Named “Best Folk Band” 2016 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
Big Brass Bed is
Rod MacDonald, guitar/vocal/harmonica
Bill Meredith, drums/vocal
John Smotherman, lead guitar/vocal
Doug Lindsay, bass/vocal
Brad Keller, keys
Other musicians who have played with Big Brass Bed include:
Joe Saint, organ Bill Rabon, bass Rick Rossano, guitar or bass
Mario LaCasse, guitar James London, guitar Rich Reiken, guitar
Jimmy Daniel, drums Mike Kerrigan, bass & keys Randy Ward, bass
Dave Trull, bass Rod Parker, drums Joel DeRuggiero, drums
Barry Bernstein, drums John Grillo, drums Tom Lipincott, guitar
Rex Blazer, violin Clint Casey, guitar Carl Schmid, violin
Bradley Ditto, guitar Geoff Livingston, bass Charlie Gonzalez, bass
A second cd, "Dylan Jam + 2", with 9 Dylan songs, two originals,
and several guest artists, was released in 2010.
Buy A Cd For Only $5.00
MP3 Downloads

- Tracks
- Description
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go | $0.99 | ||
Maggie's Farm | $0.99 | ||
High Water | $0.99 | ||
Just Like A Woman | $0.99 | ||
Tangled Up In Blue | $0.99 | ||
When The Deal Goes Down | $0.99 | ||
Pledging My Time | $0.99 | ||
Masters Of War | $0.99 | ||
My Back Pages | $0.99 | ||
Don't Let Your Dim Light Die | $0.99 | ||
John King | $0.99 |
Rod MacDonald, guitar/vocal/harmonica
Bill Meredith, drums
John Smotherman, lead guitar
Dave Trull, bass
with special guests
Rich Reiken, guitar James London, guitar
Paul Vincent, mandolin Rex Blazer, violin
Bradley Ditto, guitar
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
Buy a Cd for Only $5.00
Mp3 Downloads

- Tracks
- Description
From a Buick 6 | $0.99 | ||
One More Cup of Coffee | $0.99 | ||
Subterranean Homesick Blues | $0.99 | ||
Mississippi | $0.99 | ||
Don't Think Twice It's All Right | $0.99 | ||
She Belongs to Me | $0.99 | ||
Ballad of a Thin Man | $0.99 | ||
Shelter From the Storm | $0.99 | ||
Tom Thumb's Blues | $0.99 | ||
Lay Lady Lay | $0.99 | ||
License to Kill | $0.99 |
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.
Big Tent is Big Brass Bed's 3rd cd
Order a Cd Only $5.00
MP3 Downloads

- Tracks
- Description
Positively 4th St. | $0.99 | ||
Misunderstood | $0.99 | ||
Forever Young | $0.99 | ||
Summer Days | $0.99 | ||
Gotta Serve Somebody | $0.99 | ||
Mighty Quinn | $0.99 | ||
Many Can't Be Moved | $0.99 | ||
Smoke | $0.99 | ||
Change Is Gonna Come | $0.99 | ||
Already My Wife | $0.99 | ||
The Way You Make Me Feel | $0.99 | ||
Mr Tambourine Man | $0.99 |
Big Tent is Big Brass Bed's 3rd cd.
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 “The Songs Of Leonard Cohen”
at FAU Lifelong Learning, Jupiter, FL April 24, 2015:
Everybody Knows
Suzanne
Hallelujah
videos from Stringbreak Festival April 2010
Mr Tambourine Man:
Tangled Up In Blue:
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