Credit: David Simchock

Credit: David Simchock

Grammy award-winning bluegrass music comes back to Tampa Bay thanks to party-oriented string band Steep Canyon Rangers. Comedian and banjo freak Steve Martin joined this North Carolina band in 2009 and left soon after, but the six-piece continues to prevail without the celebrity attachment. Expect the Rangers’ newest single “Call the Captain,” to lead Sunday night’s setlist. Superfans probably already know that the band is doing a charity meet-and-greet at the Safety Harbor Arts and Music Center eight miles away from the Cap.

Steep Canyon Rangers. Sun. March 1, 7 p.m. $25-$50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater. rutheckerdhall.com

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This article appears in Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2020.

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...