s
1989 sold-out concerts
in Moscow and
Leningrad), Fire &
Ice (which debuted in
Japan at #1 and sold
over 100,000 copies
on the day of its
release), The Seventh
Sign, Magnum Opus,
Inspiration (covering
the music of Deep
Purple, Rainbow, U.K.,
Kansas, Scorpions,
Rush, and Jimi
Hendrix), Facing the
Animal, Alchemy, and
Attack!!
Artist Website: www.
yngwiemalmsteen.com
March 6 - 20, 2013
WISH YOU WERE HERE – SIGHT
AND SOUND OF PINK FLOYD
Saturday, May 4 * doors at 8:00 PM
Tickets: $16.50 In Advance * 4-Packs: $50
On Sale Now
Wish You Were Here is Midwest
America’s most popular Pink Floyd tribute
band with a Laser Light show and has gained
international recognition for their detailed
recreations of Floyd’s greatest albums and
tours, including Dark Side Of The Moon,
Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.
Wish You Were Here’s theatrical concert
presentation combines Sight and Sound to
capture the mood, emotions, and intensity of
the Pink Floyd experience. Wish You Were
Here authentically recreates the music from
Pink Floyd’s entire career,
performing the crowd
favorites that all rock fans
recognize, interspersed
with the show-stoppers
that appease even the
most ardent Floyd
fanatics. Since 1987, as
one of the very first bands
in America to tribute Pink
Floyd (as the Harvest
‘Pink Floyd Revue’),
its core members have
been at the forefront of
the American Tribute
Band movement, with
an unparalleled record of sold-out shows and
celebrated productions.
Artist Website: www.floydtribute.com
QUEENSRYCHE STARRING GEOFF
TATE PERFORMING OPERATION
MINDCRIME
Sunday, June 16 * doors at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $25 In Advance * 4-Packs: $75 On
Sale: Friday, March 8 @ 10 AM
Multi-platinum selling, Grammy
nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is best
known as the creative and driving force behind
March 6 - 20, 2013
the progressive metal band Queensrÿche.
Geoff is regarded as one of the most skilled
vocalists in the genre with hundreds of
modern, popular artists citing him and his
band as a major influence.
Combining social consciousness and
expertly crafted lyrics with high-energy,
melodically complex music, Geoff and his
band have become internationally recognized
as the thinking man’s
rock band.
The band’s first
three albums -- their
self-titled EP (1983),
The Warning (1984)
and Rage for Order
(1986) -- all hit gold
status selling over
500,000 units each.
With the release of
their landmark concept
album Operation:
Mindcrime (1988)
-- which won critical
and popular acclaim and comparisons to
the Who’s Tommy and Pink Floyd’s The
Wall -- Queensrÿche went on to bring their
progressive music to sold-out audiences the
world over. Following the album’s platinum
success, Queensrÿche released Empire, which
quickly entered the Top Ten on the Billboard
charts, eventually generating sales of more
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the hugely popular hit, “Silent Lucidity,”
which would be the band’s first Top Ten
single (#9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and
#1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
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Seven Psychopaths
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It’s not always easy to distinguish
eccentrics from alcoholics, or tell the
difference between sycophants and
psychopaths. Sometimes the lines are blurry.
Frequently, the personalities overlap.
Irish playwright Martin McDonagh toyed
with these archetypes a couple years back
with the marvelous, In Bruges, wherein all
hell breaks loose after Colin Farrell’s penitent
assassin goes into hiding.
Farrell is back for McDonagh’s
follow-up, Seven Psychopaths—but now
he’s first among equals, playing alongside
Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson,
and Sam Rockwell in a shoot ‘em up
study of love, loyalty, and violence.
Farrell is Marty, an L.A. screenwriter
with a drinking problem. His girlfriend,
Kara (Abbie Cornish) wishes he’d get
back to work. His best bud, Billy Bickle
(Rockwell), offers to help complete a
script he hasn’t even started, save for a
title: Seven Psychopaths. Billy’s a dog
thief who kidnaps canines to reap the
rewards offered by their grieving owners.
He’s also full of gruesome tales about
vengeful Vietnamese villagers and the
anguished fathers of murdered Quaker
girls.
Marty is grateful for the help, but he
soon learns Billy’s stories aren’t complete
fabrications.
