Old Florida

Introductions are in Order



Perhaps it’s time to reveal our identities in the Old Florida project. Not that we’ve been keeping it a secret, but we have been maintaining a bit of a low profile in the booming “scene” of Panama City, FL.  As alluded to on our first proper post, we’re both local boys, born and raised, and both played in several bands “back in the day.” Way back.



Dustin was bassist for Hall Puzo and Killing Darlings, and more recently helmed Whitelodge. His favorite color is red and he loves a good bowl of cereal.



William Gladstone relocated to Nashville, TN for nearly twenty years, where he enjoyed time strumming with the likes of Rides on Trains and Seesaw Records alum, Heroes and Villains. He likes cats more than people and has a Plants vs. Zombies problem.



Long ago, before you were born, we were in a band together called Early Voices. We wrote about six songs, played two shows and broke up because we were teenagers. This does not embarrass us at all. In fact, we’re thinking about getting the old group back together.



Not true. One of the guys is now a hermit.



As also mentioned previously, we still very much love music, and we spend as much time talking about it (and Doctor Who, H.P. Lovecraft, etc) as we do playing. Again, I wish I could name drop some of our biggest influences, and I’m sure eventually some names will appear, but I’d hate to leave anyone important out – though I will say that we have both been huge fans of the Church for over two decades. In fact, we were the only two Church fans we knew, and for the most part that remains to be the case.



Having said that, Old Florida isn’t really influenced by the Church in any way.



So, that’s us, Dustin and William, a couple of old guys, who like the old school and are really excited about what we’re doing in Old Florida. We hope you will be, too.