Thursday, Jan. 20
4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Back Water Blues
Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon
Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge The Johnny Charro Band
Bootlegger's Saloon Michael Southern Band
CK's Revolving Rooftop Restaurant Derrick Williams
Clancy' s of New Orleans Steve Santo
Coquina Blue Alias Julius/Donny's Duo
Cricketers Acoustic Jam w/Doug The Song Man
Cuso's Club & Cantina Bongolloyd's Tripp
Daiquiri Deck The Usual Suspects
Della's After Dark Two for the Road
The Don CeSar Beach Resort & Spa Kelly Goodrich
The Edge Bar and Grill Springboard Writers' Night
Ferrara's Bistro Huntington Project
Fletcher's Backstreet Grille Rat Pack Too
Floyd's Mark Ralston
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Wayne Gladney
The Fox Michael Barnes (PIANO ROOM)
Frenchy's Rockaway Grill and Beach Club Ulterior Motive
Gasoline Alley Left Lane
Gaspar's Grotto Tanker Ray
Gators Cafe & Saloon The Go-Daddies/Bruce Nye/Karaoke/DJ Scott
Green Iguana-West Shore Other Guy/Chromatic
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Zoom/3rd Story Basement
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Greg West/Social Fiction
Green Iguana-Ybor City Blast
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Chase Vaccaro/DJ Maestro
Harrison's Grill & Bar Ron Reinhardt Sax & Trax
James Joyce Irish Pub Stephanie Anderson
Limey's Pub Cuban Sandwich Crisis
Martini Bar Morgan/Shawn Brown Band
The Music Spot Drew Farmer
Neptune Lounge Jenoah/Endicott/Folly/The Homecoming
Orpheum The Same/Party People/Discover America/Mi Captain & Ellason Grace
Rare Olive Singles Night Feat. Dwight Champagne
Red Fish Blue Fish Rhodeside
Ringside Cafe Roger "Hurricane" Wilson
Scooby's Lounge Cell Fish
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Sam Stone
Shephard's Sequel
Skipper's Smokehouse Stone Soup/Uncle John's Band
Smoking Dog Bennet Cab Company
St. Bart's Island House & Rum Bar Jahfari
Stumps Supper Club Tim Bernard
TJ's Main Street Jimmy Griswold
Two Buks Michael Shawn Norton Band
West Bay Cabaret Jazz Jam
Yeoman's Road Pub NathaliaFriday, Jan. 21
420 Park Place Cheeky Monkey
42nd Street Bistro Freight Train Annie
4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Intentions
Alley Cat's Cafe Ulterior Motive
Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge The Johnny Charro Band
Blue Heron Bernie Maloney
Blue Martini Black Honkeys
Blue Shark Tina & the White Boyz
Boomerz Boiler Room Suffocation/Cattle Decapitation/Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus/Against All/The Absence
Boomerz Cafe Driven
Bootlegger's Saloon True Colors Band
Brass Mug Neglected Superhero/JT Fury Experience/Distorted
Clancy' s of New Orleans Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band
Coquina Blue Kim Cramer/Velvet Jones
Daiquiri Deck Kevin Toon/The Damn Band
Dallas Bull Silver Eagle
Dave's Aqua Lounge Rastis Cain & the Blame
Divino Bar & Restaurant Live Flamenco Music w/Xavier
E-A Tapas Lounge Hamilton Harris Project
* Emerald Bar Steve Robinson/Rebecca Pulley/Hustlers A.D./DJ Noon
Ferrara's Bistro Huntington Project
Fletcher's Backstreet Grille The Hy Notes
Floyd's Theo Valentin/DJ Chris Craze
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Robbie Stewart/Wayne Gladney
The Fox Michael Barnes (PIANO ROOM)
Fresco's Lounge Cats
Gasoline Alley Soulfound/Truly Sunday/My Enemy/The Distance
Gators Cafe & Saloon North 2 South/No Name Storm/DJ Scott
Green Iguana-West Shore Wes Dearth/1 Day Further
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Bacardi Boys/Usual Suspects
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg The Spells/Chromatic
Green Iguana-Ybor City Donny's Duo/Tantrum
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sophomore Jynx/Blue Star Highway/DJ Maestro
Harrison's Grill & Bar Ron Reinhardt Sax & Trax
Harry's Beach Bar Ted Wray
* Hogan's Griz
James Joyce Irish Pub Jerry Provost
Java Junction The Human Condition/Natural Blend/Bad With Names
Kahuna's Rock-n-Hard Place
MacDinton's I.P.D.