Weirdoes, like the rabbit-toting
Zachariah, (Tom Waits) come crawling
out of the woodwork when Billy posts a
newspaper ad inviting psychos to share their
stories with Marty. But fellow dog-napper
Hans (Walken) is targeted along with the
writer after Billy swipes a Shih Tzu belonging
to hot-headed gangster Charlie (Harrelson).
Hans’ hospitalized wife Myra (Linda Bright
Clay) and Charlie’s main squeeze Angela
(Olga Kurylenko) are likewise caught in the
crossfire as Charlie and his goons hunt for his
precious pooch. Meanwhile, there’s a serial
killer on the loose whose calling card is the
Jack of Diamonds—and whose mission is to
be the guy who kills the guys who kill other
guys.
McDonagh’s second feature is a bloodsoaked black comedy that tangles fact with
fiction and stretches the concept of artimitating-life-imitating-art, often to hilarious
ends. Marty, Billy, and Hans flee to Joshua
Tree National Park, where booze and peyotefueled visions inspire hilarious, Hunter S.
Thompson / Quentin Tarantino endings to their
predicament—and Marty’s screenplay. The
nuttiest of the bunch, Billy, has a hard time
keeping his few remaining wits about him
when real life doesn’t pan out according to the
fantasy he’s imagined.
“You didn’t bring a gun to the final shootout?”
he asks Charlie.
“You told me not to.” responds the mobster,
who has no qualms about sticking a gun in
anyone’s face anywhere else in the movie.
Later, Walken refuses to raise his hands when
the bad guys have him in their sights.
“But…I’ve got the gun!” says Zeljko Ivanek’s
flustered goon.
Which is precisely McDonagh’s
point: These people wouldn’t be considered
psychotic were they reliable, punctual,
consistent members of society, influenced by
logic and compelled by norms and mores’.
Or would they?
Seven Psychopaths has McDonagh’s
deliriously demented cast frustrating the hell
out of each other at every turn with their
inability (or unwillingness) to adhere to
expectations. As the sanest (if not soberest)
of the lot, Farrell voices Marty’s consternation
in his own thick brogue, dark eyebrows
furrowing overtime. Rockwell’s manic thief
is funny, but it’s the cravat-sporting Walken
who devours nearly every scene with sly looks
and left-field remarks.
If Tarantino’s uber-violence makes
you squeamish, you’ll want to skip this
one. Seven Psychopaths quadruples the
exploding-head quotient of Pulp Fiction while
maintaining a gritty existentialism. There’s
shooting, stabbing, throat-slitting, and lots of
trash talk—particularly from temperamental
Charlie and spiritually aloof Hans—and the
script precariously tap-dances with meanspiritedness. People easily offended by the
“C” or “N” words should be forewarned.
Homosexuals and obese people are also
insulted repeatedly, and organized religion is
taken to task.
It’s not a brisk film, either. For every
uproarious minute of dream-sequence
slaying or cemetery gunplay (with ninjas and
flamethrowers) there’s ten minutes of people
just sitting around talking. Still, like the
Coen Brothers (Burn After Reading, Fargo)
or David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Wild
at Heart), McDonagh shows what tangled
webs we weave by connecting the seemingly
disparate fates of a handful of goofballs who’d
have had nothing to do with one another but
for a Macguffin or two (here, Charlie’s dog
and Marty’s script-in-progress).
Look for memorable cameos by
Harry Dean Stanton (Alien, Avengers) and
Gabourney Sibide (Precious) and listen
for fitting use of Linda Ronstadt and Stone
Poneys’ “Different Drum.”
“I don’t care,” deadpans Walken.
Then things really get confusing.
March 6 - 20, 2013
The saying goes ‘when life gives you
lemons, make lemonade!’ And that’s just what
several handmade entrepreneurs are doing to
supplement their income in today’s economy.
As artists and crafters continue to work both
fulltime jobs, and sell their handmade goods,
the surge in local art and craft events has taken
off. And the result is a quickly growing local
business niche. One event serving as a stage to
spotlight these local artists and crafters is the
popular Avant-Garde Art & Craft show.
The Avant-Garde show line has been
around for a little over three years, but as of
late, the organizers have seen a significant
spike in vendor participation. Becki Cooper,
founder of the shows, started growing her
vendor list with just 45 vendors back in 2011.
