Banding together with friends and family at Trifecta Food Truck & Music Festival in Timonium on September 20th

It’s fun, affordable and has become a Baltimore fall tradition for anyone who loves great music. Longtime 24X7 concert promoter Paul Manna gives Nestor the Trifecta Festival lineup for this year at the new Costas Inn in Timonium, right above the infield where the bands and food trucks and music lovers will gather by the thousands to rock to the best tribute bands in the region.

Nestor Aparicio and Paul Manna discuss the upcoming Trifecta Food Truck and Music Festival on September 20 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. The festival features a diverse lineup of bands, including Almost Queen, Ed Hoffs, and the Allman Brothers Collective, along with local bands like Moran Trip and Players. Manna highlights the festival’s affordability, with tickets priced at $30, and the variety of food trucks, such as 410 Empanadas and Crab Cake Company. Aparicio also shares his love for local crab dishes, particularly Costas’ crab Imperial and cream spinach. The conversation also touches on the success of the fair and the impact of live racing events.

Trifecta Festival and Local Music Love

• Nestor Aparicio introduces the show, mentioning his love for local music and his long-time friendship with Paul Manna.
• Nestor highlights the importance of local music and his admiration for Paul’s work as a concert promoter.
• Paul Manna joins the show, and Nestor expresses his excitement about having Paul on the show after years of invitations.
• Nestor and Paul discuss their shared love for rock and roll, mentioning their mutual interest in Rush and other bands.

Trifecta Festival Details and Lineup

• Paul Manna talks about the upcoming Trifecta Festival on September 20 at the fairgrounds.
• Nestor and Paul discuss the success of the Trifecta Festival, highlighting its affordability and convenient location.
• Paul mentions the variety of bands performing at the festival, including Almost Queen, Ed Hoffs, Allman Brothers Collective, and others.
• Nestor and Paul discuss the importance of including local bands in the festival lineup to give them exposure.

Food Trucks and Local Businesses

• Nestor and Paul discuss the variety of food trucks at the Trifecta Festival, including 410 Empanadas, Blowfish Poke Baltimore, and Crab Cake Company.
• Nestor shares his love for local businesses and his ongoing crab cake tour, mentioning his favorite places like Clavel and Fiesta Mexicana.
• Paul talks about the importance of supporting local businesses and the unique offerings at Costas.
• Nestor and Paul discuss the quality of food at Costas, including the crab Imperial and oysters Rockefeller.

Costas Timonium and Family Involvement

• Christine, a family member of Costas, joins the conversation, discussing the success of the fair and the live racing events.
• Christine shares the history of the family-owned business and the contributions of her parents in creating the famous crab Imperial recipe.
• Nestor and Christine discuss the challenges and successes of running a business during the fair, including the high demand and the need for extra staff.
• Christine mentions the emotional significance of the fair, including a race dedicated to her late father.

Tribute Bands and the Power of Live Music

• Nestor and Paul discuss the popularity of tribute bands and the success of events like Trifecta in showcasing these bands.
• Paul explains the strategic importance of tribute bands, especially for bands that are no longer active or touring.
• Nestor shares his experiences attending tribute band shows and how they have influenced his music preferences.
• Paul talks about the upcoming concerts at Wrecker, including the Marshall Tucker Band and Maddox Batson, highlighting the diverse lineup.

Nestor’s Crab Cake Tour and Local Favorites

• Nestor continues to discuss his crab cake tour, mentioning his favorite crab cakes from different places around Maryland.
• Nestor shares his love for Costas’ crab Imperial and cream spinach, emphasizing their unique flavors and quality.
• Paul and Nestor discuss the importance of supporting local businesses and the unique offerings at Costas.
• Nestor mentions his upcoming plans to visit other local crab cake spots and his ongoing crab cake tour.

Paul’s Upcoming Shows and Future Plans

• Paul talks about his upcoming shows at Wrecker, including the Marshall Tucker Band and Maddox Batson.
• Nestor and Paul discuss the importance of supporting local music and the success of events like Trifecta in promoting local talent.
• Paul mentions the variety of bands he works with and the strategic importance of selecting high-quality tribute bands.
• Nestor and Paul discuss the future of live music events and the continued success of Trifecta and other similar festivals.

Nestor’s Personal Music Preferences and Influences

• Nestor shares his personal music preferences, mentioning his love for Rush and other rock bands.
• Nestor discusses his experiences attending live music shows and the impact of these experiences on his music taste.
• Paul and Nestor discuss the importance of supporting local music and the role of tribute bands in keeping the legacy of iconic bands alive.
• Nestor mentions his plans to attend upcoming concerts and his ongoing crab cake tour, highlighting his passion for both music and food.

Final Thoughts and Future Plans

• Nestor and Paul discuss their final thoughts on the success of Trifecta and the importance of supporting local businesses and music.
• Nestor mentions his plans to attend upcoming concerts and his ongoing crab cake tour, emphasizing the importance of experiencing local culture.
• Paul talks about his future plans for Trifecta and other music events, highlighting the continued growth and success of these events.
• Nestor and Paul express their gratitude for the support of their fans and the success of their respective endeavors.

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

Trifecta Festival, local music, Costas Timonium, crab Imperial, oysters Rockefeller, food trucks, live racing, tribute bands, Maryland lottery, tastiness treats, School of Rock, local bands, music promotion, fairgrounds, concert promoter.

