One of the delights of live music in Sarasota is the collaboration of upcoming young talented musicians with seasoned pros. There's a strong and proud culture here of legendary tunesmiths championing the upstarts. A case in point is singer/songwriter Sam Woolf, the 17-year-old Bradenton competitor on American Idol who recently made the cut to be in the top 13 finalists. In addition to critiques from show judges Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick, Jr., and Keith Urban, word has it that Woolf's been getting home team production support from Del Couch's music foundation; and musical arrangements prepared by master drummer Kenny Crawley, who plays internationally with Dickey Betts & Great Southern, and locally with The Instigators, among other stellar groups.
Other examples of cross-generational interplay include the David Smash Band, led by the 21-year-old blues and rock 'n roll phenom, with band members of 1970s vintage, and 12-year-old prodigy-drummer Kei Bland, who often gets asked up to the stage to slam the sticks with musicians old enough to be his grand-dads.
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