In 2014, John Drummond, Steve McWilliams, Billy Spencer and Bill Baker — who had played together through the years in the Milton High School Band, garage bands and in church music programs — decided to put together a group to play the music of our favorite bands from the 60s, 70s and 80s.  We figured that if we loved those old songs so much, there must be a bunch of other folks who would love them too.

After a few rehearsals, it was clear that we were going to need a full horn section to pull off the great tunes by Chicago, The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, just to name a few. Fate, or more specifically Bill Baker's wife dragging him kicking and screaming to a church choir workshop, connected us with Gene Belser who turned out to be the awesome trombone player we were looking for.  Sax star Rodney Brown and powerhouse female vocalist Ami Russ came aboard in May 2016.  In 2017, we added saxophonist Rod Hamilton and trumpet player Chuck Wyatt.  Jeff Rogers joined us on trumpet in 2022.  Marcus May on sax and vocals, and Shana Hodge on lead vocals, joined in 2024.  Josh Page on lead guitar and vocals, joined in 2025.

We took our name from the Escambia Bay Bridge that links Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in the Florida Panhandle.  It links our band members, who live on both sides.
 

Players
 

Gene Belser - trombone

Rodney Brown - sax/bari sax

John Drummond - percussion/backing vocals

Joe Guidice - keyboards/vocals

Rod Hamilton - sax/vocals

Shana Hodge - lead vocals

Marcus May - sax/vocals

Steve McWilliams - bass/vocals

Josh Page - lead guitar/vocals

Glenn Parker - lead guitar/vocals

Jeff Rogers - trumpet/flugelhorn

Bill Spencer - keyboards/vocals

Chuck Wyatt - trumpet/vocals