SPEAKERS

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Speaker 1, Paul Manna, Christine, Nestor Aparicio

Nestor Aparicio  00:00

Welcome home. We are, W, N, S, G, AM, 1570 tasks of Baltimore. We are Baltimore positive, positively here at Costas in Timonium. You know, I was going to do this show in Dundalk as part of tastiness. I thought, if I’m going to do my 27 favorite places to eat, I can’t go to Costas Timonium, because I’ve been going to Dundalk all these years. Then you find out they still have the same crab Imperial here. They still have the same oysters, Rockefeller. This segment is going to feature that as we continue our top 10 countdown, we’re here at Costas and Timonium. It’s all brought to you by the mayor of the lottery. I have the pressure luck. Scratch offs. These are the these been lucky batch, as well as the lucky sevens doublers. I’m going to have Raven scratch off beginning next week. I don’t know if I give these to the guy from the State Fair, because I think they’re lottery organized. I got the State Fair, poo boss all eating here. I got Carson candidates, Joe Kamenetz, the caminitz family here at John Eisenberg. I’ve had my buddy Howard Sheriff, had Chris Corman have a staff meeting here with the Baltimore banner today. So we have just brought all of this sports together. But this guy knows my real heart is in rock and roll. Paul mana is my guest. He is my nervous guest, but I figure this you have avoided me. First year I have begged you to come on the show. For years. Brian record during the plague, begged you to come on. We share the same birthday. I have better hair than you do, but don’t tell anybody on the internet. We have been to concerts together. We are rush heads. We are music aficionados. You have always said, I’m just a guy behind the scenes, I’m just a promoter, and then you wind up on Coachella podcasts? Oh yes, this was very, very I got it. Mick, no offense, dude, he’s gonna be better on my show, even though he’s not gonna use the F bomb. Paul man is here. He is 24/7 entertainment. If you’ve ever attended a concert at wrecker, if you’ve been to the Justin Bieber show here at the State Fair, you haven’t always booked the bands here, but you book a lot of concerts, and I am a I’m thrilled that you’re my friend, and you’ve been my friend a long time. I don’t know why you’ve been so averse to coming on here just bullshitting rock and roll with me, because, like, I let my hair out, I want to make you feel are you comfortable? You all right, I want a water. But, yeah, we’re good. Well, I get you some. Well, I got a whole pitcher of water over here. Yeah, oh, John, Candy style for you drink right out of the let me get some water out of this. Make it happen. Yeah, I’m gonna make this happen. How are you what’s going on, man, I hear there’s a trifecta going on out. Here

Paul Manna  02:32

we go. Yes, sir, yeah. September 20, back at the fairgrounds, right here, a little

Nestor Aparicio  02:36

bit of this, and I’m gonna get here. You got the whole picture this year you just draw I give you

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Paul Manna  02:41

straw. There’s my glass right there. I’m gonna get

Nestor Aparicio  02:43

it. You know what I want you to do? Here’s I’m gonna do. Give me your headset. Take it off. Go get the water. I want him to get the water. Paul Mann is here. I’m holding the microphone. I should say, if you want any of our tastiness treats, tasty, T, A, S, T, Y, N, E, S, it is our 27th anniversary. I’m counting down the top five this week as we get here. You know, for the top four places in the tasting this countdown, none of them are legitimate sponsors. They’re off the radar. Two of them, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned on social media. So it’s going to be some surprises here. And with your trifecta, see, he gives me this. I don’t need this because I went to pee here at the bathroom. It cost us in the thing and your your signs hanging right above the urinal. I see right here. So let’s go through it. Almost Queen speaks for itself. Ed Hoffs, Allman Brothers collective, I like that Rambling Man, unforgettable fire, brother of the singer of almost queen. Yeah. Petticoat Junction. I hear Kirk mcewans in that band. Yes, sir. I love that. Psycho killers. I saw them out here with you a couple years ago. Great band there. I love talking heads. The Regal beagles. I’ve never seen the Regal

Paul Manna  03:53

people. Yacht rock, great old 70s vibe, never,

Nestor Aparicio  03:57

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never. I know those guy while we get them on a show. Why spike? Come on a show, Ronnie. These guys like we’re doing a heartbeat. I want spike. I want you on a show. Let’s go. Let’s get never, never on the show. We’ll talk. Hold

Paul Manna  04:06

on. Never, never. Three fourths of the original lineup, and that’s they haven’t played together since 96 if you’re an old never, never fan. Remember Ronnie zebron, of

Nestor Aparicio  04:15

course. I know Ronnie zebra. I know his sister. Yep, he’s coming up for this. All right, yeah. Players, band that’s Jamaican Scott reggae. I love that is that early social drinking. I’ve heard a lot about them. They play the clubs out here, right? Clubs, fun band, yeah, Moran trip, band that southern roots, rocks, that’s sort of like of black crochet kind of Yeah.

Paul Manna  04:35

And that’s, yeah. They’re more of an original vibe. But I always like to put at least one of those local bands to give them some exposure, you know, and

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Nestor Aparicio  04:42

then you’re gonna have student stages, music arts. You get student bed. I’m blown away by how kids can kick up a Zeppelin song,

Paul Manna  04:48

unbelievable. Yeah, I agree. School of Rock, yeah, right. It’s exactly what that is. Gives me hope. That’s why I do it every every festival, I always have one kid band on there.

