Our local guys will be opening for Kenny Chesney!!!

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » August 9, 2008 3:24 am

BIG NEWS for our local tropical troubadour!
Jimmy Parrish & the Ocean Waves Band will be opening for the Chesney tour stop at the Jacksonville Arena on August 30th!!!

You might recall this thread from last year... viewtopic.php?t=63301&highlight=parrish
Well, Jimmy and the band won a local radio station competition tonight, and they'll be performing at the local Chesney concert with a chance to go on to touring with Kenny and maybe even getting a recording contract!
http://www.wqik.com/pages/kennyfinalists.html (Link before the competition) Our boys done GOOD!

Check out their sound at http://cdbaby.com/cd/jparrishtowb

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » August 9, 2008 6:41 am

AWESOME NEWS!

I love it when the good guy wins....

Thanks for passing that along, Des.....

Joetown Parrothead · Post by **Joetown Parrothead** » August 9, 2008 6:56 am

All right! Good news for the local guys!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 9, 2008 7:18 am

And I got my Autographed CD. BEFORE they hit the big time..

Thanks Des.. guess which CD is gonna be first in the
player when I get to work!!

TropicalTroubador · Post by **TropicalTroubador** » August 9, 2008 8:16 am

Kewl! They did much the same thing here in the Bay Area; a friend of mine and her band were in the finals.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » August 9, 2008 9:42 am

Great news!

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 9, 2008 10:36 am

COOL!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 9, 2008 10:38 am

Congrats!!!!

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » August 9, 2008 10:41 am

Great news! It's good to see local trop rock artists getting a shot.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » September 1, 2008 9:53 pm

Well, the evening finally came Saturday night. JP and the boys got their turn
on the REALLY BIG stage at the arena. Their 3 tunes were taped for use in
the "Next Big Star" competition, and they gave Jimmy a DVD of the performance.
He has posted it (with some necessary editing for size) on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWc4R_ePiMA
I'm hoping he'll just break it into pieces and post it all. I wasn't there, but he
tells me he took the opportunity to ask the 15000+ audience to all make a
big noise so he could see what it sounded like.

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » September 1, 2008 11:33 pm

My daughter was there.....She loved the whole show!

Just talked to her....

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 1, 2008 11:37 pm

Conolulu wrote:My daughter was there.....She loved the whole show!

Just talked to her....

(((((((((((((((((((((LULU)))))))))))))) glad Laura had a good time!

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » September 2, 2008 9:48 am

Des, is this the band that played at the Buffett Day thing in Jax a couple of years ago?

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » September 2, 2008 1:21 pm

Yes, it is.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » September 2, 2008 1:23 pm

Any homeless people show up this time?

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » September 2, 2008 2:10 pm

I dunno. I'll ask JP.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » September 2, 2008 2:18 pm

CONGRATS, JP and band !!!

one two three

ANEJO !!!!!!!!!!!!

tee hee.

Hey, Des....what song is that where everybody jumps up and down ?
You could hurt yourself that way, even loose a uterus or something.

VanillaGrl · Post by **VanillaGrl** » September 2, 2008 2:33 pm

Congrats to JP and the band!

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » September 2, 2008 3:19 pm

citcat wrote:Hey, Des....what song is that where everybody jumps up and down ?
You could hurt yourself that way, even loose a uterus or something.

Different band... great song, tho (Hollow Man by the Boat Drunks).

We have developed some special "audience participation" for JP's performances.
You'll see (and get to play) at Stars in March. (hint: bring bait )