Parker McCollum Credit: Photo via ParkerMcCollumMusic/Facebook
It was a damn good August for Parker McCollum, and the country guy is bringing the positive vibes to St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live on Saturday, Sept. 3.

In the first week of this month alone, the 30-year-old country singer-songwriter got to open for one of his heroes, George Strait, and released a new single, “Handle On You.”

Now that he’s off tour with Thomas Rhett, the Austin boy is flying solo for the bulk of autumn, and completely sold-out what appears to be his Tampa Bay debut.

This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...