You can feel the season slowly change into autumn down here in Cottondale Swamp. The alligators are moving a little slower the rattlesnakes only come out during the heat of the day. But, the band Cottondale Swamp is up to…
Read moreAug 2 2019
Best of the Bay - Please vote for Cottondale Swamp!
Please vote for Cottondale Swamp in the these categories!- Best Country Act (Original), Best Local Band (Original),
Cottondale Swamp is a Florida based Swamp Rock and Outlaw Country Band. Weeki Wachee, FL is our ground zero. Mermaid Shows and…
Read moreJul 30 2019
WMNF Led Zeppelin 50th !! July, 27th @ Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, FL
We had a blast playing this epic festival! All the bands were great and the whole event was produced really well. Our set went great and we are really appreciative to have been part of this festival. Our view from…
Read moreJul 2 2019
News from the Swamp!
Hey Swampers! Here is an update from your friends here in Cottondale Swamp.
Firstly, we have a wicked cool new banner (below). It's big and bad a will grace the stage at future shows.... so take the next…
Read moreApr 23 2019
Friday, April 26th - Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa - BIG SHOW
Cottondale Swamp / Johnny Mile and the Kilometers - Garage band Country and working class rock 'n roll. Two great Tampa Bay bands join forces to bring a great night of high octane nitro-burning rockin' roll! Very Special Guests: FayRoy…
Read moreApr 16 2019
The band has news and happenings!
Cottondale Swamp had a blast at last Friday night's "Live Dress Rehearsal" at The JunkYard in Port Richey. The band was getting warmed up for some upcoming swamp rock and outlaw country shows.
Friday, April 19th we play Fiddler's…
Read moreMar 9 2019
Great Gigs on the Horizon!
The band is hard at work putting together the new Cottondale Swamp show! We have a bunch of new songs! Original music and our favorite honky-tonk, outlaw county and rock 'n roll songs!. We are really pumped to start playing…
Read moreJan 28 2019
Epic First Gig with Doug and Fran
Saturday, January 26th at the Ringside Cafe was our big debut of the new Cottondale Swamp band. We had a blast playing to a packed club of enthusiastic people! We played new songs, old songs, and we played songs that…
Read moreJan 16 2019
First Photos of the new Line-Up!
Jan 16 2019
Cottondale Swamp 2019
We have two big shows to start the new year! January 26th at the Ringside Cafe in St. Petersburg, FL and The Broken String Fling on February 16th!
Dec 10 2018
Cottondale Swamp is soldiering on...
Cottondale Swamp is re-grouping after the loss of our band-mate Kenny Grube. Kenny is on the long road to recovery and it will be a long time before he is performing with Cottondale Swamp again. We hope, pray, and expect…
Read moreNov 6 2018
Our fearless front-man is in trouble...
As many of you may already know, Kenny Grube our bigger-than-life front man suffered a heart attack, torn aorta and multiple strokes. This happened on Thursday October, 25th at 3 AM. He was rushed to the hospital by his 15…
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