Rusty Wright Band Credit: Photo via RustyWrightBand/Facebook
A former opener for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rusty Wright, and his band are about to release Hanginโ€™ at the DeVille Lounge, their first new studio album since 2018. Itโ€™s a serious outing, too, tackling loneliness and never catching a break while even working in a spoken-word opening track. But then there are tracks like โ€œGoinโ€™ To Nola,โ€ which is centered around a guy heading to the Crescent City to track down a girl he fell for.

Wrightโ€™s voice is still as high and pristine as ever, too. Sinners welcome this weekend when Rusty Wright Band plays Union Hall in Lakeland on Friday, Oct. 7. 

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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...