Meet the local orchestra that covers other Tampa Bay bands

Formed in late-2017, Same Day Delivery Orchestra is actually a six-piece string ensemble that retools songs from Bay area bands and songwriters.

Melissa Grady’s “cover band” —two violins, one viola, one cello, one bass and a drummer—often backs those musicians up for rare live gigs.

Grady, an award-winning music educator for Hillsborough County schools, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that Same Day Delivery Orchestra is working on three new originals plus work from a handful of local artists (including Prescribed Fire) over the next year. See a list of the best Tampa Bay instrumental bands you can listen to right now.

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