The Tim Version reunion, Neck Deep, among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay
By Josh BradleyRay Roa,
2024-07-26
Crowbar owner Tom DeGeorge has harped on the end of his lease coming in 2026 , and bands are lining up to play the room before it potentially closes.
The latest big booking at the Ybor City venue includes a sort-of who’s who of old-school Tampa punk bands including one that hasn’t played a show in five years.
The Tim Version formed in 1999 and cut its teeth in a heyday for Florida punk-rock alongside bands like Gainesville’s Hot Water Music and Less Than Jake. More Southern than their contemporaries in the college town, the quartet—guitarists Russ Van Cleave and Scott Laval, plus drummer Shawn Watkins, and bassist Mike Paul—put out its early work on A.D.D. Records and soon signed with famed Sunshine State punk label No Idea Records.
No Idea went on to release revered Tim Version albums Decline Of The Southern Gentleman and Ordinary Life where the band cemented its reputation of working call-back, whoa-whoa hooks into a uniquely country-fied brand of rock.
“Though the group never officially called it quits, jobs, relocations, families, and the other various responsibilities that accompany not wanting to die young, pretty and starving in a broken-down van in a snowbank have kept The Tim Version from playing for half a decade,” a press release added.
To make the show even sweeter is a support bill featuring more OGs of the Florida punk circuit including Bay area outfit Slinky, Gainesville’s The Enablers, and supergroup Hawgs which includes members of Radon, Grabass Charlestons, Cuutman and more.
See Josh Bradley’s weekly roundup of new concert announcements below. Sinatra Night: Bryan J. Hughes and The Crew Friday, Aug. 2. 8 p.m. $7. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
TL Jentgens Friday, Aug. 9. 9 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Displace w/HeadTones/TruPhonic Friday, Aug. 16. 8 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City
The Black Honkeys Friday, Aug. 23. 7:30 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
The Spazmatics Saturday, Aug. 24. 7 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Swallowtail Cousin Saturday, Aug. 24. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa Imposters of Rock: Miles Schon's Journey Experience feat. Rudy Cardenas w/Slippery When Wet/Pitbull Toddle r Saturday, Aug. 31. 7:30 p.m. $28.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Subtronics Sunday, Sept. 1. 11 a.m. $85. Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa
Know Your Enemy: A Tribute to Rage Against The Machine w/Anthill Cinema/Stick & Ditty/DJ BC Friday, Sept. 6. 7 p.m. $12. Crowbar, Ybor City
Cairokee Sunday, Sept. 22. 7:30 p.m. $70. The Ritz, Ybor City
Joel Hoekstra w/Brandon Gibb Sunday, Oct. 6. 7 p.m. $14.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
Neck Deep Monday, Oct. 7. 7:30 p.m. $37.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Henhouse Prowlers Friday, Oct. 11. 8 p.m. $19.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo 2 Shadows Monday, Oct. 14. 7 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City The Devil Wears Prada w/Silent Planet/Like Moths To Flames/Greyhaven Sunday, Nov. 10. 5:30 p.m. $27.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show Thursday, Nov. 14. 8 p.m. $53.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Dave Koz and Friends Saturday, Nov. 30. 8 p.m. $42 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Bowzer's Holiday Rock 'n Roll Party: Peter Noone's Herman's Hermits w/Johnny Contardo and Henry Gross/Joey Dee/Bowzer and the Stingrays/more Sunday, Dec. 8. 6 p.m. $41.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Kathy Mattea Saturday, Dec. 14. 8 p.m. $29 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Mindi Abair w/Lindsey Webster/Marcus Anderson Friday, Dec. 20. 8 p.m. $39. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Kansas Sunday, Feb. 2. 8 p.m. $120 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis Saturday, April 5. 8 p.m. $49 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
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