The Martini Club The Freed/Dixie Flat Liners
Masquerade Champions of Rock
Mickey Quinn's Pub and Grill Shifty-Eyed Dog
The Music Spot Drew Farmer
My Place @ The Milner Hotel Nitro & the Tampa Bay Blues Machine
Neptune Lounge The Grausen's/The Watergate Scandals/The Farce/Arm the Poor/Electric Entrophy/The Bombrockets
* New World Brewery Flat Stanley/Bone Money/Superpower Abuse
Pegasus Lounge Wasted Talent/RBR/Gnaw/Killroy
Rare Olive AdamZ Aunt/Swirl
RedStar Lounge DeepFridays
Ringside Cafe Mojo Gurus
Scooby's Lounge Ozona
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Joe Mullarkey
Shephard's Sequel
Skipper's Smokehouse Tommy Castro/The Billy Norris Project
Smoking Dog Bennet Cab Company
St. Bart's Island House & Rum Bar Jennifer & the Venturas
Stumps Supper Club Jimmy James & The Velvet Explosion
The Tamiami at Jannus Landing DJ Fonseca
Thirsty Marlin Rhodeside
Velvet Soca Fridays
Viva La Frida Cafe y Galeria Michael Ross Quartet
Whistle Stop Grill Rebekah PulleySaturday, Jan. 22
4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Intentions
Bahama Breeze George Esdaile/Denny Falzon/Ninja
Bahama Mama's Pat Best
The Bank Nightclub and Concert Venue DJ Mark Noonan
Barnes & Noble – Clearwater Steve & Finn of Four Star Riot
Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge The Johnny Charro Band
Blue Heron Bernie Maloney
Blue Martini Black Honkeys
Blue Shark Johnny G. Lyon Band
Boomerz Cafe 151 Band
Bootlegger's Saloon True Colors Band
Bourbon Street Hurry Sundown
Brass Mug Johnny Sierra/60 Cycle Hum/Boris
Centro Ybor Ted Wray (AFTERNOON)
Clancy' s of New Orleans Act 3
Coquina Blue Alias Julius/Velvet Jones
Daiquiri Deck The Damn Band
Dave's Aqua Lounge Rastis Cain & the Blame
Fletcher's Backstreet Grille Rafael & Co.
Fox and Hounds Irish Pub Wayne Gladney
The Fox Michael Barnes (PIANO ROOM)
Gasoline Alley 4 Star Riot/Knowing Stu/Vinyl/Overwhelmed/Human Condition
Gators Cafe & Saloon Greg Billings Band/The Twins/DJ Scott
Green Iguana-West Shore 1 Day Further
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Greg West/Matt Winter/Usual Suspects
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Roberto/Other Guy/Chromatic
Green Iguana-Ybor City Kim Cramer/Tantrum
Green Parrot Rebel Pride
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bacardi Boys/Quick Shot Paulo/DJ Maestro
Harry's Beach Bar Ted Wray
The Hut at John's Pass Jimmy Griswold & Tom Bell Duo
Hyde Park Cafe Jask/Joshua Wilkins
Java Junction Substance/One-Up
J.D.'s Restaurant & Lounge Phil Tolotta (PIANO BAR)
Jimmy B's Dirty Secrets
The L.A. Hangout Undercover Band
The Martini Club Buffalo Strange
* Masquerade Skatepark of Tampa 12th Year Anniversary Party Feat. Against Me!/Soviettes/Jericho
Neptune Lounge Hazard Factor/Social Smile/Pieces of Eight
Orpheum An Albatross/The Cinema Eye/Aqui/Yip Yip/The Windshield Death Procedure
Palm Pavilion Gary Coco's/Cool B's
Pegasus Lounge Doc Lovett & the Blues Punk Band
Peninsula Inn Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues
Pete's Place T-Blue
Porpoise Pub Raw Project
Rare Olive Life On Mars
Ringside Cafe Zero Duval
Saffron's Caribbean Spy vs. Spy/Leon Coldero/DJ Spice/DJ King
Scooby's Lounge Ozona
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Raw Project
Shephard's Sequel
Skipper's Smokehouse Halcyon
Smoking Dog Bennet Cab Company
St. Bart's Island House & Rum Bar Funk Masters
State Theatre Trace Of Day/Crooked Edge/All In Favor/My Enemy/Abagnale
Stumps Supper Club Jimmy James & The Velvet Explosion
Sweetwater Grill David and Patricia
Swigwam Beach Bar Tom Kats
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center The Battersby Duo
Thirsty Marlin Rhodeside
TJ's Main Street That "70s Band
Uptown Bar and Cafe The Steve Passo Band/Smokestack/Military Junior
Whistle Stop Grill Double TimeSunday, Jan. 23
Bahama Mama's Dave Domingo
Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge West Coast Swing Club
Boomerz Boiler Room Sugarlite Battle of the Bands
Brass Mug Elysium/Select Start/Tears in the Sahara/Almost Opposite
Clancy' s of New Orleans Just Plain Folks Songwriters Showcase
Coquina Blue Lance Rowland/Greg West
Cuso's Club & Cantina Greg Billings/DJ Master Mike
Fast Eddie's Johnny Wide Bars/Open Blues Jam
Gators Cafe & Saloon Groove Altar/Shaka/DJ Jimmy
Green Iguana-West Shore Moon Doctors
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Impulse/Mike & Mark
