The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Fla. and The Suwannee River Jam, the South’s Country Music and Camping Festival, is extremely proud to announce the United States Air Force Max Impact Band will take part in the 2019 Suwannee River Jam. This band, consisting of Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Ascione, Master Sgt. Jonathan McPherson, Technical Sgt. Nalani Quintello, Technical Sgt. Gabriel Staznik and Technical Sgt. Mike Wittrien, will take part in the annual patriotic event on the main stage Saturday afternoon, May 4. This band has traveled all over the world and the U.S. performing its music.

With the arrival of Max Impact, the SOSMP welcomes home Max Impact Vocalist Technical Sgt. Nalani Quintello who has performed on the SOSMP stages since she was about 14. Sgt. Quintello represented the SOSMP and Florida in the Texaco Country Showdown in the Southeastern finals one year and has played the Suwannee River Jam numerous times and performed on the SOSMP Music Hall Stage multiple times.

Max Impact will be part of a special patriotic event taking place on stage Saturday, May 4, at the Suwannee River Jam. Last year’s event honored law enforcement and two deputies from Gilchrist County who were murdered in a senseless crime while on duty. This year’s event will be a stellar patriotic tribute with details to come.

Max Impact is the premier rock band of the U.S. Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., it is one of six musical ensembles that comprise The U.S. Air Force Band. This band performs classic and current rock and country hits, as well as patriotic favorites and original music. Through national tours, local performances and digital audio and video recordings, Max Impact showcases Air Force excellence to millions each year. Back at home, they support events for the White House, State Department, Department of Defense and numerous other high-level military and civilian functions, using music to advance international diplomacy with America’s allies and strategic partners.

In addition to entertaining military and civilian audiences in the United States, Max Impact thrills service members with its trademark high-intensity, hard-rocking energy and musical versatility at forward deployed locations. These performances are a much-needed “taste of home” which bolsters troop morale and esprit de corps for remotely stationed military members. 

Additionally, the band supports the Air Force and its local communities by creating innovative projects and performances, capitalizing on the latest in multimedia and technological advances in music production. 

At home or abroad, Max Impact’s high-energy performances assist in enhancing troop morale, building partnerships with local, national and international communities, increasing recruiting and retention efforts and inspiring patriotism using effective and powerful music.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.suwanneeriverjam.com. You may also purchase tickets at the lowest price anywhere at Sunstop/S&S Food Stores. Come out and celebrate America and country music with this year’s national artists Hank Williams Jr., Trace Adkins, Chase Rice, Clint Black, Gretchen Wilson, Craig Campbell, Frankie Ballard, A Thousand Horses, Uncle Kracker and Brian Callihan; local solo and duo artists and bands who were selected in the SRJ auditions and the tremendous US Air Force Max Impact Band.

If you would like to rent one of the cabins, a spot to park your RV/camper or primitive camp for the Suwannee River Jam coming up May 1-4 at the SOSMP, or if you just need additional info, call the SOSMP at (386) 364-1683, email spirit@musicliveshere.com or go to www.musicliveshere.com. The SOSMP is located 4.5 miles south of Interstate 75 and 4.5 miles north of Interstate 10 at the Suwannee River off US 129 at 3076 95th Drive in Live Oak, Fla.