Michael Huber & James Rhodes formed the Rhodeside Band in 1990. Their music was a blend of Rock, Blues and what they liked to call Floribbean jazz. Their long term success, opening for national and international acts, was just one step to bringing fun and excitement of playing music to a wider audience.

Instrumentation:

Mike Huber on Flute / Harp / Guitar / Percussion with Lead and Backup Vocals, with James Rhodes playing
Acoustic Guitar and handling most of the lead vocals. Most of Rhodeside's club dates featured Mike and Jim as a duo with sequenced drums and bass.

Mike Huber:

A talented flutist who excels at both subtle interludes and soaring passages. Mike's harp playing became another focus of Rhodeside's unique sound. He also plays electric guitar with a style showing his hard rock roots.

Jim Rhodes:

Known as an innovative acoustic guitarist. His inside-out soloing and finger picking technique blend perfectly in an ensemble that was stacked so that each instrument had its own voice and space.

Rhodeside:

Rhodeside had the opportunity to play with many fine musicians over the years.
Performing as a trio and as a five piece band, these players include: Vince Forest, Cliff Hughes, Mike Godwin, Peter Kane and others.

"Playing Through":

Rhodeside's 3rd CD, was produced and engineered by Dan Smith at Bay Sound Studio in Tampa, Florida. It was mastered at Fullersound in Miami, FL by Mike Fuller.

The Players on "Playing Through":

Some of the finest studio and performing musicians in the Tampa Bay area helped on the CD. Jeremy Douglas: piano and synthesizers / David Muse: Saxophone / Chris Stone: electric guitar / Roger Stevens: drums / Jeff Artabassy: bass / Ron Rienhardt: hamond organ and piano / Kenny Walker: bass. From Lake Tahoe, California: Oakley Casaboom on pedal steel guitar and from Cleveland, Ohio: John Vincent on backing vocals.
 
 

Rhodeside Chronology:
   

1997:

Main Stage opening act at Ruth Eckerd Hall: as a trio opened for Boz Skaggs & Greg
  Allman.
Pavilion Showcase at Ruth Eckerd Hall: four Van Morrison shows, Ringo Starr, The Neville Bros., Dan Fogelberg, Sammy Hagar, and  Steve Winwood.
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers: played for all the Tampa Bay home games. “Hey, Ho We're the Pewter Pirates”  began to get local air play.
  NFL films filmed Rhodeside at the Buccaneers’ playoff game.
  U.S.F. Athletic Association: played at the inaugural U.S.F. Bulls football game.

  1999:

 2001:

2002:

2003: Main Stage opening act at Ruth Eckerd Hall:  Opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd March 6
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: played at the playoff game Jan.12, 2003, featured on “Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII Champions” DVD produced by NFL Films.
Television:  Featured on Fox 13 for the Buccaneer pep rallies on Jan. 10, 17, & 24. Shown on ABC’s coverage of the pep rally at Lyke’s Gaslight Park in Tampa, Fl. on Jan. 24. 2003. Rhodeside featured on Fox 13’s “Good Day Tampa Bay” hosted by Russell Rhodes. Interviews were given during the 2 hour show while finishing their new song “The Bucs Are Gonna Rock You”, which was played in it’s entirety to close the show.
Recording:  Recorded “The Bucs Are Gonna Rock You” and packaged it with 5 other Buccaneer songs. The CD is named “Pewter Pirates, Super Bowl 2003” and over 600 CDs were manufactured and distributed in 5 days.
Web Site:  Rhodeside's web site had over 15,000 hits on the days between Jan. 10 & Jan. 26.

2004:

Pavilion Showcase at Ruth Eckerd Hall:  George Thorogood
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: played at all of the 2004-preseason and regular season games.
Recording: Rhodeside wrote and recorded the theme song for “Talking Sports With Randy Harris”, which is played every day in the Tampa Bay market on WTAN,
1340 AM.

2006:

If Rhodeside’s songs are at all familiar, it could be because you’ve heard their  distinctive picking and harmonic sleights of hand on the radio and TV, or you’ve  heard them perform at the Raymond James stadium. If this is true, you’re  probably most familiar with their song "Pewter Pirates," a musical novelty  with a big hook (no pun intended). This song can occasionally be heard  on the TV news when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the focus. Rhodeside Live has a fantastic live sound, with full-bodied vocals and flute  solos that will astonish any musician. On an Eagles cover, "Hotel California,"  Mike Huber successfully plays guitar solo’s with a rich, melodious flute that screams Huber’s talent. Just when you think that they sound  like someone you’ve heard before, the members of Rhodeside surprise  you with a unique blend of stylistic orchestrations. Before hearing Rhodeside Live, I had visions of an album plump filled with  Buccaneer-cheering anthems and that became somewhat uncomfortable to  swallow. Needless to say, this album exceeded expectations by delivering  well-rounded originals along with a few nicely chosen covers. Ending the twelve  song album with "Pewter Pirates" gives the set a chic-novelty-closer for a  Jethro Tull meets The Eagles band. -by Scott Diamond