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Matt Winter (AFTERNOON)
Green Iguana-Ybor City Greg West/Zero 2 Sixty
Harbor Club The Tammy Hatch Band (AFTERNOON)
Holiday Inn Sunspree Mark McGourley
James Joyce Irish Pub Jerry Provost
* Jannus Landing George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Jimmy B's Supaheat
* Masquerade Skatepark of Tampa's Tampa Am After-Party Feat. The Tim Version/Rehasher
* Orpheum Cex/Aloha/Weather/Candybars/Limeade
Pete's Place T-Blue
The Pier Oksana
Rockerfella's Fiasco
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Ric Shiruis
Skipper's Smokehouse Chris McCarty Band
State Theatre Eighteen Visions/Emery/Remembering Never/Misery Signals
Two Buks Shifty-Eyed Dog
Velvet Positivity
Viva La Frida Cafe y Galeria LaRue Nickelson Jazz Trio
Whistle Stop Grill Craig WickhamMonday, Jan. 24
Brass Mug Open Jam
Coquina Blue Wes Dearth
Dalila's Martini Bar Tom Katz Jazz Orchestra
The Edge Bar and Grill Springboard Writers' Night
Famous Cigars Elite Jazz Bar Tito
Gators Cafe & Saloon Driven/DJ Scott
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Greg West
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Chuck McClure
Green Iguana-Ybor City Zero 2 Sixty
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tom Patten and Velvet
The Music Spot Acoustic Open Mic w/Sandy Atkinson and Ronny Elliott
Rock Harbor Club Stick
Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse Jeremy Gloff's Open Mic
Stumps Supper Club Jim Brady
Taverna Toscana Ron Reinhardt Sax & Trax
Viva La Frida Cafe y Galeria Unlocked Blues BandTuesday, Jan. 25
4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Kevin Toon
Bongo's Beach Bar Ted Wray
Boomerz Boiler Room MC Battles Hosted by MC Furious & DJ Montez
The Chic-A-Boom Room Stephanie Anderson
Coquina Blue Tony St. Tone/3rd Story Basement
Famous Cigars Elite Jazz Bar Jimmy Griswold & Friends
The Fox The Mike MacArthur Group
Gators Cafe & Saloon The Twins
Green Iguana-West Shore Alias Julius/American Supermodel
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Jimmy James/Other Guy
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Dutch/Donny O'Neil
Green Iguana-Ybor City Zero 2 Sixty
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Morgan Stone
Limey's Pub Tyson Marshall
The Martini Club Tuesday Night Music Club
The Music Spot Drew Farmer
Neptune Lounge Bloodstabbers, Inc./Draw Bolld/Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus/Beauty in Chaos
Purple Moon Chris Santucci
Rare Olive Jazz Night Feat. Hank Ashwood & Friends
Red Fish Blue Fish Reggae Night w/Paris
Ringside Cafe The Complacents
Rockerfella's Democracy
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Joe Mullarkey
Skipper's Smokehouse Camper Van Beethoven /Hackensaw Boys
Smoking Dog Open Blues Jam
Stumps Supper Club Mark McCormickWednesday, Jan. 26
420 Park Place Salsa Night w/DJ Louis
42nd Street Bistro Allon Sams
4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Mark Mann Show
Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge The Johnny Charro Band
Blue Shark Gary Brown's Band
Bourbon Street Billy Beet's Jam
Cafe Alma Chad Neiro
Cat Tails Blues Jam w/James Peterson
Clancy' s of New Orleans Gumbo Boogie Band
Coquina Blue Matt Winter/Parts & Labor
Daiquiri Deck The Untouchables
Dave's Aqua Lounge Blues Jam w/Sandy Atkinson and Cannon Quinn
Fast Eddie's Southern Rain
Gators Cafe & Saloon Ron & Dave/DJ Jimmy
Green Iguana-West Shore Kim Cramer/American Supermodel
Green Iguana-Rocky Point Donny O'Neil/Bacardi Boys
Green Iguana-St. Petersburg Zoom
Green Iguana-Ybor City Usual Suspects
Gulfport Casino Gulfport Casino Swing Night
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tom Patten and Velvet
James Joyce Irish Pub Jerry Provost
Limey's Pub Zero Duvall
Mangroves d'Visitors
Martini Bar Morgan/DJ Mark Hancock
Masquerade Elevated
The Music Spot Drew Farmer
The Pier The Downtowners
Rain Lounge Tsunami w/DJ Keith Allen
Rare Olive-Ybor City Positivity
Ringside Cafe Eric Culberson
Romeo's Studio 1515 Jazz Jam Session
Scrumpy's Beach Bar & Grill Raw Project
Shephard's Sequel
* Skatepark of Tampa Strikeforce Diablo/Dove/Asthma Attaq/DSA
Skipper's Smokehouse Impulse
Smoking Dog Lorelei and the Cocktail Kings
St. Bart's Island House & Rum Bar Damon Fowler Group
Stumps Supper Club Shawn Brown Group
Viva La Frida Cafe y Galeria Impromptu
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2005.