Nestor Aparicio  05:00

All right, so because we’re talking Rockwell, Paul man, and we’ve been friends for Is there anything you want to say about the success of the trifecta in that weather has screwed you? It has helped you. I remember you tried throwing these parties in Carroll Park. I met Joan Jett down there one night. The shoe Shindig. Yeah? Shindig. Thank you. I forgot about the branding on Shin day three years. Yeah, um, what has made Trifecta so successful? Because I’ve been out to a number of them, I’m hoping to make yours. There is a chance, because of the weekend, it is that I might be stuck in LA, I’m just saying I might be. But go ahead. Okay, talk to me.

Paul Manna  05:34

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You know, it’s a good question. I think it’s easy, it’s cheap. You know, the tickets only 30 bucks. A lot of these other festivals are like 8090, the location, yeah, but I think it’s just, it’s a party. It’s a big party. You know, it’s right in the infield here. It’s in the county. I mean, I live in the city, but let’s face it, a lot of people don’t love going to the city. It’s, it’s horrible to say. It kills me, but I’ve heard that by so many people, this is easy. From so many people, it’s just easy, free parking. They feel safe, and it’s just a lot to do. These are all fun bands. How many

Nestor Aparicio  06:14

food trucks you got now? Because you brag on these bands, but you don’t bag brag on a food truck. You do on your website. Your website has a listing of all the Yeah, oh, here we go. Hold on here. Let’s go through this year, 410 empanadas, blowfish poke Baltimore, crab cake company, be more Greek. I’ve heard great things about that box, Hill breaking the borders, bruisers grill, Conrad’s my buddy Tony, gonna be able cost us in. I hear they’re built in. They’re

Paul Manna  06:38

a newbie, so they’re sort of the home team. This is absolutely, this is home field advantage, yeah, so I’m excited to have that’s great, that’s great.

Nestor Aparicio  06:46

That’s the most in your ran into you. Yeah, that’s how this happened. Yeah, I can get you that like you weren’t gonna pee. Twisted, no, it’s pissed at you. Show you’re right, you’re right. And then I said, Oh, I did a show last week. Yeah, you’re right. Mickey owes me some comedy cousins. Maine, lobster, that’s a good one. CVP, hotter on wheels. Deli ish, dun dog Don’s dogs. DMV, taqueria takari, funnel cake and fried chicken. Funnel cake. Yeah, funnel cake, funnel cake. There you go, like Greek on the street. JDS, House of bacon. I think bacon is a big dude. I got that the last time I was here with your unbeliever, bacon on a stick, bacon on a millionaire bacon. I got that lesson was Jimmy’s just like home kosher a corner. Cooper shall hound All right, you know, I owe him so Cooper’s has the next thing on my list app, because we’re getting oysters, Rockefeller and nice. We’re getting right we’re getting it in the segment right here. But Cooper’s has the slant the original gumbo there. Have you ever had the gumbo? I don’t think I have. You need to go to Cooper’s a slung and get the gumbo. It’s

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Paul Manna  07:56

and I think other worldly. I think Cooper’s was the original food truck in Baltimore Cooper’s first, I believe so first burger truck. Yeah,

Nestor Aparicio  08:04

Lattimore funnel cakes, manky boys, barbecue, missed twist. Quinn’s in Reed’s Italian ice, taco bar. Want a pizza this and more, and My food’s here. Look, man, I’ve got the queen of Costas delivering food here. Man, the family is in. They’ve been worked to death this weekend. Every triantafilos family member has said up all night, sleeping in the back. It’s a Mr. Costas, in his spirit that this has been a wildly successful fair, right, well deserved. You want to come in and tell me about it? Or do you not want to tell me about it? I’ll send Christine over. All right, because she’s gonna, all right, send, send sister love over. But these, this right, here is my plan, unbelievable. So what I would tell you is part of my tastiness is I was gonna do, it’s my 27th anniversary. 25th Yeah, yeah, yeah. So 25th we did 25 crab cakes in 25 days in 24 different counties and municipalities. Okay, so there’s 23 counties plus a city. Wow. I did so I did one in every case, Kent County really only has one restaurant, Denton, Kenton arrows, or Kent on the Eastern Shore, where all the chicken coops are all the way to like Delaware, yep, so, and he had a great burger at this place in Denton, Denton, but I’ve been all over the state. And the next year, I did 26 crab cakes different places. And I did breweries because I wanted to drink beer. So I drank beer last year. I kind of like took off a little bit and chilled out this year, how I did oysters last year, all locally, different ways. This year I was gonna do crab soup. I was gonna do Maryland or cream of crab, right? And I’m like, I don’t want to eat that for a month. Let me reconsider. And then I started thinking about all these local businesses, and I’ll give you some in the last. Last couple days that I have promoted Clavel. You ever been there for tacos? Phenomenal. Great vibe, too. I love the Philadelphia pretzel company that sells my pizza John’s up in Bel Air, but I love the Philly pretzel factory pretzels. So these are like places that I go out of my way. There’s Fiesta Mexicana over in golden ring, right on Route seven in Rosedale. I go there for my trace Lake Chase cake. Now he makes great burritos and everything, but it’s my thing. It’s where I go to get my thing. The spinach at Costas unbelievable. The cream spinach is unbelievable. It’s different than any other kind of Korean spinach you’ve ever had? I’ve been eating in Dundalk for 15 years. It’s great. Crab Imperial is something that I got as a boy in the 80s and 90s. And I don’t know that I had crab Imperial for a good 20 years. And I don’t know why crabs, crab cakes, crab melts, but never crab Imperial. And about three, four years ago, I started ordering these mushrooms here at Costas. These are the stuffed mushroom caps. Is what they’re called on the menu. And really what it is, it’s just crab Imperial thrown down into a mushroom. And what I told Pete here a couple weeks ago and his night you were here, actually, we ran each other. Paul, yeah, I told him, people ask me about the crab cake tour and going to get in crab cakes places. And I had a Coco’s crab cake yesterday because it’s their 40th anniversary. I’m gonna be there on Wednesday. Love their crab cakes, right? Yep. Were you gonna say something Coco’s? That’s your thing? I think so. I love Cocos. Yeah,

