Rum Punch Bandits
The Rum Punch Bandits hit the stage for the first time in November of 2000 as a Jimmy Buffett tribute band and have since expanded their songlist to include a variety of genres such as beach, classic rock, Tex-rock, gulf-n-western, trop-rock and jam-rock. This seven piece party band includes two electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards/pedal steel, congas/bongos, and drums. All totaled, the members of the Rum Punch Bandits have over 125 years of experience and they still have a great time when performing. Check below for their songlist (ever expanding) as well as several references from previous clients. Their dress for shows is smart-tropicasual. Thank you for considering the Rum Punch Bandits and they hope to see you down the road.
Band Members (l to r in photo): JT Layton - Keyboards, pedal steel, backing vocals; Scott Dowless - Lead electric guitar, backing vocals; Donny Martin - Bass guitar; Kevin Loop - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar and blues harp; John Griffin - Lead electric guitar, mandolin, lead & backing vocals; Bob Robinson - Percussion, lead & backing vocals; Eddie Pernick - Drums
A Sampling of Past Performances Include: * Colonial Center, Columbia,SC, Played prior to Jimmy Buffett in 2003, 2004 & 2005; * Tiger Woods' AT&T National PGA Golf Tournament, Congresional Country Club, Bethesda, MD; * The Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, GA; * 8th Annual Stars Fell on Alabama Parrot Head Convention, Orange Beach, AL; * The World Famous Flora-Bama Lounge & Package, Pensacola, FL * La Belle Amie Vineyard, Myrtle Beach, SC; * Wintergreen Resort, Wintergreen, VA * Roanoke Valley Harley-Davidson/Buell, Roanoke, VA * Cox's Harley Davidson Grand Opening, Rock Hill, SC; * 2007 Taste of Tega Cay (YMCA Benefit), Tega Cay, SC * The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC; * Cheraw (SC) Spring Festival * Parrotstock Music Festivals, Charlston, SC * NC Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC * 2005 - 2007 Flip-Flop Blowout (Benefit for the Children's Attention Home), Rock Hill, SC * Lucy Buffett's LuLu's at Homeport Marina, Gulf Shores, AL; * Country Club of Asheville, Asheville, NC; * 2005 Tega Cay Concert Series, Tega Cay, SC; * Grand opening for the Settings of Mackay Point (residential development), Beaufort, SC * Cheeseburger in Paradise Restaurant grand openings in Myrtle Beach, SC and Asheville, NC; * Wild Wing Cafes in Charleston, Greenville, Atlanta, Charlotte and Hilton Head;
Songlist:
Country Rock: Amazing Rhythm Aces - Third Rate Romance Guy Clark - The Cape Guy Clark/Jerry Jeff Walker - LA Freeway Johnny Cash - Big River Ray Wiley Hubbard - Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother Robert Earl Keen - Dreadful Selfish Crime Robert Earl Keen - Feelin' Good Again Robert Earl Keen - I'm Comin' Home Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas from the Family Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes on Forever Robert Earl Keen - Undone Steve Earle - Copperhead Road Todd Snider - Allright Guy Buffett Songs: A Pirate Looks @ 40 African Friend Anything, Anytime, Anywhere Bama Breeze Boat Drinks Cheeseburger in Paradise Coast of Carolina Come Monday Cowboy in the Jungle Cuban Crime of Passion Door Number Three Fins Great Filling Station Holdup Havana Daydreamin' I Will Play for Gumbo Jolly Mon Makin' Music for Money Manana Margaritaville Migration Nautical Wheelers One Particular Harbor Peanut Butter Conspiracy Presents To Send You Railroad Lady Son of a Son of a Sailor Stars on the Water Tampico Trauma The Wino & I Know This Hotel Room Tin Cup Chalice Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season Volcano West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown Why Don't We Get Drunk Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street Gulf-n-Western: Garth Brooks - Two Pina Coladas Jerry Jeff Walker - Champagne Don't Hurt Me Jerry Jeff Walker - Gringo in Belize Jesse Winchester - Rumba Man John Hiatt - Thank God the Tiki Bar is Open John Prine - Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat Steve Goodman - Banana Republics Classic Rock: Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away Charlie Daniels - Long Haired Country Boy Dr. Hook - Cover of the Rolling Stone Dr. John/Traditional - Iko Iko Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain Grateful Dead - Ripple Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia Grateful Dead - Truckin' Grateful Dead/Woody Guthrie - Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Jonathan Edwards - Shanty Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Want to Get to Heaven Paul Simon - Kodachrome Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock Steely Dan - Bodhisatva Steppenwolf - Lawdy Mama Steve Miller - Dance, Dance, Dance Steve Miller - The Joker The Band - The Weight The Band - Up on Cripple Creek Tom Petty - Last Dance with Mary Jane Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns & Money Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London British Invasion: Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want The Beatles - Birthday The Who - Squeezebox The Who - The Seeker Van Morrison - And it Stoned Me Van Morrison - Brown-Eyed Girl Van Morrison - Into the Mystic Reggae: Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley - Three Little Birds Beach Music: Ben E. King - Stand By Me Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
