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August 7th & 8th, 2015 • 1-10pm Each DayLake Metroparks Farmpark

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And A Little Brew, too

2015 Vintage Ohio Wine Festival

and a little brew too Nestled in the rolling hills of Lake Metroparks Farmpark is the spectacular annual Vintage Ohio Wine Festival. Colorful tents and picnic tables sit amongst the tall Oaks that provide a shady canopy for all the wine, food, music and fun! The following provides just some of the features you’ll fi nd at this year’s event.

Entertainment ScheduleFriday August 7, 2015Stage 12:00-4:00pm Don Perry4:30-6:45pm Sumrada7:15-9:30pm ForecastStage 21:30-3:45pm Larry Smith4:25-6:40pm The Speedbumps7:20- 9:35pm Andy’s Last Band

New this year! 3 Craft Beer Samples are Included In the Price of Admission Glasses of Beer May be Purchased Cellars Rats BreweryPipers IPA • Field Rat WheatMaize Valley BreweryAmber • Vanilla Porter • IPACellarDweller BreweryJeremiah’s IPA • Dead Dweller English Ale

Participating WineriesBarrel Run Crossing Winery & Vineyard, RootstownDebonne Vineyards, MadisonDeer’s Leap Winery, GenevaGrand River Cellars Winery & Restaurant, MadisonGrape & Granary, AkronHanover Winery, HamiltonHeineman’s Winery, Put-in-BayIt’s Your Winery, AkronJohn Christ Winery, Avon LakeKlingshirn Winery, Avon LakeMaize Valley Winery, HartvilleMeranda Nixon Winery, RipleyOld Firehouse Winery, Geneva-on-the-LakeValley Vineyards, MorrowThe Winery at Spring Hill, GenevaThe Winery at Versailles, Versailles

Cooking School, coordinated by Chef Lisa Pucci DelgadoFriday:2:30 Nate Rockwell of Briquettes3:30 Donald Coan of Nickleby’s Roundbar4:30 Personal Chef Lisa Pucci Delgado of Whats For Dinner by LPD5:30 Mary Ciesickie of Dolce ColpoSaturday:2:30 Rhonda Russell of Tastes by Chef Rhonda3:30 Celebrity Mystery Basket Cook Off! 2 chefs: Rhonda Russell and Eric Wells4:30 Personal Chef Lisa Pucci Delgado of What’s For Dinner by LPD5:30 Mary Ciesickie of Dolce ColpoFor a full list of gourmet venders, crafters and ticket info visit vintageohio.com (use code NO15ST for discount on advance tickets). See the ad on this page for address and contact info.

Saturday August 8, 2015Stage 12:00-4:00pm Stan Miller4:45-6:45pm Kinsman Dazz Band7:30-9:45pm Carlos JonesStage 21:30-3:45pm Mason District4:25- 6:40pm Aretifex7:20-9:35pm Miles Beyond


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Chuck Loeb Grammy nominated guitarist, composer, and producer; Chuck Loeb has had a musical career that spans over four decades. He is a #1 jazz recording artist; composer of over 250 published songs, network television show themes and scores; a producer of over thirty world-renowned recording artists, as well as an in-demand clinician and educator. With the 2013 release of “Silhouette”, his eighteenth solo CD, Loeb has attained the much sought after position as one of the most in demand artists in the world. He is also a member one of the world’s premier jazz groups “fOURPLAY” and the ground breaking fusion band “Metro”. He hails from Nyack, NY and studied guitar, composition and arranging at The Berklee College of Music. Loeb credits Stan Getz as one of his major infl uences. Getz gave Chuck one of his fi rst big breaks in the world of music and he later spent several years touring and recording with the jazz legend Over the course of his career, Loeb has played and toured with a long list of jazz, pop, rock, and classical greats: Hubert Laws, Chico Hamilton, Freddie Hubbard, Ray Barretto, Gary Burton, Wayne Shorter and the aforementioned Stan Getz among many others. He has also written music for, performed on albums by, and produced recordings for Bob James, Michael Franks, Carly Simon, Dave Grusin, Bob Dylan, Art Garfunkel, Johnny Mathis, Spyro Gyra, Keiko Matsui, Anita Baker, Pat Martino, Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, , Kim Waters, Walter Beasley, Jennifer Hudson, Grover Washington, just to name a few. Chuck’s latest solo release “Silhouette” features his family, with his wife Carmen Cuesta singing certain selections, a duet with daughter Lizzy Loeb, and a haunting original co- penned with daughter Christina Loeb, who is also featured on Ukulele. The title “Silhouette” (The shape and outline of someone or something visible against a light background) is meant to evoke the idea that Chuck’s musical life has been shaped and outlined by the light of his experiences, relationships, and infl uences throughout his career, and a nod of appreciation to the music and musicians that helped get him where he is today.

Harvey Mason Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 22, 1947, Harvey Mason’s biography is nothing short of astounding. He began taking formal drum lessons at age 7, playing in school bands and fi nally buying his fi rst drum set at the age of 16. Harvey continued his musical education fi rst at the Berklee School of Music, then on full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, studying performance, composing, arranging, percussion and mallets. Harvey has been hired by everyone from Barbra Streisand to James Brown. From Herbie Hancock to Frank Sinatra, even the London Symphony Orchestra. He has also been the fi rst call drummer for the Academy Awards ceremonies on 25 occasions. He has laid down the rhythm for countless landmark albums, including Herbie Hancock’s million-seller “Head Hunters”, which contained the hit “Chameleon” (co-composed by Harvey), George Benson’s triple-platinum selling “Breezin”, which became the best-selling (real) jazz album of all-time, Grover Washington Jr.’s “Mister Magic” and even Carlos Santana’s fi rst jazz album, “The Swing of Delight”. Mason’s precision playing has also graced movie soundtracks for such renowned composers as Michel Colombier (Prince’s Purple Rain), Dave Grusin (Three Days of The Condor, The Fabulous Baker Boys and On Golden Pond), John Williams (Hook), Alan Silvestri (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Alan Menken and Tim Rice (Beauty and The Beast), Thom Newman (the Player), Lion King and Mission Impossible 1, 2 & 3, again, just to name a few. Harvey is a founding member of the contemporary jazz “super group” ƒOURPLAY , where he fl exes his writing, playing, arranging and production skills with partners Bob James, Nathan East and Chuck Loeb ƒOURPLAY’s debut album sat atop Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart for thirty-four weeks, leading to a platinum album

