Rich Whiteley Music

Rich Whiteley is a singer-songwriter-guitarist & bandleader originally from Wilmington Delaware. He has been a part of the live improvisational music scene in Tampa since moving down from Gainesville FL in 1993. He has released 4 full length original CDs during that time produced with studio wizard Steve Connelly. He has also served as a frontman for one of Tampa's longest running housebands- the Grateful Dead tribute Uncle John's Band, which has played every Thursday night at the legendary Skippers Smokehouse since 1997. Other projects include the Rich Whiteley Band, Earth Bombs Mars, Baye Kouyate et les Tougarakes, Nickel & the Polar Bears, The Smokehouse Rats, as well as acoustic performances as a solo, duo, or trio. Rich has opened for numerous national touring acts and played at festivals from Chicago to Live Oak, FL. Solid songwriting & vast repertoire, soulful vocal delivery, infectious grooves, and intrepid improvisational excursions are his benchmarks.