JJ GREY & MOFRO
From his early days playing cover music behind chicken wire at a west side Jacksonville juke joint while still working at a lumberyard, to playing sold-out shows at some of the largest venues and music festivals in the world, JJ Grey has always delivered his soul-honest truths.
Since his first album, ‘Blackwater’, back in 2001, Grey has been releasing deeply moving, masterfully written, funkified rock and front porch Southern soul music. Now, with ‘Olustee’ – his tenth album and first in eight years, and the first he has self-produced – Grey is back, singing his personal stories with universal themes of redemption, rebirth, hard luck, and inner peace. With his music, Grey also celebrates good times with friends, oftentimes mixing the carnal with the cerebral in the very same song. Fueled by his vividly detailed, timeless original songs spun from his life experiences, Grey’s gritty baritone drips with honest passion and testifies with a preacher’s foot-pounding fervor.
With ‘Olustee’, JJ Grey has once again pushed the boundaries of his own creative musical, lyrical and vocal talents, delivering an instant classic. Many of the songs are steeped in the mythical Southern stories of his ancestral Florida home and filled with people from JJ’s life. The songs are told through the eyes of a poet and sung with pure, unvarnished soul. Grey’s message is simple and strong – respect the natural world and always try to live in the moment. And never forget the importance of having a good time.
HARBER WYNN
Ten years in. Right on time. They’ve been each other’s muse, cowriter, producer, merch slinger, and sunrise driver as they’ve released records in separate projects and raised babies. Thomas Wynn and Hannah Harber have been stalwarts in the Florida roots music community, leading Thomas Wynn & The Believers and Hannah Harber & The Lionhearts respectively. Now, finally, and exactly when they knew they should, they’re making their first record together at Crosstie Recording in Nashville, Tennessee. Harber Wynn is “a fresh, exciting look at two local hall-of-famers” (Orlando Weekly).
"Hannah Harber and Thomas Wynn ought to be among the official bearers Sunshine State Southern rock. When Harber’s gut-wrenching vocal meets the raging guitar of Wynn, it’s full on sparks. And prepare to fall over when the power couple harmonizes." - Creative Loafing Tampa
*This is an outdoor show on our lawn. Lawn chairs are allowed as space permits.
*Doors at 5:30 p.m. Music at 7:30 p.m.