Bread and Butter

A high energy cover band, Bread and Butter plays multiple genres, always getting the audience to move.

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Jacksonville's premier event band, Bread and Butter plays covers of both old songs and new, all chosen to get everyone to move or to sing along.
This group of professional entertainers has a core of four musicians: Alex Hayward on drums and vocals; Adam Mantovani on bass, cello, and vocals; Pete Winders on guitar; and Mike Spottswoood on keyboard and trumpet.  At various gigs, they can be joined by up to three additional vocalists and horn players.
Generally an event band, Bread and Butter plays weddings, fundraisers, and corporate events.

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Alan Dalton and Terry Campbell

Two members of Back from the Brink available as a duo, trio, and full-band.

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Alan Dalton and Terry Campbell are two members of Back from the Brink, a group of five bluegrass musicians from North Florida, who have a respect for the old music and a love for the new.

Originally from Alabama, Alan Dalton now calls Jacksonville home. He's studied accountancy, classical guitar, and computer information systems—and now performs most often on banjo, playing old-time bluegrass and songs he has written to add to the genre. Terry Campbell plays guitar, bass, and vocals. He takes the lead at times and also provides bluegrass harmony.

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The three members of the band Big Pineapple on the deck at the Conch House at sunset

Big Pineapple

Playing a swaying and sweet Hawaiian sound.

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A trio of musicians, each with country, jazz, rock, and blues in their backgrounds, comprise the band, Big Pineapple. They play favorite songs from the Hawaiian islands, a bit of jazz, and some old standards —  nearly all featuring the sweet island sound of a ukulele and played with a bit of swing. Close your eyes, and you could be enjoying a performance in the Hawaiian islands, while right here in Northeast Florida. 

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Beau and the Burners, a Rockabilly Trio

For stompin', dancin', and old-fashioned rockin', this band can't be beat.

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Beau & the Burners creates a large, jumping, rockabilly sound with just three members: Beau Knott, twangin' and sangin'; Jim Weber, crash-boom-bangin', and Justin Hammack, thumpin' and slappin'.

A rockbilly trio, Beau & the Burners have performed all over the Southeast since 2008, pleasing crowds with revved-up rocking renditions of classic tunes made famous by Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, and more — as well as their own, rockin' compositions.

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Zach Lively

Zach is familiar as part of the Wobbly Toms, but also plays solo around town.

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Over the last 25 years Zach's bands have morphed, but they have always known that they would play music. Zach says that he can't not play music; its part of his soul.  The goal is to keep playing, exploring the sound, being creative and developing on the friendships that music brings.

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Ken Jensen Blues Ensemble

This local blues band is led by a potter who makes musical instruments.

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The Ken Jensen Blues Ensemble has a fluid membership, with excellent local musicians rotating as their projects allow them to join the Blues Ensemble. Most often, Ken Jensen is joined by Donny Haney on bass, Kevin Mileski or Chris Hadjoupolis on drums, and Larry Mowbray on guitar and vocals.
While Ken is an accomplished musician, he is first a potter. After earning a BFA, Ken worked as an apprentice potter and then set up his own studio, Jensen Pottery, in the 1980s. He moved to the St.

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King Eddie and the Pili Pili

King Eddie and the Pili Pili are a Northeast Florida reggae favorite.

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King Eddie and the Pili Pili Band is Florida's oldest reggae band, having played in North Florida for over 30 years. Lead vocalist and bassist Edward "King Eddie" Witt, said that "We played in the first reggae festival in Miami in 1983.

"Pili Pili" is Swahili for pepper sauce, a fitting name for this reggae band with a hot beat. The band formed in 1979, and the change in members through the years has been so great that King Eddie is the only constant member since 1981.

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HORNIT

HORNIT is a local rock band that's taken life by the horns and played on stages 'round the world.

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The Rock band HORNIT has crafted their music and stage performance into an attitude and lifestyle known as "Life by the Horns". These "self proclaimed Light Heavyweight Champions of Rock n Roll," are forged from the working man's daily grind, and have molded themselves from such influences as Son House, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Queen, ACDC, KISS, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, and many others. 

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Rob Snyder

Rob Snyder is a singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by the Davisson Brothers Band and Luke Combs.

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Born in Georgia and raised in Pennsylvania, Rob Snyder listened to everything from country to pop to heavy metal, and experimented with styles and genre — always taking influence from southern rock and traditional country. University and a job in sales were but a slight detour and Rob moved to Nashville in 2012.

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Randy Houser

Randy Houser, country singer and songwriter, performs Sunday at the Songwriters Festival fundraiser for the people in the islands in the Abacos, Bahamas.

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Randy Houser, country recording artist, performer, and songwriter recently released his fifth, and more personal album, Magnolia. Produced by Randy with Keith Gattis, Randy wanted Magnolia to be a more personal album. He co-wrote all 12 of the songs on the LP, which features some of his fellow artists and a more acoustic sound, saying, "It was just, hey, I gotta go do me.

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