* Butch Corridori.
You guys now know where Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and a bunch of our friends are gonna be next Friday night- February 3rd around 8 o’clock!
Trust me when I tell you, this guy Butch Corridori got a great set of pipes. Check him out at TheButchCorridoriExperience.com!
This article first appeared on 11/12/16. Jeff Eats just checked the Peabody Auditorium box-office and there are only a handful of tickets left- so if you wanna go and don’t yet have tickets, it’s time to make your move!
Posted on November 12, 2016
* The Association, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Lou Christie, The Vogues, Bobby Miranda.
Just announced…
This is an absolutely amazing show!
Don’t tell Mrs. Jeff Eats (she’ll faint), but with shows like this- I’m tempted to sell the old-Boca Raton homestead and move- to a two bedroom Daytona Beach rental apartment where I don’t-gotta worry about the gardener, the pool man, the a/c guy, the pest control guy, the roof guy, the gutter guy, the HOA yenta-squard, the pressure cleaning guy…
The Skinny:
The Association, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Lou Christie, The Vogues, Bobby Miranda.
Saturday, February 4, 2017 (7:30pm)
Peabody Auditorium
600 Auditorium Boulevard
Daytona Beach, Florida 32118
Box Office: (386) 671.3460
Tickets: peabodyauditorium.org poprockdoowopp.com
A Sixties Spectacular starring The Association (“Windy”, “Never My Love”, “Cherish”), Gary Lewis & the Playboys (“This Diamond Ring”, “Count Me In”, “Everybody Loves a Clown”), The Vogues (“You’re the One”, “5 O’Clock World”, “Turn Around, Look at Me”), The Happenings’ original lead singer Bob Miranda (“See You in September”, “Go Away Little Girl”, “I Got Rhythm”) and Lou Christie (“Lightning Strikes”, “The Gypsy Cried”, “I’m Gonna Make You Mine”)! All acts feature original members.
This article first appeared on 10/17/16. Just checked the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall box-office and there are only a handful of seats left- so if wanna go, and don’t yet have tickets…
Posted on October 17, 2016
* The Association, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Lou Christie.
Great lineup.
Literally just announced, so if you wanna be the ” Early Bird”- go for it!
Tickets: bbmannpah.com
Trust Jeff Eats on this one, The Association fronted by original lead singer Jim Yester sounds exactly as it did in the 60’s when it recorded hits like- Windy, Cherish, Along Comes Mary, Never My Love- and Gary Lewis and Lou Christie still got the pipes- sounding absolutely amazing on songs like This Diamond Ring, The Gypsy Cried and Lightnin’ Strikes.
Like I said 3 seconds ago, great lineup!
Stars of the sixties return to the Barbara B. Mann… Starring The Association (“Windy”, “Never My Love”, “Along Comes Mary”, “Cherish”, “Everything That Touches You”), Gary Lewis & The Playboys (“This Diamond Ring”, “Green Grass”, “Count Me In”, “Save Your Heart for Me”) and Lou Christie (“Lightning Strike”, “The Gypsy Cried”, “I’m Gonna Make You Mine”, “Two Faces Have I”). Special guests The Classics will open the show. All groups feature original members. Don’t delay – the last 2 year’s shows have sold out!
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
13350 FSW Parkway • Fort Myers, FL 33919
800-440-7469 • 239-481-4849
* Lola & The Saints In Concert.
If you are into doo wop music…you don’t want to miss Lola & The Saints!
No bs-ing here, when it comes to covering 50’s-60’s acappella and doo wop hits, this group is off-the-chart-good! Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, top-notch leads and harmonies!
Lola & The Saints based out of the-Tampa area- makes a very rare South Florida appearance at The Lexington Club in Delray Beach on Saturday, February 11, 2017 (8pm)! The show’s venue is a “residential community” clubhouse ballroom which seats approximately 300.
A drop of background on Lola & the Saints…Originally formed in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx by Lola and Tom Foy, “The Saints” have enjoyed a long and magnificent career in show business. After having performed and recorded under many different guises, they have always managed to find their way back to their Doo-Wop roots as well as their original name “The Saints”. Each and every member of the four piece vocal group has, at one time been a part of some of the finest 50’s and 60’s Doo-Wop groups.
The Skinny:
LOLA & THE SAINTS
THE LEXINGTON CLUB
7799 THE LEXINGTON CLUB BLVD.
DELRAY BEACH, FL 33466-3410
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017 (8pm)
FOR TICKETS ($20)/INFO: CALL LOU @ 954-849-0345
***** Elmo’s Rock Bar & Grill, 9770 South Military Trail, Boynton Beach, Florida 33436.
First things first, if you can’t handle- cigarette smoke, Elmo’s Rock Bar & Grill ain’t gonna work for you!