Tony Monaco A native of Columbus, Ohio, Tony Monaco began playing accordion at age eight. When he was twelve, his destiny as a jazz organist was sealed when he fi rst heard Jimmy Smith. An enthusiastic student, Tony began working in local Jazz clubs as a teenager, guided by local organ gurus Hank Marr and Don Patterson. On his sixteenth birthday, Tony’s prayers were answered. He received an encouraging phone call from Jimmy Smith, who soon became his Mentor/Teacher. Four years later, Jimmy invited Tony to come play at his club in California--a peak lifetime experience for Tony. From 1980 to 2006, Tony stood by family and worked in the family businesses as he played music on a part-time basis. During this period he also married and raised three daughters. In April 2000, Monaco met fellow jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco, who offered to produce a debut CD for him. This collaboration resulted in the critically acclaimed “Burnin Grooves”. The international success of the recording served as the catalyst for regional and national tours. This success was followed by two more releases for Summit Records that received critical acclaim and signifi cant sales, charting in the Jazzweek Top 10. In September 2003, Summit Records released “A New Generation”, a unique recording featuring both Tony’s and Joey DeFrancesco’s Trios. They recorded the project using two “Hammond-Suzuki New B3’s” as Tony was awarded a major endorsement role with Hammond and Suzuki. As Tony’s reputation has grown, he has been blessed to play with some of greatest musicians in jazz, including Mel Lewis, Lewis Nash, Red Holloway, Sonny Fortune, Bruce Forman, Harvey Mason, Chester Thompson, Jeff Clayton, Terrell Stafford, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Victor Lewis and even George Benson. Tony has also just recently ended nearly two and a half years of playing world tours with Pat Martino.An ardent student of the organ, it’s no surprise that Tony is an accomplished teacher as well. In addition to private students, classes and clinics, Tony has produced a series of instructional DVDs titled “Playing Jazz Hammond” that have quickly become indispensable for any serious student of the organ. Tony has decided to expand his catalogue and has created MotherHenMusicEd.com and now has a system of giving lessons one on one, online to anyone, from anywhere around the globe! Tony Monaco is now Hammond/Suzuki’s prime instrument endorser worldwide.


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Blues Cruise 2015 The third annual Cleveland Blues Society “Blues Cruise” went off without a hitch on Monday, July 13th. The sky was

threatening rain all day, but at the last minute Cleveland dodged the bullet and the storm splintered off to the north and south. The sun came out for a picture perfect evening

along the shoreline of Lake Erie, and the blues lovers waiting in line for the cruise put away their umbrellas and got ready to party! What can be said about the music? Top notch! Having the cruise on a Monday evening is a smart move, as a “cream of the crop” band of Cleveland’s blues all-stars can be assembled, and the wealth of talent up on that stage was amazing. The music was non-stop, beginning even before the

cruise as blues buskers entertained the crowd lining up to board. Onboard the jam was contained to the lower deck, but could be heard all over the boat, on all four decks. Finger food and drinks were readily available on the cruise, and the upper two decks are open-air and smoking. Austin “Walkin’ Cane” and Kristine Jackson started out the jam, with Norm Tischler joining in on sax. Becky Boyd took the stage and really got the boat rockin’ with “Let the Good Times Roll”! “Crazy”

Marvin Braxton was next up, adding some Zydeco fl avor to the mix. Rotating guitar players throughout the evening included Alan Greene, Bob Frank, Don Baker, Butch Armstrong, and Michael Bay. The Armstrong Bearcats did a set, with Mike Barrick on bass and Billy Coakley on drums. Bob Frank got things swingin’ on a set with Blue Lunch alumni Norm Tischler and Raymond DeForest on bass. Drum duty was graciously handled by Mike “Daddy Sweet Roll” D’elia, with a little relief from John Adams. Colin Dussault closed out the jam as only a real bluesman can, and special kudos to his long-time keyboardist Greg Hurd, who pretty much pulled piano duty all evening, accompanying just about everyone! Seeing all these great players onstage together for one night really gives one a sense


of pride in our blues community here in northeast Ohio. I would put these musicians up against players in any big city in the nation; they have heart, they have soul, and they have perseverance. And they have the blues!!! The city skyline is breathtaking from the decks of the Goodtime III, peppered with historical landmarks and reminders of times gone by, of industry and immigrants and all the hardworking people who make up a city. The Blues Cruise is a fantastic way to celebrate the

blues genre, born in the rural South but raised in the northern cities, where poor folks of all colors came in search of a better life. If you have not yet experienced the annual Cleveland Blues Society Blues Cruise, I highly recommend you put it on your bucket list for next year!

7th Annual Cleveland Blues Society On to Memphis International Blues ChallengeSunday, September 13 at 1:00pmRidge Manor Banquet Center in Brooklyn, Ohio

ATTENTION BLUES BANDS AND MUSICIANS! 7th Annual Cleveland Blues Society “Call for Bands” to compete in the International Blues Competition! Deadline for entry is August 19, 2015. Application packets can be found online at www.clevelandblues.org Winners will be judged by a panel according to blues foundation guidelines. Band and Solo/Duo winners will receive prize money and represent CBS in Memphis during the 2016 IBC, held in January. Best Self Produced CD and youth categories will also represent CBS in Memphis.

Blues Society at Cuyahoga County FairMonday, August 10th- Sunday, August 16th

The Cleveland Blues Society will be at Cuyahoga County Fair for the 3rd year in a row, Monday, August 10th – Sunday, August 16th. The past two years were a great success thanks to the many musicians supporting CBS and the Cleveland blues community by volunteering to perform in the Society’s booth area. The theme again this year will be to make more people aware of local musicians, their music and history. A number of returning musicians are lined up and new faces are more than welcome. So if you have a hankerin’ to play the blues or just hear the blues, come on down to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, 164 Eastland Road, in Berea. For a complete schedule of conformed blues players and events visit their Facebook page.

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Blues at the Music Box Supper Club Friday, August 14 Travis Haddix Blues Band – Lucky 7 Concert Series - $7 ticket includes a craft cocktail du jour! Travis “Moonchild” Haddix‘s style evokes the sounds of the great Stax-Volt days, when the likes of Sam & Dave ruled the urban blues roost. The fi ery, award-winning blues guitarist began playing the piano at the age of seven in his home town of Walnut, Mississippi. The turning point in his musical learning experience came the next year, when the legendary B.B. King came to Memphis and began playing daily at the studios of WDIA. Awed by King’s guitar virtuosity, Haddix hung around the radio station every day to learn all he could. In 1959, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he joined the D.L. Rocco Band and achieved regional notoriety that led to a prominent spot with the Little Johnnie Taylor group. Haddix has also contributed to fi ve albums by Artie “Blues Boy” White, while his material has also been covered by Dickie Williams, Jimmy Dawkins, Michael Burks, Charles Wilson, the late Son Seals, and Lee Shot Williams. Supper Club Thursday, August 27 Jimmy Thackery – Rockin’ blues guitarist guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent Whether Jimmy Thackery headlines a festival in South Dakota or jams for hours in one of numerous blues bars that dot the musical landscape, he’ll always unleash an intense volley of rockin’ blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds emotionally spent. His double edged guitar dynamics allow him to fi re off tracer missiles, bend a note so it will fi t under a limbo bar, run off dive bomber riffs, and fi nd space within the trembling of one stinging note. “I put all my senses on hold and fi nd the zone and follow what’s inside. There’s an electricity from your mind to your heart to your fi ngers. You just try and remember to breathe.” He’s one of the few blues guitarists who learned fi rst-hand from the masters of the blues, not off a blues record or DVD. Though most associate Jimmy with his 15 years as the co-founder of the Nighthawks, he ended his time with them in 1987. Since then, Jimmy has been on the road as a solo musician for 15 years doing nearly 300 shows a year proving each night that he is still the guitar powerhouse in the blues. Supper Club