Paul Manna  11:39

yeah. If I yes, if I had to choose. Now, that’s probably the best one that I’ve had. Everybody likes their crab cake a little

Nestor Aparicio  11:47

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different. I’m East Baltimore, so the cost is crab cake to me, has the Old Bay and what I remember my mother making, okay, yeah, the Cocos is more Country Club, a little bit more of a mix. I would even say like a Pappas or a wetter crab cake. But everybody has their thing. I was down at old salties, which is in hoopers Island. It’s on my list. You must go to Blackwater refuge. It’s one of the most beautiful places in the state. The Harriet Tubman trail that this maniac run in the country is trying to get rid of black history and Maryland in their country. But go there. Great crab cake, unique out of the water, all of that. But I have just decided, and I told pete this, and I’m going to make an admission. I love crab cakes. I think the suicide bridge crab cake on Eastern Shore. I almost featured it. I didn’t, but it’s delicious. I featured it before the hobbit in Ocean City, which is similar to the Coco’s crab cake in style. I love the Timbuktu, Greek crab cake that has pimento in it. Your Box Hill people might have that going on too. I like fade leaves, but fade leaves is a mustard forward crab, completely different. But I like that. Completely different. I love it. It’s great. I was there last week. Crab Imperial, to me, is better than any of them. So that that would tell you where my palate is that I love crab Imperial more than I love any crab cake. I get that, yeah, and I so that, and I love Costas crab Imperial. So the crab Imperial comes on the mushroom caps. You can get it on fish. You get it with a steak. The night I was here with you, I had crab Imperial on a steak. I had like a surf and turf kind of thing, right? So if you order the crab Imperial, if you’ve never had crab Imperial in your life, this is the place to get it. You can get it on a mushroom. You can get it you can get it in Dundalk or Timonium, and you can get these wonderful oyster Rockefeller. I can’t decide which one I like more, so I’m saying both. So there, and if that is a flag for you to not get a crab cake, it cost us or not go to Dundalk to get crabs, and only come here for the State Fair this weekend and get the crab, whatever you want to do. But if you’ve lived your life, and you had before, a month ago, when I saw you here without having the these are the two things I brought you, right? I don’t think it was the mushroom. It was probably all. Ate it all. Probably did. I ate it all when you came. I don’t blame you. I think your wife was in on it. When he was in on Loved it, loved it. So this is my jam. So when people say, Oh, Chris, sit down. Christine, here we get you on here. No, no, man, this is family here. I mean, I’m honorary Greek, you know, as long as I don’t say any Scott on the air, they love me here, and I get for lock you. So is that that’s the extent of my Greek. I dated a Greek girl for a little while, so she taught me some things. How are you? I’m good. How are you? So I was just explaining to him how people always want to ask me, would you feed your crib? I’m having one every day this week. So they’re all different. I was it fade leaves last week, I’ll beat Coco’s. He loves Coco’s different. I love your crab cake because I’m East Baltimore and I like the saltiness of the Cocos or the Costas crab cake. But this here

Christine  14:50

to me, Ariel stuffed mushroom caps.

Nestor Aparicio  14:53

I love crab Imperial more than I love any crab cake. Why is that? Can you i don’t i. What makes special formula? What? What is this? What is it? Greek secret, is this? Absolutely, is this like GP 66 Greek, Greek. Greek

Christine  15:09

secret, Pete’s the one with the recipe. So how

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Nestor Aparicio  15:12

much did your dad have to do with the recipes here?

Christine  15:15

My dad, it was more my mom and Pete behind the scenes in the kitchen, really? Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Nestor Aparicio  15:21

I gave your dad too much credit. He got all the love for the credit him for the crab

Christine  15:26

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Imperial. Oh, I have to give that to mom and Pete.

Nestor Aparicio  15:29

Well, the crab Imperial, to me, is better than any crab cake anywhere. It’s my thing creamy. It’s why it’s like, number seven on my list of all the places I go. I’m not

Paul Manna  15:40

featuring seven, seven. Well, Whoa, she’s leaving now.

Nestor Aparicio  15:47

I’m featuring gumbo, okay? I’m featuring coconut shrimp with Blueberry, raspberry jalapeno sauce, and then the top four. I’m not telling anybody what I’m doing, okay? Because, I mean, I’m not telling anybody what I’m I told everybody, I’m doing your oysters wrong. People mention how good the cream spinach is here and how uniquely special.

