Credit: Photo via timmytrumpet/Facebook
It would surprise no one if Timothy Jude Smith, aka Timmy Trumpet, was a band kid in the โ€˜90s. When the 41-year-old emcee from down underโ€”who once opened for Stevie Wonder in Sydneyโ€”isnโ€™t behind the console, heโ€™s actually playing trumpet in between segments.

The brass axe seems to be what kept him on the map in recent years too, as New York Met Edwin Diaz used Timmyโ€™s โ€œNarcoโ€ as his entrance music in 2021, which sparked enough national attention for Timmy that he actually showed up to perform it live at Citi Field for Diaz last August.

Timmy Trumpetโ€™s show on Saturday, Aug. 19 at The Ritz in Ybor City is sold-out.

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Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...