Friday, August 28 Slowhand: A Tribute to Eric Clapton –two full sets packed with favorites from Eric ClaptonSlowhand – Tim Askin And Band Perform The Music Of Eric Clapton Graffi ti declaring “Clapton is God” fi rst and most famously appeared in London in 1967. Tellingly, the same statement has been spray-painted in Cleveland for decades, most visibly for years on a west-side I-90 overpass. SLOWHAND performs the music of Eric Clapton with an almost religious reverence. Guitarist Tim Askin, frontman of longstanding Cleveland bands Sultans of Bing and Into The Blue, has performed onstage with legendary artists like Bo Diddley, Bernie Worrell, and Phil Keaggy. A lifelong Clapton devotee, Askin brings an extra level of care to the performance of Clapton’s music live, and has assembled a top-notch band of musicians and vocalists to realize the full scope of the live experience of Clapton’s catalogue as much as possible. Past appearances of this band have met with rave reviews. The group will perform two full sets packed with favorites from the only three-time Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee — Eric Clapton. Concert Hall

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12-YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

By Helen Marketti

Interview with iconic photographer,

Henry Diltz We have undoubtedly poured over favorite album covers, concert photos, and music magazines to absorb details of the images. When we see a certain photo, we are taken right back to that moment in our lives, how we felt, the music that was playing and what was going on in our lives. Henry Diltz, music photographer can be given credit for many of those iconic images that we have seen and come to know as an old friend. “I was in a folk band at fi rst but after The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show then we

went electric and became a folk rock band,” laughed Henry. “My group was The Modern Folk Quartet. I played the banjo, harmonica and clarinet. We were together for about fi ve years and released two albums with Warner Brothers. We toured nearly every state and played mostly for college audiences. In 1966, we took a break. The other guys became record producers and I became a photographer.” “We had done a concert in Lansing, Michigan. We were touring in a motor home and pulled up to a second hand store. A table was set up with an

assortment of used cameras for sale. One of the guys said he was going to buy a camera and I thought I would, too,” recalls Henry. “We were bored and looking for something to do. We took pictures of everything such as cows in a pasture, a junkyard and so forth. I thought it was fun. I didn’t realize how much fun it really was until we returned to LA, got the fi lm developed and had a slide show at my house. It was at that moment when I realized that I was defi nitely going to be taking more pictures because I liked how they looked. Seeing those images was like being right back where we were. Every week I would take photographs and then have a slide show. There were usually around thirty or forty people who would come over and they would comment how much they liked the photos.” “Among my friends were Cass Elliot (The Mamas & The Papas), David Crosby and Stephen Stills. I knew these people because we had all lived in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood and were fellow musicians,” said Henry. “The fi rst photo that I ever got paid for was of Buffalo Springfi eld. I had met up with Stephen Stills in Laurel Canyon one afternoon and he invited me to go with them to Redondo Beach as they were going to do a sound check at a club. I agreed to go because I wanted to take pictures at the beach so I would have images to use for my weekly slide show. It never occurred to me at the time to take their picture. (laughs) After some time at the beach, I went back to the club. I noticed a big, colorful mural in the back of the building. It was a huge painting of a man riding a bicycle. I thought it was cool so I decided to take a picture. Shortly after, the guys from Buffalo Springfi eld walked out the backdoor and I asked them if they would stand against the wall because I wanted people to see the size of the mural. That was my fi rst accidental rock and roll shot. Teen Set Magazine contacted me about the photo and said they would pay me $100 because they wanted to use it in their publication and that is how it all started. People refer to me as a rock and roll photographer but I consider myself a music photographer because not all music is rock and roll.” Henry takes a few minutes to share what he thinks made the 60s a special era and why people are still interested. “It was a fl owering renaissance of singer songwriters. Musicians such as Bob Dylan and The Beatles were writing and recording their own material. That was a sea change. We now have singers who are


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singing their own thoughts and feelings. I think of Joni Mitchell and Both Sides Now, Stephen Stills and Love the One You’re With, James Taylor and Sweet Baby James, which I believe was written for his nephew. This kind of concept was new in those days. I once asked Jackson Browne why he thought the 60s were so interesting to people and he said, “Because it was new.” We now take that for granted.” It was indeed a time of fresh ideas, concepts and connections. “We all used to hang out at The Troubadour which was a club in Hollywood. We went there every night,” remembers Henry. “One night I ran across David Crosby and he introduced me to Gene Clark who had just arrived from Missouri. He said they were going to form a band and call themselves The Beefeaters (laughs) which they later became known as The Byrds.” Henry was good friends with Cass Elliot. “She was warm, witty, funny and intelligent. She was an earth mother who liked to take care of everyone,” said Henry. “She was also responsible for bringing people together. She introduced Graham Nash to Stephen Stills and David Crosby which they went on to form Crosby, Stills and Nash.” He continues, “I also recall one summer I was in New York City shooting the Lovin’ Spoonful when Cass called and wanted to know if we were going to be around for a little while because she had some friends she wanted to bring over. Well, she brought over The Hollies! They were on tour and didn’t know anyone so they were just staying in their hotel room. She already had met them because they were on the same TV show with The Mamas and The Papas. Anyway, she brought them over and we had a great afternoon. We shared stories and drank margaritas. That is when I had fi rst met Graham Nash. He commented how they needed pictures so I took a few shots of them and one of the photos was used as an album cover for The Hollies in England. One thing always leads to another but you have to be open to it and wise enough to see it.”

Henry had always preferred color images as opposed to black and white but over the years, he has changed his mind. “In the beginning I had no use for black and white. I wanted my images to project and so I preferred color shots. The more photos I took of bands, the press wanted black and white images because newspapers couldn’t print color,” he said. “Now almost 50 years later and I have to say that I do like the black and white images better. There’s something evocative about the images that draw you in. I think

you could compare it between radio and television.” 2016 will make the 50th year that Henry has been taking photographs. “People are always contacting me for use of my photos for various projects which is great!” Henry is co-owner of the Morrison Hotel Gallery with locations in LA and New York. He will be going on tour for a few show dates in September with the lovely Pattie Boyd. Pattie was once married to George Harrison and then later to Eric Clapton. She is one of 125 photographers that have images at Morrison Hotel Gallery. “We thought we would try to take the images on the road, give a talk and see how this works. Right now we have a few dates scheduled in September which includes Chicago and New York City.” The show is called “Behind The Lens” which features images from both Pattie and Henry mixed in with sharing stories and good times. If anyone were interested in planning a road trip this would be a great event to add to your traveling calendar. Henry never seems to have a dull moment. “I am working on some lay outs for a few books. I stop and look back at all that has happened, the pictures I took and think of it as a happy accident. It all happened at the right place at the right time.”

