Thursday, Jan. 3
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamie Perlow
Beach Place Triology
Billy G'Z Baby Huey Band
Cadillac Jack's Green Flash
Carlie's Even Steven
Chase Club Derrick Williams
Daiquiri Deck Groove Altar
Dave's Aqua Lounge Michael Shawn Norton
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Jon Springs
Frenchy's Rockaway Grill Rhodeside
Gasoline Alley Christine Steel/Kenny McGee's Disease
Gators on the Pass Nitrus Tuesday
Green Iguana-West Shore Other Guy/SoulSystem
Green Iguana-Ybor City Velvet Jones
Green Parrot Undecided Band
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Open Jam
J.R.'s Grill House & Pub Sequel
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Mandalay
Mojo's Walter Smith's Chicago Nights
Palm Pavilion ML2
The Pharm Nick & Matt
Realm Coffeehouse Open Mic
Ringside Cafe Hollywood Dave & The Hotheads
Skipper's Smokehouse Uncle John's Band
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick/Shawn Brown & Jerry Martini
Wet Willie's Karaoke
Yeoman's Road Pub Jazz Jam w/Bobby Curzak
Friday, Jan. 4
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamm Tracks
Beach Place Diamond Gray
Bentley's Baby Huey Band
Cadillac Jack's Ozona
Cajun Cafe Laptop Randy
Carlie's Edge of Red
* Centro Asturiano Jennifer & The Venturas
Cino Grill Dagari Jazz Trio
Computer Port Cafe Open mic
Cool Tunes Coffee Bar Alias Julius
Daiquiri Deck Kevin Toon/Chromatic
Dave's Aqua Lounge Ron Catena Band
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Scottish Sean
Franklin Street Mall Big Picture
Frenchy's Rockaway Grill Green Flash
Gasoline Alley Chris & Ken/Octane/Damn The Torpedoes
Green Iguana-West Shore Kim Cramer/SoulSystem
Green Iguana-Ybor City Coco Red/Authorities
Green Parrot Even Steven
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Out of Control
J.R.'s Grill House & Pub Sequel
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Impulse
* Jannus Landing Bryan Adams
Java Jane's Liaison
Marsha's Wayside Inn Naked People Band
Mojo's-Bellair Diane
Overtime Sports Bar Badge
Palm Pavilion Hammerhead
* The Pharm Jonathan Powell Group
Piglet's Sportsbar & Grill Barking Spiders
Rick's On the River Deep Elum
Ringside Cafe Rhythm Revue
* Ruth Eckerd Hall Bernadette Peters
Silver Nightclub DJ Matt Bradley
* Skatepark of Tampa Anti-Anti/3 Monkeys Named Bob/Asphtxia/Scott Free
Skipper's Smokehouse Sean Chambers
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick/Shawn Brown & Jerry Martini
Thirsty Marlin Rhodeside
Tucson's Tyger
Saturday, Jan. 5
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamm Tracks
Beach Place Diamond Gray
Beaux Arts Gallery and Folk Coffeehouse Open Mic
Bentley's Baby Huey Band
Cadillac Jack's Ozona
Cajun Cafe Laptop Randy
Carlie's Edge of Red
Cino Grill Dagari Jazz Trio
* Club 901 Fya Linx w/Fifth Element/Mighty Punisha
Computer Port Cafe Open Mic
Daiquiri Deck Chromatic
Dave's Aqua Lounge Urbane Cowboys
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Scottish Sean
Frenchy's Rockaway Grill Green Flash
Gasoline Alley Dysfunktion/XXX/Damn The Torpedoes
Gators on the Pass Walter Smith's Chicago Nights
Green Iguana-West Shore SoulSystem
Green Iguana-Ybor City Kim Cramer/Authorities
Green Parrot Smackhead
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Out of Control
J.R.'s Grill House & Pub Sequel
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Brother 2 Brother
Java Jane's David Raines
Limey's Pub Charlie Morris Band
Marsha's Wayside Inn Naked People Band
Masquerade Q-Phonix
Mojo's-Bellair Diane
* Orpheum Ghetto Love Sugar w/Jonathan Powell/The Ghosts
Overtime Sports Bar Badge
Palm Pavilion Hammerhead
The Pharm Love And Music Band
Piglet's Sportsbar & Grill Barking Spiders
Purple Moon Big Picture
Ringside Cafe Rhythm Revue
Skipper's Smokehouse Molten Mike/Swinging Johnsons/Mick Sharp Band
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick/Shawn Brown & Jerry Martini
Thirsty Marlin Rhodeside
Sunday, Jan. 6
Beach Place Average Joe
Carlie's Diamond Gray
Dave's Aqua Lounge Kim Harpo's Blues Party w/Dr. Z
The Gorilla Theatre Mark Gould & Friends
Green Iguana-West Shore Third Story Basement
Green Iguana-Ybor City Sam Osborne/Brother 2 Brother
Holiday Inn Sunspree Rhodeside
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Danny Moore (aft.)/Green Flash (eve.)