Since then, that list has grown to over 1,500
vendors - a trend the Cooper attributes to the
economy.
“I think there are two distinct trends I
see with our shows. There are the artists that
have been fortunate enough to make this their
fulltime career from the beginning; and then
there are those doing this for extra income
while employed fulltime,” said Cooper. “In an
economy where job stability is so uncertain,
creating a business with a unique product that
sells is a great way to pay the bills, or take
that family vacation. Many times a lot of the
vendors find their products to be so successful,
that they end up pursuing it as a fulltime
career.”
Cooper herself is a former 9-to-5’er that
found herself laid-off from an advertising
agency job, and decided to pursue a career
of hosting the shows full time. She has since
launched her own marketing communications
company, Rebecca Adele PR & Events.
“There’s definitely something to be said
when you feel like you are in charge of your
own economic fate,” said Cooper. “My hope
is by offering these types of events, these
entrepreneurial spirited artists and crafters can
have the same freedom.”
Not only do the Avant-Garde line of
shows allow entrepreneurs to sell and gather
with one another, but this show is anything
but ordinary. At any given event, shoppers
can expect to come across a variety of
unconventional items that define the norm,
March 6 - 20, 2013
including upcycled home furniture, memo
boards from fabric, large canvas paintings, and
jewelry made from vintage brooches, just to
name a few. The majority of the vendors are
also able to take custom orders on site.
One frequent Avant-Garde shopper,
Sydney Arnett, shares her experience of the
Avant-Garde shows. “This show is a great
event to attend because not only are you
getting a unique item at each show, but you
also know you are getting a quality item that
is 100% handmade in the USA and putting
money back into the community. It’s nice to
meet the face behind a product and to support
the local artisans!”
The next Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show
will take place on Saturday and Sunday,
March 23rd & 24th, at the Rocky River
Memorial Hall (21016 Hilliard Blvd.) Rocky
River, OH. This event is a two-day show
running from 10:00am-5:00pm each day. This
show will feature nearly 100 handmade-juried
artist and crafters. Admission is $3 for adults
and free for children under the age of 12. A
portion of the proceeds will be donated to the
non-profit Project Night Night.
Helping homeless children have
sweeter dreams ...
“Project Night Night donates over
25,000 Night Night Packages each year, free
of charge, to homeless children who need our
childhood essentials to feel secure, cozy, ready
to learn, and significant. Each Night Night
Package contains a new security blanket, an
age-appropriate children’s book, and a stuffed
animal -- all nestled inside of a new canvas
tote bag. By providing objects of reliable
comfort, Project Night Night reduces trauma
and advances the emotional and cognitive
well-being of the children we serve.
Every child who receives one of our Night
Night Packages leaves the shelter owning a
book which encourages reading and family
bonding, a security blanket which can be
cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can
become a cherished friend. We have one
objective – to deliver our Night Night
Packages to every homeless child in the
country who needs one.”
For more information on vendors,
please visit the Avant-Garde web site at
www.avantgardeshows.com. The site features
a blog that showcases in-depth profiles on
several of the vendors who will be selling
their items. For more information or to arrange
interviews with the artists and crafters, contact
Becki Cooper at 440-227-8794 or via email at
[email protected].
The Avant-Garde Art & Craft Shows are based
around Ohio year-round. They feature an
eclectic selection of the area’s most talented
artisans and crafters. A portion of all proceeds
goes to charity at each show.
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By Luthier Patrick Podpadec
I will be so glad when this winter
weather is over. Some people may like the
cold, but I’m not one of them. It’s now March
so it won’t be long before the spring flowers
start popping up their little buds.
Well, I have to say that the guitar repair
business has been very busy lately. It seems
as though people are starting to bring out
their instruments and deciding that a few
adjustments might be
the thing that will make
the difference in their
playing. Sometimes all
it takes is a new set of
strings, a good cleaning
and quick inspection
to make things sound
and feel better. When
I change strings I take
the time to notice if
there is anything else
wrong with the guitar.
I check the tuners. Are
they turning freely?
Are the tuner screws
loose or stripped out?
Are the nut and string
slots chipped or dirty
not allowing the easy
movement of the
strings? It is a good
idea sometimes to get
a good look (up close
with a magnifier if you
please) to check to see
if the strings may be
“binding up” inside
the string slot. These slots are designed to
position the strings in their proper location.
