Ries Brothers @ Jannus Live Credit: Phil DeSimone
Next week on July 15, homegrown blues-turned-reggae-rock duo Ries Brothers releases a new video filmed at St. Petersburg’s Floridian Social Club.

But this weekend on Saturday, July 9, Kevin and Charlie have curated a “Hometown Throwdown” lineup at the venue to celebrate.
The show is notable in that it finds the Brothers, who’ve opened national tours for Chicago and recently sold-out Jannus Live, heading inside for an intimate gig at the recharged Floridian where another beloved locally-grown, moving out on their own talent—Ella Jet—plays one of her last Bay area gigs before moving to Nashville.

This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 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...