Music City PHiNs

Tall Paul

Tall Paul (Paul Bobal) was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Virginia Beach, VA, where he played keyboards in "garage bands" from the age of 11. After seeing Doc & Merle Watson perform for freshman orientation at Appalachian State University, he taught himself to play acoustic guitar and started playing the coffeehouse circuit in North Carolina. He then joined Stoney Creek, a band that opened for Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers and Jimmy Buffett, before striking out on his own after graduation. Since his move to Nashville, Paul has played most of the clubs in the state as well as developing a southeastern college circuit where he currently performs to enthusiastic crowds, playing almost 200 dates a year! The influences to his music are as varied as the music itself. Playing the songs of the Beatles, Hendrix, the Doors and Yes early on, were the groundwork for later inspirations James Taylor, Doc Watson, Lowell George, Todd Rundgren and John Hiatt.

For more info visit http://www.tallpaul.com/

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Mike Broward

Mike is a solo entertainer and a recent transplant to the Nashville, Tennessee area, from sunny San Diego, CA. He works in a nation-wide niche of music that caters to the Trop-Rock crowd, where he does club dates, many fund raisers, concerts and songwriter shows. He has recently released his third solo CD entitled "Parrothead Rehab" which is available at CD Baby. Mike has been associated with ASCAP since 1991, as a writer and publisher, and through the years has been awarded popular panel awards 7 times. He has released three solo CD's of his music, and has contributed guitar, vocal tracks and songs to 8 CD's in the last 9 years. Mike also works as a free lance writer for Premier Guitar magazine doing product reviews and profiles. Mike's music is heard around the world on different Trop-Rock desk-top radio stations and was recently used on the MTV show "Made".

For more info visit http://www.musicmike.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/michaelbroward

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Don Middlebrook
Don Middlebrook and Living Soul began a musical quest up and down the west coast of Michigan in 1991 with little idea of where it might lead. Always directed by a new song, a new adventure, and an occasional cold beer, what began as fun and frolic has turned into thirteen years of travel and musical bliss.

Looking back over those last thirteen years, eight CDs have been recorded and over 150 dates played each year. Airplay has become commonplace, like that found at WCSX FM in Detroit, and internet web play has had international activity. Don and the band have performed on national radio with Mitch Albom and G. Gordon Liddy, and the last three years, they have toured and recorded with Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Jimmy Buffett's harmonica player for twenty-six years. In 2004, Don had two compositions in a Showtime original movie.

Vist Don's site at - http://donmiddlebrook.net/ - for more info.

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A1AJake and The Half Conched Band

You know what they say what comes around goes around and it's got to start somewhere. My music is a mixture of the Alabama coast and the lower Keys with a touch of that Texas Rawness we love. I grew up and loved the sound singer/songwriter of the 70's. The music was simple, it was more about the song rather than the production. The lyrics had meaning and people could relate it to their own lives. But now the lyrics have gotten lost being the mass production of instrumentation I wanted to create the things that made you fall in love with this music. Instead of following in the footsteps, I want to recreate the ones that have been forgotten or washed away by the tide. Like the songs says "I like my music, I love my music, I like my music like I like my oysters....Raw!"

For more info visit http://www.a1ajake.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/halfshelltunes

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The Boat Drunks

We started as a five-piece, Jimmy Buffett tribute act over seven years ago. We still play plenty of Buffett, but we are now a member of the Trop-Rock genre (bands that fans of Jimmy Buffett like to listen to) via our original music. Our first album, titled "This Ain't Duval Street," sold over 2,500 copies and is still available on our website. Our second album has been released on Little Feat's Hot Tomato Records label and is now available at Hot Tomato's website. It will be available at amazon.com, VH1.com, Barnes&Noble, Best Buy, etc... Both albums are receiving airplay on Radio Margaritaville (Sirius 31), and various local radio stations throughout the U.S. We are now a seven-piece band, sometimes adding an extra musician or two. We have opened for Jimmy and played with several members of his band. We tour throughout the Mid-West, with some national trips scattered in each year.

For more info visit http://www.boatdrunks.com/