Mark Croft

Grab your swimsuit, sunglasses, and flip flops because Toco Beach Steelpan is all about taking you to the beach. Specializing in tropical music performed with vocals accompanied by steelpans, flute, and marimba, Toco Beach evokes listeners’ most blissful moments in the sun, caressed by cool tropical breezes with bare feet in turquoise waters.

Russ started playing professionally in 1975 and spent six years with Truc Of America , a show band that moved from Wisconsin to West Palm Beach Fl. He also had been playing lead guitar with Vic Ferrari since 1989. In 1997, Russ started the Stringbenders with Dave Steffen. His solo acoustic show covers classic rock and folk rock of the 60s and 70s, with a few modern tunes thrown in for good measure.

Born in 1998, Jordan Blanchard grew up on what he considers to be the greatest era of music–90’s country. Fiddle and steel guitar were still surging through the air waves at full force, and even though his influences stem from genres like pop, rock, rap, and bluegrass, his sound always finds it’s way back to his blue-collar roots. “They call me country,” he says, and his live show proves why. With over 400,000 streams, 700 shows across dozens of states,…