With the above warning out of the way, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats recently discovered Elmo’s Rock Bar & Grill in Boynton Beach and I gotta tell you, the joint kills! Flat screen tvs galore, reasonably priced full liquor bar, off the hook delicious food, dynamite Rock ‘n Roll bands on Friday & Saturday nights, super pleasant service, events all week long and the joint is open 7 days a week from 11am-5am!
Trust Jeff Eats on this one, this Elmo’s joint is a winner! Other than for the “smoke” (which I and Mrs. Jeff Eats can handle, but definitely could do with-out) its got everything working in high gear…Amazing burgers, wings, Philly cheesesteaks, french fries…real strong lineup of local south Florida bands…loads of events during the week…well stocked/priced bar…real good service, make this joint a must try!
For more info on Elmo’s Rock Bar & Grill elmosrockbar.com.
This contest started on 1/25/17. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $50 MAO Colombian Fast-Food Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $50 MAO Colombian Fast-Food Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, what “these” guys do to hot dogs and hamburgers probably have Ray Kroc and Nathan Handwerker turning over in their respective graves! That said, something like 9 years ago, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “found” MAO Colombian Fast-Food and we’ve been fans of its hot dogs/burgers and TOPPINGS ever since- although deep down us-former New Yorkers know- that a hot dog is really only suppose to be dressed- with deli mustard and sauerkraut (and maybe-sweet green pickle relish or onion sauce) and a burger is only suppose to be topped- with American cheese, grilled/or raw onions and ketchup!
Anyway…
The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $50 Gift Card is good at MAO Colombian Fast-Food, 8438 Southwest 40th Street Miami, Florida 33231, (305) 551-0506.
MAO Colombian Fast-Food (Miami)
Posted on December 8th, 2008 ·
***** MAO Columbian Fast-Food, 8438 SW 40th Street, Miami, Florida 33231, (305) 551-0506.
I am not sure if I should even tell you guys about this one…Mao Columbian Fast-Food.
MAO is a “hole in the wall” Columbian fast-food/take-out joint…order from the counter…six stools to sit on. Basically there are 3 things to order…hamburgers, hot-dogs, arepas.
I only tried the hamburger…the beef patty in a bun (unless you stop the counter-guy) is topped with ham, french fries, mayo, fried egg, lettuce, some “unknown sauces” and a pineapple sauce. I know it sounds real scary…but once I bit into the thing, it was pretty-good…Now don’t get me wrong, I’m still…a burger-grilled onions-ketchup guy…but I had to try it.
Like I said before, I only tried the burger…but I did see two guys eating hot-dogs that were covered with “God only knows what.”
MAO is not for everyone. By the way, when you eat one of these burgers you should consider wearing a bib…messy, messy, messy.
MAO is open Monday-Thursday noon-1am, Friday-Saturday noon-5am and Sunday 7pm-1am. It is absolutley amazing what lengths I will go through to find joints for you guys.
This contest started on 1/23/17. This contest has a winner!
* Win A $50 Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai Gift Card.
Real simple story, Jeff Eats got a $50 Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $50 Gift Card is good at Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai, 134 North Federal Highway, Hallandale, Florida 33009, (954) 454-0023. Check menu/prices/info at eddiehills.com.
Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai (Hallandale)
Posted on January 30th, 2015
***** Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai, 134 North Federal Highway, Hallandale, Florida 33009, (954) 454-0023.
It was an American-Style diner from 1949 to 1999…new owner changed the joint into Japanese/Sushi/Thai joint.
Now that-that’s out of the way…real good no-frills/super casual restaurant to catch-guess what at?-Japanese/Sushi/Thai stuff!
A recent dinner “outing” had Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and another couple-doing…chicken udon, teriyaki lobster, deep fried crispy boneless duck, massaman curry-shrimp, tempura seafood, satay chicken, pad kee mao-beef…Now, nothing for nothing, when Jeff Eats-eats in joints like Eddie Hill’s Sushi & Thai…everything kinda tastes like Chinese food to me. So, straight up, I’m telling you that I’m- no expert-on Japanese/Sushi/Thai stuff…but, I do know when something tastes good-and everything that we ordered tasted real-good.