If they are cut too large the string will have a
tendency to roll and when this happens it can
cause the string to sound a bit out of tune. On
the other hand, if the slot is too tight it can
bind up the string and when or if you were to
bend it, it may not slide back into the proper
tuning. So a good inspection of the nut can
solve many intonation problems. Also, on
electric guitars it is important to take a good
look at the saddles. Often times after a lot
of playing time or even a lot of not playing
time the saddles can gum up with dust, rust,
or finger grime and sweat which can cause
the saddles and the small adjustment screws
to become frozen and therefore not capable
of adjustment. All of these mechanical parts
must be free to properly adjust any issues with
intonation. I have also found that many pick
guard screws (mostly the Phillips style) on
electric guitars get so rusted up and filled with
junk that you can’t even turn them. The pickup
screws also can be a problem. When the
pickup is adjusted too close to the string it can
actually sound like
a fret buzz because
the magnet in the
pickup is trying to
pull the string to
itself while it is in
its vibrating mode.
This can be very
frustrating.
Another
problem that can
arise after a guitar
has sat for some
time is that the pots
(volume and tone
control knobs) can
sound scratchy
or cut out while
turning them. Often
it is a very easy fix.
You can remove the
back access panel
(if there is one) or
sometimes you will
have to take off the
pick guard, such is
the case with Fender
instruments and
many other foreign copies, this can be a little
more work than you may want to get into. If
that is the case, you can feel free to call me
(440 474-2141) to do it for you for a modest
price.
What I do is open up the access cavity
to the electronics and spray directly into
the small cavity in the pot. This is done by
using the small plastic extension tube that
is supplied with the can. You don’t want to
overdo it here; you don’t want to saturate
the area. The product that I use is called
“DeoxIT D5” Power Booster made by Craig
laboratories, and can be purchased at most
electronic supply houses. It is designed to
clean and lubricate electrical connections by
eliminating dust and dirt particles from the
contacts so that when the contact points rub
over each other there will be no resistance
from minute debris. It works very well and
in most instances it is all that needs to be
done. There are times when a “cold” solder
joint, that may actually crack and is very hard
to see, can be the problem for intermittent
sounds or scratchiness. This would result in
having to resolder the offending joint.
Of course when I have the strings
off I take the time to thoroughly clean the
instrument with a product that doesn’t contain
any waxes or silicones. I don’t want to “wax”
the guitar; I just want to clean the finish. It’s
important to clean around the tuning machines
and in other areas that normally do not get
hit with a rag (underneath the tailpiece, under
and around knobs, etc.) Your instrument will
thank you later with all of the sweet notes that
it will produce. It will even feel better to play,
I promise! It feels good like cleaning out your
car after you have said to yourself, “I really
gotta clean my car!” about 10 times and then
you actually do it. That usually is about every
4 months or so for me.
Anyway, another good tip for the dry
winter months is that, if you’re not playing
the guitar every day, do not let it sit out near
a heat source (a radiator or a floor heat vent).
It’s best to keep it in the case when you’re not
around. Another tip is to unplug your cable
before you set it on the guitar stand and walk
away. I have seen more than one guitar fly
off the stand because someone tripped over
the cable. That may be good for me because
I usually get to fix them, but it is terrible for
the instrument and owner. Many of the things
I just mentioned may sound redundant, but
I have fixed many problems that are directly
related to these things or the lack of the
maintenance.
So now is the time to get ready for
warmer weather and all those music festivals
that will be coming up and get out your
instruments and wipe off the dust and tune
them up and get ready to Play! In tune of
course......
Thanks Again!
Patrick from Liam Guitars/ Wood-n-Strings
March 6 - 20, 2013
~Continued from Page 17
fiddle, and mandolin into the mixes. Shucks,
“Broken Dream” even features pedal steel; it’s
as if the Englishman temporarily traded his
pastoral-psychedelic roots for the fricasseed
fields of the American rural South. Strangely,
it works.
Hayward’s back on familiar ground with
“Captivated by You,” a sweeping that has a
“mesmerized, hypnotized, sanctified” admirer
doting over his lover in catchy verses that
beguile with sharp rhythm guitar—but lead to
a haunting, minor-chorded bridge that’ll have
listeners wondering where’d that come from.
