www.Big Brass Bed.com
Named "Best Folk Band" by New Times (Broward/Palm Beach)

"The sound was pure Dylan, a rollicking blend of blues, folk, country and other roots-loving styles...." Palm Beach Post

Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday May 15, 2024 7:30 pm Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL
Advance Tickets • Reserved Seating

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Rod MacDonald, guitar, harmonica, vocals

Mario LaCasse, guitar

Doug Lindsay, bass, vocals

Bill Meredith, drums, vocals

Brad Keller, keys





         Big Brass Bed began in 2002 when it appeared at Lake Worth’s Bamboo Room as a Bob Dylan cover band, prompting the Palm Beach Post to call it “a rolicking blend of blues, folk, country, and other roots-loving styles…(and) when the singer approached the mike, you could make out the lyrics.” After three albums and fourteen years of clubs, street fairs, community events and festivals, New Times named Big Brass Bed “South Florida’s Best Folk Band of 2016” with its electric lineup.

         The band’s two original members, singer-guitarist Rod MacDonald and drummer Bill Meredith, are joined by a formidable lineup of Palm Beach County veterans: lead guitarist Mario LaCasse is a virtuoso rock and funk soloist who’s traveled with Copland Davis and The Groove Merchants; keyboardist Brad Keller, with a jazz pedigree, has toured with Maynard Ferguson and played the Montreux Jaxx Festival; and bassist Doug Lindsay has anchored several popular area bands for thirty years.

         Big Brass Bed features three vocalists, and is so versatile that it also appears as the concert band “Rod & The Humdingers” for FAU’s LLS program, where they’ve given entire concerts of The Songs of Ray Charles & Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton & Van Morrison, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Birth of Rock & Roll, and others. And they still play Dylan—MacDonald is a featured artist at annual Dylan festivals in the northeast US---from his folk years to his recent work, arranged to suit the band. 

         Big Brass Bed also performs some of MacDonald’s work. A nationally-known singer-songwriter with numerous songs covered by other artists, his 14th album, Rants And Romance, was released in June 2023 and spent several weeks in the top ten on national folk dj charts. As a lead singer, he’s done 40 tours of Europe and festivals throughout the US, Europe and Australia, and was named one of the “Ten Greatest South Florida Folk Singers of All Time” by New Times.

Contact Big Brass Bed

Rod MacDonald

561-414-4834

rodmacd@aol.com

 

Bill Meredith

561-602-2685

billmrdth@gmail.com


     



Videos

live 4/19/17 at the funky biscuit:
 masters of war       mississippi trying to get to heaven    high water


From "Dylan Since The 1960s" at
FAU Lifelong Learning, Jupiter, FL April 28, 2016:

one more cup of coffee
end of the line

every grain of sand


From "Songs Of Leonard Cohen" at 
FAU Lifelong Learning, Jupiter, FL April 24, 2015:
everybody knows    suzanne   hallelujah  
From Stringbreak Festival April 2010:



Big Brass Bed started in 2002 as a Bob Dylan tribute band 
at the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, and
now performs more than 50 Dylan songs,
some originals and some artfully selected classics.
The first cd, "A Few Dylan songs," produced by keyboardist Mike Kerrigan,
was released in 2003.
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A second cd, "Dylan Jam + 2", with 9 Dylan songs, two originals, and guest artists, was released in 2010. 

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Big Tent is Big Brass Bed's 3rd cd.
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Founding members James London, Tom D'Angelo, and Mike Kerrigan
other musicians who have played with Big Brass Bed:
Joe Saint, organ • Bill Rabon, bass
Rick Rossano, guitar or bass •
Rich Reiken, guitar
Jimmy Daniel, drums
Randy Ward, bass
Dave Trull, bass
• Rod Parker, drums
Joel DeRuggiero, drums
• Barry Bernstein, drums
John Grillo, drums • Tom Lipincott, guitar
Rex Blazer,
violin • Mark (Muggie) Leach, keyboards
Clint Casey, guitar • Mike Anglin, bass
John Smotherman, guitar • Paul Vincent, mandolin
Carl Schmid, violin • Bradley Ditto, guitar
Geoff Livingston, bass
• Charlie Gonzalez, bas
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