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too MUCH SyLviA The 2MS Calendar is listed @ https://www.toomuchsylvia.com/events 2023 IS OUR 32nd YEAR!
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Since April 6, 1991, we've played over 3500 shows, mostly in the Carolina's, with occasional stops in DC, VA, WV, FL, TN, GA, and the Caribbean. The wide variety of songs and personalities, entertain the young and old and are what our friends and fans have come to expect at a show. The band plays for many types of events including - concerts, dances, parties, theaters, breweries, vineyards, fundr

aisers, corporate outings, festivals, Live After Five's, receptions, (two Divorce Parties,) Bar & Bat Mitzvahs, bars, birthday, country clubs, Grand Openings, yadda! Business information:
Booking - Abby Lee Carter w/brioLIVE Entertainment - 704/467-5397
[email protected]
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For those who want more info/history, read on:

The Boys in the Band are::
Rick Lee - Keyboards & Vocals - since 1991
Steve Long - Guitars & Vocals - since 1991
Eddy Howie - Bass & Vocals - since 1991
Don Leonard - Drums & Vocals - since 2000

Former members include:
Lee Kelley - Drums - 1991-1996 - lives in NASHVILLE TN and plays with everybody, currently w/HANK WILLIAMS, Jr.! Chris Jennings - Guitar - Jan-August 1991- currently with THE BAND OF OZ

Gray Peck - THE BEST audio tech - April 1991 - passed away in May 1991
and will NEVER be forgotten! Lynn Samples - Drums & Vocals - 1996-2000 - plays Sugarcreek Reunion shows

2MS honorary member musicians who helped & help us out when needed:
Tim Clark
Kenny Sparks
Greg Cagle
Mike Matthews
Frank Adams
Rocco Cefali
Pat Cray
Lee Kelley
John G Franklin
David Harper
Robbie Hegler

Prior bands, we've played in:
STEVE - The Vandals, Stratus, Sugarcreek Reunion shows
DON - Captain Cook & The Coconuts, The Poor Souls, The Outlaws
EDDY - Sugarcreek, Jackie Wilson Tour, Fantastic Shakers, Pat Cray Band, Cabarrus Avenue
RICK - Sugarcreek, Images, Jackie Wilson Tour, Bad Boys Blues Band, Cabarrus Avenue, The Rivieras, Circus, The Centaurs, The Aqua Lads, Doug & The Soul R***e, The Phantom Raiders

As of 2022 2MS has played almost 500 receptions from DC to Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and of course, The Carolinas

Since 2014, 2MS has received 24 Cammy Awards with The Carolina Beach Music Association (CBMA):

2009 - Nominated
New Group of the Year
Collaboration of the Year "One More Night"
featuring Tim Clark on vocal

2013 - Nominated Song of the Year
"All I Wanna Do Is Dance"

2014 - SONG & SMOOTHIE OF THE YEAR
"Stepped Right Outta My Dream"
Rick Lee nominated for Songwriter

2015 - COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
w/Tim Clark
"Bring It On Back"

2016 - SONG & SMOOTHIE OF THE YEAR
"Melodies & Memories"

2017 - Nominated
Male Vocalist, Steve Long
Songwriter, Rick Lee
for "Love You Tonight"

2018 - SONG OF THE YEAR
"Got The Rhythm"
GROUP ALBUM OF THE YEAR for
"Throw Me a Rope"
PRODUCER & SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Rick Lee

2019 - Inducted into the CBMA HALL OF FAME
GROUP OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR for
"We Ain't Leavin' Carolina" -
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Rick Lee
SONGWRITERS OF THE YEAR
Rick Lee & Steve Long

2020 - GROUP OF THE YEAR
SMOOTHIE OF THE YEAR for
"Your Eyes, My Heart, Our Soul"
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Steve Long

2021 - VIDEO OF THE YEAR
"I Wanna Go Back"
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Rick Lee
Inducted into CBMA HALL OF FAME
Rick Lee

2022 - SMOOTHIE OF THE YEAR
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
"That You Hear in a Song"
SONGWRITER & PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Rick Lee

Calabash NC!!!  We’ll see ya’ TOMORROW, Tuesday, 6/2 at 6 PM at the Town Park! See the June schedule below - www.toomuch...
06/01/2026

Calabash NC!!! We’ll see ya’ TOMORROW, Tuesday, 6/2 at 6 PM at the Town Park!
See the June schedule below - www.toomuchsylvia.com for details
Now - - lots of really good new music is coming out on Beach Music Radio . . . listen and support all these singers and bands! Of course, we’d appreciate your requests with the DJs, for our latest, “I’ll Be There”. You can add I’ll Be There to your collection through iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, with a video on the way. It’s been gratifying to see and feel your reactions when we play it “live”. Thank you!

