Area musicians to open for Tracy Lawrence

            The Trafton Harvey Band, comprised of local area musicians, will be the opening act for country music star Tracy Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Apalachicola Seafood Festival, in downtown Apalachicola. The act will play at 6:30 p.m., before Lawrence takes the stage at 8 p.m.

            Headed by local professional singer/songwriter, Trafton Harvey, the band has brought together some of the areas most impressive talent for the upcoming show.

            Backing up Harvey is Fred Conrad, a Tallahassee criminal defense lawyer, who moonlights with his acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals; Stan Gramling, on electric bass, owner of Gramlings, Inc., and a resident of Smith Creek; Chelsea Dix-Kessler, on fiddle and vocals, a 16-year-old Wakulla High School junior; Dom Lausic, on drums, a Tallahassee tennis coach and sports psychology consultant, who is originally from Croatia; and Rick Ott, electric guitar and vocals, a recording engineer and professional musician who works at From the Heart Recording Studio, in Sopchoppy.

            The band will be playing New Country, Harvey’s original songs, and a little bit of Rock n’ Roll.