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Our local guys will be opening for Kenny Chesney!!!
Posted: August 9, 2008 3:24 am
by Desdamona
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!!! ![[smilie=superkewl.gif]](./images/smilies/superkewl.gif "superkewl")
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
Posted: August 9, 2008 6:41 am
by Conolulu
AWESOME NEWS!
I love it when the good guy wins....
Thanks for passing that along, Des.....
Posted: August 9, 2008 6:56 am
by Joetown Parrothead
All right! Good news for the local guys!
Posted: August 9, 2008 7:18 am
by ragtopW
Posted: August 9, 2008 8:16 am
by TropicalTroubador
Kewl! They did much the same thing here in the Bay Area; a friend of mine and her band were in the finals.
Posted: August 9, 2008 9:42 am
by dnw
Posted: August 9, 2008 10:36 am
by SMLCHNG
COOL!
Posted: August 9, 2008 10:38 am
by springparrot
Congrats!!!!
Posted: August 9, 2008 10:41 am
by Dezdmona
Great news! It's good to see local trop rock artists getting a shot.
Posted: September 1, 2008 9:53 pm
by Desdamona
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. 
Posted: September 1, 2008 11:33 pm
by Conolulu
My daughter was there.....She loved the whole show!
Just talked to her....
Posted: September 1, 2008 11:37 pm
by flipflopgirl
Conolulu wrote:My daughter was there.....She loved the whole show!
Just talked to her....
(((((((((((((((((((((LULU)))))))))))))) glad Laura had a good time!
Posted: September 2, 2008 9:48 am
by LIPH
Des, is this the band that played at the Buffett Day thing in Jax a couple of years ago?
Posted: September 2, 2008 1:21 pm
by Desdamona
Yes, it is.
Posted: September 2, 2008 1:23 pm
by LIPH
Any homeless people show up this time?
Posted: September 2, 2008 2:10 pm
by Desdamona
I dunno. I'll ask JP.
Posted: September 2, 2008 2:18 pm
by citcat
CONGRATS, JP and band !!!
one two three
ANEJO !!!!!!!!!!!!
tee hee.
![[smilie=battingeyes.gif]](./images/smilies/battingeyes.gif "battingeyes")
Hey, Des....what song is that where everybody jumps up and down ?
You could hurt yourself that way, even loose a uterus or something.
![[smilie=blush.gif]](./images/smilies/blush.gif "blush")
Posted: September 2, 2008 2:33 pm
by VanillaGrl
Congrats to JP and the band!
Posted: September 2, 2008 3:19 pm
by Desdamona
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 
)