Tampa Bay Blues Festival began performing at the local club Beach. The guitarist wanted to start a band since he was in high school. The guitarist was influenced by his dad's love of music. Tampa Bay Blues Festival began playing together in 1978. The band begged the local radio station to play their tracks.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival intends to take some time off after the tour, to allow the band members to work on other projects. The band recently finished their newest release, but they are planning the next release already. Tampa Bay Blues Festival's new release is a refinement of their traditional sound.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival was discovered while playing at at Anyplace, a local dive bar. The groupplayed anywhere that would have them in the beginning. Tampa Bay Blues Festivalwere tentative after releasing their debut recording, but were more than relieved when they started hearing their music on the radio.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival realized that they were real working musicians in 1996, as soon as the group's first fan club was started by Kathleen Lambert. The fan club received a huge boost after Laura Cotroneo designed a website for the group. That coupled with the tour all across the country saw the fan club’s official membership reach numbers in the thousands.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival knows to play both the old and the new at their performances. Jacksonville has always been receptive to the band, even when they were small time, so the band schedules a show there every year, even if they are not touring. The band’s tour schedule and concert information is outlined on TheSeats.com, along with the latest Tampa Bay Blues Festival tickets and seating charts available.