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Christine  16:08

They love it. We have the appetizer with the Peter bread. It’s delicious. You never used to do that. No, that’s sort of right, because it’s always a side. They’ve always been able to get us. People

Nestor Aparicio  16:18

get spinach and artichoke dip. Paul, that’s been it should already checked it. I like it. Not quite your thing. I want the spinach and the cream spinach. Here is what I want. It’s a favorite. I don’t do crab dip either. It says crab dip. I’m out really. I know the difference. I want something good,

Christine  16:35

something different. You can get crab dip anywhere, but I don’t want cream spinach has that a little

Nestor Aparicio  16:41

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bit of it’s like the pretzels everybody does, the pressures. That’s crab dip. I want crab Imperial. Difference between getting that crab stick in a sushi to me, that is the that is the difference. We had a crab Imperial. You’re being like a king

Christine  16:59

here, is what. So we had crap. We have crabby totter tater, yes, crabby, and we came in second. We had a contest the other day at the fair. Was it yesterday? Yesterday, that’s fair go. Came in second. Awesome.

Nestor Aparicio  17:11

All right, this is gonna air this week. Paul man is here. He’s bringing Trifecta here in three weeks. Um, you’ve been a part of music here and a bit of controversy. I ran into him three weeks ago here. Last time I was having dinner here, I bumped into him, and I said, Have you ever had your oysters raw? Oh, no. And they say, I know he’s eating all my oysters, so he’s gonna get after this work done too. But, um, I didn’t worry about you and your family when you took this space. I think you got your father’s thing going on, the horse racing thing I had done the show here at Nick several times. It always felt to me to be a place that needed more back end with the kitchen and more sort of love. I mean, you’re not going to run horses here the other 51 weeks of the year, but I got the fair people right over my shoulder. And you’re part of the fair. You’re a part of the fair. How was this week for you? Because you didn’t know what to prepare for. And I don’t want to say you don’t look lovely today, but I see some bags under

Speaker 1  18:02

I see some bags

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Nestor Aparicio  18:07

check. I see you get a lot of sleep last night. So Right? I mean, I It was nuts out here. I had 20 friends out here this week. Oh, really. Well, maybe it shows up on the top of my timeline, because they know we’re, you know, together or whatever. But I just saw people out here and they’re like, the fair’s out of control. Like, there’s a lot of people.

Paul Manna  18:25

Like, noticeably much busier.

Christine  18:27

Oh, yeah. We had a great first year with the live racing. Here we were packed pavilion. We have another weekend for live racing, okay? And with the board is just so organized, right there

Nestor Aparicio  18:41

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forever with the fair. Yeah, I mean, you had you been out to the fair as a fan or a customer? Oh, we have

Christine  18:50

kids were younger, and then as they got older, it was sort of like, okay, let them do their thing. But you were had this. But

Nestor Aparicio  18:55

envisioning being the restaurant in the middle of this 10 days, 12 days a year, it is. I mean, I thought to myself, oh my god, the staff, the kitchen, the overwhelm. I don’t want people not loving you and they come out. There’s too many. There could be too many

Christine  19:09

people. Our patio was packed. We were

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Nestor Aparicio  19:12

full, you know. And well, I hope there too many here this week, and come be a part

Christine  19:15

of it. We already have lots of reservations. People coming back. We have the horse owners, the trainers, and just everyone that just wants to be a part of the fair fun, right? And the light, the live racing, it was fun. I enjoyed it so much. We went out and they we honored in memory of my dad, seventh

Nestor Aparicio  19:30

race, right? Seventh, right? I

Christine  19:35

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cried like a baby because my dad, he’s, he’s, he’s so happy. He’s shining

Nestor Aparicio  19:39

down, happy thinking about us to get a bench over there. What’s that up? Is that new in memory, my dad, since it’s the last time I came here as a bench,

Christine  19:46

no, no, it’s been here from the beginning. I didn’t see memory. My dad, Joy Anderson, got that for us. It was, yeah, nice gift. Well,

Nestor Aparicio  19:53

his pictures on the wall. He’s here. You ran a race. I would just think when he was. Part of selecting this and the call came. He called me late at Christmas time, Christmas week, said, Hey, we’re gonna be moving into this space. And he said, We’ll be here by Preakness. I’m like, sure you will never by the fair. And this is really worked out the way it’s supposed to work. And I today, I was going to do the show in Dundalk, and it’s Paul’s fault, though, honestly, I was out here three weeks ago and I said to him, Hey, I’m doing the show on September, whatever, 20 whatever. Today is Beth, because I had it selected, because I wanted to do this countdown with you and Coopers and just get the great dates together. And then I realized the fair was going on, and it can be messy. You weren’t even really opened in May and June when I started to conceive this in my calendar, even this moment, it still says Costa Dundalk as it was morning. It said nothing, but I ran into him here, and he started trifecting Me, and I realized the fair was gonna be here. And I realized, like, the fair’s on weekends. And I realized, like it was after the first weekend. And then Paul said, Well, I’ll make an exception. Come in. I don’t just do Mickey show. I’ll do yours too. And then I realized I felt like I would have something special here today, and it’s really worked out great. Bill’s been here, and Howard everybody here, but this calm, or when I pulled in today, it’s at $15 parking. Oh, yeah, that just the signs are still out everything. Well, everything’s still out. Because this was obscene. The last three days,

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Christine  21:21

we pulled in yesterday, came in around 930 10 o’clock, and it was it was packed. People get ready to come in for the