Friday June 5, we’re at the Blackmon Amphitheater in Mt Airy, NC, 7:30.
Sat 6 - We’re honored to play for the Rowan Helping Ministries again @ The County Event Center - info @ https://www.facebook.com/rowanhelpingministries

05/27/2026

The Jukebox Show will land in Uptown Maiden NC this Friday evening, the 29th, 6:30. Lots of food vendors and friendly folks.
Saturday the 30th @ 8 PM, we’ll be @ DRAGON GLASS WINERY in Madison NC - - Very nice outdoor COVERED venue with plenty of dancing space . . . and the wine is good too!
Also, next Tuesday June 2nd, we get to open the Calabash NC Summer Concert Series @ 6 PM.
"I'll Be There" - - will you?
BTW - - Scallywags on Memorial Day, w/Johnny B, Jonathan & Laura from The Tonez, Jim Shafer from Groove Harbor, a little rain (only made it better!) and a lot of great people . . . THANK Y’ALL!

Our SATURDAY MAY 23 show at Dragon Glass Winery in Madison NC, has RESCHEDULED to  Saturday May 30!!We WILL see you at S...
05/22/2026

Our SATURDAY MAY 23 show at Dragon Glass Winery in Madison NC, has RESCHEDULED to Saturday May 30!!
We WILL see you at Scallywag's Bar & Grill at Badin Lake Marina on Monday at 2PM.
See below - -
After careful consideration and due to the inclement weather that is forecasted for Saturday, Dragon Glass Winery in collaboration with Too Much Sylvia have decided to postpone the Too Much Sylvia show until next Saturday, May 30th at 8:00PM.
If you had placed a table reservation we will honor and keep those on the books however, if for any reason you can’t make it please let us know so that we can make appropriate changes to the reservation list.
Tomorrow night (May 23rd) we are moving the Thursday Night Special Band inside the winery so make plans to join us for a night of dance and great tunes. Please let us know if you would like a reservation for tomorrow evening.
We appreciate your understanding, we thank Rick Lee and Too Much Sylvia for the great partnership, rescheduling, etc. to ensure that we can bring to you a great show next Saturday in hopefully much better weather conditions!
Thanks to the Thursday Night Special Band for turning on a dime in a moments notice to bring a great evening of entertainment to Dragon Glass Winery!

Thanks for asking about the video, calling, emailing, and requesting “I’LL BE THERE” with Beach Music Radio and all the ...
05/20/2026

Thanks for asking about the video, calling, emailing, and requesting “I’LL BE THERE” with Beach Music Radio and all the DJ’s . . . Don’t stop, LOL! (The video is in the works!!!)
We’re bouncing around NC this week, join us - -

Thursday May 21 - Downtown Goldsboro NC, 6-9 PM
Saturday May 23 - Dragon Glass Winery in Madison NC, 8-11 PM - reservations are suggested at 336/916-0020
Monday May 25 - Scallywags on Badin Lake NC, 2 PM - reservations for seating are again suggested @ 336/461-2565

Just call my name . . . NO Michael! . . . . . .
It’s Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Anywhere . . . “I’ll Be There”

Drummer Don’s return to his drum throne will be this Friday in Laurinburg NC, for their After 5 Series on the new McDuff...
05/12/2026

Drummer Don’s return to his drum throne will be this Friday in Laurinburg NC, for their After 5 Series on the new McDuffie Stage @ 6PM! After a full knee replacement on April 1st, he’s ready to go.
Sunday May 17, 4PM, we’ll be @ the Concerts @ The Crossroads Concert Series in Clayton NC. It’s in the Flowers Plantation Harris Teeter parking lot, bring your chairs! It’s been a while since we’ve been to Clayton, we’re glad to be back!

