The Bird Tribe & Melody Trucks Band VS. Guavatron & The Reality
Sounds like a caged death match. Once again, there are many outstanding options this weekend (August 23-26) in the Tampa Bay area, but Friday night’s dilemma presents a real internal wrestling match.
IN THIS CORNER, weighing in at… their equipment broke the scale… The Bird Tribe from Nokomis and The Melody Trucks Band from Jacksonville, at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa.
AND IN THAT CORNER, weighing in at… a bunch of kilos, Guavatron from West Palm Beach and The Reality from Tampa, at Dunedin Brewery.
What’s a jamband fan to do?
In order to help make a decision here, let’s look at the participants in this matchup:
The Bird Tribe are: Matthew Frost, keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals; Brian Byrd, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar; and Garrett Dawson, drums, percussion.
The Melody Trucks Band are: Melody Trucks, percussion, vocals; Willis Gore, guitar, vocals; Brady Clampitt, guitar, vocals; West Brook, slide guitar, vocals; Shane Platten, bass, vocals; Shaun Taunton, drums; and Isaac Corbitt, harmonica, vocals.
Guavatron are: Roddy Hansen, keyboards/synths; Conor Crookham, bass guitar; Adonis Frangiskakis, guitar/vocals; and Casey Luden, drums.
The Reality are: Dan Jones, guitars, trombone & vocals; Caleb Bone, bass & vocals; Brian Jones, drums & vocals; and Josh Kim, keyboards & vocals.
Feeling conflicted here. See what I mean? The struggle is real!
Choose The Bird Tribe and The Melody Trucks Band. Or Guavatron and The Reality. Or Twinkle. Or Ari and the Alibis. Or the Rev. Billy C. Wirtz. Or any of several dozen other live options Friday night.
Just go out and support live music. Don’t know where to look? Try GoTonight.com.
Audio courtesy of Butch Almberg
Video courtesy of CHeeSeHeaD PRoDuCTioNS and Volke Mon