"What the heck is Frankie Jay and the Chicken Parade?" one might ask. It's a curious group of like-minded musicians with a particular sense of humor and humanity. Frank Julian, AKA Frankie Jay, leads the parade, followed closely by Curtis Wayne Schaper on bass, Pasco Paul Belmore on dobro, and Ron Townsend on percussion. At any performance, other musicians may march along with the parade, always in time and frequently providing harmony.

Sugarfoot is the endearing name for a mother/son duo, Elaine and Sam Mahon.

Elaine Mahon, born in Gainesville, literally reached for the stars twice: first, when she earned her Ph.D. in extragalactic astronomy, and later when she left that career to write and perform her music. In fact her most recent and third album, released in 2017, is titled Reach for the Stars. Like her previous albums, the songs in this more recent one focus on life and love, but also offers hope from an astrological perspective.

Artist, musician, songwriter — Michael Reno Harrell added storyteller to his impressive resume a couple or more decades ago. As he has said, I got "paid to sing and draw pictures. Then … I discovered that there were people who made a living telling stories and I decided to jump in feet first."

Tommy Bledsoe and Joy D'Elia, a husband and wife team and two of St. Augustine's most dedicated proponents of the arts, have played music in St. Augustine for decades. More recently Tommy and Joy have brought the music and steps of traditional country dancing to the forefront in schools and at a number of local performances. 

Originally from North Carolina, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Josh Ford began playing music when he was gifted with a harmonica at 5. He later learned guitar, developed his voice, and began writing songs. Orlando Muniz is an accomplished percussionist from Miami. He has played with gospel, Latin, and country groups.

From St. Petersburg, Florida, Veronika Jackson's family was musically talented and she started singing in school at an early age. As a teenager, she was moved by the acoustic folk movement and began to follow Odetta, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Joan Baez, and more. Still later, she learned about Diamond Teeth Mary, who sang the blues and inspired other performers at the Florida Folk Festival.

The Acoustic Music Duo of Ron n Bari Litschauer have performed with the Roadside Revue for the past 20 years. As the Revue's Facebook profile suggests, although the Revue still rides, members of the group frequently perform in various configurations.

Ron n Bari are accomplished musicians—Bari on the banjo, mandolin, and guitar while Ron focuses on guitar and singing the lead. Bari sings harmonies during the choruses. Their song list ranges from folk music from the 20th century, and songs by master songwriters such as John Prine and Trent Wagler of The Steel Wheels.

The Henry Family has long been known for their exemplary bluegrass singing and instrumentation, their original songs, and their performances at area bluegrass festivals. The original family band, Red and Murphy and Co., consisted of newlywed husband and wife, Red and Murphy Henry. A later iteration was Red and Murphy and their Excellent Children and then back to Red and Murphy and Co. Most recently, Chris Henry — one of their excellent performer children — has joined his dad to form Red and Chris Henry's All Star Band. 

Both Lee Hunter and Joey Kerr, singers/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, have a long list of music credits—particularly in the folk genre.

Lee worked with Arvid Smith in the duo Tammerlin from 1992 to 2014. Since then, Lee continues to sing original songs and traditional folk tunes, taking the stage alone, or accompanied by a number of well-known folk artists. Lee lives in Northeast Florida and has partnered with musicians, artists, museums, and area causes.

Jerry Mincey likes to say he was "raised on Hank Williams," but by the time he reached his teens in the early 60s he wanted to be Elvis.

Jerry is one of the outstanding musicians who came out of Winter Haven Florida and grew up with Gram Parsons, Jim Stafford, Carl and Jesse Chambers, and Kent LaVoie and in his first year of college, Jim was the lead guitarist for one of the leading central Florida bands, the Spades. That band toured with the Zombies and the Searchers and they got a record contract with RCA.