Jason Earle, Staff Writer:

 
 

I cut my teeth on a steady diet of Michael Jackson and country radio before discovering that the two were not mutually exclusive. Waylon Jennings covering The Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” was the catalyst for that epiphany; but my eight-year-old self could not have anticipated the love affair that would result from such a revelation.

 

Music evolved into an eclectic outlet for the feelings that had previously existed in a cage- love, anger, pain, and lust now had a supremely health place to be expressed. I believe a fully experienced life features great art, and that music – especially when experienced live – makes that experience accessible to anyone.

 

If you would like to contact me, email: jason@showsigoto.com or visit http://floridaabout.com

 

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Jason Earle

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  Butch Trucks Live Review, Photos, and Video w/ The Freight Train Band & Thomas Wynn and The Believers | The Plaza Live Orlando | December 30, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Butch Trucks has been a part of The Allman Brothers Band family since the group’s inception over forty years ago. The Allman

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  Fat Boxing Night | Fat Night Live Review | Will’s Pub | December 26, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Boxing Day is an English holiday where people dress in boxes and throw fists. Don’t Google that statement. The internet is

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  Rocky Votolato Live Review | Be Careful of the Company You Choose | The Social, Orlando, Fl | July 31, 2015

  by Mitch Foster

  That’s when I lost it. It was uncontrollable. My eyes swelled up like two tiny oceans. My body temperature rose. There was

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band | Sponsored by: Barley & Vine Biergarten | Coming to The Plaza Live Orlando | Wednesday, December 30, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  … reads the drumhead of Butch Trucks. It’s a call to pay attention … to everything. Trucks is a founding member of

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: J.J. Grey and Mofro w/ Kaleigh Baker | Playing House of Blues Orlando | New Year’s Eve 2015!

  by Jason Earle

  Growing up in Florida, J.J. Grey’s words were gospel. Hell, even a person from Wyoming is taken to a place where adversity

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  Interview: Grits and Soul from Asheville, NC | Live at Magnolia Festival at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park| October 14-18, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Grits and Soul is two (sometimes three) good folks who love music. Smart, contemplative folks. The Americana/Bluegrass duo,

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  Sailor Jerry Presents: An Evening with Lucero | Lucero Live Review | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Copper Rocket Pub, and The Social, Orlando, Fl | December 3 and 4, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  To visit Memphis, hell, to see The Blind Side, is to experience a great Southern town with a lot of warts. Situated on the banks

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: St. Paul and the Broken Bones | The Beacham, Orlando | Friday, December 4, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Like Mavis Staples, Otis Redding, or Aretha Franklin, Paul Janeway’s musical Odyssey began in the church. The son of a

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Lucero | Sponsored by Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall | Thursday, December 3, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  December 6, 2006- The adorable girl behind the bar wears a Cub Scout uniform that has been repurposed into a dress. She looks

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY + PRE-PARTY: Lucero | Sponsored by Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum | Coming to The Social Orlando on December 4, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  December 6, 2006- The adorable girl behind the bar wears a Cub Scout uniform that has been repurposed into a dress. She looks

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Lucero | Sponsored by No Clubs & Sailor Jerry | The Ritz Ybor, Tampa | Saturday, December 5, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  December 6, 2006 — The adorable girl behind the bar wears a Cub Scout uniform that has been repurposed into a dress. She

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  We Dare Defend our Rights | Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires Live Review | Burro Bar Jacksonville, FL | October 31, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires played downtown Jacksonville the night of the Florida-Georgia game. We could hardly hope for a

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  At Tip of the Hat: Amigo the Devil Live Review + Music on Mills Festival Photos | Mills50 District | Orlando, FL | November 14, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Amigo the Devil is pounding on the ceiling of St. Matthews Tavern on Mills Avenue. He has moved the back row to the front. His

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  “Keep the Blues Alive” | CeDell Davis Live Review, Album Review, and Interview | Magnolia Festival | Spirit Of Suwannee Music Park | October 16, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  CeDell Davis discovered a harmonica in a pea patch on the plantation where he grew up. He was eight years old at the time. Rural

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  My Dad, The Avett Brothers, and the Road to ‘Hallelujah Corner’ | A Story from Magnolia Festival | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | October 15-18, 2015

  by Jason Earle

  Magnolia Festival at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is a celebration of the South. It’s not necessarily billed as such, but