It’s clever how the songwriter veers from one
end of the spectrum to the other so seamlessly.
Spirits of the Western Wild is something
of a throwback with its decidedly non-cynical
appraisal of love and human attachment—
but that makes the music that much more
delightful. It’s a road journal by one of rock’s
most well-traveled troubadours, a soundtrack
custom-made for mid-winter nuzzles by
fireside, summertime cocktails on the patio at
dusk, and Sunday drives in October.
If Sir Paul is king of “Silly Love
Songs,” Hayward is prince—a fastidious,
silken-gloved curator of gushing, unabashed
pronouncements and melodious musical
phrasings that underscore the inherent
goodness in people. Few others can distill
such complex sentiments into ear-pleasing
sound bites and make it seem this effortless
(Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, and Bernie Taupin
come to mind). Hayward’s characters don’t
hold grudges even when their partners
do. The pursuit of happiness isn’t always
successful, but life’s too short to not let go and
move on when the chase doesn’t pay off.
Hayward and friends relieved tension
in the studio by cueing up a dance remix of
“I Know You’re Out There Somewhere.”
By the end of sessions for Spirits, the club
version of the 1988 Moody hit—which
pairs Hayward’s Yamaha DX7 synth with
percolating beats—couldn’t be excluded from
the finished product. Indeed, “Out There
Somewhere” appears twice at disc’s end—first
as a three-minute bass laden club track, then
as Raul Rincon’s eight-minute Latin-flavored
reduction looping Hayward’s familiar hear
my voice refrain with pulsating rhythm and
hypnotic keys. Rave-ready electronic samples
Doppler across the stereo plane as snare and
cymbal dictate a furious tempo.
Available on iTunes.
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Jack the Giant Slayer
Warner Brothers PG13 114 min
Hi gang,
I’ll bet we all know the story of JACK
THE GIANT SLAYER, or Jack and the
Beanstalk as it’s often called, but haven’t
heard it in many years.
I do remember that it was a fairly
simple story therefore direct or Bryan
Singer needed to come up with a few extra
elements, first to pad the runtime second to
make it more relevant to film fans. Yes, we
know that young and naive Jack (Nicholas Hoult) has been sent to town to sell
the horse, as I recall, and is seemingly
swindled into swapping the beast for a
handful of magic beans.
Those enchanted legumes will
soon grow into a beanstalk that reaches
a fortress inhabited by a wicked giant guarding his hoard of plundered
treasure.
Well, in this version there are thousands of terrible giants trapped upon
this chunk of floating real estate by the
legendary King Eric who just happened
to have a magic crown which bestows
the power to rule the big guys. That
crown, and the rest of the beans, have been
hidden away for eons.
Our villain, Roderick, (Stanley Tucci)
who is about to marry the princess (much to
her chagrin) has stolen these artifacts and is
planning to use them too rule the world.
Personally I think ruling the world would
be a pain in the ass but it seems everybody
wants to.
So the princess runs off and eventually she, Jack, Roderick, and a bunch of the
Kings generic medieval guardsman wind up
in giantville.
In my opinion this film suffers most
from a dearth of charisma.
Our antagonist, Roderick, isn’t really
very frightening, actually he’s mostly just
an asshole. The Giants themselves are
certainly ugly and mean enough but they are
mostly designed to appeal to teenage and
younger boys who are more prone to
appreciate the gross out factor.
Also, and I don’t know why, but
Nicholas Hoult’s oddly shaped head
bothered me throughout the film.
Didn’t these guys have a hairdresser on staff?
So, not only was this film less than
exciting and not very suspenseful or clever,
the effects, which appear to be one of the
major selling cards, were less than spectacular, especially by today’s standards.
It isn’t terrible but might possibly be
more fun for older children.
I’m bailing with a
C
Snitch
Lionsgate PG13 112min
The week after the Oscars is usually
not a great week for new films. Either the
producers want something out early in the
year, but not too early or just before the end
of the year for consideration.
As deadline approached I was faced
with a couple options. Two pot boilers, one
an apparent action thriller and one a horror
film. I selected the action thriller for this
reason: the advertisement for DARK SKIES
posted that it was from the producers of
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, one of the
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worst films in recent history. That’s your
claim to fame guys? That’s like a restaurant
touting the fact that their new executive
chef was the guy who created the recipe for
diarrhea.