Nestor Aparicio  21:28

race. Speaks to you as a venue doing trifecta. This speaks to your dad, saying, Hey, we’re going to take the old Knicks in the grandstand and the place where the the Beverage Association has their event out here every year, which is why I had been in this space with Paul King, right? And I’m thinking to myself, the Justin Bieber successes and sticks at 38 special, and I was here with the lottery two years ago for their 100th anniversary. I think of the fair as well. Kids, rides, food, steak on a stick, some music, whatever it would be. You’ve added some vitality to this facility. I think adding that, well, I get lunch too. I’m gonna let you in on something. You don’t have to make me Fonzie and put me a seat at the bar. I’m coming back Friday. Okay, all of my betting goons, which is blonde Miller Schuler, law firm in Essex, Todd Schuler, has invited me. He’s bringing all of his bedding goons out here Friday at the bar, and they’re making a fair racing cost down there, crab cakes, crab Imperial. They’re doing it all, and they’ve they’re taking the decent lawyers, taking Friday afternoon off, because they see this as their Friday they’re

Christine  22:34

gonna have fun. That’s a great vibe. So I’m gonna be back. Okay, sounds good at the ball in a reserve

Nestor Aparicio  22:39

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spot. I mean, it’s just a point of like, it’s a destination thing, whether it’s trifecta, whether it’s the fair folks, this has been an underutilized, absolutely, area, right? I mean, you would, you would say that as a guy put in concerts,

Paul Manna  22:52

unbelievable. Yeah, yeah. And this brings a family vibe here too, which is great, right?

Nestor Aparicio  22:57

You know, but no crabs,

Christine  22:59

no crabs. 20 minutes down the street.

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Nestor Aparicio  23:03

All right. Well, thank you. And I, at some point, give me the crab Imperial recipe, because I need to know.

Christine  23:09

All right. Well, we’ll work on that. Don’t do it.

Nestor Aparicio  23:17

She’s back in the kitchen. Give it up for everybody here in the Costa family. We love them. All right. I gotta, I gotta make sure I got the right mic. Here. You’re on two right? Not three

Paul Manna  23:23

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years. You brought one fork. What’s up with that? Come on, man,

Nestor Aparicio  23:27

get reach on the table here. Hold on, man, get get in there. All right, so bands and Trifecta and cover bands, I don’t call them cover anymore, they’re tribute bands, right? Tributes to me about tribute bands and the power of selling this before you start stuffing your face, you

Paul Manna  23:43

know, it’s funny. Years ago, 510, years ago, let’s say people would frown upon a venue doing a tribute band. You know, it was cheesy back then. Look at most concert, you know, venue. So let’s go all of a sudden, it’s Yeah,

Nestor Aparicio  23:59

Beatlemania, Mahoney brothers, sir rod, whose guy did the rod, he came into my studio that was great. Yeah, there’s tons. I didn’t know what day it was, so he was singing and having a good time. Yeah, then there was the Pearl Jam 10 band.

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Paul Manna  24:17

Well, yeah, they’re not local, though, no, but

Nestor Aparicio  24:19

I saw them here 15 years ago. And I’m like, I can see the real Pearl Jam right now, like Neil pearts dead and Tom Petty’s dead, right? And Kurt McEwen standing in and we would love to see a rush tribute band. Oh, there are a couple, right couple. So I had a chance to see Joe Perry and Brad Whitford and Chris Robinson on Saturday night, they’re going out as The Joe Perry Project. Oh yeah, yeah. They played five shows last week, Hampton Beach casino, Hampton, New Hampton. They played Orpheum in Boston, and they all got sick on Friday. They’re all 70 years not Chris, but the rest of them, they can’t. Canceled Friday night at the casino up in Connecticut. They canceled Saturday night New York. They’re playing Wednesday night up at Port. Chester, I drag you up there, but I’m doing my show at Cocos, so I can’t but like these bands that are hanging on and bringing in a different singer for five minutes, whether it’s ACDC guns and whatever it is, like we are really at the I wore a belt buckle for you and Ray Bachman today. Ready? What I wore? Better be rushed. Nope. I wore my Kansas pointer pointed overturn. This is one of the most beautiful belt buckles that I have in my collection. It’s killer. They played last night with 38 special and with the Jefferson Starship, starship down it. Ray Bachman was going to drag me down the casino. So you have two choices. Here. You have Kansas with no original members, Leonard Skinner with no original members, or the tribute bands that are going out to do this. The tribute band business is becoming big business, right? Big business for you, for them, for bands that are good at this. David Bowie tributes. I That’s where I’m moving. That’s where my music is going to take me, if I live long enough at 56 if I live to be in my 70s, it’s going to be a whole lot of get the lead out, right? There you go. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Paul Manna  26:13

You can’t see the real one, right? Well, what

Nestor Aparicio  26:16

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was the pushback on it? And where has this turned for you that things like Trifecta can be, I don’t want to blow your head up here, but it’s a local Woodstock. I mean, it’s a local it’s becoming an annual thing that if you said you’re not doing it, people would be like, what’s wrong with you? I agree, right? I mean, you’ve developed this

Paul Manna  26:35

thing. It’s kind of branded itself, which is nice. I mean, for a promoter to just know you’re going to sell a decent amount of tickets before you can even mention the bands or the trucks. It’s just become an event, which is great. It’s a great thing to have, you know, every band wants to play it too, right? Yeah, it’s, you know, because you’re playing in front of 1000s of people, there’s no such thing as walking out on stage. If you’re a band and no one being there, you’ve been there, it’s a nice crowd in front of all of those,

