North Florida Music Hall of Fame

Nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks, slide guitarist since age 9. Started out performing with Jacksonville’s Greg Baril Band. Currently a full-time member of the Allman Brothers Band, plus has his own deal with Columbia. Also works with Butch Trucks’ side project, Frog Wings. Also see Allman Brothers Band; Trucks, Butch; Baril, Greg; [...]

Boston-born blues rocker, graduate of Berklee College of Music; Susan Tedeschi signed to Boston label Tone-Cool (distributed by Artemis/RED), her first nationwide release sold 600,000. Moved to Jacksonville in 1999 to live with her boyfriend (now hubby) Derek Trucks, whom she met while opening for the Allman Brothers Band. Her third album was recorded in [...]

Drummer, born 1928 in Calif., Bob Taylor became a key figure in the Western-swing scene with Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, and Merle Haggard. Worked with guitarist Duane Eddy (“Rebel Rouser”) in 1960s; later led own band, The Rogues, for many years. Taylor came to Jacksonville in 1994, worked locally with Larry Mangum’s Cowboy Orchestra. Died [...]

Folk-rock-Celtic duo from Jacksonville, consisting of Arvid Smith and Lee Hunter. The duo signed with Baton Rouge, La.-based Binky Records in 1995.

An outgrowth of acoustic duo consisting of Rick Block and Jason Chase, this top-40 band was notable mainly for its addition of some of Jacksonville’s finest musicians, including John Philip Kurzweg (guitar, vocals), Rocco Marshall (guitar, vocals), Tim Lindsay (bass), Derek Hess (drums) Rick Johnson (sax and keyboards) and Carol Bristow (vocals). Also see Lynyrd [...]

Orange Park High School grads, born in Brunswick, Ga. After passing some demos (recorded at Michael Fitzgerald’s Music Factory in Jacksonville Beach) to teen-pop group Hanson’s manager, this duo, consisting of twin brothers Kenny and Denny Scott, was signed to Mercury and released its major-label debut in 1998. Unfortunately, Mercury’s rock acts were dropped shortly [...]

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Jimmy Strickland, from Jacksonville’s Northside, this country-pop crooner in the Johnny Tillotson vein had three singles on Hilliard-based Davco Records in the early 1960s; however, no national hits ensued. Also see Garner, Merlene.

Born in Dallas, 1945, Stills attended Gainesville High, where he sang with folk ensemble The Accidental Trio. Soon after, he left for New York City, where he hooked up with the Au GoGo singers, who also included member Richie Furay. After heading for Los Angeles, he supposedly auditioned and was turned down for a spot [...]

Jacksonville’s godfathers of punk, fronted by the audacious Ray McKelvey. After a series of do-it-yourself releases, Stevie Ray Stiletto & the Switchblades signed with Jacksonville rap label Attitude Records (Jeff Cohen), which issued one album, American Asshole, picked up in Europe by German label S&F. Still performs regularly.

Jacksonville modern rock quartet led by vocalist-songwriter Luke Walker, also includes former Audio Orange guitarist/vocalist Edmund Lowman. As Ten High, the band was signed to Columbia Records in 2001 after then-WPLA DJ Flounder played the group’s early recordings on Native Noise, a now-defunct local-music show. Serendipitously, the song was heard by Columbia A&R rep and [...]

Famed bluegrass duo from Bristol, Va.; Ralph and Carter Stanley were already legends by the late 1950s, when they moved to Live Oak and built the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. After brother Carter died in 1966, Ralph headed for Nashville and continues to perform. Also see Masters, Johnnie.