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Genre: Blues

Kent Burnside

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Kent got his real start in the music business playing with Jimbo Mathus (Fat Possum Records) and going on tour with Buddy Guy in the early 2000’s. That was when he started developing his signature style of blues: dark, hypnotic, inviting and very danceable.

Kent performed for Samuel L. Jackson to help Jackson prepare for his role in Black Snake Moan (2007).

He has also worked on The Blues Brothers’ stage shows with Dan Aykroyd. Aykroyd is a huge fan and supporter of Kent’s work.

Bruce Willis once played harmonica at a jam with Kent Burnside.

Kent has spent decades performing at festivals and has toured all over the world. Most recently in 2019 he performed at the Blues Rules Festival in Switzerland, and played a two week tour of Australia with The New Savages.

Kent Burnside regularly performs at Festivals around the US with The Flood Brothers.

Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind

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Multiple award winning jazz, funk and blues harmonica player, singer, songwriter Jason Ricci has played with, toured and recorded with some of the world’s most esteemed blues, jazz, rock and New Orleans musical legends.

The Jerry Outlaw Group

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The Jerry Outlaw Group is made up of several veteran musicians of the Tampa Bay area who play a wide variety of “deep-cut” album oriented music . Some of the members have been playing together or separately in various bands around Tampa Bay. Such bands as: Bogus Pomp, John Oliva’s Pain, Umbra Luna, Gen and The Genitorturers, The Buffo Brothers and The Mad Beach Mafia just to name a few.

Zack Pomerleau

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Zack Pomerleau is a Maine born multi-instrumentalist blues musician based in Bradenton, Florida. He is currently the full-time drummer and harmonica player for award winning band Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones. As of 2023 he has toured internationally with the band, been nominated with the band for Blues Blast Band of the Year (2019), and has appeared on the band’s latest album “Groovin’ at Groove Now” on the Endless Blues label featuring Terry Hanck, Sax Gordon, and Bill Heid.

Outside of his work with the band he plays solo around the Tampa Bay Florida area. His solo act consists of playing electric guitar, harmonica, vocals, and foot percussion while playing classic blues and originals.

Zack currently uses and endorses products by Hohner Music, BlowsMeAway Productions, sE Electronics, and SIT Guitar Strings.

Black Snake Bayou

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Slightly dangerous, all-original, Southern swamp rock band with danceable Southern grooves, a new album, and a brand new music video “The Alligator Crawl”.

Deb & The Dynamics

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DEB & THE DYNAMICS ARE A SEVEN PIECE ROCK N SOUL BAND THAT’S BEEN ROCKN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

THE BAND CONSISTS OF SEVEN ARTISTS THAT BRING AN INDIVIDUALALITY TO THE CAREFULLY SELECTED SONG LIST THAT SHOWCASES ALL OF THE MEMBERS, KEEPING THE AUDIENCE ENTERTAINED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

Trey Wanvig Band

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21-year-old singer/songwriter from Sarasota, FL. Award winning blues rock guitarist and vocalist.

Dyer Davis Band

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Dyer Davis is an American singer / guitarist, who is currently working on his debut album for WildRoots Records. He’s spent the last 8 years of his young life as a rock artist, recently departing from the band Rubber Soul Child. Now at 22, he has returned to the music that first inspired him to become a musician. As a child his father also, a musician, turned him on to the music of the 60’s and 70’s. The artists that spoke to him the most were the blues-based rockers, especially the early Jeff Beck records featuring Rod Stewart. This instilled in him the importance of the blues as the key foundation of the music he was drawn to.

“Every song here exudes magic, untouchable feeling of someone who is about to become huge. Davis has the skills, maturity, and artistry of players twice his age and stands out as an individual, even in a crowded playing field. Dog Bites Back is one of the strongest debut albums to come down in quite some time. Dyer Davis gives every indication of being on a trajectory to become one of the dominant artists in contemporary blues. Remember: you heard it here first.”

– Rock & Blues Muse Review – By Mike O’Cull

Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack

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Chicago blues ‘triple threat’ (slide guitar, harmonica and vocals) Nigel Mack delivers a high-energy show that fuses blues classics with the punch of contemporary original blues. Seamlessly switching between instruments, Nigel Mack is equally proficient at them all. These are talents honed by years of relentless touring in support of his critically acclaimed CDs, Devil’s Secrets, Road Rage and High Price to Play. Nigel’s latest release, the awardwinning, all-original, Devil’s Secrets, was the #1 Canadian blues CD of 2012, nationwide in Canada on Galaxy Satellite radio. Mack’s original compositions have been featured on television sound-tracks ‘Dawson’s Creek’, ‘The Street’ and ‘Time of Your Life’.

Mike Hund and His Allstar Band

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National recording Artists and hall of fame guitarist MICHAEL HUND is a road tested guitarist, singer and writer with a career including over 450 live shows every year and concerts and festivals and numerous recording sessions and releases.

MICHAEL career began performing in rock bands in the new York area,moving to LA in the 80’s followed by many years of touring and recording with National Bands and many other notable artists. eventually joining the legendary Ted Nugents frontman Derek St Holmes Band.

Since 1984 has released 15 CD’s and has regularly performed at Blues/Rock festivals, clubs and concerts throughout the world. MICHAEL has won over 100 music awards and 1992 put in the buffalo music hall of fame and 2011 WBNY LIVING LEGEND AWARD MICHAEL IS A SITE TO SEE one of the top guitarist of all time

THE MICHAEL HUND BAND WILL BE CLOSING OUT THE DOWNTOWN SARASOTA BLUES FEST with his all-star band featuring Bassist Bobby Schneck(Slash- Aerosmith) and drummer Steve Camilleri (Dicky Betts) dont miss him

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