Folks, this will be a great show! Thanks to the Bamboo Room for getting them in!
Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project Live at the
Bamboo Room ~ 25 South J. Street ~ Lake Worth, FL
Saturday, March 2 at 7PM Tix $28
For the past two decades, Atlanta native Ed Roland has been the front man
and heart of the platinum-selling rock band Collective Soul. He’s written seven #1 radio hits, and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. For Roland’s new project, Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project, he teamed up with a group of friends
and musicians for a new approach to his classic hit-making style.
“The
Sweet Tea Project started as a bunch of my friends coming over after gigs and
listening to new songs I had written, but not with Collective Soul in mind,”
said Roland. “Everybody sat around my studio with different instruments
--banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, and ukulele – and just had a lot of fun.”
Indeed, Roland suggests that the main difference between The Sweet Tea Project and
Collective Soul is in the instrumentation. “At this point in my life, the
main focus will always be in writing the best songs I can write or co-write
with my band mates,” he said.
Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project’s debut album, Devils ‘n Darlins, is
due for release in 2013 and will be preceded by two “Rooted in Georgia”
residencies (Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, and Melting Point in Athens). The
idea is to break this band the “old school way,” by building its fan base close
to home first , and then by kicking off what Roland suggests “will be a solid
two years of touring” to support the debut.