Now I wasn’t particularly itching
to see a film starring Dwayne, the rock,
Johnson but despite his less than stellar
filmography he doesn’t seem like a bad guy
and rumor has it he’d really like to be taken
more seriously. Well okay. I apologize in
advance if this statement seems like damning with faint praise but my first impression
of SNITCH was that it wasn’t nearly as
bad as I feared. If you have it on your list
of things to see I’d suggest you save the review for later so that you might be surprised
too (your call).
From the previews you would expect
another stock action film packed with explosions fighting gunfire and other testosterone fueled hijinks.
Actually there’s less than you might
Susan Sarandon, and offers to find them a
suitable drug kingpin. He enlists the help
of one of his employees (Rafi Gavron) who
is trying hard to provide a better life for his
family. The guys will soon find themselves
tangled in a perilous web of intrigue and
danger.
Johnson is better than expected as an
actor here but newcomer Gavron is especially impressive.
Neither performs any superhuman abilities (like too many mortal action heroes)
and the chase scene at the end isn’t much
above what any good semi driver might
handle.
A pleasant surprise.
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expect and, even then,
close to the climax. Also,
dare I say, almost tastefully done, or as
tastefully as possible for an action flick.
Trucking company owner John Matthews’ (Johnson) son has unwittingly
gotten himself into trouble with the federal
drug police. The film’s editorializing is kind
of obvious as the mandatory minimum sentencing law forces this blameless kid into
jeopardy. Unless he can turn over someone
else in the drug ring he faces 10 years hard
time. Since the kid is truly clue free his
dad makes a deal with a federal prosecutor,
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Blake Shelton led the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart for the week ending
March 9 with his new number one hit Sure Be
Cool If You Did. Taylor Swift held the number
one spot on the Top Country Albums chart
with “Red.”
Shelton took over from Hunter Hayes’
Wanted, which slipped to second. The
Band Perry held onto the third spot again
with Better Dig Two. Tim McGraw was
fourth with One of Those Nights and Carrie
Underwood fifth with Two Black
Cadillacs. Lady Antebellum went from
12 to 9 with Downtown. Hunter Hayes
was also in the top 10 - at 10 - with
Somebody’s Heartbreak.
Miranda Lambert was at 13, up
3, with Mama’s Broken Heart.Kacey
Musgraves, who helped write the Lambert
hit, was 14 withMerry Go ‘Round, also
up 3. Florida Georgia Line jumped 5
to 15 with Get Your Shine On. Eric
Church moved up 3 to 26 with Like Jesus
Does. Brantley Gilbert also moved up 3 to 28
with More Than Miles.
On the albums chart, Tim McGraw was
again second with “Two Lanes of Freedom.”
Florida Georgia Line jumped four to third with
“Here’s to the Good Times.” Hayes was fourth
with his self-titled debut and Little Big Town
fifth with “Tornado.”
Kip Moore stood at 18, up 3, with “Up
All Night.” Aaron Lewis climbed 6 to 20 with
“The Road.” Dierks Bentley jumped 4 to 21
with “Home.”
Katie Armiger’s “Fall Into Me” jumped
14 to 25, while Dustin Lynch’s self-titled
debut held the 26th spot, up 5. Jane Kramer
also was fifth, at 29, with her self-titled debut.
Holly Williams had a huge jumped with
“The Highway” at 31, up 15. Colt Ford’s
“Declaration of Independence” was 32nd, up
4. Easton Corbin was 37th with “All Over the
Road,” up 3. Love And Theft jumped 5 to 39
with the duo’s self-titled disc.
“Timeless Hits From The Past:
Bluegrassed” by Russell Moore & IIIrd
Tyme Out remained first on the Bluegrass
Albums chart. The SteelDrivers were second
with “Hammer Down.” Old Crow Medicine
Show was third with “Carry Me Back” with
Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar Meyer/Chris
Thile’s “The Goat Rodeo Sessions” fourth and
Trampled by Turtles’ “Stars and Satellites”
fifth.
On the overall top 200, Swift was 10th,
McGraw 13th, Florida Georgia Line 19th,
Hayes 24th and LBT 27th. Mumford & Sons
had the best selling disc, “Babel.”
