{"id":22261,"date":"2025-10-27T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22261\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:19:09","slug":"charismatic-rock-oddball-andy-frasco-brings-introspective-new-lp-to-st-pete-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22261\/","title":{"rendered":"Charismatic rock oddball Andy Frasco brings introspective new LP to St. Pete this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"560\" data-attachment-id=\"346342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/andy-frasco-st-petersburg-florida-concert-december-4-2025\/attachment\/andy-frasco-stephanie-parsley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/andy-frasco-Stephanie-Parsley.webp?fit=1500%2C1076&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"andy-frasco Stephanie-Parsley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Andy Frasco&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/andy-frasco-Stephanie-Parsley.webp?fit=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/andy-frasco-Stephanie-Parsley.webp?fit=780%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/andy-frasco-Stephanie-Parsley.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of a man with a large afro, wearing a suit jacket and amber sunglasses, laughing enthusiastically while standing amidst several microphones; Photo by Stephanie Parsley.\" class=\"wp-image-346342\"  \/>Andy Frasco Credit: Stephanie Parsley \/ Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>His oddball charisma is disarming, his campfire choruses are irresistible, and his concerts are a nonstop celebration. But <a href=\"http:\/\/frasco\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andy Frasco<\/a> might show off a different side when he returns to Tampa Bay this winter.<\/p>\n<p>For over a decade, the 37-year-old has carried the reputation of being the biggest party animal in the jam scene. It never was the complete picture, but these days he doesn\u2019t try to fight against it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Denver-based songwriter doesn\u2019t care what you think of him, as reflected in lyrics about freedom from expectations, having a positive attitude, being yourself, and of course, having a damn good time doing it.<\/p>\n<p>With a new album (Growing Pains, released in May), somewhat new touring band, and a slight pivot in songwriting tone, St. Petersburg is in store for a more self-assured and introspective Andy Frasco &amp; The U.N. come December.<\/p>\n<p>That isn\u2019t to say fans won\u2019t see Tasmanian Devil energy, the dwindling bottle of Jameson, gobbling of mushrooms, or the crowd surfing ensue\u2014with Frasco and his band, you never can know what to expect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/andy-frasco-and-the-un-w-the-ries-brothers-20873120\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Andy Frasco &amp; the U.N. play Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Dec. 6 are still available and start at $39.56.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761574749_905_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/oct-23-29-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 23 \u2013 29, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Frasco Credit: Stephanie Parsley \/ Courtesy His oddball charisma is disarming, his campfire choruses are irresistible, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[17324,5725,7565,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-22261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-andy-frasco","tag-jannus-live","tag-live-music-in-st-petersburg","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}