Nestor Aparicio  27:05

I would say this. This is the recruitment tool, and you suck me in. I went out. Was it three years ago that you had a couple of these bands? You had unforgettable fire on the once you had the REM band, you had had the cure band, yeah, the cure band. You had the psycho killers were on the other stage. You had one of the Grateful Dead bands, correct? I think you may have had later in the night, the Pink Floyd band, absolutely, several species. They were later in the evening. I stayed all day, but I and I love those guys. But I came out and I saw the unforgettable fire, and that led to me make circling the date on the calendar with the REM guys, dead letter office. Great band, aren’t they? It was our birthday. You put them into record. I came down for our October 14 is our birthday. Stacy Keebler, we love you too, and I became a fan. I had them on the show. I’ve had both of them on the show, nice, right? I had the singer, the unforgettable fire is twin brother sings in almost

Paul Manna  28:08

queens. That’s crazy, right? So I just saw them in Jersey almost. So

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Nestor Aparicio  28:12

my wife’s family loves you too. Her dad came here when you two played the stadium 10 years ago, 12 years ago, on the circle tour. So they were playing a bar in New Hampshire in Derry. New Hampshire, beautiful place up there. My wife bought tickets and went and saw the unforgettable fire in New Hampshire, cool two years ago. So these things are showcases for any of these bands. To say, I’ve never seen Kirk’s band. Let’s go see him. And then when they’re playing lunacy, or they’re playing somewhere else, playing a record with you, you come out and see these bands. So this is a showcase for these bands. That makes me when they come back, when dead letter office, you book them into the record, November, I’m going to come over and see him. Yeah, because I saw him two years ago, three years ago, and that’s the same circuit as seeing the alarm open for Pat Benatar and being a fan the next 40 years, right? Or seeing Saxon open for rush, you know, and being a fan because you saw that band Absolutely, there really is power in the marketing of all

Paul Manna  29:14

of this. There is and there’s, it’s strategic, like probably six of these bands are coming back to town within six months. You just for example, these guys, the Allman Brothers, band, great band. Local players, fantastic players. I have them playing record in November.

Nestor Aparicio  29:33

I saw carpool last night on Brill Hart’s timeline, playing down at ramset. Carpool, carpool cars, band cars tribute man, my buddies in an AC DC tribute band, Portland, Oregon. But

Paul Manna  29:45

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shoot the thrill. But also, now there’s tribute bands for anything and everything. I’m a little more selective. I kind of like to work with bands that you can’t see the original band anymore. There’s Foo Fighters, tributes. There’s. It. You name it, you hear a right? Yeah, so, and honestly, there’s a lot of tributes that aren’t that good. There really aren’t. So I think it’s watered down a

Nestor Aparicio  30:09

bit. But you you know you got to be good for me to come out and see you on a Saturday night. Absolutely, no matter how much I’m paying, whatever the cover is I want. I know a good band from a bad band, exactly. I was in a good band and a bad band. What these bad was a bad member and a good band. Paul mana is our guest. He does Trifecta Food Festival. We’re out of your Costas in you can literally sit here on the porch and watch the trifecta food festival come out. Support the food truck come out. Support our friends here at Costas. We’re Timonium. I’m doing my 27 favorite things to eat. These are two of them, the Oysters Rockefeller that he’s going to be crushing these delicious crab Imperial. Nobody does crab Imperial like Costas. So I am telling you the crab Imperial and the cream spinach Acosta’s. Those are my two secret ingredients that, yeah, the crabs are good, yeah, the crab cakes are good. Yeah, I love the fried shrimp here. I mean, I’m big. It’s like the Acme oyster has fried shrimp. That’s the other thing I love. But these are go tos. And you can come to these places and you get a steak, you can bet the ponies out, or you go to Dundalk get the crabs. But if you go to Costas and you don’t, at least get the oysters rock a photo to try the cream spinach, agreed. Shame on you. That’s all I’m saying. What else you got going on? You’re booking more shows than just this. What else has happened?

Paul Manna  31:22

Oh, I got trifecta, a lot of stuff. September 20, by the way, all the stuff at wrecker in about three weeks or two weeks, we’re gonna have the infield concerts Friday night. It’s Marshall Tucker band.

Nestor Aparicio  31:36

Everybody I got that, yeah, look, I got

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Paul Manna  31:40

an opening for them. It’s this guitar player, orienthe, if you heard her, Oh yeah, she played Michael Jackson, right? Yes, phenomenal. She’s a superstar, phenomenal. So she doesn’t really do clubs. She’s, I mean, really, she’s a super She’s phenomenal. She’s sponsored by PRs, my show,

Nestor Aparicio  32:02

and I’ll promote it. See, this is what we could do. Hit the promoter. I have her on. I’d love to have her seriously talking about

Paul Manna  32:09

spread. So she’s, she’s opening for Marshall Tucker, and then Saturday is this kid, Maddox Batson. He’s called the country. Justin Bieber, this, this kid’s 15 years old. Did the grand old Opry? Everyone’s loving this kid, so I don’t think he’s as big as Justin, my kind of country or

Nestor Aparicio  32:33

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not, but I don’t really have a kind of Yeah, you know, yeah, probably my kind of countries. Hello, darling. There you go. Oh, man, you like

Paul Manna  32:41

the old school? Yeah? So yes, that’ll be out there in about two weeks. Thank you, darling. Yep. Amen,

Nestor Aparicio  32:51

Paul. Man is here. He loves rock and roll, knocking you still a rush. Man,

Paul Manna  32:55

right, come on. Number one.

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Nestor Aparicio  32:58

Number one. I saw Alex license, doing a funny little video the other day for your trip. Little Rock man, think blah blah blah blah, blah, blah blah. I should tell you this, and I meant to tell you this. I am reading Gettys book.

