Here's some of the standouts from the past year's worth of our monthly Showcase Nite series...
Bloody Jug Band (bloodyjugband.com): Drawing inspiration from historic jug bands of the 1920s and '30s as well as the darker side of blues and rock n’ roll, Orlando's Bloody Jug Band carves out its own niche in a genre of music that has never seen such a bloody incarnation.
Crackerbilly Band ( reverbnation.com/Crackerbilly) The collection of Crackerbillies take a mix of oldtime bluegrass, country, Florida folk, Americana and tranform it into a blend of moonshine-drinkin', biscuit-eatin' entertainment all their own.
Plus Troy Youngblood (reverbnation.com/tyoungblood) Born on a bus just outside San Francisco to a flower child momma and a Hell's Angel Daddy, stentorian-voiced singer Troy Youngblood has drifted across America, fell in love with New Orleans, had a brief stay in Paris, flew to Montreal, got lost in Mexico for a while. Went to New York City, wound up in Manhattan, came down to Tampa, Florida. Bought a bus and joined a band, traveling' the land and playing music and damn glad to be alive.