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Rock And Wine Party Hosted by Deanna Adams and Claudia Taller Coming To Harpersfi eld Vineyard Saturday, August 15, 2015, starting at 5:30 p.m.About the Event: Do you love rock music, wine and books? Join authors Deanna Adams and Claudia Taller for an event that offers all that and more! Ohio’s Lake Erie wineries and vineyards and rock music are all rooted in tradition.Deanna, the rock girl, and Claudia, the wine girl, join forces to bring you a lively presentation on both topics, as well as a giveaway of their books! Fun starts at 5:30 p.m. The Elm Street Band is the musical entertainment. Band plays from 7 to 11 p.m. About the Authors Deanna Adams is a longtime writer, instructor, and author of several books. Her fi rst, Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection was named a fi nalist for the Ohioana Award for nonfi ction, and the ARSC Award (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) for excellence in research. She has also written Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl and Cleveland’s Rock and and Roll Roots, a photographic celebration of Cleveland’s rock history. Deanna loves Cleveland and rock ’n’ roll and each one of her books refl ects that passion and storied history. Even her novels, Peggy Sue Got Pregnant: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Story, and Scoundrels & Dreamers uphold that tradition. Deanna lives in Northeast Ohio with her family. Her website is www.deannaadams.com. Claudia J. Taller is a Cleveland-area freelance writer who has been enjoying wine country adventures in Ohio over the last 10 years. She writes travel, history, and lifestyle articles for local and national publications. A lifelong writer, she is a graduate of Kent State University’s English department and leads writing groups and retreats. Claudia is author of Ohio’s Lake Erie Wineries and her latest, Ohio’s Canal Country Wineries. She has also written a memoir, 30 Perfect Days, Finding Abundance in Ordinary Life, and a novel, Daffodils and Firefl ies.See her website, www.claudiajtaller.com.Both authors will speak about what they do and have copies of books to sign, which make great holiday gifts too. Participate in a trivia contest and win a free book!Harpersfi eld Vineyard is located at 6387 N. River Rd. W Geneva, Ohio

Music Along the River Festival Announces HeadlinersThe Music Along the River Festival is pleased to announce this year’s main stage acts. Appearing on Saturday, August 22nd, at 1PM will be Tumbleweed Creek, a ukulele band from Perry, Ohio. At 2PM, we welcome back Mr. Bill Schilling and his folk ensemble. Their set usually features songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and other traditional folk icons. The duo of Bob Turner and Jay Kantola will perform light rock and folk tunes at 3PM, followed by the Old Time band, Jug Run at 4PM.

Our Sunday, August 23rd l ineup begins with popular Old Time band, Mr. Haney, at 1PM. Irish band, Blarney Rubble, will take the stage at 2PM. Featuring Pam Verity on fi ddle and Ron Stubbe on banjo, they have performed at many area venues and recently opened for Moya Brennan in December of 2014, and for Seamus Kennedy in March of 2015. At 3PM, the Non-Trio will offer up a mix of traditional and contemporary folk music, including a sprinkling of original songs. In addition to our main stage performers, we welcome all area acoustic musicians, amateur or professional, to come out and jam informally during the festival.


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& Roll Classic Park August 7, 8 & 9 The Ohio Celtic Festival returns for its fourth year to Lake County, OH bringing with it an impressive line-up of more than 150 Irish musicians, singers, bagpipe bands and dancers from across the US and around the world. The festival will take place on August 7, 8 and 9 at its new location – Classic Park, home of the Lake County Captains, in Eastlake, OH. Five stages of live entertainment will be going on all weekend long, with big-name headliners sure to amp up the energy and excitement. Headlining the event will be the Willis Clan, an Irish family of fourteen musicians, dancers, writers and artists who will provide their unique blend of Irish music with other genres to the Festival. In addition to their musical career, the family is also featured on a reality show currently airing on TLC. Acclaimed actor, singer and star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, Dublin-born Ciaran Sheehan will warm the hearts and sooth the souls of his audience with every performance.Fresh off their Celtic Thunder Cruise and 32-City nationwide tour will be Celtic Thunder’s Emmett O’Hanlon and Emmet Cahill. Not only will loyal fans get to enjoy musical performances by these guys, the Festival has arranged for a separate “Meet and Greet” event with these ever-popular artists. Off-Kilter, a high energy progressive Celtic Rock band and a fan-favorite at Epcot’s Canadian Pavilion in Walt Disney World will deliver rocked up traditional Celtic tunes and rock’n’roll favorites. The Elders have toured worldwide and will return with their Irish American folk rock style. Their songs are “mystical, comical, political and cultural” with American roots and “amped-up Celtic folk.” New to this year’s festival will be live cooking demonstrations by author and Chef Eric W. McBride from the Celtic Caterer. Classically educated in Celtic history and literature, Chef McBride’s unique knowledge of the almost forgotten fi eld of Celtic cuisine has inspired him to bring these remarkable dishes to the dinner tables of the 21st century families. Along with national and international acts, the Cleveland Irish music scene will be well-represented with the New Barleycorn, The Craic Brothers, Brigid Cross and No Strangers Here. Local pipe bands, dance acts, including performances by N.E. Ohio’s World Champion Murphy’s Irish Dancers will be performing throughout the weekend. Always family-friendly, the festival features shows, infl atables, face-painting and entertainment especially geared toward the wee ones with free admission for kids under 12 years old who are accompanied by an adult. Always a favorite, the Celtic Marketplace features apparel, one of a kind and handmade items from a select group of Celtic merchants.

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The Ohio Celtic Festival will take place at the Classic Park, 35300 Vine Street, Eastlake, OH 44095, Friday August 7, Saturday, August 8 and Sunday August 9. Event hours are Friday 5:00 pm – 11:30 pm, Saturday 12 pm - 11:30 pm, and Sunday 12 pm - 8:30 pm. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am on Sunday morning.

Admission is $12.00 at the gate. Senior and students with a valid ID receive a discount admission of $8.00. Advance sale discount tickets are on sale now at www.ohiocelticfestival.com. Admission will be free for those who arrive on Sunday before 11:00 AM with a donation of two cans of food or two non-perishable food items to be given to a Lake County food pantry.For updates, entertainment schedules and additional information visit the offi cial website at www.ohiocelticfest.com. Follow the Ohio Celtic Festival on Facebook.The Ohio Celtic Festival is presented by Our Heritage, Our Home, Inc. a Lake County Ohio 501c3 nonprofi t organization whose mission is to preserve and promote Celtic culture and traditions.



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Hot night at Nautica with Tedeschi Trucks Last time the Tedeschi Trucks Band played Jacobs Pavilion was on a cool September evening. Everyone had to bundle up—even fi ery-fi ngered guitarist Derek Trucks, who wore a scarf and jacket for the show. Not so with the group’s near-capacity Nautica concert Sunday night July 19th. The heat was sweltering.Fortunately, so was the band. Co-headlining the Wheels of Soul tour with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Trucks and wife Susan Tedeschi thrilled with another marathon romp through a dozen burly, blues-based covers and spirited originals from their two excellent studio albums, Revelator (2011) and Made Up Mind (2013). Wearing a T-shirt and black banks, the ponytailed Trucks grinded all night on his Gibson SG guitar, ripping through The Box Tops’ Dear John anthem “The Letter” (as popularized by Joe Cocker), foregoing a conventional pic to pluck the strings with his fi ngers (or grease them with a glass slide). He’s still a phenomenal player (son of Allman Brothers drummer Butch), having been something of a guitar prodigy as a kid—like

