Band Biographies
Hanna’s Reef is THE premier "Gulf Coast Beach Band." Based out of the Galveston Bay-Port Arthur area, this band knows firsthand about life on the Texas coast. In fact, the band's name comes from a popular fishing spot in Galveston Bay, near where the band members live. Hanna's Reef blends a mixture of their own extensive catalog of original beach (and sailing) songs, with classic Jimmy Buffett cover tunes. And to round things out, they throw in other fun "tropical" cover tunes to complete their repertoire.
PensaCola Steel performs exciting island, tropical, beach and Buffett music on beautiful sparkling chrome Caribbean steel drums.
SOLO TROP ROCK ARTIST - DON’T YOU WANT TO ESCAPE TO THE ISLANDS
Steven Youngblood will take you on a tropical trip, with his
original music, plus Jimmy Buffett song’s and many more tropical and country songs. Steven has been named the Nautical Cowboy
(he rides the sea) with original music like “Guitars & Fishing Poles” (a
story of Steven’s life) and one of his favorites “Hope My Ship Comes In Before My Dock Rots” (a great story about growing old looking for love). 
Captain Josh specializes in Beach/Country/Pop music along with a few oldies, light rock, Trop-Rock, and sing-a-longs. His main focus is on Jimmy Buffett and all of his country recording buddies such as Alan, Toby, Lyle, George, Kenny, Clint, Randy, Garth, Van, J.T., etc.
Captain Josh is a member of, and entertainer for, the Parrot Heads of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Yes, Captain Josh really is a USCG Licensed Captain too.
Not your average gulf coast/tropics band,
but we do indeed cover many of the traditional Buffett-style numbers. We
are a four member group consisting of USCG Captain Bill Crouch on lead
guitar and vocals, Jim Stephan on bass guitar and vocals, Blake Webster
on rhythm, and lead guitar and vocals, and Eddie Wells on drums.
Cover tunes include: Kenney Chesney, Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead,
America, and many other artists. Included in our repertoire are a dozen
original songs written by Cpt. Bill and Jim. CRS is based in the
Pensacola area. Check us out, and/or contact us at our website @
www.crsclassicrockband.com
Island Brothers
The Island Brothers is a band made up of members who were born on various islands. Hence, the name of the group. Ted Pabo is from the Garden Isle of Kauai. John Goleta is from the island of Oahu. Greg is from the island of Manhattan. That's right, Manhattan is a real island.
Steve Hall has been a professional musician for the past twenty years, touring around the world. He has toured Canada, Alert (the top of the world), Greenland, Bosnia, Croatia, Israel, Cayman Islands and Egypt to name a few. Steve has toured with many recording acts, in which he has won several awards from the Canadian Music Association, including "BEST BACK UP BAND" and from the British Columbia Country Music Association, won "BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER" 1998. Steve Hall toured with Canadian Country Band called "Farmers Daughter", now called "The Daughters", whom have put out five albums and they received a "Juno Award for Best Country Group". Opening for many artists including Kenny Rogers, Michelle Wright, Marty Stuart, Diamond Rio, Ray Charles and many more. Steve Hall's talents go from writing and producing commercials, playing key board and singing on albums, to writing and recording his own originals. His first solo CD entitled "In the Middle" with his own originals is out and has started on his second CD which is due for release soon.
Emerald Gold has a musical foundation of R&B and soul music from the '60s and '70s in addition to classic rock, blues and country.
Band members are Rodney Wilson, lead vocalist; Bart Bartleson, drums and vocals; Mark Arrington, lead guitar and vocals; Spud Cottingham, keyboards and vocals and Tom Raia, bass guitar and vocals.
Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 band are the real deal….an all original tropical island band capable of supporting both small and large events. The band has recorded three CDs filled with thirty all originals that always please the crowd. The band is also flexible and fully functional from an intimate three-piece to a ten-piece including a horn section. Howard is also available as a solo performer. The music of Mile Marker 24 offers universal appeal with an easy going lilt and sway that celebrates the human spirit while being underscored by steel drums, guitars, marimba and subtle strings.
Mile Marker 24 has been on the fast track, growing in popularity to clearly the most popular band in the Florida Keys. The band also tours and has enjoyed opportunities playing at venues with the likes of America, Little River Band, Tim McGraw, Hank Williams, Jr., Keith Urban and Big and Rich. Mile Marker 24 has also been featured on the CBS Early Show.
Jimmy Buffett wrote about Howard and Mile Marker on his MySpace site as follows:
From: Jimmy BuffettDate: Apr 14, 2009 10:29 PM
Subject: Howard Livingston & Mile Marker 24 Band!
Body:
What's up Parrot Heads?! Hope everyone out there is doing well and getting excited about Summerzcool 2009!
Just wanted to send out a quick note about this awesome, trop-rock band called Howard Livingston & Mile Marker 24 Band. They have an amazing sound and are HUGE Parrot Heads.
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