St. Petersburg songwriter Sam Farmer smiling broadly and wearing round glasses and a "Have Gun, Will Travel" trucker hat. He has a long brown beard and is wearing a blue t-shirt, standing in a grassy outdoor field with event tents and blue sky in the background.
Sam Farmer Credit: Sunofsam / Facebook

The Tampa Bay area’s big John Prine weekend happens later this month with the Hello In There Foundation’s tribute concerts and screenings of the documentary “How Lucky Can One Man Get” at Beach Theatre.

To kick it all off, however, two Bay area songwriters—Sam Farmer (pictured) and Roc Helton—play the late part-time-Gulfportian’s songs in the breezy downtown St. Pete courtyard outside The Ale & the Witch.

There’s no cover for Sam Farmer & Roc Helton’s John Prine tribute at The Ale and the Witch in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, April 7.

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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...