Named "Best Folk Band" by New Times (Broward/Palm Beach)
"The sound was pure Dylan, a rollicking blend of blues, folk, country and other roots-loving styles...." Palm Beach Post
Upcoming Dates: Wednesday May 15, 2024 7:30 pm Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL |
Rod MacDonald, guitar, harmonica, vocals Mario LaCasse, guitar Doug Lindsay, bass, vocals Bill Meredith, drums, vocals Brad Keller, keys |  |
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Big Brass Bed
began in 2002 when it appeared at Lake Worth’s Bamboo Room as a Bob Dylan cover
band, prompting the Palm Beach Post to call it “a rolicking blend of blues,
folk, country, and other roots-loving styles…(and) when the singer approached
the mike, you could make out the lyrics.” After three albums and fourteen years
of clubs, street fairs, community events and festivals, New Times named Big
Brass Bed “South Florida’s Best Folk Band of 2016” with its electric lineup.
The band’s two
original members, singer-guitarist Rod MacDonald and drummer Bill Meredith, are
joined by a formidable lineup of Palm Beach County veterans: lead guitarist
Mario LaCasse is a virtuoso rock and funk soloist who’s traveled with Copland
Davis and The Groove Merchants; keyboardist Brad Keller, with a jazz pedigree,
has toured with Maynard Ferguson and played the Montreux Jaxx Festival; and bassist
Doug Lindsay has anchored several popular area bands for thirty years.
Big Brass Bed
features three vocalists, and is so versatile that it also appears as the
concert band “Rod & The Humdingers” for FAU’s LLS program, where they’ve given
entire concerts of The Songs of Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton
& Van Morrison, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Birth of Rock &
Roll, and others. And they still play Dylan—MacDonald is a featured artist at annual
Dylan festivals in the northeast US---from his folk years to his recent work,
arranged to suit the band.
Big Brass Bed
also performs some of MacDonald’s work. A nationally-known singer-songwriter with
numerous songs covered by other artists, his 14th album, Rants And Romance, was
released in June 2023 and spent several weeks in the top ten on national folk dj
charts. As a lead singer, he’s done 40 tours of Europe and festivals throughout
the US, Europe and Australia, and was named one of the “Ten Greatest South
Florida Folk Singers of All Time” by New Times.
Contact Big Brass Bed
Rod MacDonald
561-414-4834
Bill Meredith
561-602-2685
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Big Brass Bed started in 2002 as a Bob Dylan tribute band
A second cd, "Dylan Jam + 2", with 9 Dylan songs, two originals, and guest artists, was released in 2010.  Big Tent is Big Brass Bed's 3rd cd. |
Founding members James London, Tom D'Angelo, and Mike KerriganJoe Saint, organ • Bill Rabon, bass |