Events of Interest and appearances by artists recently, currently, or very likely soon-to-be heard on MTB . . .

THIS WEEK


Thursday 08.28.08

7:30PM Betty’s Not A Vitamin Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill Clearwater Beach

8:00PM Rob McDowell Acoustimatic The Zone Tarpon Springs

8:00PM Earl & Arch Cuso’s Indian Rocks Beach

9:30PM Basic Rock Outfit Sportsters (every Thursday) Largo 

Al "Coffee" McDaniel - South Beach Sports Grill, Clearwater Beach

David Shelley Band - Ringside Cafe, St. Pete

T-Blue - Sports Pizzarena, Tampa

Al Razz Blues Jam - Rockwell's Corner Pub, Largo

Blue Lightning - Rockwell's Corner Pub, Largo

Jimmy Griswold - Pastino's, Clearwater

 

Friday 08.29.08

2:00-6:00PM Rob (Buffalo Strange) Pieniak The Hut John's Pass Madeira Beach

4:00PM Acoustic Jake Tiki Hut, Hilton Clearwater Beach

6:00PM Shabala Hurricane Observation Platform Pass-A-Grille

7:00PM The Dock Rockers Captain Jack’s Tarpon Springs

7:00PM Frog Belly White Java Delights Coffee House Zephryhills

7:00PM Jay Kiernan The Old Oar House Madeira Beach

7:00PM Donny Simonds Band Hurricane Hank’s Hudson

8:00PM Initial Doubt Bourbon Street New Port Richey

9:00PM Human Condition Flying Dog Cafe Sarasota

9:00PM Back Alley Blues Band Boulevard Lounge New Port Richey

9:00PM Downtown Possum Molly Malones New Port Richey

9:00PM Rokus Band JJ’S Sports Lounge Largo

9:00PM 2-Tone Racoon's Restaurant & Lounge Valrico

9:00PM Pug Baker Dave’s Aqua Lounge St Pete

9:30PM Rebel Pride Hideaway Lounge Dunedin

9:30PM Basic Rock Outfit The Dunedin Brewery Dunedin

9:30PM Jaded Wild Indian Saloon Largo

9:30PM Ricky Wilcox Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Tampa

10:00PM Spontaneous Habit Flame Hookah Lounge Bradenton

Four Star Riot @ Rock Hard Cafe Tampa

North 2 South, JD's, Indian Rocks Beach

 

Saturday 08.30.08

1:00PM Acoustic Jake Crabby Bill’s Loading Dock Indian Rocks Beach

2:00PM Basic Rock Outfit (jeremy solo) Cuso’s Cantina Indian Rocks Beach

3:00PM Rob McDowell Deja Groove- Pastino’s Foget About it Festival Clearwater

3:00PM Pure Poets Society 813 531 7687 Pure Poets meeting and BBQ Temple Terrace

5:00-10:00PM Ricky Wilcox w/Tracy of Shaguars The Lobby Bar Hard Rock Casino Tampa

5:00PM Josh St. Pete Green Iguana (solo) St. Pete

6:00PM Brian Caudill Eddie’s Bar and Grill Dunedin

6:00PM Jason Parker solo Green Iguana..St Pete

6:00PM The Dock Rockers The Crab Shack Port Richey

6:30PM Fremont John O’Leary’s St. Armands Circle Sarasota

6:30PM The Human Condition Fish Bar - Dean solo Bradenton

7:00PM John Kelly The Old Northeast Tavern St Pete

8:00PM Guilty By Design(Recording New Album) Crowbar Ybor

8:00PM Soul Purpose Dcoy Ducks Holmes Beach

8:00PM Papos Frassica Pro Star Recording Studio St. Pete

8:00PM Cristi Vale and Sequel Band The Stage (Formerly Bent Elbow I) St. Pete Beach

8:00PM Basic Rock Outfit THE NEW GASOLINE ALLEY Largo

9:00PM Sarge and the Aeromen The Garage St Pete

9:00PM Mind Static The Crowbar Tampa

9:00PM Back Alley Blues Band Boulevard Lounge New Port Richey

9:00AM Stephanie Carpenter Northeast Presbyterian Special Music St. Pete

North 2 South, JD's, Indian Rocks Beach

 

NOTE: CONNECTIONS will be temporarily suspended after Labor Day.  Appearances may be sporadically posted after that, though regular updates may be delayed, and outdated information may appear at times, through September and October.  Normal notices should resume no later than early November.

 

Appearances listed are derived from MySpace,  RealitySnap.com, the Suncoast Blues Society Calendar, BAAMO, SE Music Alliance, individual websites, direct communications from artists and other sources.  All are subject to change without notice in this column.  Not responsible for errors in locations, times or other details.  Artists in green text are on the current MTB playlist and/or recommended by MTB.  For questions about appearances, refer to the venue indicated or artist websites & MySpace pages.  Send your concert/live show info to rick@musictampabay.com

 

     

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Feature CD -         (1 track heard each hour on MTB) 
Midnight Player

Selections include Title Cut Everyday Hero  Moongate Lane  Talking Funk  Tonight          Seduction       Hand in Hand    West 59th Street  What's Goin On  Raven           Coast to Coast

Winfield Davis

Sarasota Smooth Jazz composer, bassist, guitarist and percussionist Winfield Davis presents his 2007 CD - Midnight Player, "because all artists find creativity around midnight.  Its just the way it is". 

www.WinfieldDavis.com          www.myspace.com/winfielddavis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Top 10 is the top tier of the which can be seen in its entirety on the Playlist page.
1 One Love Fremont John
2 Pissed Abstract
3 Nebraska Avenue Maggie Council
4 How Do You Know Wendy Rich
5 Life of My Own Stormbringer
6 Broke Down Engine Damon Fowler Group
7 The Lone Green Valley Mena Brinno
8 Leaving Stepford Stephanie Carpenter
9 Wanton Soup Offshore Riot
10 With You Girl Dawn Willey
Week beginning August 25th, 2008  

 ROOTS IN ROCK - BRANCHES EVERYWHERE

   

The Best of the Bay - Compilation CDs from BAAMO

The Bay Area Arts and Music Organization selected the bay's best songs and artists to represent this area in the 3 CD releases pictured. Many songs from these CDs are heard regularly on MTB.  For more info, click the BAAMO icon at right---->>>.            