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The Kent Stage is proud to announce that the Wood Brothers will perform at the Kent Stage on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 at 8pm. All tickets are general admission. The cover of The Wood Brothers’ gorgeous new album, ‘Paradise,’ is adorned with an illustration of a mule staring at a carrot dangling just inches in front of its mouth. The carrot, though, is hanging from a stick affi xed to the mule’s own head. “In some ways, he’s already got it,” explains guitarist Oliver Wood. “And in some ways, he’ll never have it.” That paradox is at the core of ‘Paradise,’ an album about longing and desire and the ways in which the pursuit of fulfi llment can keep it perpetually out of our reach. It’s a beautiful collection, the band’s most sophisticated work to date and also their most rocking, with bassist Chris Wood playing electric on tracks for the fi rst time. Recorded at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in Nashville, ‘Paradise’ captures the latest chapter in the ongoing evolution of a band-and a family-navigating the joy and challenges of a life in music. Dubbed “masters of soulful folk” by Paste, The Wood Brothers released their debut studio album, ‘Ways Not To Lose,’ on Blue Note in 2006. You’d be forgiven at the time for expecting it to be something of a side project. Chris Wood already had legions of devoted fans for his incomparable work as one-third of Medeski Martin & Wood, while his brother Oliver toured with Tinsley Ellis before releasing a half-dozen albums with his band King Johnson. Almost a decade later and with drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent third member, it’s become quite clear that The Wood Brothers is indeed the main act. ‘Paradise’ follows the band’s acclaimed 2013 release ‘The Muse,’ which was recorded almost entirely live around a tree of microphones in Zac Brown’s Southern Ground studio. Hailed previously by the New York Times for their “gripping” vocals and by the LA Times for their “taught musicianship,” the brothers found the live setting to be a remarkable showcase for their live chemistry and charismatic magnetism. But when it came time to record ‘Paradise,’ their fi fth studio album, the band knew the music called for a different approach. “For this album, we wanted to have a more up-close and dry sound,” explains Chris. “I worked on another record at Easy Eye and I just loved the room. Dan’s studio is cool because it’s not old, but it feels that way when you walk into it. It reminds me of Sun Studios. It just has that feeling of a small room with natural compression, and I think you hear that in the sounds on the record.” The decision to record in Nashville was no coincidence either, as this marks the fi rst album written with the entire band living in Music City. “Oliver and I spent a lot of hours just in a room together writing songs,” says Chris. “That’s really never happened before. All the music in the past was written long distance or over the course of touring. It’s defi nitely the most collaborative album we’ve ever made.” “It was kind of a luxury to be able to play together not just at a sound check,” adds Jano. “It was a different starting point. Rather than people bringing in compositions that were relatively fi nished, we were starting from the ground up as a group.” The album opens with “Singing To Strangers,” which sets the tone for what’s to come both



musically and thematically. “Singing to strangers is something we do every night,” explains Oliver, “and there’s some satisfaction about singing to strangers. It’s this weird thing that I think we get addicted to. It’s not that we need attention as much as we need connection. On a good night, when we’re singing to strangers, everybody in the room bonds, and you have this amazing sense of connection.” That desire for connection permeates the album, from “Touch Of Your Hand”, a song about what Chris describes as “the most basic human need that there is” to “Two Places”, a track about longing for home and family while on the road-to “Never And Always,” which examines the fundamental emotional experiences of loneliness and belonging. “Snake Eyes” and “American Heartache” both explore the dark side of longing, how the constant need for more in our consumer culture can engender a perpetual dissatisfaction with never having enough, while on “Without Desire,” they fi nd the beauty and the magic that the titular emotion can bring into our lives. “Desire gets a bad rap sometimes,” explains Chris, “and people think it’s the root of all of our problems. We wanted a song that said, ‘Maybe it’s not, maybe we need it.’ What would it be like if we didn’t desire all those good things in life?” In addition to Chris’s electric bass, which appears on two tracks, the album also showcases Jano’s “shuitar,” a portmanteau for “shitty guitar.” The name belies the instrument’s complexity, though. It’s actually an acoustic guitar that Jano has rigged up with noisemakers to function as an easy-to-travel-with drum kit. “I made one in The Wood Brothers because we needed a portable drum set we could take to play on sessions and on the radio,” he explains, “but then we’ve been using it so much live, we started writing for it and not wanting it to even sound like a drum set anymore. We wanted to let it be its own thing.” It turns up prominently on “Heartbreak Lullaby,” which also features guitar playing from Oliver inspired by fi eld recordings of African folk musicians. There’s more to Jano than percussion, though, as he sits down at the piano on several tracks on ‘Paradise,’ including album closer “River Of Sin.” “That song imagines how when people get baptized in a river, it’s supposed to wash away their sins,” explains Chris. “But what happens to the water? Where do the sins go? And what if you live downstream from all that baptizing?” “A lot of the songs are dealing with these themes of longing and desire,” adds Oliver, “but the album fi nishes with ‘River of Sin’ because it’s a positive and empowering message, which is that you can’t really do anything unless you’re persistent. The narrator is humble and understands that there are all these things larger than him and he’s just trying to understand them and he’s determined to do better and be as good as he can. And he recognizes the only way to do that is to keep trying.” It’s a fi tting, lovely, gospel-tinged ending to an album that traces both the darkness and the beauty in our nature, the perpetual hope and the futility of it all. The quest for the carrot often blinds us to the fact that we already possess it, and that’s the irony of desire. Ticket Information: Tickets are on sale now! General Admission Advance:$20 Day of Show:$25 Brooks Steaks Out Kix Brooks premieres his new television series, “Steak Out with Kix Brooks,” on Tuesday on the Cooking Channel. From Denver to New York City, Brooks takes fans across America to visit the best traditional and modern steakhouses in the country, for six half-hour long episodes. The show airs at 9 p.m. eastern. “Having spent so much time on the road, I have had the opportunity to eat at some of the best steakhouses in almost every city,” said Brooks. “I loved getting to travel back to places for Steak Out that I remember loving and try some new spots. We had a blast sharing why I gave them all a big ole stamp of approval.”

