Steve Passo is a singer songwriter from Philadelphia, where he led the Philly based band, 106 Feet of Ugly.

After migrating to the Tampa Bay area, Steve has fronted the bands Ask Erin and the Steve Passo Band. Steve has drawn on his literary and teaching background to write compelling songs and music in the vein of Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffet and various indie and folk influences.

Steve Passo has played at events such as the Mainsail opener, Gasparilla, Guavaween and numerous venues throughout the Bay area.

John McNicholas is a singer/songwriter based in Atlanta, GA. John has honed his writing talents by writing, performing and releasing albums with alternative favorites Spiller, Lie, Misfortune 500 and most recently performing with indie-darlings Honeyrider, Dank, and Sparkys Nightmare.

He considers himself an unlikely songwriter in that his songs are character sketches of his life and the lives of people and friends around him. He doesnt so much write, as he observes and records his thoughts with music. His songs can be as awkwardly personal as those by Juliana Hatfield, as tongue-in-cheek as those by Fountains of Wayne and Ben Folds and as vivid and descriptive as those by Pete Yorn and Dean Wareham (Luna).

John McNicholas, the band, mines a sound nestled somewhere between Fountains of Wayne, the Wallflowers, Ryan Adams and Pete Yorn. John has performed at WMNFs Tropical Heatwave, IPO New York, the In the Raw concert series and has have opened shows for a number of diverse artists like Marilyn Manson, Fastball, Cyndi Lauper, Superchunk, Patti Smith, the Mooney Suzuki and many others.

John's Website

Tampa Bay based Rebekah Pulley is a four Time Winner of Creative Loafing's "Best of the Bay".

Soulful Southern Pop -- If Kathleen Edwards and The Band took a ride downtown on a balmy, summer night to meet Ray Lamontagne and Jenny Lewis for drinks at an old dive bar with walls full of stories and character.

"Immensely enjoyable and a master class in DIY," John Conquest - 3rd Coast Music.

All four of Rebekah's recordings contain mixtures of haunting vocals, earthy rhythms and sweet tones which have earned Ms. Pulley a place in the hearts and CD players of an eclectic base of music fans.

With years of experience playing all types of venues from coffee shops to festivals, performing solo or with a band, she'll be sure to leave you transfixed in the moment, as she has done to listeners all over the country.

Rebekah's Website

The Urbane Cowboys: Imagine a hayseed band traveling through time. They make pit stops to jam with Elvis and Dick Dale before warping to the 21st century and dig-ging on punk and indie rock. That band would be Urbane Cowboys.

Formed in Tampa in 1999, the Urbane Cowboys are Michael Snayd (vocals and acoustic guitar), Kamran Mir (electric guitar and vocals), Steven Schumacher (bass and vocals) and Rob “Hans” Jolowski (drums).

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Destination Unknown may be the youngest band in the Bay Area, not in experience but in age. They have played in local establishments and private functions throughout the Bay Area and all are participants of the Patel Conservatory Rock School.

T.J. Watts (lead guitar), Logan Nelson (bass guitar), Nicholas McDonald (drums) and Jovan Lecaro (vocals) make up this rock band that has been influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin and other classic rock bands of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Listen carefully and you may hear a few original compositions.

Look forward to a BIG sound from a young group of up and coming talented musicians.

Bob Anthony has spent much of the last two decades as a solo artist, mixing his love of crafty pop songwriting and cerebral-yet-accessible instrumental music, qualities that are present in his work with now-defunct bands The Smoking Jackets and Silent Jones as well as that of late 80s-early 90s Tallahassee rock legends The Casual Ts, where Anthony first honed his craft, which can still be seen and heard in the award-winning movie Ruby In Paradise as well as the band's hard-to-find recordings.

During the 21st Century, Anthony has toured the southeast numerous times and released the CD's Anthonology, an all-instrumental collection of odds and ends, and Lines, featuring the retro-pop of his early 2000's band The Smoking Jackets. Curtis Ross of The Tampa Tribune, in giving each CD an 'A' rating wrote; "Anthony is so skilled in the acoustic music realm one would think his attempts to rock would suffer. One would be wrong." Former St. Petersburg Times columnist Gina Vivinetto wrote "If it sounds like Anthony can do it all, it' because he can" while Connect Savannah's Jim Reed referred to Anthony as "hellaciously talented" in a highly favorable 2004 article reviewing his CDs and previewing a concert there.

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The Up The Creek Blues Band has been together for over a decade.

Building on a love of the blues, Up The Creek considers themselves an American roots music band and incorporates a mixture of rock, soul and rhythm and blues.

Echoes of Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and early rock and rollers can be heard in UTC's sound. Founded in 1998 by vocalist/harmonica player Evan Brodsky.

The band consists of Don Simon (guitar), Randy Johnson (bass),Mark Streicher (drums) and Pam Lindstrom (multipercussionist).

Expect to hear all styles of modern electric blues mixed with classic rock and roll when this band hits the stage.

Soul Circus Cowboys.

This ground-breaking duo, which consists of Billy McKnight and Dewey Buxton, and accompanied on acoustic guitar by Joe Kardash, is cruising onto the scene with a sound that will have your speakers blasting their rockin’ contemporary country music.

This eclectic pair had rock and roll in their blood since they were born. Billy grew up in a musical family. “I remember singing along with my mom when I was only 5 years old,” remembers Billy. The first song Billy recorded was Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers which landed him on the Ed McMahon’s Star Search in 1991. Dewey grew up listening to rock music. “I remember the first two albums I bought,” says Dewey. “It was Billy Squier and an AC/DC album.” Dewey has also performed in several rock bands, including opening for 3 Doors Down.

With their synergy and powerful, yet smooth vocals, the Soul Circus Cowboys are becoming the next duo to watch in 2009. After meeting at a skating rink in Florida when they were only eight, these friends are “soulful singers, with edgy tracks and meaningful lived lyrics.” With musical influences like Johnny Cash, Garth Books, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Rolling Stones, Clint Black and The Eagles, it is proven that they will hit the country music scene hard.

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