North Florida Music Hall of Fame

Original guitarist for Limp Bizkit; Borland formed the band Big Dumb Face as a side project. BDF released an album on Fred Durst’s Flawless Records (distributed by Interscope) in 2001, After leaving LB, Borland and his brother, Scott Borland (LB’s keyboardist), formed the short-lived Eat the Day with former Filter singer Richard Patrick. After a [...]

Front man for rap group 69 Boys and owner of HomeBass Records in Orlando. Now a DJ on Orlando’s 102 JAMZ. Also see Chill Deal Boys; McGowan, Jay; Orange, Nathaniel; 95 South.

Burman moved to Jacksonville with his family from Philadelphia when he was 12. He attended Wolfson High and the Bolles School. Burman ran student activities at FCCJ’s South Campus, where he hired bands for college shows. He worked at the campus radio station at Florida State University, WVFS, and was talent buyer for FSU’s Student [...]

After a protracted negotiation with Flawless’s Fred Durst, this Jacksonville “nu-metal” band, formerly known as SmaktDown, signed to Elektra Records in 2001. In 2004, Elektra’s operations were discontinued, and Burn Season was dropped before its debut album was released. The band snagged a new deal with Pompano Beach-based Bieler Bros. Records, which included four tracks [...]

Born in Panama City in 1950; graduated from Ribault High in Jacksonville. Campbell met keyboardist Benmont Tench of Gainesville and was recruited to join the Gainesville group Mudcrutch, which was being booked by Pat Armstrong’s agency in Macon. The group moved to Los Angeles in 1973, where they signed with Leon Russell and Denny Cordell’s [...]

Jazz keyboardist and saxophonist from Jacksonville; obtained degree in oboe and composition from Jacksonville University and Georgia State. Carn has recorded with Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, Earth Wind & Fire and former wife Jean Carn. Has also recorded own albums for Savoy and Black Jazz labels. Currently runs a jazz nightclub in Savannah.

Renowned guitarist from Daytona Beach, member of Duane and Gregg Allman’s group, the Hourglass, on Liberty Records. Carr later replaced Duane Allman as session player at Muscle Shoals Sound when Allman left to form the Allman Brothers Band. He’s appeared on albums by Joan Baez, Bobby Blue Bland, Paul Simon, Traffic, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, [...]

Funk-rock outfit led by vocalist-songwriter Michael Fitzgerald; had one album released nationally on Jacksonville-based Rimshot Records. Fitzgerald’s songs have been covered by Rowdy Roddy Piper (The Wrestling Album, Epic Records, 1987), Karen Abrahams, and zydeco singer C.J. Chenier. Fitzgerald also worked briefly with the Allen Collins Band in 1985. Also see Mike Angelo & the [...]

Born in 1930, in Albany, Ga.; moved to Greenville, Fla. (near Tallahassee) with his family while still an infant. Attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine; lived and performed in Jacksonville in 1945, where he lived at 732 Church Street. After leaving Florida for Seattle, he was signed to Los [...]

Seminal bass-music quartet featuring Jacksonville natives C.C. Lemonhead (Nathaniel Orange) and Jay (Johnny) McGowan, signed to Quality Records in 1991, where they released four albums. Orange and McGowan would later form — and have monster hits with — 95 South, including “Whoot, There It Is,” on Ichyban, and the Quad City DJs with “Come On [...]

Founder of Jacksonville-based Attitude Records, the launching pad for the Chill Deal Boys, who morphed into various acts, including 95 South (“Whoot, There It Is” on Atlanta’s Ichyban Records) and platinum-selling Quad City DJ’s (“Come On and Ride the Train” on Atlantic Records). Cohen also launched female rapper Mamado on WTG Records, a CBS label, [...]

Jacksonville Beach-based, super-heavy rock band, formerly known as Grundig. “Discovered” by Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst; who signed the group to Flip/A&M, now on Geffen. Also see Durst, Fred.