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Joining us as our Guest Musicians are:

TRMA Award Winners

Past Guest Artists

Jerry Diaz

Donny Brewer

James ‘’Sunny Jim’’ White

Bob Karwin

Jim Morris

Calypso Nuts

Michael ‘’Crawdaddy’’ Crawley

Eric Stone

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Wes Loper

Brent Burns

Rick Lamb

Thom Shepherd & Coley McCabe

Jimmy Maraventano

Donny Brewer is a Parrot Head, sure, Rasta fan, yeah, but the Texas born and bred multi-instrumentalist is more than that. In fact he started in his teens playing big-hair rock in bars he wasn’t even old enough to be in. Later, in college, he found he could make more money playing country in Texas dance halls. Eventually he got fired from his job and gave up his art education to tour with country acts. There he was educated by a different professor — the road. He honed his skills as a guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist in front of screaming fans of well…whoever the act he was opening for. It was a tough road but you get a lot of time off, so the Texas beaches became his second home. He spent years being content as somebody else’s sideman, and only a closet songwriter — that is until he met a girl.
She soon became his wife and he left the road to become a family man, running Cowpatty Studios and working with several local bands as a hired gun. Not a stable job, but having time to spend raising kids has made him a different man. Songwriting quickly became the pastime of choice. The result is years of collecting material — everything from raw country to rock and blues to islandy tunes. And what about those islandy tunes? All the other material had been shopped around with various bands with little success but not the islandy stuff. With a small nudge (otherwise known as a giant shove) from his wife (now of 21 years), he finally dusted off that notebook, wrote some newly inspired tracks, and compiled them into two albums. And in this new age, you don’t need a record deal budget to share your music with the world. All you need is a computer, a couple guitars, and a good mic. Of course it helps to have 30 years experience as a musician, songwriter, and engineer!.....For more about Donny Brewer, go to his website - www.donnybrewer.com
Music has long been a part of Jimmy Maraventano's life. From age 13 when he first picked up the guitar, Jimmy continued to play with family members and friends, adding the banjo to his repertoire along the way. His first paid gig was in the Catskills playing after dinner sing-a-longs. People seemed to like it. Then, like a lot of folks, marriage and children put his musical career on the back burner for about 10 years. In 1999, Jimmy started his own band, Second Wind, after hosting a Caribbean-themed party and buying a Jimmy Buffett CD. He liked what he heard, and he learned a few tunes. The band is now known as Jimmy and the Parrots, and they've performed all over the US as well as in the little latitudes of St. Kitts, Nevis, Grand Turk, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. In 2012 and 2014, they were named Entertainer of the Year at the Trop Rock Music Association’s Award Ceremony in Key
West, FL. Jimmy performs all types of music, from Jimmy Buffett to the Beatles to George M. Cohan to the Beach Boys to Simon and Garfunkel with some fun, crowd-pleasing original tunes thrown in for good measure. Jimmy’s solo act truly appeals to all ages and all musical tastes. Grab your beach chair, your suntan oil, and your favorite drink, and get ready for a trip to the islands and beyond.....You can find out more about jimmy and his band on his website is: www.jimmyandtheparrots.com