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The Beach Boys Tease Us With Kokomo

August 30, 2010

Aruba, Jamaica, oooowwww I wanna take ya to Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama, Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go. I was heading to the beach Saturday morning and The Beach Boys decided to sing their classic, Kokomo for us. As I sat there and took in the lyrics a smile sprouted up [...]

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Right Time, Right Place. A Moment With A Hero

August 24, 2010

Right time, right place. Looking back at some of your fondest memories, can you recall a memory when you shared a special moment with a hero? I know heroes come in all shapes, sizes and professions. I’m talking about musical heroes here. I was combing through the overwhelming video library that is YouTube, searching for [...]

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Toots and the Maytals – Jamaica Reggae at its Finest

August 17, 2010

Music Monday here on the Coconut Connection is happening a day late due to the face that yesterday was National Rum Day and needed to be celebrated. Now let’s get our reggae groove on. Toots and the Maytals are a band I heard on No Shoes Radio. Their song “Pressure Drop” hooked me and have [...]

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Quito Rymer – Caribbean Run, The Sound of Tortola

August 9, 2010

BVImusic.com introduced me to Quito Rymer. He is known as Tortola’s most famous musician. If you haven’t had a chance to visit Quito’s Gazebo and see Quito play you are missing out. Quito’s Ole Works Inn and Quito’s Gazebo Restaurant are located in Cane Garden Bay on the beautiful island of Tortola in the British [...]

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Kenny Chesney’s Boys of Fall Single & Video

August 3, 2010

Football season isn’t quite here yet (Go Chiefs!), but “The Boys of Fall” single is. The Boys of Fall video was released yesterday on ESPN. I guess you could say it just wet the appetite to download the song right? (Download the song below) The opening features Chesney’s friend, Saints Coach Sean Payton giving a [...]

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The Massacoustics – Ramona

July 26, 2010

Here is one of my favorite bands, The Massacoustics. One might assume that The Massacoustics are a mere two-man (but three-piece!) band (you read correctly!) owing to economics, or as a weird visual gimmick. No, the truth is that Andy’s antisocial attitude and Matt’s non-stop noisemaking makes prospective band-mates increasingly difficult to find and keep [...]

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Da Tree Men – Jost Van Dyke

July 19, 2010

Music Monday is upon us and Salt Life Sound brings you a little ditty about PainKillers, white sand beaches, Soggy Dollars and some guy named Ivan. I of course am talking about Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Looking for fantasy island? Jost just might be the closest thing. Adam C. Dell, lead [...]

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Sonny Landreth, Jesse Winchester and Allen Toussaint. Gulf Shores Awareness Concert

July 5, 2010

Next Sunday is the Gulf Shores awareness concert put on by Mr. Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy is being joined by a few other musical acts, the most well known being Zac Brown Band. Other acts included Sonny Landreth, Jesse Winchester and Allen Toussaint. Here is a little background on the Sonny, Jesse, and Allen. Sonny Landreth [...]

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How the Jimmy Buffett Gulf Shores Beach Concert Came Together.

June 28, 2010

I just saw this pop up on BuffettWorld.com, it’s a news story from the Alabama Press Register article on how the July 1st Gulf Coast concert with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown, and others came to be: “Jimmy Buffett concert comes together quickly” As Brian Philips, the president of the CMT cable music channel, [...]

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Cuttin’ Up Radio – Real Nashville, Real Music

June 28, 2010

Music makes the world go round. It translates across cultures, inspires the masses and sets the mood for a party! Just last night I went out with some friends to play darts. We were playing and listening to some great music on the juke box. I noticed that when the juke box stopped playing the [...]

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Gulf Shores, Alabama Webcam – Sight of Buffett Beach Concert

June 27, 2010

This week’s webcam comes from Gulf Shores, Alabama. Gulf Shores is the location of this week’s Jimmy Buffett beach concert to bring awareness and people to the oil spill stricken gulf coast. Buffett will be joined by Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band, Sonny Landreth, Jesse Winchester and Allen Toussaint. The title bar on this webcam [...]

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