12/31/2023 0 Comments At funky biscuitJoel DaSilva has been streaming music and teaching guitar online, but is ready to get back onstage. I’m ready to rock out.”Īmong the many South Florida musicians anxious to get off the sideline is Fort Lauderdale guitarist Joel DeSilva, a prolific performer on the local scene since his days leading the psychobilly trio Hep Cat Boo Daddies. “I’ve been Joni Mitchell-ing it for two months. “I’ve gotta exorcise some demons, man,” he says, laughing. He’ll probably open with the big, electrified rocker “Let the Big Dog Eat.” While he may be rusty, and has been playing a lot of acoustic guitar in the past two months, Castiglia expects to feel like his old self soon after plugging in on Saturday. “My first instinct is gonna want to hug everybody that I haven’t seen in months.” He trusts Poliak to do all the right things - it’s himself he’s worried about. 2 on the Billboard blues albums chart.Ĭastiglia admits to being nervous about venturing out in public as well as getting onstage in front of an audience. South Florida blues guitarist Albert Castiglia will play the Funky Biscuit May 23-25, his first live shows since March 14.Ĭastiglia has not performed in front of a live audience since a March 14 show at the Bradfordville Blues Club in Tallahassee, one of the first dates on a tour supporting his latest Gulf Coast Records album, “Wild and Free.” The record was recorded live at the Funky Biscuit with Zito, John Ginty and Lewis Stephens, and recently hit No. These guys aren’t getting rich, ok?” Poliak says. It’s like one of the few things they get is recognition. Poliak is covering travel expenses for Texas-based guitarist Zito, the Gulf Coast Records owner who produced the album and played on it, to share the stage in Castiglia’s first performance since winning the award. The awards were live-streamed, with Castiglia sequestered at home. The Wilton Manors-based singer-songwriter and guitar master won the award for best blues-rock album for his deeply personal 2019 Gulf Coast Records release “Masterpiece.” The numbers will be what the numbers are.”Īnother goal for Poliak this weekend is to allow Castiglia’s local fans to celebrate the music honored at the prestigious Blues Music Awards in Memphis on May 3. “I got some musicians employed, staff paid. “If we have a reasonably decent house, and everybody felt comfortable with the whole situation, based on how we had it set up, I’m going to drive away feeling like it was a success,” Poliak says. Poliak will probably lose money during the weekend, but he says the economics won’t define success. Walls were repainted, carpets replaced and bars refinished. Over the past several weeks the 9-year-old space also got an overdue face-lift, Poliak says. Performers also will be positioned on the stage to be farther away from the audience. Tables have been separated by more than 6 feet and front-row seating has been moved a bit farther from the stage. Each seat costs $40, with a $25 food and drink minimum. Seating will be at tables only, with tickets sold in groups of two, three, four and six. Tables have been removed, and the performances will take place in a room reconfigured to accommodate about 85 audience members, less than half its original capacity. I think that’s what we’re doing,” Funky Biscuit owner Al Poliak says. “There was a cry for music out there, but we were only going to do it if, A) the state made it legal for us to do it and B) if we could do it in a responsible fashion.
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