Here’s more news . . . if you care to continue - - -

During Don’s 6-week recovery, we've been blessed to have 4 of the best drummers in the business helping us out. Add them to your FB and go see their bands.
Scheduling around everyone’s prior commitments, a B-I-G Too Much Sylvia thanks goes out to:
CORKY McCLELLAN - played 12 shows with us, shuffling commitments w/his band, “FLY”, along with, “HEARTBREAKER”, a Heart Tribute Band, to help us out! He also posted a very nice message about his 6 weeks with us old guys on his page - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4245371242459420&set=a.3093512674311955 - - Thank you!!
SHAWN WILKES squeezed in 2 dates w/us at a rockin’ party in Salisbury and at BloomFest In Roseboro NC. He stays pretty tied up w/THE EXTRAORDINAIRES. This Saturday night you can catch him playing w/the GROOVE HARBOR band @ Scallywags on Badin Lake. Shawn and his wife even went to Charlotte to pick Don up and surprise us at a show Corky was playing w/2MS in Unionville NC!!
JEFF ALSPAUGH jumped in with us for a FUN party in NMB, (that he was going to anyway, lol) on the night he had off from playing w/ GARY LOWDER & SMOKIN’ HOT!
And our long time friend, BRADLEY SWARINGEN, who plays w/THE TONEZ (they were on the Red Sunglasses Cruise this year), played a killer show in Morganton NC.
Each one of these guys brought their best, kept our groove going, and we had a lot of fun playing our music and fun songs with each of them! Pretty cool how we all try to jump in and help each other.
All these guys were nice enough to learn and play our newest song, “I’LL BE THERE”. We didn’t want to NOT play it, since the Beach DJ’s and radio have played it and our friends expect it. Thanks to you guys for requesting it, the video is in the works!

To all the mom's  . . . Happy Mothers Day!!! With lotsa love, 2MS
05/10/2026

To all the mom's . . . Happy Mothers Day!!! With lotsa love, 2MS

“Anything you want . . . I’ll Be There” . . . thanks for requesting!  4 shows this week - Monroe on Thu and Rockingham o...
05/06/2026

“Anything you want . . . I’ll Be There” . . . thanks for requesting!
4 shows this week - Monroe on Thu and Rockingham on Fri. are private.
Saturday in Lincolnton is “sold out”! Great promotion work, Jody!
Sunday, Mother's Day - Bring Mom out to Local on the Water in NMB, SC for an early 6 PM start.
The “I’ll Be There” video is “in the works." Here’s a link to the song for now . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RraT4jqOv8&list=RD_RraT4jqOv8&start_radio=1
Last week was fun and we dodged the storms! Thanks Morganton, Dobson, and Sun Fun at Myrtle Beach . . .

Provided to YouTube by DistroKidI'll Be There · Too Much Sylvia · Rick Lee · Don Leonard · Steve Long · Eddy Howie · David RhyneI'll Be There℗ Brio LiveRelea...

So, SUN FUN FESTIVAL/CONCERT ...... because of the rainout on Saturday, Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot will now join us on ...
05/03/2026

So, SUN FUN FESTIVAL/CONCERT ...... because of the rainout on Saturday, Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot will now join us on Sunday @ 12 noon.!!! We'll still start @ 3. It's FREE, too . . . c'mon down!!!!

04/28/2026

2MS Weekly Update 2026 - April 26-May 3
Thanks for your warm reception the past 2 weeks for our new song, “I’LL BE THERE”, and for Corky, Shawn, and Jeff, our 3 different drummers who have kept you guys dancing, while Don continues to heal up from his knee replacement.
Fri May 1 - Morganton NC, 7 PM - It’s their Annual TGIF Concert Series Downtown at The Old Courthouse, and we’re happy to be back to see many old friends. We welcome our longtime friend Bradley Swaringen from The Tonez to keep the beat for us.
Sat May 2 - Dobson NC, 5 -7 PM - We’re @ The Surry County Farmers Market for their Food Truck Rodeo. Sounds like some good eatin’ and a decent band! Corky McClellan will be back in the drum saddle for the next 6 shows.
Sun May 3 - Downtown Myrtle Beach, 3 - 6 PM - It’s the Annual Sun Fun Festival under The Sky Wheel and it's FREE!!! We’ve been a part of MANY of the Sun Fun concerts, w/a special thanks to Michelle & Buzz and The Gay Dolphin!

Today we celebrate EDDY HOWIE's birthday!! Wish him a happy one!  (I don't think he's changed much since his Sugarcreek ...
04/26/2026

Today we celebrate EDDY HOWIE's birthday!! Wish him a happy one! (I don't think he's changed much since his Sugarcreek pic in '77, do you?)

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