The Coral Head MusicFest landed at England Brothers Park and absolutely rocked the visitors and residents of Pinellas Park with music supplied by Jen, Hairdaze, Mitch Perry Group, Slaughter, Jackyl and Sebastian Bach.
Coral Head MusicFest is presented by the American Legion Riders of Post 154 out of Marathon, FL. For this event they were assisted by Post’s 104, 252, 125 and 14.
The American Legion Riders is a department of the American Legion. They are a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who are dedicated to helping American veterans, their families, and the community.
The Coral Head MusicFest was created to raise money for the benefit of American Veterans. Their sponsored charity PROJECT: VETRELIEF is an organization run by the American Legion to assists veterans in a multitude of ways including mentoring/counseling returning service members, job placement, benefit assistance, emergency funding, and so much more. To find out more about Project: VetRelief visit their website at www.projectvetrelief.org. Also receiving a portion of the proceeds from this event is the Tampa Bay Warriors.
As we walked into England Brothers Park we were very happy to see the many different vendors that were setup. There were so many food choices, kind of like at a state fair.
The VIP area, OMG!! We had a nice tented area with tables to sit at. The food provided by Pinellas Grille and Station House BBQ was fantastic!!!
The Coral Head MusicFest group really knows how to put a show together yet keeping the fans in mind that all their needs and wants are taken care of.
Our Emcee’s for the show were Bill Hoebee and Todd “Ham Salad” Sitler of WAIL 99.5 and Jeff Zito, Sean Roberts and Ted Kamikaze of 98.7 The Shark. What a great group of guys and so much fun to hang out with!!
Kickin’ off the music on stage was none other than the Coral Head MusicFest Event Coordinator Jen. If you’ve spent time down in Marathon or Key West chances are you may have seen and heard Jen before. She played a great selection of covers that entertained people as they came in.
Hairdaze – the Amazing 80’s Rock Show hit the stage and proceeded to pummel our ears with some great cover songs by groups like Guns and Rose’s, Poison, Motley Crue and Def Leppard to name just a few.
This group of highly skilled musicians know how to get the party started and can keep it going! If you see them playing in your area go check them out!!
Hairdaze Band Members:
- Joe Bravo: Lead vocals/Guitar
- Gary Shutt: Lead Guitar
- Joey Ojeda: Bass
- Kenny Wendland: Drums/Vocals
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Hairdaze Setlist:
- Welcome to the Jungle (Guns n’ Roses)
- Unskinny Bop (Poison)
- Turn Up The Radio (Autograph)
- Working For The Weekend (Loverboy)
- Wild Side (Motley Crue)
- Round n’ Round (Ratt)
- Living On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
- TNT – (ACDC)
- Don’t Tell Me You Love Me (Nightranger)
- Separate Ways (Journey)
- Panama (Van Halen)
- Photograph ( Def Leppard)
- Talk Dirty (Poison)
The Mitch Perry Group took to the stage and what a great sound they had. Just watching Mitch play can put you into a trance where you forget all your worries. Add to that mix the powerful vocals of Shelly Bonet. The band sounded absolutely fantastic!!
Mitch Perry has toured and with the Michael Schenker Group, Edgar Winter, Lita Ford, David Lee Roth and Cher and recorded with Edgar Winter, Glenn Hughes, Talas, Faster Pussycat, Keel, Frankie Miller, Heaven and Graham Nash.
Currently Mitch is performing regularly with SWEET and also pursuing solo interests such as producing a new album for the Mitch Perry Group.
Mitch Perry Group Band Members:
- Mitch Perry: Guitar/Vocals
- Shelly Bonet: Vocals
- Dave Schulz: Keys/Vocals
- Dan McNay: Bass
- Tal Bergman: Drummer
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Before Slaughter even hit the stage the fans in the VIP section were gathering at the foot of the stage. It’s pretty safe to say the crowd was ready to rock out.
Will Hunt (Evanescence) jumped behind the kit and started playing then Blando and Dana Strum joined in. The crowd was rockin’, the horns were up in the air and then Mark Slaughter hit the stage and took us down memory lane.
Slaughter Band Members:
- Mark Slaughter: Vocals/Guitar
- Jeff “Blando” Bland: Guitar/Vocals
- Dana Strum: Bass/Vocals
- Will Hunt: Drums
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Setlist:
- The Wild Life
- Burnin’ Bridges
- Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelincover)
- Spend My Life
- Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelincover)
- Good times bad times
- We Will Rock You (Queencover)
- Mad About You
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash (The Rolling Stonescover)
- Days Gone By
- Real Love
- Fly to the Angels
- Up All Night
- Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who cover)
Jackyl, what can we say about this band that we haven’t said before. Time after time they bring a great show and each member just seems to get better as time goes on.
As the band fired up the music powered engine the fans moved closer and closer to the stage. There was hardly anyone still sitting in a chair in the VIP section.
Jackyl gave us one hard rockin’ set and Jesse James seemed to be having fun as well with the smile on his face.
Do yourself a favor and go see them if you haven’t yet!!
Jackyl Band Members:
- Jesse James Dupree: Guitar/Vocals/Chainsaw
- Jeff Worley: Guitar
- Roman Glick: Bass
- Chris Worley: Drummer
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Setlist:
- Blast Off
- My Moonshine Kicks Your Cocaine’s Ass
- Mental Masturbation
- Encore (It Makes My Bic Dig Her)
- Screwdriver
- Down on Me
- Push Comes to Shove
- Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (Hank Williams, Jr.cover)
- Just Because I’m Drunk
- I Stand Alone
- When Will It Rain
- Dirty Little Mind
- Redneck Punk
- The Lumberjack
The final act of the night was Sebastian Bach as he wraps up his 30th anniversary tour of the album Skid Row from the band he fronted from 1987 to 1997.
Sebastian truly is a great entertainer. He rocked the fans hard with his singing and then popped them upside the head with his jokes.
With Brent shredding on the guitar, Rob and Bobby handling the low end this was just so much fun.
Todd La Torre, singer for Queensryche, joined Sebastian on the stage for “Youth Gone Wild“. That was freakin’ good!!
It was very cool of Sebastian to do this 30th anniversary tour!! We had so much fun going back in time and rocking out just like we did back then!!
Sebastian Bach Band Members:
- Sebastian Bach: Vocals
- Bobby Jarzombek: Drums
- Brent Woods: Guitar
- Rob DeLuca: Bass
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Setlist:
- Tornado (Skid Row song)
- Forever (Skid Row song)
- Big Guns (Skid Row song)
- Sweet Little Sister (Skid Row song)
- Can’t Stand the Heartache (Skid Row song)
- Piece of Me (Skid Row song)
- 18 and Life (Skid Row song)
- Rattlesnake Shake (Skid Row song)
- Youth Gone Wild (Skid Rowsong)
- Here I Am (Skid Row song)
- Makin’ a Mess (Skid Row song)
- I Remember You (Skid Row song)
- Midnight (Skid Row song)
Encore:
- Slave to the Grind (Skid Row song)
- The Threat (Skid Row song)
- In a Darkened Room (Skid Row song)
- Monkey Business
Thank you very much Coral Head MusicFest for such a great time and all you do for the Vets!!
Photos and Review By: Brian Kreuser