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Some cursory research reveals that performances of the two albums were separated on tour by a pair of tunes from the band’s latest, Heaven & Earth (“Believe Again,” “The Game”), and that the concerts were capped by sundry encores “Your Move / Seen All Good People,” “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” and “Starship Trooper.” As with Bristol, these extras have been shorn from the live releases so as to facilitate the containment of one live album on each of the two discs. The blu-ray and DVD likewise strip the non-CTTE and Fragile material.But back to the bassist.“That evening in Mesa was a great one,” reports Squire in the liner notes. “The audience was fantastic. We were in top form. The music sounded great and we could have played all night.” Squire wasn’t kidding: Though the replacement of longtime Yes singer Jon Anderson with Benoit David (2008-2011) and Jon Davison (2011-present) polarized the fan base, the ex-Sky Cries Mary / Glass Hammer front man acquits himself marvelously on Like It Is, Par Deux, gracing the twenty-minute pastoral epic “Close to the Edge” with the same cosmic hippy euphoria oozed by Anderson on the original studio recording and rendering “Roundabout” and “South Side of the Sky” in a similarly cherubic vocal range (and unerring annunciation). Joining Squire from the “classic” mid-70s Yes lineup are guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. Hearing Howe rip on his Gibson ES-175 is always a treat, and this release is no exception. White still curates the cadences and summonses rhythmic thunder with seasoned fl air, meting out Squire’s melodic (but undulating) bass lines from behind his kit. “And You And I” is trance-inducing with Davison on mic, bolstering the argument that it’s always been about the message—not the messenger—where Yes music is concerned. “Siberian Khatru” is a tempo-shifting workout whose zany passages provide ample opportunity to Howe and Squire to stretch on their respective axes. The guitar intro by the former isn’t quite up to snuff (it sounds a tad brittle), but Howe cranks it up for the hyperactive leitmotif as Squire’s propulsive bass lends unstoppable momentum to Davison’s “bird of prey” verses. Moving into Fragile territory, the band reimagines “Roundabout,” whereon Howe’s harmonics and crunchy chords complement Squire’s sinewy bass line and Geoff Downes’ faux moog fi lls. Replacing Oliver Wakeman (who seceded his father, Rick) on keyboards, Downes puts his own spin on the Johannes Brahms-inspired “Cans and Brahms.” Elsewhere—as on “Long Distance Runaround”—the ex-Buggle duplicates the elder Wakeman’s piano parts, organ fi lls, and moog pastiches with aplomb. Diehards will recall that Downes fi rst allied with Howe and Squire in the fi rst sans-Anderson iteration of Yes, cutting the forward-thinking Drama in 1980. The “Video Killed the Radio Star” synthesist then joined super-group Asia (“Heat of the Moment”) with Howe in ‘82 as Squire and White carried on in “Yes West” with guitarist Trevor Rabin, who architected the group’s chart-busting comeback ’83 disc 90125 (“Owner of a Lonely Heart”). It’s been a treat having Howe and Downes together again, in both Yes and Asia. “We Have Heaven” is a head-spinning vocal round robin, whose outro footsteps carry into the storm clouds (and snare riff) of the proto-metal “South Side of the Sky.” Squire’s background vocals come to the fore here, particularly during the song’s nah-nah midsection. All members contribute quirky bits to “Five Per Cent for Nothing,” whose guitar and keyboard slurs eventually wind into “Long Distance Runaround.” Given Squire’s departure, “The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)” becomes this outing’s spiritual (if not musical) epicenter. Falling midway through the second disc, the bass showcase sees Squire march through his Fragile signature piece for the Nth time—but with no less the virtuosity and enthusiasm of his early days (in pointed collars, capes, and calf-high boots). And anyone who’s witnessed Yes in concert can attest to the bassist’s athleticism and spritely demeanor (despite his size): Squire would always kick up a knee whilst plucking his Rickenbacker, or would thrust an index fi nger skyward, only to spiral the digit back down into proper position on his fretboard. We’ll miss that onstage charisma. Fortunately, Chris’ bass (and vocal) brilliance has been preserved for the ages on twenty-odd studio LPs and a dozen live titles, from 1973’s Yessongs and 1980’s Yesshows through 2011’s In the Present: Yes Live From Lyons—and recent treasure trove box set Yes: Seven from Seventy-Two. Like It Is: Yes Live at the Mesa Arts Center is a must-have in that it is the fi nal Yes concert pressed with Squire’s input. Whether more fantastic fossils and “lost” reels will be unearthed in future times (as on Seven from Seventy-Two) is anyone’s guess. Heck, it remains to be seen whether there’ll even be a Yes without Squire (though sources hint that frequent Squire collaborator Billy Sherwood will step in for Chris on the upcoming summer tour with Toto).

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Recorded for compact disc and fi lmed for DVD November 12, 2012 live at the Regency Ballroom in the city by the bay, Axis—XXX Live marks the fourth live release from the refurbished Asia since its original members reconvened in 2007: Fantasia XXV: Live in Tokyo documented said reunion, Spirit of the Night: The Phoenix Live in Cambridge captured their 2009 tour, and Resonance: Omega Live in Switzerland preserved a gig from the band 2010-11 outing. Caught up, or just plain confused? No worries. We’re familiar enough with Asia to condense the band’s prolifi c history into a paltry paragraph. Comprised of virtuosic veterans from renowned progressive bands of the ‘70s, the “original” Asia cut two albums for Geffen (Asia and Alpha) and notched a string of MTV hits before guitarist Steve Howe (ex-Yes) ventured solo. Singer / bassist John Wetton (UK and King Crimson), drummer Carl Palmer (ELP), and keyboardist Geoff Downes (Buggles, Yes) enlisted substitute guitarists for a couple more LPs, but the singles had already dried up. Wetton and Palmer left it to Downes to continue as he saw fi t (with an alternate singer and players) until 2007, when the four founding gents reassembled for a 25th anniversary tour. That alliance was fruitful, twice as long (and productive) as the fi rst go-round: The reawakened Asia recorded four more full-lengths and embarked on several lucrative tours between Howe and Downes’ outings in Yes. Howe has since absconded anew, devoting his energies to Yes (and solo projects). He was supplanted by young gun Sam Coulson on Asia’s 2014 album, Gravitas. While Axis—XXX Live doesn’t necessarily render Asia’s earlier live releases obsolete, it does stand as the band’s most comprehensive concert set to date (if solely by virtue of the fact that it is the most recent, and covers more material than ever). It’s a solid mix of old and new that shuffl es XXX offerings with one or two songs apiece from Phoenix and Omega whilst slotting in tried-and-true gems from the Geffen LPs. Indeed, Wetton and the lads perform just about every cut from Asia’s eponymous 1982 debut. Following a two-minute orchestral intro (that sounds like it quotes Beethoven’s “Pathetique Sonata”), the guys launch into “Only Time Will Tell,” with Downes conjuring the apocryphal synth riff that inspired ‘80s arena bands like Europe (“The Final Countdown”). Wetton recounts a fi ctitious fi ght for king and country on “Wildest Dreams,” his bass (probably a Zon) pulsating beneath Howe’s fl eet-fi ngered guitar runs. 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“The Storm” were both epic in proportion—guitar-laden mini-masterpieces whereon brass section and backup vocalists decorated the thunderous beats with melody, harmony, and plain old grit. Opener Doyle Bramhall II returned to the stage with Sharon Jones to share the load on Etta James oldie “Tell Mama,” which became a three-pronged guitar adventure as a result. Tedeschi and Trucks then signed off with a mash-up of Sly & The Family Stone late ‘60s hits “Sing a Simple Song” and “I Want to Take You Higher.” Thing is, TTB had already taken us higher; the all-star encore was just icing on the cornbread muffi n. Bramhall (a guitar sensation who’s produced for Eric Clapton and performed with Roger Waters) delighted at dusk with a half-hour of blues rock that harkened to Slowhand’s days in Cream. Heck, the razor-stubbled Bramhall even had poofy hair like young Clapton did in his psychedelic Disraeli Gears phase. But Bramhall—whose dad (like Derek’s) was a famous drummer (for Lightning Hopkins)—is more than just a haircut and paisley neckerchief. Playing a Fender Strat (and an exotic turquoise Eastwood guitar), he had fret board acumen needed to interpret the greats whilst putting his own stamp on the music—and ample fuzz tone and wah-wah to make his notes sizzle. His three-piece band was a rhythmic hit squad, towing the line on an impressive run through the posthumously-issued Hendrix song “Angel.” Brooklyn R&B / boogie ensemble The Dap Kings then took over at 7:30pm, serving up fi fty minutes of super-soul funk drawn mostly from their sixth release, Give the People What they Want. Fronted by sparkplug Sharon Jones and—like TTB—boasting a rock band, horn section, and backup singers), the dynamic unit wowed on “If You Call,” “Stranger to My Happiness,” and “Long Time, Wrong Time.” Jones, 59, dazzled with her strong voice and can’t-look-away stage presence, shaking and shimmying in her silver sparkle Hullabaloo-style dress during “People Don’t Get What They Deserve” and a smoldering march through 1966 Marvin Gaye classic “Heard It Through the Grapevine.” The band’s cover of Johnny Otis classic (via Gladys Knight & The Pips) “In Every Beat of My Heart” likewise captivated the Nautica contingent. Jones said the smoky “When I Come Home” got a thumbs-up from Prince. “He said it’s the funkiest thing he’s heard in the last twenty-fi ve years,” Jones beamed.Sharon also reported she’d recently overcome pancreatic cancer, and dedicated “Get Up and Get Out” to the successful purging of her illness. She said became determined to regain her health after an epiphany standing before a hospital mirror. As if to demonstrate her resolve, Jones gave the audience a lesson in Sixties-style dancing, working her way through a boogaloo, The Jerk, Ride the Pony, the Funky Chicken, and the “swim.” Then she shuffl ed like James Brown, and did a dead-on vocal impression of Tina Turner. Other Dap King highlights included “Keep On Looking” (from 2007’s 100 Days, 100 Nights) and “She Ain’t a Child No More” (from 2010’s I Learned the Hard Way). Accompanying Jones and the fellas were Bronx soul babes Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe, better known as singing duo Saun & Starr. The ladies impressed with a couple numbers from their new disc Look Closer before guitarist Binky Griptite introduced Ms. Jones to the stage. The pair fi rst started working with Jones years ago in a wedding band. The women eventually went their separate ways—only to reconvene in-studio for the King’s third album. Both Saun and Starr astounded with their operatic descants, sisterly demeanor, and goodtime vibes before retreating to a rostrum adjacent conga percussionist Fernando Velez.The Dap Kings also count bassist Gabriel “Bosco Mann” Roth, trumpeter Dave Guy, and saxophonists Cochemea Gastelum (baritone) and Neal Sugarman (tenor) as members. Guitarist Joe Crispiano acted as the band’s musical director, cueing the stops and starts whenever Jones was ready to roll. http://tedeschitrucksband.com http://www.saunandstarr.com


