TAMMY ROGERS KING 

As a co-founder of the GRAMMY-winning super group The SteelDrivers, Rogers has solidified a unique sound that resonates around the globe. She is one of the most in-demand players and has toured with some of the hottest acts on the road. From Trisha Yearwood and Patty Loveless, Emmy Lou Harris to Buddy Miller, Rogers found herself playing from coast-to-coast, as well as performing on numerous TV shows and developing a solid session player reputation for various platinum-selling artists. 

Prior to co-founding The SteelDrivers with Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson, Mike Fleming and Richard Bailey; Rogers had a flourishing career when she released her debut in 1995 In The Red, a self-titled album in 1996 and the 1999 Speed of Love. All of these accented her studio session work while launching a critically acclaimed label with Nashville veterans Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Harry Stinson. The ground- breaking label Dead Reckoning paved the way for what is now universally known as ‘Americana Music.’

Since the band’s inception, it has amassed two GRAMMY award nominations in the “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,” and two nods for “Best Bluegrass Album,” finally winning the Bluegrass Grammy in 2015 for The Muscle Shoals Recordings. As one of bluegrass’ top-selling artists and touring acts, the band continues to tour over 70 shows a year and appears on various prestigious shows on radio and TV.

With no sign of slowing down, Rogers joined her frequent co-writing friend, Thomm Jutz, another award-winning artist/songwriter with this 2022 release Surely Will Be Singing, paying homage to her Appalachian roots. She will be touring with Thomm in 2022 while not on the road with The Steel Drivers. Jutz and Rogers have co-written numerous songs featured on both Jutz and The Steel Drivers releases, including the recent number one – “I Choose You,” a love song that is quickly becoming one of the most requested first dance songs at weddings around the world.

The list goes on for the East Tennessee native’s accomplishments, but what she is most proud of is the production and development of the new trio Troubadour Blue. Rogers is married to guitar player royalty Jeff King, who is currently on tour with Brooks and Dunn and Reba McEntire.

SEAN McCARTHY

Hailing from Fernandina Beach, Florida, Sean McCarthy – Nashville recording artist, songwriter, acoustic guitarist and lead vocalist fronts southern coastal group Sean McCarthy Band. The band’s music is a rich blend of Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Trop Rock and Americana (or Trop-i-cana as Sean calls it.)  Rounding out the band is pedal steel player Olin “Hotshot” Carter, lead guitarist Marcus Carter, bass player Ernie Ealum and percussionist Daniel Daly.

The band has garnered attention playing entertainment venues and festivals throughout the South East region including the wildly popular Sing Out Loud Festival. And more recently on popular digital platforms featuring Sean McCarthy Band’s very own “Corona Sessions” an intimate, at-home concert series developed to create connections during the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

On September 20, 2019, Sean McCarthy Band released ‘Last House On The Beach,’ the band’s newest album on Skinny Water Records. Produced by Sean McCarthy and John Gould and recorded at Key of Sea Studios, Fernandina Beach, FL. ‘Last House On The Beach’ is what the band calls a “personal record about things that matter to us, our relationships with the people we love and the struggles and celebrations of life.”

Zan Maddox

Zan Maddox, the non-musician, was born and raised in Jacksonville, Fl. and has been visiting the Island since childhood. She earned her  Bachelor degree in Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She then went on to earn a J.D. from Florida State University College of Law. Her years of law practice focused on business law and contracts, homeowner and condominium association law, trademark and intellectual property issues and family law mediation. 

Zan has owned and operated several businesses over the years. Currently she  co-owns and operates PJD’s Beer and Wine Garden. PJD’s is a craft beer bar that hosts live music acts four to five days a week. She is also the organizer of the annual Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach Black Friday Pajama Party. This annual event brings in attendees from all over Northeast Florida and has become mainstay of annual Fernandina events. 

In her free time, Zan is an avid music lover traveling all over the country to see live music. She is a die hard Grateful Dead fan and bluegrass lover. Her knowledge of the legal and logistics  aspects of the music industry along with her love for music will be a great benefit to the Fernandina Beach Songwriter Festival.