FUTURE URBAN ZOO
T Bone Rhodes
Blessed with deep vocals compared to the likes of Lou Rawls and Louis Armstrong, Tbone found himself as one of the frontmen for The Sophisticates, one of New York’s most popular bands. After moving to Florida’s Gulf Coast, he formed his own band The Future Urban Zoo, touring extensively throughout Southwest Florida. Tbone’s love of entertaining started at a very young age. He confesses, “When I was three years old my family would stand me on the table and pay me to recite The Pledge of Allegiance and sing My County ‘Tis of Thee. Right then and there I knew what I wanted to do.”r
Ralph Atkins
Nick Spagnuolo
Born 1993 in Bradenton, Nick grew up as a drummer originally playing jazz, rhythm&blues and soul music before switching to bass, his current speciality.. he's performed on stage with various groups and in pit orchestras (Manatee Players, Sarasota Players, Venice Theater) since 2012.. as well as the Hatley Band playing country music all over the state of Florida between 2017-2020 whilst playing in numerous groups since then under the Jazz Club of Sarasota including the opening band of the Sarasota Jazz Festival 2022 with Panama Drive. Nick has been digging the rhythm ditch for Future Urban Zoo for about a year now.
Rex Bruce
Gary Lidge
