Due to social distancing measures to help contain the spread of coronavirus, some musicians are livestreaming their concerts on Facebook and other outlets. Others are playing restaurants under Florida’s current social distancing guidelines, and some are doing both. Here are some upcoming live and/or livestream concerts by musicians who either live in or have ties to the Sarasota-Manatee area. If you are an area musician who’d like to be considered for this list, please email ticket@heraldtribune.com with your event information at least a week in advance. Show schedules are subject to change.
J.P. Soars and the Red Hots
Restaurant and venue Englewoods on Dearborn remains open for dining under current state guidelines, as well as hosting live music. This week’s scheduled acts include South Florida-based blues guitarist and singer J.P. Soars with his group the Red Hots. Last year, Soars earned a Blues Rock Artist Blues Music Award nomination and released the Tab Benoit-produced album “Let Go of the Reins,” a follow-up to 2018’s “Southbound I-95,” featuring nods to his Florida home on tracks like “Ain’t No Dania Beach.” 7 p.m. today; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $5; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com
Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones
Bradenton-based blues band Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones has started playing live shows again, including tonight at Mattison’s City Grille. Though the group resides in the Sarasota-Manatee area, they have a national fanbase, earning a Blues Blast Music Award nomination last year for Blues Band. They also reached No. 3 on Billboard’s blues albums chart for their 2018 record “Complicated Mess,” featuring guests including the late acclaimed blues guitarist Little Charlie Baty. 7 p.m. today; Mattison’s City Grille Downtown Sarasota, 1 N. Lemon Ave., Sarasota; 941-330-0440; mattisons.com
Rye Road
Bradenton country rock group Rye Road is scheduled to play Sarasota brewery Big Top Brewing Company and barbecue spot and venue Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse. Rye Road has also regularly performed at country music nightclubs such as Sarasota’s White Buffalo Saloon, playing the venue’s seventh anniversary party earlier this year, and Bradenton’s Joyland, including headlining its farewell party before the club reopened last year. The band names musicians like Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Bon Jovi among its influences. 7 p.m. Friday; Big Top Brewing Company, 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota; 941-371-2939; bigtopbrewing.com; 7 p.m. Saturday; Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse, 19 East Road, Sarasota; 941-312-5969; facebook.com/stottlemyerssmokehouse
Damon Fowler
Florida blues guitarist/singer-songwriter and former Anna Maria Island resident Damon Fowler has been hosting Fowler’s Garage livestream concerts on his Facebook page, sometimes featuring guest musician friends. Fowler is an acclaimed solo artist who released his last album “The Whiskey Bayou Session” on Tab Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou Records. He has also played in the Dickey Betts Band and in the supergroup Southern Hospitality with Soars and Grammy-nominated pianist Victor Wainwright. 4:20 p.m. Saturday; facebook.com/damonfowlerband; PayPal: paypal.me/damonfowler79; Venmo: @DamonFowlerMusic
Jah Movement
Sarasota area reggae favorites Jah Movement are set to play an “I Love ’90s Reggae Music” outdoor beer garden show at Bradenton’s Motorworks Brewing that will double as a birthday celebration for the band’s lead singer Shantel Norman. Along with Norman, Jah Movement also features Damie Caines, who used to play in fellow popular area reggae band Democracy alongside his late father, Oswald Caines. The group also regularly hosts livestream concerts and performs in-person at other local venues; check facebook.com/jahmovementband for updates. 6 p.m. Saturday; Motorworks Brewing, 1014 Ninth St. W., Bradenton; 941-567-6218; motorworksbrewing.com
Mike DelGuidice
Singer-songwriter, Billy Joel band member and Bradenton resident Mike DelGuidice has been performing biweekly Live on the Porch concerts, livestreamed on his Facebook page. The shows draw around 50,000 views per episode, DelGuidice says, with Joel even hosting one on his own Facebook page. Along with touring with Joel as a guitarist/vocalist and fronting the Long Island-based Piano Man tribute band Big Shot, DelGuidice is a solo musician whose work includes “Ordinary Guy,” the theme song for the Kevin James CBS sitcom “Kevin Can Wait.” Show dates may vary based on touring schedule. 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Wednesday; facebook.com/mikedelguidiceofficial
Kettle of Fish
Sarasota rock group Kettle of Fish is now playing its weekly Sunday Funday show, which took place at Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse earlier this year, at Big Top Brewing Company. Fronted by guitarist and singer Dana Lawrence, the band’s current lineup also includes returning members Greg Poulos and Chris Guertin as well as Pat McDonald, a former drummer in the band of Charlie Daniels. Lawrence now performs Mondays at Big Top as well. 4:30 p.m. Sunday; Big Top Brewing Company, 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota; 941-371-2939; bigtopbrewing.com
Steven Paradis
Along with playing in-person performances again, Bradenton guitarist Steven Paradis continues his online show “Live from Paradis’ Porch.” Paradis performs a wide-ranging selection of covers, including The Beatles’ “For No One,” Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb,” J.J. Cale’s “Magnolia” and Radiohead’s “Creep” during one of his past shows. If there’s a song you’d like to hear, Paradis takes requests on his Facebook page that hosts the shows. Noon Sunday; facebook.com/steven.paradis, PayPal: steven_paradis520@yahoo.com, Zelle: 941-462-0150
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bradenton Americana group Have Gun, Will Travel has been hosting a weekly livestream show Wednesday nights on the band’s Facebook page, typically featuring singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Burke performing solo. The group is one of Sarasota-Manatee’s most acclaimed acts, earning write-ups from NPR and No Depression and appearing on the TV shows “The Good Wife” and “The Ranch.” There should be an extensive catalog to choose songs from as well, with Have Gun, Will Travel steadily releasing albums from the 2000s to last year’s “Strange Chemistry,” their latest record. 8 p.m. Wednesday; facebook.com/hgwtmusic; PayPal: hgwtmusic@outlook.com, Venmo: @Matty-B-5000