North Florida Music Hall of Fame

Several years ago, on the old North Florida Music Association site, we posted a collection of mp3s. As the Internet is truly international, a Chinese site that links to music found these old songs and has linked to them.  There are several hundred downloads a month. So for the rest of you, here’s the original post and links to the music.

In 1999, Attitude Records contacted Jacksonville musician, musicologist and recording engineer Mike Fitzgerald about an interesting project. The idea was to have current North Florida musicians do covers of past hits originally recorded by North Florida musicians and songwriters. Musicians volunteered to play and began cutting the tracks at several First Coast studios. But, as happens in the industry, the record company went under and the recorded songs sat on tape in Mike’s studio gathering dust.

We’re happy to be able to release them here for educational purposes. They’re in mp3 format.

Train-train by Stevie Ray Stiletto

Midnight Rider by Todd Horn

Rockin’ Into The Night by Dovetonsil

Hold On Loosely by Sunshine Jones

Flirtin’ with Disaster by Powerball

Heartbreak Hotel by Jennifer Ray

Gimmee Three Steps by Leonard Skinhead

Whippin’ Post by Haggard

Dreams by Ron Perry

Spooky by Lovecraft

Simple Man by Dan McClintock and Ryan Key

What if I’d been the one by Happy Hour