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Listen to Tampa Bay music legend Steve Connelly on the ‘Song Divers’ podcast, see him play for free on Friday

Ella Jet and the New Rulers open the show.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 11:05 am

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Listen to Tampa Bay music legend Steve Connelly on the ‘Song Divers’ podcast, see him play for free on Friday

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Need proof that Steve Connelly is a god among Bay area songwriters? Listen to his appearance on the locally-produced Song Divers Podcast. You’ll learn about a bunch of old venues long gone and come to find that Connelly is still one of his own biggest critics. Two locals, The New Rulers and Ella Jet, will have stars in their eyes when they open this free show.

The New Rulers w/Ella Jet & Future Soul/Steve Connelly & the Lesser Gods. Fri. Sept. 6, 8 p.m. No cover. jannus Live, St. Petersburg. Jannuslive.com.

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Ray Roa

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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...