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Music Video - - -

MTB's 2nd Video offering from the Sheila Kirsten Hughes Band, featuring Alex Wolfe Parnes - "A Peaceful Solution" was produced by special arrangement with composer Willie Nelson and daughter Amy.  To view, click on the picture above.

This video and Sheila's first, Different People, along with a free mp3 offer and tons of stuff are at www.skhughes.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Events - Music News

 

Jules

A benefit performance, featuring an extraordinary line-up of Tampa Bay talent was staged this weekend (Sunday 8/24) at the Ringside Cafe in St Pete.  Musicians on hand for the event included...Stephanie Carpenter, James Hawkins and the Cold Harbor Band, Jak Kelly, The Sheila Kirsten Hughes Band w/Alex Wolfe Parnes, The Mason/Alvarez Trio, Ronny Elliott, Steve Vaclavik, Mike Worrall, Tommy McCoy, Jeff Blake, Doc Lovett and the Blues Punks, Barkin' Barney, Goody, Kathy Stafford, Leigh and Steve Humes, Barry Moses, Roger Sullins, Tom Scueiero, Donny Simonds, and Key of Life.  The gathering was organized to raise at least $2,000 to help Jules in his fight against Cancer.   

Donations by check or money order may still be made out to Jules Dobrowolski and mailed to Leigh Humes, PO Box 130454, Tampa FL 33681-0454. 
 

Comedy

BOOMERZ CONCERT HALL in Seminole now bills itself as a Sports Cafe and features COMEDY on Tuesday nights @ 8PM - No Kidding! 

Gasoline Alley

The Alley is back, or at least its namesake in a new location across from Mugs & Jugs on North 66th Street in Largo - between Ulmerton and East Bay. 

Florida Folk Fair -

Jak Kelley among numerous others slated to appear this coming  weekend (Aug 30th and 31st) at renown Withlacoochee event.  More info at www.bigoaksriverresort.com.

Damon Fowler -

Suncoast Blues Society reports that Damon has signed with blues label, Blind Pig Records.   Last year he was Creative Loafing's BEST Guitarist, Slide Guitarist, Lap Steel Player and Dobro Player.

Rebekah Pulley -

Coming in September (5th) - Release Party for new CD: Back to Boogaloo, hosted by WMNF, with Ronny Elliott, Steve Connelly, Acho Brother and Venus in Furs @ Skippers

Dawn Willey

Dawn's tender and moving rendition of an original composition, Sum Of Our Parts, is being added to new compilation CD coming from Quickstar Productions.  Her With You Girl is currently on the MTB Great 48.

Ms Goody's Mellow Melodies

Congratulations on 3 years of supporting local artists and their original music with weekly play-on-demand podcasts featuring local artists.  To check it out, try this link.

SE Music Alliance

Like Ms Goody's Mellow Melodies (above), The Southeast Music Alliance also produces local artist podcasts.  The newest SMAsh Radio program features Rebekah Pulley, Will Quinlan, and The Human Condition's Dean Johanesen among others.  Look for the link elsewhere on this page.

 

And from the For What It's Worth Department

THE RADIO KILLERS ARE TAKING OVER TAMPA BAY
The Newest Cover Band to Hit Tampa Bay will bring a Fresh Mix of Danceable Music
 
 
TAMPA, FL – July 2008 – In an effort to bring a new groove to the music scene of Tampa Bay and the surrounding areas, four veteran rockers have come together to form an exciting concept to bring new life and depth to the current cover band genre.  The goal of a cover band is to entertain the crowd, and The Radio Killers are going to do just that.  Not only accomplishing that by bringing new life and melodies to tried and true music, but also by dazzling everyone with their stage show and all-around contagious aura.  Tunes from the past will pop up in a new way that will leave the audience no choice but to sing along and shake their booties on the dance floor all night long.

“We want to create an experience in each of our shows.  We don’t want to be just another cover band,” says Frank Bruno, bass extraordinaire.  "When we first got together, we talked at great length about what we could do to set us apart from everyone else because there are tons of other cover bands in this area.  What we came up with is something collectively we, as a band and as music fans, felt we would love to see a live band do.... put on a show! We don't want to play all the songs that every other band is doing or songs that you consistently hear on the radio. We want to create a new live band that everyone will be talking about around the water cooler on Monday morning!" That is the challenge that The Radio Killers want to overcome.  They don’t want to be like any other cover band.  And they have a plan to make just that happen.   

Along with Frank, The Radio Killers also have the inspirational vocal talents of Eben Nye, the beat-keeping drum ability of Don Young, and the wailing guitar riffs of Kurt McDonald to keep the music rocking and the crowd dancing. “These three guys I am working with are top-notch.  I couldn’t have asked for a better situation,” says Frank. The foursome are finalizing all aspects of their show and are planning on hitting Tampa Bay in August.   You can keep up-to-date with The Radio Killers and their schedule on http://www.myspace.com/theradiokillersband.

 

 


 

 

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