Reunion with Damion Suomi and The Cook Trio On Sunday, August 28 at 4:30 p.m., Paddy Cassidy’s Irish Pub will be hosting a Reunion gathering, beer tasting, fundraiser, and live music extravaganza. Terrapin Brewery’s Reunion Cask Ale will serve as the event’s “Beer for Hope,” in their efforts to gather funds to support cancer research. Also on hand will be potluck dinner comprised of patrons’ favorite dishes and the chance to reconnect with friends both old and... [Read more...]
Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder The participation of German blues musicians in the world’s largest blues competition on American ground itself is extremely unusual, but Georg Schroeter (piano, vocals) and Marc Breitfelder (harp) winning the 27th International Blues Challenge 2011 in Memphis, TN, cannot be overestimated. Fact is that the two musicians from Kiel (Northern Germany) are the first European musicians in the IBC’s 27-years history to run away with this prestigious award... [Read more...]
Lone Hymnal Cocoa Beach-based band Lone Hymnal started out in the late 1990s as Gottesfeld, a name many residents remember fondly. Drummer Josh Maynard, bassist Tim Allen, and guitarist/vocalist Chad King performed a streak of fiery local shows under that moniker before going their separate ways… for ten long years. In 2009 they began writing songs again and are now back as Lone Hymnal with a new guitarist, John Shade Vick, who fills out their “sad, country, surf rock” sound. With... [Read more...]
The Paul Stott Group Described by some as “Orlando’s best kept secret,” the Paul Stott Group have only been together for a short time, but the members have been part of the Central Florida music scene for years. Led by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stott (two-time winner of Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues” Competition), the quartet is widely considered to be the premier blues band in the Orlando Area. Other members Rick Plate (harp and vocals), Joey D. (bass and... [Read more...]
Sally Hart with Terry Myers Vocalist and multi-talented performer Sally Hart (née Flynn) first earned fame on “The Lawrence Welk Show” in 1968 as part of the beloved singing act Sandi & Salli. The duo, which also included Sandi Griffiths, was very popular on the show until late 1972, when Sally left to pursue a successful solo career on Broadway. On December 6, 1974, she married Clay Hart, a country singer who was part of the Welk show from 1969 to 1975. Shortly after their marriage,... [Read more...]
Bird Dog Bobby Band Time To Live In Lakehouse Records; 2011 The Bird Dog Bobby Band delivers upbeat creative originals with deeply rooted versions of blues classics, all of which reflect the members’ extensive range and depth of experience. Their encyclopedic knowledge of the blues is evident in the tasteful composition and razor-sharp execution of original songs marked by stunning guitar wizardry and smooth, emotional vocals. All of these factors make the whole of this band greater than the... [Read more...]
Capt. Jamie Glasner
Article Category: Inshore Fishing Report
Inshore Fishing Report: August 2011 Capt. Jamie Glasner Oh, yeah. The fall mullet run is just around the corner along with spawning redfish! With the mullet run almost here, we can prepare ourselves for some still-epic fishing. Soon mullet will begin flooding into our lagoons, and we can all start fooling some monstrous redfish into eating them by putting top waters on our fly rods (my favorite way for targeting redfish this month). Now onto my fishing report for our dirty Banana River… I... [Read more...]
Capt. Scott Bussen
Article Category: Canaveral Fishing Report
Cape Canaveral Fishing Report: August 2011 Capt. Scott Bussen Has anybody had about enough of the heat? Is it just too miserable to bear? Do you feel like you’re melting on the walk to your car? Are you continuously bitching about it to the people around you, even strangers? If so, maybe you should move back up north where you’ll have the same (or worse) heat in the summer and have to shovel truckloads of snow all winter. The air temperature would probably average 7 to 8 degrees less... [Read more...]
Paddy McDrinksey
Article Category: Bartender of the Month
Bartender of the Month: Dave Zigmont of The Yellow House By Paddy McDrinksey I’ve always wished i’d had a younger brother growing up. As it is, I have seven older ones and four sisters of indeterminate age. Me mam says I did have a younger brother once, but he drowned in a vat of Jameson while trying to retrieve a bottle of Jameson he’d dropped in there. And this at the age of two… I have no memory of this incident, but plenty of fond ones of Dave Zigmont, a lad who’s seen... [Read more...]
Alex Armstrong
Article Category: Movie Review
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Director David Yates (who directed “The Order of the Phoenix,” “The Half-Blood Prince,” and “The Deathly Hallows: Part 1″ installments of the Harry Potter franchise) has again taken charge of the wizarding world to finish what I like to call J.K. Rowling’s “Encyclopedia Satanica.” In the last half of this chapter, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) searches with his pals for Voldemort’s remaining... [Read more...]