My money- says that most of you guys probably know more about Japanese/Sushi/Thai food than Jeff Eats does…so, I’m just calling it as I “tasted” it. For what it’s worth, Mrs. Jeff Eats and our friends-also enjoyed the food…so you got four people who would definitely “come back.”
While I’m on the subject of “food reviewing”…you guys gotta appreciate that growing up in Brooklyn in the 50’s-60’s Jeff Eats wasn’t exactly exposed to a ton of Japanese or Thai kids-that said, in 6th grade at P.S. 179 I did sit next to a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ kid who shook the class-up when he wouldn’t say The Pledge Of Allegiance…so I wasn’t a totally sheltered kid!
Anyway,
You can check menu/prices/other info at eddiehills.com.
Eddie Hills is open Sunday-Thursday noon-10:30pm, Friday-Saturday noon-11:30pm.
* Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band Drummer and Co-Founder, Dead at 69.
Jeff Eats “just” saw Butch Trucks a few weeks ago in Boca Raton!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…You aren’t getting any younger, nor are the legendary Rock ‘N Rollers and performers who have entertained you for years!
Be smart, make it your business to attend Florida concerts/festivals/events that feature the “greats” because one never knows for sure what the future holds for any of us!
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Rollingstone.com
Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band Drummer and Co-Founder, Dead at 69.
Group’s longtime drummer provided “drive and strength” to southern-rock veterans
By Kory Grow
8 hours ago
Butch Trucks, one of the Allman Brothers Band’s founding drummers, died Tuesday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks’ booking agent, confirmed the veteran musician’s death to Rolling Stone, but said a cause of death is currently unknown.
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“The Trucks and Allman Brothers Band families request all of Butch’s friends and fans to please respect our privacy at this time of sadness for our loss,” Trucks’ rep said in a statement. “Butch will play on in our hearts forever.”
“I’m heartbroken,” Gregg Allman said in a statement. “I’ve lost another brother and it hurts beyond words. Butch and I knew each other since we were teenagers and we were bandmates for over 45 years. He was a great man and a great drummer and I’m going to miss him forever. Rest In Peace Brother Butch.”
“Today we lost a Brother and the music world lost a great, innovative drummer and part of rock history,” Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes said in a statement. “I am truly honored to have played music and shared life with Butch for over 25 years. It is a sad day indeed.”
Alongside drummer and percussionist Jai “Jaimoe” Johnny Johanson, Trucks helped lay the swinging foundation for southern-rock drumming. Jamoe once asked Duane Allman why he wanted two drummers in the group, according to the Allman Brothers biography One Way Out, and the guitarist referenced Otis Redding and James Brown’s dual-drummer bands.
“Jaimoe was a real good drummer, but more of a pocket guy … he wasn’t really able to handle the power,” Allman Brothers guitarist Dicky Betts said in the book. “We needed Butch, who had that drive and strength, freight train, meat-and-potatoes thing. It set Jaimoe up perfectly.” Although Jaimoe left and returned to the group in the Eighties, Trucks provided a constant beat throughout the band’s lifespan.
Claude Hudson “Butch” Trucks was born in Jacksonville, Florida on May 11th, 1947. He started playing drums in the eighth grade and joined Jacksonville’s Englewood High School band, according to Skydog: The Duane Allman Story. His parents were strict Baptists and refused to buy him a drum kit of his own until 11th grade when he promised never to play in an establishment that served liquor. Before graduating high school, he played in two bands – the Vikings and the Echoes – as well as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Jacksonville Symphonette, where he played tympani. He went on to attend Florida State University where, he once said, he “majored in staying out of Vietnam,” and formed a group called the Bitter Ind.
It was at a Bitter Ind. gig in Daytona Beach where Trucks first encountered Gregg and Duane Allman. The latter would later call Trucks and ask him to play drums at a gig. Almost three years later, they would form the Allman Brothers Band.
The group issued its self-titled debut in 1969, but it stalled on the lower half of the Billboard 200 despite the presence of “Whipping Post,” a song that would later become a classic-rock staple. The Allmans went on to issue albums at a quick pace and scored their first hit with 1971’s At Fillmore East, a double-live LP recorded at the fabled New York City venue. It went platinum and heralded a streak of popularity for the band, which included the albums Eat a Peach (1972, released after Duane Allman’s death the prior year), Brothers and Sisters (1973, a Number One album), Win, Lose or Draw (1975) and Enlightened Rogues (1979, their last Top 10 full-length). They would go on to issue several more studio, live and archival LPs through last year.