Big & Rich receive humanitarian
honor
Big & Rich received Country Radio
Seminar’s 2013 Artist Humanitarian Award
this week. Big & Rich’s charitable endeavors
date back more than a decade. The duo’s
humanitarian efforts have ranged from visiting
individual patients in hospitals, to staging
benefit concerts for the Country Music Hall
of Fame and the 173rd Airborne Memorial to
their well-documented international outreach
helping underprivileged children and families
in struggling countries like Uganda, Sudan,
Haiti and Kenya, among others.
“The only way to do this is by having a
great career; thanks to everyone in this room
for that,” said John Rich of being recognized.
Big Kenny Alphin said, “I am blessed, and
I am humbled. I am thankful that I have
been able to help in some small ways. Every
little act of kindness everyone does, makes
our world another step closer to a brighter
tomorrow we’re thankful to our great creator
and all that are here today.”
St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital, National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence, the 173rd
Airborne Memorial Fund, Project Clean
Water, Nashville’s Mt. View elementary
school, the Special Olympics, Vanderbilt
Hospital, Second Harvest Food Bank and the
Nashville Symphony are among the charities
Big & Rich has helped.
March 6 - 20, 2013
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You’re in Luck!
I’ve been told that on St Patrick’s Day that
everyone is Irish! Grandma always told me
that some of our descendants were Irish, the
“Shanty Irish”, and for years I thought “wow
that’s really cool”, until doing some research
that is…
At first all I found was Shanty Irish
bashing as they were described as the poor or
disreputable people of Irish decent, who live
in filthy slums, have a culture that consist of
getting drunk until the room spins, surviving
off of T.V. dinners, and counting their freckles!
They live “on the wrong side of the tracks”,
don’t have a pot to piss in, they are regular
hooligans in their neighborhood bar and smell
like old baloney!
What the…? Hmmm… maybe I really
am Shanty Irish after all! I am poor, I can
survive off of TV dinners, and I have gotten
drunk till the room spins, I think it’s illegal
to piss in a pot now, I have gone more than a
couple days without a shower so I probably
have smelled like old baloney! I’m not
kidding either!!!
I have been a hooligan in a local bar,
though not on a regular basis, but I’m not sure
which side of the tracks is the wrong side,
north and south is all I got and I don’t have
any freckles to count unless age spots will do
ha ha ha!
Other names have been associated with
Shanty Irish like Lace-Curtain Irish, TwoBoater Irish, Black Irish, Pig-Shit Irish, and
Brick-Throwin’ Irish! Now it gets a little
confusing here. From what I can gather they
go in order of status like this; Lace-Curtain,
Shanty, Brick-Throwin’, Pig-Shit, Black, then
Two-Boater!
You can move rather quickly from one
status to another! For instance if you hung
up some lace curtains in your filthy stinking
shanty shack you stepped up a notch from just
plain Shanty-Irish to “Lace-Curtain Irish”,
unless you got a pig and it shits, well then
you’re back down a couple notches to “PigShit Irish”, unless of course your pig doesn’t
shit then you can remain at the higher level of
“Lace-Curtain”!
But then again if you killed your pig with
“Irish-Confetti”, better known as a brick, then
lace curtains or not you’re down to being a
Brick-Throwin’ Irish which is still better than
Pig-Shit, Black or Two-Boater!
Being ranked a Black Irish has nothing to do
with the color of your skin, hair or eyes as
urban legend would lead us to believe. It’s
more on the lines of being the black sheep of
the low-life’s and is comprised of all the traits
of the other rank and file except for the TwoBoaters!
Now if you rank as a Two-Boater there’s
little hope you’ll ever reach any higher status
because Two-Boater’s got their name for being
so stupid they got off on the wrong continent
and had to wait a year for a second boat to
bring them on to America!
But maybe Two-Boater’s were not so
stupid after all, they did get off on the wrong
continent but I think it was to chase down the
stowaway Leprechauns they had been chasing
in Ireland!
A Leprechaun is a smart, devious little
creep who enjoys practical jokes and he’ll
do anything to escape capture
even if it means turning you
into a frog! I HATE IT WHEN
THEY DO THAT!!! If he’s
drunk though, you’re in luck
because they’ve been known to
miscalculate their spell and you’ll
end up with just a frog in your
throat instead!
~ Snarp
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~ Rick Ray
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