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Well it’s now the end of July which has always meant to me that the summer is almost over. It’s hard to believe because I don’t quite remember when it started. At least the weather has been a little dryer the past week. As I’m writing this, I look out my window and see my “Rose of Sharon” bush is in full bloom and it is absolutely gorgeous! The day lilies are doing exceptionally well this year too. This time of year is also when I celebrate my birth rite and this year I have reached the big one. You know, the one where you thought you would have enough things accomplished in your life so that you could start thinking about planning your retirement years and how you were going to spend all your free time. What a crock of sh%*#@$t that is. Everybody I talk too say’s that they are busier now that they are retired than when they were working every day. Oh Well, I guess “they” were wrong! I guess that I should just be happy that I have my health , my family , and most of my mind still left to be able to function (as well as can be expected from a man of my age) everyday and I’m still doing it with a smile on my face. So, I have been gearing up to take a big trip out to Denver in November (that’s got a catchy rhyme to it )I’m going to a trade show called Champs which is the nation’s largest trade show for tobacco related products and accessories for the head shop industry. I’m going to unveil my newest “Smoking Hot Guitar” venture to the public. No better place to do it than where it is legal and abounding with joy in the wonderful state of Colorado. I’m not promoting the use of illegal marijuana, I’m just promoting my guitar pipes that could be used for such activity if one chose to do so. Although there is a sticker that is on the back of the guitar that clearly expresses that it is to be used for tobacco only! I’m just saying...... I’m having so much fun building them and they are such a beautiful work of art that it is hard not to get excited about selling them. I have so many new designs to go along with the whole concept of musical smoking accessories. I now have little tiny amplifi ers that are great to stash your guitar picks into (and other things, like rings or coins, etc.) Electric guitars will be coming soon as well as banjos and basses, just to name a few. It’s time to increase my visibility with the social media network but unfortunately I think I might be too old to fi gure out how that it works. It seems there is a lot of time that needs to be spent on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., etc. I don’t know all of the ins and outs of that “posting stuff” and have been having a hard time fi nding the time to do it. If there is anyone out there that is exceptionally good at working the social media network and would like to give me a few pointers or some direction in where to go or how to increase my visibility and “brand” my new product I would be greatly appreciative and can be reached at 440-474-2141 or through my website www.smokinghotguitars.com. There could be some employment opportunity that goes along with the phone call, so please give a call if you’re interested. As far as the repair business is going... I am as busy as I ever have been. The usual 3-4 setups every week and a couple of major repairs slipped in there too. Currently I have three neck sets and two full refrets, a huge side crack, and a couple of pickup installments. For the most part things are as normal as they can be. I have been trying to spend more time on a couple of the building projects in between all of my other projects. They are slowly taking shape and with a little luck I will be doing a harp guitar show in October. I have been spending most of my time trying to fi nish up all of the details in my new SHG shop. I just fi nished putting an underground electric service to the building and setting up my new offi ce. That gave me a lot of room in my Liam Guitar shop which I installed two new work benches into. It seems as though every step forward is not just one step. The one step forward usually adds a whole dance sequence with it to be able to make it work. Now that I have the benches, I need to put drawers and shelves and organize this and move that and throw out this so that I can fi t this new machine over there and then I can put this there instead, blah,blah,blah....do you know what I mean? I only have to paint the fl oor and build a new CNC machine and add a few more lights and I think I’ll be almost fi nished, at least until some other idea comes to mind. That reminds me I have to buy a new switch for my band saw that is going to cost a couple hundred bucks. It makes me wonder why I had to buy that fancy expensive Italian band saw in the fi rst place. I have had great service from it for over ten years, but $200.00 for a switch is a little crazy don’t you think? It doesn’t matter because I have to get it up and running a.s.a.p.. I use my band saw and sanders everyday and could not do much of anything without them. It’s kind of like a tape measure for a carpenter, just more expensive. Oh, I almost forgot about the pump that I blew up in my power washer too. I guess it’s just been one of those kind of weeks. The trick is to just shake it off like water on a duck’s back and move forward to the next level and don’t look back any further than to fi x your broken machinery as quickly as you can! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! So till next time …Be safe and Stay in Tune. 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Ant ManMarvel PG13 117 Min. Does it seem that all these superhero fi lms, (and especially my redundant reviews), seem to blur together? If it gets tedious I do apologize but in my own defense it’s pretty tough to come up with different points for essentially the same movie. I often speak of the never ending war between the two comic empires, DC and Marvel, and my opinion is that while Marvel and their leader Stan Lee are bright and resourceful they are also as imitative as the Iotians from the Star Trek episode A Piece of the Action. Even Marvels biggest devotees can’t deny the fact that whenever a popular DC comic hits the stands a very similar one is sure to fol-low from Lee and company. No rip off I can think of is more blatant than Ant Man who fol-lowed DC’s The Atom in a matter of months back in the sixties. At any rate The Atom and especially his imitation Ant Man were never A list superhe-roes even in the old days. One of the reasons being is that the superpower is pretty much limited to shrinking to a very tiny size. Ant Man has one slightly interesting twist to his abilities; even though he can’t fl y he can communicate with actual ants and hitch a ride when necessary on the back of a carpenter ant. I’m not sure, and it wasn’t covered in the fi lm, if he actually spends anytime crawling around in people’s kitchens or spoiling picnics. For those Marvel purists out there this appears to be a relaunch of the Ant Man who originally appeared in the early sixties. Back then a scientist named Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) fi gured out something that would allow people to shrink to molecular size and beyond and used that technology to save the world or do good deeds or something like that. It seems he hit the skids when his wife died on one of these little escapades and the secret fell into the hands of unscrupulous busi-ness people and evil military guys. Yes they are to blame again! That’s kind of standard is-sue for a lot of monster and or super guy fi lms since the 19 sixties. It turns out the good doctor has been working in the shadows waiting for the proper subject to wear the magic shrinking suit and once again save the world. That honor falls

to a down-on-his-luck cat burglar Scott Lang (Paul Rudd). A little background you may or may not want to read involves some of those bad guys and swindlers about to sell that technology to Marvel Comics’ fi ctitious evil organization called Hydra. We aren’t exactly sure why they are spending the big money on this technology but you can pretty much bet it’s not to promote world peace. Scott now spends the rest of the movie fl ying around shrinking expanding, beating up bad guys and blowing up a massive evil computer with his army of ants. Luckily the bad guys have never considered a can of Raid. He’ll also test the waters of a lukewarm love interest with the boss’s daughter but that goes almost nowhere. The rest of it is made up of long but adequately engaging action scenes until, of course, the good guys are victorious.

