Your TRMA Academy Members

From Champaign, Illinois and now entering their eighteenth year as a group and still going strong, The Boat Drunks have performed from coast to coast with nearly every member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band and have opened shows for Jimmy Buffett, The Beach Boys and Little Feat among many others. Other notable shows include…

The Detentions, school teachers by day, happy hour heroes by 5:30, are entering their fourteenth year of “retiring one weekend at a time.” After meeting as first year teachers, Dan and Chris have honed their musical craft in bars and backyards, beaches and BBQs, pool parties and pubs all over Texas. After their songs “Coast”…

The Flip Flop Boys are an interactive musical experience. Come experience a live show where you are part of the act! There is always an extra microphone, tambourine, bongos and many other interactive games on hand to engage the crowd. The band combines the country soul of the Gulf Coast with reggae vibes from the…

CMA of Texas Songwriter of the Year Thom Shepherd is an Austin, Texas-based touring artist who spent many years as a songwriter in Nashville. He performs constantly as a solo acoustic storyteller and as a duo with his artist/wife Coley McCabe. Thom, and his Radio Margaritaville hit “Always Saturday Night,” are featured in “The Parrot…

The Trop Rock Junkies have been together for 8 years and have performed their brand of tropical themed rock and trop rock originals from the Midwest to Key West. The band is made up of seasoned professionals that includes Steve Tolliver, 2014 TRMA Songwriter of the Year on Acoustic Guitar and lead vocals, Greg Sabol…

From Key West to Waikiki Tiki Thom has entertained audiences across the country. A Maine native, Thom shares his unique blend of Downeast humor and love of the water in his songs. At age 20 Thom was chosen to spend a summer on Catalina Island, CA learning the art of performing from such artist as…