Although the group had numerous hit songs in the middle of the Hot 100, only 1973’s “Ramblin’ Man,” off Brothers and Sisters, made it into the upper echelons, peaking at Number Two. Instead of gearing toward writing hits, the Allmans established themselves as a live force.
It was onstage, where the group’s ability to meld into one unit – when they were “hitting the note,” to use a phrase they said often in the Seventies – was best on display. “Hittin’ the note is reaching that point where you can’t do any wrong,” Trucks once said, according to Skydog. “With us, when we’re playing music, it’s where the brain goes away and the body just does what it’s supposed to do, and there’s no thought and there’s no question, and no matter what you do, it’s right. It’s getting to that spiritual level where the communication is total, but it’s not mental.”
The Allmans broke up and re-formed three times in the ensuing decades, and when they reunited a final time – for a stretch that lasted 1999 to 2014 – they brought in Trucks’ nephew Derek to play guitar.
After the group’s breakup, Butch played gigs under his own name and formed a new group, Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band. The group had shows already booked for this spring, though Butch would play what would be his last show on January 6th.
In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, Trucks reflected on the Allman Brothers Band’s unexpected status as headliners. “We were in another universe,” he said. “We were out spreading the gospel of this music we had discovered. We never thought that we would be more than an opening act. Atlantic Records was riding our ass constantly to get Gregg out from behind the organ, stick a salami down his pants and jump around the stage like Robert Plant. We told them to go fuck themselves. ‘We’re playing this for ourselves. We’ve tried it your way before. We didn’t make any money and we had a miserable time.’
“[By the time of the Fillmore East show], we decided, ‘OK, we don’t care if we don’t make any money. We’re having the time of our lives,'” he continued. “Little by little, people started understanding what we were doing. But it had to start with us. Once the crowd got in and we could feed on their energy, we’d feed it back to them.”
* The Stranger “Ultimate Billy Joel Experience”-
Jeff Eats is hearing absolutely amazing things about the North Carolina based national touring- The Stranger “Ultimate Billy Joel Experience” tribute show- which just announced 2-Florida dates!
For you Clark Kents out there, checkout billyjoeltribute.net and You Tube-Bill Joel Trubute The Stranger and you’ll see why this band- is literally on fire with bookings all over the United States!
Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats just bought tickets for the Kelsey Theater gig!
The Skinny:
The Stranger “Ultimate Billy Joel Tribute”
Kelsey Theater
700 Park Avenue
Lake Park, Florida 33403
Thursday, February 23, 2017 (7:00pm)
Tickets: eventbrite.com
The Cuban Club
2010 Avenida Republica De Cuba
Tampa, Florida 33605
Friday, February 24th, 2017 (8:00pm)
Tickets: eventbrite.com
from billyjoeltribute.net
With over 150 million records sold worldwide in a career spanning nearly 50 years, singer,songwriter,composer & performer BILLY JOEL is one of the world’s most beloved musical artists of the past 100 years. So naturally, paying tribute to that level of talent and doing it justice is something special…
THE STRANGER is the complete premiere tribute to the music of one of the worlds most beloved performers, Billy Joel. Comprised of some of the best and most experienced musicians in the business, this 6 piece band brings together an authentic replication of Billy’s timeless music, crowning it with soulful, spot on vocals that makes listening to a Billy Joel song so special. Out front on piano & lead vocals is founder & frontman Mike Santoro. Born and raised in Levittown NY like Joel himself, Mike also looks like Billy, moves like Billy, plays piano like Billy, and most of all sounds so much like Billy Joel that you will be astonished that what you’re seeing and hearing is actually a tribute artist.
We give you the Billy Joel show with the sound of his original band in his prime… energetic, interactive an often unpredictable. Its live entertainment at its best!
From his radio hits to classic b-sides, sprinkled with great songs from similar artists such as Elton John, Paul Macartney and others, it’s everything you’ll ever want in an evening out of great music. Available for corporate events,festivals, casinos, private affairs, and select venues.
The Stranger “Ultimate Billy Joel Experience”
Formed by native Long Islander Mike Santoro (piano/lead vocals) in the summer of 2009, THE STRANGER has amassed an impressive list of clientele, high profile events, festivals and concerts that would rival many national acts. With all 6 members residing in the Charlotte North Carolina area, and several decades of experience between them, The Stranger is a musical powerhouse that is recognized as one of the best and most entertaining live bands in the business
* Duran Duran-Paper Gods On Tour 2017.
Jeff Eats isn’t a Duran Duran fan!
Just in case- you are…
Just announced!