Paul Manna  33:11

Have you read it? Absolutely my F in life. You

Nestor Aparicio  33:15

I’m at between Kara’s steel and 2112 this morning. I i i read in the mornings, if you know what I’m saying. So I read couple pages every morning, and I have a library, special library for that so, and I make sure that the toilet doesn’t flush anywhere. Gettys on the back, doing the base thing. So, but I’m halfway through, and I’m literally to the point where they stopped doing all the hash oil on the character, and they got serious on 2112 and pan Rand and anthem and all that. So that’s where I am, right? It’s great. And they’re still Mr. Bill Graham, yeah, that’s funny. I still want to get Getty on the show. You know that? Right? That would be the get wouldn’t it? Yeah, but I got Carson cabinets coming on next. That’s close enough. The son of Kevin cabinets is gonna be a political man. He’s good dude. He runs into me. He likes to come on and talk about politics in a good way. So I’m gonna have him on. I’m gonna offer him an oyster Rockefeller as well. I’m offering everyone, people come through also, where’s your favorite crab cake? I’m like, go to all of them. Do what I did this week. Seriously. Go down, If faith is get one. Go over to go to CASAS and Dundalk and get one. Then come to Timonium get another one. If you’re, if

Paul Manna  34:24

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you’re from Baltimore, I think you should, I think that’s the rite of passage.

Nestor Aparicio  34:29

You know Paul, you know, should I see queen or the unforgettable fire? Should I see petticoat junction at trifecta, or should I see Kirk when he’s playing at the island green. Go both See, see them all. It’s local, right? I hear you, that’s what I’m saying. Support local, Yeah, nobody’s more local than you. Man, I know it’s tough business. Man,

Paul Manna  34:51

it’s changed a lot, that’s for sure. But, yeah, it’s great, like

Nestor Aparicio  34:55

you’re eating, okay? No daughter, okay, South Carolina,

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Paul Manna  34:58

yeah, I heard it was a. Did, I don’t know. I don’t know if she’s

Nestor Aparicio  35:04

fine. Thank you. She’s fine. Everybody I know has got a daughter at South Carolina.

Paul Manna  35:08

Crazy, yeah, but I heard it was a hoax after, after all of this, yeah, I don’t know, but she’s fine. The earthquake, she lives, she lives off campus anyway, yeah, exactly, but, yeah. All good, thanks, bro. All

Nestor Aparicio  35:19

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right. Well, my mom’s from South Carolina, so, you know, nice. I’m not a Gamecock, but I wish I was trifecta. Food Truck and music festival is held on September the 20th. You should attend. I hope you get you want to give away some tickets?

Paul Manna  35:32

Sure, anything you want, go ahead. I’m gonna

Nestor Aparicio  35:35

give away some tickets. Figure out how to anytime the break. I just hope I can make it. I have it involves music. Can I tell you the truth? Yeah, Hollywood bowls on my bucket list. You know this, right? There’s a place called The Celebrity Theater that’s on my bucket list. Are you familiar with it’s in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a painter’s mill. It was built by the same people. It’s a circle painters mill theater. They are doing and I saw you mentioned tributes. There is a tribute called meat loaf. Me, you

Paul Manna  36:03

said that? Yeah,

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Nestor Aparicio  36:04

that it’s playing up in the ag phone, up in Hartford. No, this is a different this tribute is the ultimate meatloaf tribute. This is the band, meatloaf band with the Caleb Williams guy, Caleb Johnson, guy from American Idol, doing meatloaf. That’s legit. Yeah, this other one’s more like trifecta. If this guy’s good up here, you may bring meatloaf. This is me et loaf, of course. And he’s doing this in like October, up at the arena, up in Bel Air, where they bring bands, like your bands. I think one of

Paul Manna  36:33

these, actually, yeah, almost Queen played up several species, the Pink Floyd bands.

Nestor Aparicio  36:37

But I’m not going. I love meatloaf. I loved meatloaf. I love everything about it, but the Celebrity Theater is where. It’s where Alice Cooper has his figgy pudding event every year. He does is his pudding Christmas event every year. Yeah, Celebrity Theater. Think, did you ever go to painters? Absolutely, yeah, I saw Frankie vallino Four Seasons gold,

Paul Manna  36:59

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golden earring. Frank lucky. Frank lucky Frank Marino and mahogany

Nestor Aparicio  37:03

rush. You see them? Yeah, that’s the real rush, right? That’s right. So the circle theater, so I have a chance on Wednesday night to see what’s left of the who and my band, The Joe Perry Project, with Chris Robinson fronting, and they’re opening the who show one night only that’s got at the Hollywood Bowl. Think you got to do it. And then Friday night, go to Phoenix and see the meatloaf thing.

Paul Manna  37:26

And then Saturday come back here. Get the Red Eye. Come on. That’s

Nestor Aparicio  37:29

what I’m trying to do. Come on. Trying to do that. Get back here for you. Perfect weather on September 12. Sorry, that’s all I can ask my son’s birthday week. I don’t ask for money. One. We got to get good weather. That very good. My man, Paul man, a 24/7 does concerts, Carson cabinets coming up next. Get the food out here at Costas. It’s all brought to you by the Maryland lottery. Tastiness, brought to you by curio wellness, keeping me right down the street. I mean, we’re, I could spit on a foreign daughter from here, our friends, press your luck and lucky. Sevens, you’re not employed by the Maryland lottery. You get one. Paul mana back for more cost to stay with us.