Mickey Quinn's Pub and Grill Soul Sunday w/Jah B, Verbal, Mr. Anonymous, S/H2
Nick & Angelo's Yellow Bluff Grill Open Mic Jam
Palm Pavilion Mark McGourley
Ringside Cafe Blues Jam w/Red & Wendy
Seabreeze on Sunset Beach Jam w/Barefoot Mikee
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick
* UU Dome Hot Flash/Simple Gifts
Monday, Jan. 7
Carlie's Out of Control
Extra Inning Ball Park Cafe Karaoke
Gasoline Alley Open Mic Jam w/Jim Thompson
Green Iguana-West Shore Jon Springs/House of Trouble Open Blues Jam
Green Iguana-Ybor City Brother 2 Brother
Jimmy B's Bombed Out Cat
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick
Wet Willie's Karaoke
Tuesday, Jan. 8
Brass Mug Karaoke w/Laser Ray
Carlie's Authorities
Famous Cigar Jazz Lounge Naked People Band
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Jon Springs
Gasoline Alley Animosity/Destroy/Zanesville
Green Iguana-West Shore Jimmy James/Curious Jones
Green Iguana-Ybor City Brother 2 Brother
Green Parrot Open Jam w/Bad Intentions
J.R.'s Grill House & Pub Karaoke
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Mark Suiter
James Joyce Irish Pub Musicians Open Mic
Jimmy B's Bombed Out Cat
Pegasus Lounge Karaoke
Player's Bar & Grille Karaoke
Realm Coffeehouse Open Mic
Ringside Cafe Blues Prophets
* Ruth Eckerd Hall The Manhattan Rhythm Kings
Tate Brothers Pizza Vince Longo
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick
Three Lions British Pub Dialects
Wet Willie's Karaoke
Yeoman's Road Pub Open Blues Jam w/Mike Tozier
Wednesday, Jan. 9
Alley Cat's Cafe Michael Hastings
Boomerz Naked People Band
Boston Bob's Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues
Boudreaux's Blues Jam
Carlie's Diamond Gray
Daiquiri Deck Hunks of Funk
Dave's Aqua Lounge Rene LaBre & The Cotton Pickers' Wang Dang Doodle Open Blues Jam
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Jon Springs
Frankie & Johnny's Open Jam
Frankie's RetroModernFuturism w/DJ Curse Mackey & DJ Jim Beeler
Fun Tampa DJ Short-E
Gasoline Alley Damn The Torpedoes
Green Iguana-West Shore Zoom/Curious Jones
Green Iguana-Ybor City Nitrus Tuesday
Green Parrot Jazz & Connie
Hollywood Java Coffee House & Bar Open Mic
J.R.'s Grill House & Pub Sequel
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Rhodeside
Jungle Island Baby Huey Band
Nick & Angelo's Yellow Bluff Grill Songwriter's Open Mic
Pete's Place T-Blue
The Pharm Open Jam
Player's Bar & Grille Karaoke
Ringside Cafe The Connectors
Seabreeze on Sunset Beach Blues Jam w/Sarahsax
Shades Karaoke
Silver Nightclub DJ Mike Anthony/DJ Huff
The Tavern on Bayboro Shana's Open Mic Night
Ten Beach Drive Mark McCormick/Shawn Brown & Jerry Martini
Yeoman's Road Pub Acoustic Artists & Writers Night w/Vince Longo
Upcoming ConcertsJanuary
10 Robert Cray w/Eric Bibb Jannus Landing
11 Spyro Gyra Mahaffey Theater
11 Tommy Castro Skipper's Smokehouse
11 The Independents w/Blue Flame Combo/Car Bomb Driver/Accordion Justice Harbor Club
11 This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb/The Devil Is Electric/Against Me!/The Reactionary 3 Refuge
11 Vance Gilbert/Susan Werner Octagon Arts Center
12 EMIT Avant-A-Thon feat. Loud Zoo/Trace Element/Dub Gabriel/Neshilo Central Stage
