Mark Casady on harmonica 88.1
FM NPR
Don't miss our final farewell
to 2007 as we pack the Museum
of Commerce with an all-star
high energy musical blowout.
Our December 6th RadioLive
will feature Bill Wharton and
the Ingredients, Grayson Capps
and JB's Zydeco Zoo. Get all
the information at our
RadioLive Area.
Thursday, D
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Mark Casady on harmonica 88.1
FM NPR
Don't miss our final farewell
to 2007 as we pack the Museum
of Commerce with an all-star
high energy musical blowout.
Our December 6th RadioLive
will feature Bill Wharton and
the Ingredients, Grayson Capps
and JB's Zydeco Zoo. Get all
the information at our
RadioLive Area.
Thursday, December 6, 2007 -
Year End Blow Out
Join us as for a specially
formulated end-of-year
extravaganza featuring a trio
of ultra-high energy acts.
Bill Wharton and The
Ingredients will be featured,
along with Grayson Capps and
JB's Zydeco Zoo. Get full
artist information, bios,
links and some great free
tunes, see Artist Details,
below.

Come early and grab a good
seat, the doors open at 5:00
p.m. and the live broadcast
begins at 6:00 p.m. sharp.
Check out the map and
directions for help in finding
the venue. As always,
admission will be one or more
non-perishable food items for
the Manna Food Pantries of NW
Florida.

Bill Wharton and the
Ingredients
Back in the early 1970's Bill
Wharton walked out of his
house one morning and found a
1933 National Steel Guitar
laying in his front yard. That
lead him down the Blues path
to a successful musical
career. He soon wrote 'Let
the Big Dog Eat,' which was
featured in Jonathan Demme's
quirky film 'Something Wild.'
Years later he combined his
blues with his hot sauce in a
big pot of gumbo, made right
on stage. Singing the recipe,
he mixed his music and cooking
together into a new medium.

Bill also is a very successful
chef and entrepreneur, with
his own popular Liquid Summer
Brand Sauces and he has been
featured on national
television including
appearances on the Food
Network's 'Extreme Cuisine'
and 'Adventures with Keith
Famie.' The Boss has also been
featured on CNN and EXTRA and
has made radio appearances on
both of NPR's flagship
programs, 'Morning Edition'
and All Things Considered.'

The Sauce Boss now has taken
his music and his gumbo to the
streets with the founding of
the non-profit 501c3
organization, Planet Gumbo
where the Sauce Boss and his
band donate their performances
(along with free gumbo) to
Homeless Shelters all over the
US. See the video.

Listen to Bill Wharton and the
Ingredients
Sauce Boss .mp3 56k
Let the Big Dog Eat .mp3 56k



Grayson Capps
A native of Southern Alabama,
Grayson was exposed at an
early age to colorful
characters including artists,
musicians and poets. His
father, Ronald Everett Capps,
is a published author who
tells stories taken from his
family's own experiences along
the Gulf Coast. The elder
Capps' novel, 'A Love Song for
Bobby Long,' was made into a
major film starring John
Travolta and Scarlet
Johansson. Grayson's original
music was featured in the
movie's score, including the
title track.

'I write songs which have the
voice of dead prophets
masquerading as town drunks
screaming 'look at us we're
pretty, too!' I've been
playing guitar and singing for
nearly twenty years now. I've
played theaters, festivals,
radio shows, TV shows,
whiskey-beer crusted barrooms,
living rooms, and camp fires.
Some people call me a preacher
others a poet, a singer, a
guitar player, a landscaper,
but I am only an actor
strutting and fretting across
the stage. I still have to use
a shovel. I still have to dig
in the dirt. But, I tell you
what, I have a beautiful
daughter named Sadie and a
house on Music Street. Bobby
and Fred are dead, but my
father is alive and well in
Alabama. No one knows what
tomorrow will bring, but songs
are still sung by those who
continue to sing.'


JB's Zydeco Zoo
'Though not a native to
Louisiana, I am a student and
big fan of Louisiana's roots
music. As a piano player, the
city of New Orleans captured
my musical inspirations with
artists like Professor
Longhair, James Booker and Dr.
John. In the mid-1980's I made
my first pilgrimage to the New
Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival and witnessed
thousands dancing to Zydeco
bands. As a result, I acquired
an accordion and started
playing Zydeco shows in
Tallahassee. My love is ultra
groovin' music that gives
music lovers no chance but to
dance.

With me in this groove are two
of North Florida's most
experienced and respected
musicians. Missippy James on
guitar and Jiggs Walker on
bass. A recent Tallahassee
transplant from Lafayette,
Louisiana, Martin Guilbeau
joins us on drums and Keith
McCraw is our rubboard man.
Our music is high energy,
rockin', rhythmic Zydeco in
the vein of Beau Jocque,
Clifton Chenier, C.J. Chenier,
Rockin' Dopsie and Stanley
Dural, Jr. (AKA Buckwheat
Zydeco). Also, my debut CD
release 'J.B.'s ZydecoZoo',
contains 10 smokin' original
Zydeco tunes.'

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