BOARD OPERATOR: Steve Connelly helms the controls at his Zen Recording Studio in Pinellas Park. Credit: Shanna Gillette
Legendary Bay area songwriter Ronny Elliott is off to England any day now, so this gig on Friday, Oct. 21 at Tampa’s New World Brewery could be the last time you see him for a while.

The show, happening in the music all,  is also a rare chance to see the legendary Tampa songwriter share a stage with some of his closest friends—including Zen Recording legend Steve Connelly (pictured above, a long time ago)—inside one of the coziest venues in Hillsborough County.

And yes, Elliott told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that, “I’m sure Steve will play some with us.”

Rebekah Pulley and Rob Pastore join Walt Bucklin, and Connelly, on the support bill.

This article appears in Oct 13-19, 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...