12 The Common Cold/Hankshaw/Textual/Gasganno New World Brewery
13 Huey Lewis & The News Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
15 Brian McKnight Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
15 King Django w/TBA New World Brewery
16 The Independents w/The TimVersion/Flat Stanley/Diaphragments New World Brewery
18 Bruce Springsteen Tribute Show State Theatre
18 Amy Denio w/Handshake Squad Orpheum
18 Dash (formerly Dash Rip Rock) Skipper's Smokehouse
18 42nd Street Band Centro Asturiano
19 Minus/Swift/Calm/Puddin' Hogs State Theatre
19 SPOT Ninth Anniversary feat. Hot Water Music/SuperChinChillaRescueMission/The Line/The TimVersion Skatepark of Tampa
19 Leo Kottke w/Karla Bonoff Tampa Theatre
19 Marcia Ball Skipper's Smokehouse
20 Murphy's Law w/The Spitvalves State Theatre
20 Atom & His Package w/TBA Orpheum
24 Shannon Wright w/The New Roman Times/Bear Country Orpheum
25 Creation Is Crucifixion/The Blackout Terror Orpheum
25 Richard Shindell Falk Theater
25 GWAR w/God Forbid/Soilent Green The Masquerade
25 Cheap Trick w/TBA Jannus Landing
26 Haymarket Riot/The Paper Chase w/TBA New World Brewery
26 Suicide Machines w/Poison The Well/Catch 22 State Theatre
30 Mandy Patinkin Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
30 Flickerstick w/TBA State Theatre
31 Desaparecidos/Now It's Overhead Orpheum
31 Further Seems Forever/Onelinedrawing/Recover State Theatre
February
1 The Regulators Centro Asturiano
2 Bob Dylan Ice Palace
2 Judas Priest Jannus Landing
2 Michael McNevin/Elaine Silver Octagon Arts Center
3 The Statler Brothers Ruth Eckerd Hall
5 Italian American Music Festival Starring Jerry Vale Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 Travis Tritt Florida State Fairgrounds
8 REO Speedwagon Florida State Fairgrounds
8/9 Julio Iglesias Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Todd Snider w/Chris Knight Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Milemarker w/TBA Orpheum
11 Marshall Tucker Band Skipper's Smokehouse
12 Merle Haggard Florida State Fairgrounds
13 Gov't Mule w/Steve Kimocki Jannus Landing
14 Patti LaBelle Ruth Eckerd Hall
15 Ten O'Clock Band Centro Asturiano
15 Los Hombres Calientes w/Charlie Hunter Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Neil Diamond Ice Palace
16 Jimmie Vaughan w/Lou Ann Barton Jannus Landing
18 The Osmond Brothers Valentine Concert Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Melissa Ferrick & Friends Skipper's Smokehouse
24 Avail/Hot Rod Circuit/American Nightmare State Theatre
March
1 Doo Wop Reunion 2 Ruth Eckerd Hall
1 Roy Lang's Traditional Jazz Band Centro Asturiano
8 Tony Bennett Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 KC & The Sunshine Band/The Village People Ruth Eckerd Hall
15 Toni Lynn Washington Centro Asturiano
16 Lucy Kaplansky Octagon Arts Center
17 Styx Ruth Eckerd Hall
21/22 Engelbert Humperdinck Ruth Eckerd Hall
April
4 Pat Metheny Group Ruth Eckerd Hall
5 Gary Puckett/Peter Noone/Herman's Hermits/The Turtles Ruth Eckerd Hall
6 Cliff Eberhardt/Mindy Simmons Octagon Arts Center
9 The Artie Shaw Orchestra Ruth Eckerd Hall
14 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ice Palace
This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2002.