Then the standard Marvel Comics run the credits show the one extra scene setting up a sequel on its way then cut and wrap. I’ve heard Michael Douglas is already said he’d consider doing another round so there you have it folks. Hopefully they will make enough money from this one to be able to pur-chase a little more interesting plot for the next time. This isn’t a bad movie and Paul Rudd is a pretty charismatic little guy.

B-Mr. Holmes BBC PG 105 min The Legend of Sherlock Holmes is such a great part of the fabric of English literature that it has almost created a life of its own.One of the basic tenets revolves around the idea that though the books had been accepted


and purchased as fi ctional entertainment they were actual accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases glorifi ed as they may be by Dr Watson, as actual case transcripts. At least that’s a part of the idea behind the latest BBC sequel, as it were, MR HOLMES. I can imagine one would not need to be an afi cionado to appreciate the random mysteries and even the action in many fi lms and stories but here, as we examine the last months or possibly days of his life it’s hard to imagine being drawn in without a great deal of prior interest. Unlike the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes the Ian McKellen version exhibits no fi sticuffs, no shirtless cavorting, no action scenes, and only the most bittersweet hint of romance. Remember this is a BBC production and not prone to the over the top production, explo-sions battles etc. found in American fi lms.In this version the sleuth has long since retired and his faithful friend Dr Watson many years in his grave. Now well into his nineties and facing early signs of Alzheimer’s Mr. Holmes is trying very hard to tie up a couple of loose ends; unfi nished business that have haunted him ever since his self-imposed exile to his country home. It’s in this idyllic setting he will spend his days surrounded by a sullen housekeeper (Laura Linney), her precocious son Roger (Milo Parker), his bees and his failing memories. Referenced in fl ashbacks and dream sequences two of those cases continue to eat at his mind. In Japan, a young man is searching for his father who left the family on a trip to England and never returned but only sent a copy of one of Watson’s memoirs A Study in Scarlet. With the promise of secret Japanese herbs that can sharpen the mind Holmes is persuaded to visit the young man and possibly fi nd his errant father. The other involves a woman Holmes could actually care for embroiled in a romantic and possibly murderous intrigued. I won’t tell you how either one works out (or if they even do) because if you invest your time in this relatively slow fi lm those answers are just about your only pay off. Oddly enough one of the solutions reminded me of STAR TREK’s Kobayashi Maru but I’d be shocked if it weren’t just a coincidence. (That’s your only hint by the way.)There’s also the matter of the housekeeper and Roger, the friction between them since his father was killed in the war has to be resolved. I found myself hoping that Ian McKellen is just a damn good actor and not nearly as feeble as he plays a character almost 20 years his senior. At the end of the day, though, I really enjoyed this fi lm and I think you will too if you have absolutely no expectations of action or thrills.

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Straw Hat Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center “Concerts on the Lawn” Concerts are played on the Straw Hat Theatre stage at 6:30pm. Seating for the concert is available inside under the Straw Hat pavilion but audience members are also encouraged to bring their lawn chairs or blankets to spread out beneath the shade trees and to pack a picnic supper. The Straw Hat Theatre concession stand will also be open. Hot dogs are $2. All other concessions items are just $1 each. Future concerts will be held Wednesday, August 5 featuring local favorite Dennis Ford. Dennis was an annual performer at the Ashtabula Arts Center’s afternoon Brown Bag concerts for a number of years. Dennis is well known around the county and beyond both as a solo singer and as part of the band “Good Question.” He will be performing songs from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s. The fi nal concert of the season will be held on Wednesday, August 12 and will feature Cadillac Lilly, the fi ve-piece combo specializing in swing, standards, and blues. Cadillac Lilly takes you on a “Sentimental Journey” that follows the path of American music, and its roots in blues, country, jazz, and rhythm and blues. “Concerts on the Lawn” are held at the Ashtabula Arts Center, 2028 W. 13th Street in Ashtabula. For more information contact the arts center at (440) 964-3396.

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A couple years ago I had a bad bout of the ‘Bohemian Thogwart Dung Beatle’s Dung Flea’s Dust Disease’ on my right leg, at least that’s what I called it; the Doctors never did fi gure out what it was and couldn’t give it a name! So this of course put me into Science Fiction mode and I could then describe it as like a million microscopic Thogwart Dung Beatle Dung Fleas trying to eat the skin off my leg! It was a friggen nightmare right out of the Twilight Zone! Finally, after 19,000 pills of various shapes and colors, IV’s, QV’s, AV’s, WV’s, EV’s and probably some BV’s, gave up 400 gallons of blood for testing, and had at least 250,000 X-rays, the doctor I’m seeing now called in a team from the Antarctic to take a core sample from my leg, which told him at least what it wasn’t! Well… I’m not actually seeing him… right now, that would mean I was crazy; I’m seeing my computer screen as I’m typing and I’m not kidding either! Anyways, after analyzing the chunk of meat he took out of my leg he still didn’t know what it was, just some sort of skin bacteria that got infected, something he’s never encountered before… huh, imagine that! At least then he was able to give me some magic ointment, which I cannot pronounce the name of, so I just simply call it the; ‘Anti Bohemian Thogwart Dung Beatle’s Dung Flea’s Dung Dust Ointment’ and it got rid of the ‘Thogwart Dung Beetle’s Dung Flea’s Dung Dust’ that was infecting my leg and that’s all I care about!

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Of course I was in SciFi mode when I came up with the name for this hideous affl iction and there’s no truth to the rumor that I’m always in SciFi mode, I check into reality from time to time just to make sure I haven’t turned n-n-n-n-n-normal and so far I have not! N-n-n-n-n-normal people get n-n-n-n-n-normal illnesses and have pieces and parts removed or radiated to get rid of them! I think I’m better of right here in my own little world, where once in a while I run into some weird or unknown SciFi affl iction and get to name it myself! Once I give the weird or unknown SciFi affl iction a name, it seems then a friggen cure of some sort comes about like out of a cosmic chicken soup and all is good! With that thought in mind, I’m going to name my newest weird and unknown SciFi affl iction, which started a couple months ago. It’s some sort of ‘Falling Down Disease’ where I feel like I’m going to fall down… all the time… but I don’t, as of yet anyways! Again the doctor doesn’t know what it is and all the conventional n-n-n-n-n-normal things aren’t working, and I’m walking around like a drunken sailor, so I’m giving it a friggen name so it will go away, I’m going to call it… umm… ‘Vertigignasticdown Syndrone’, yeah I like that one, and anyone affl icted would be ‘Vertigoismatic’! There… now go the hell away, and leave me upright… please and thank you!

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