Can you pick your top 10 Kenny Chesney songs? Tough job to be sure. I got a great email last week from a Castaway named Ryan E., right off the bat I knew I already liked this guy. We Ryan's have to stick together! He told me that he lives in the land locked city of Nashville and is pondering a move to live by the sea in sunny Florida. Stop me if you've heard this story before. At the end of his … [Read more...]
Rum and Coca-Cola by The Andrews Sisters, a fun song that would be a great addition to any Castaway's "Escape" playlist. From Wikipedia: "Rum and Coca-Cola" is the title of a popular calypso. Originally composed by Lord Invader and Lionel Belasco, it was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and became a huge hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters, spending ten weeks at … [Read more...]
If you had to put a sound track to your life, what would it be? Being a Castaway, I'm guessing your sound track might be include some Buffett, a little Chesney and a splash of Marley. Those artists are the backbone of the escapism genre, but there's a whole armada of other trop-rockers out there pounding the pavement and growing their pirate following. One group that is fairly new(couple years) , … [Read more...]
Do you have plans for Memorial Day weekend yet? If not, Mr. Kenny Chesney, the island cowboy, is doing a little gig at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. I hesitated mentioning the concert , because I didn't think any of you Castaways would be interested in something like this. Am I right? No one wants to travel to a beautiful island and listen to Chesney play his hits and songs from his new … [Read more...]
If it's the weekend and you're sitting around your St. Thomas hotel wondering what to do, just ask someone where Barefoot Davis is playing. You're night just got filled up with a good time, sort of like that rum drink in your hand. Barefoot Davis and his extremely talented band played one night at Iggies Beach Bar during the Castaway Winter Beach Bash. The Caribbean was just steps away, lights … [Read more...]
I love trop-rock music. It's easy-going style relaxes the day's stresses away and makes those boat drinks go down just a little faster. Ever day when I set down to write, I first load up iTunes and click to the beach playlist. It's loaded with the familiar and not so familiar. One that might not be too familiar to many is a little song called Blame It On Buffett by Kelly McGuire. Here's a … [Read more...]
In a sweet kind of summer standing knee deep in the water Sippin coconut rum on ice Got another drink waitin' And the radio station's playin' "No Woman, No Cry" Those are a handful of lyrics to the song, "Sweet Kinda Summer" by the boys of Pirate Sessions. Their first album struck a cord with the many looking for a change of geography to the lower latitudes. I think we can put just about … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett's "Welcome To Fin Land" tour keeps going through the early part of 2012. Is it me, or does this tour seem to be going on forever? I went to the "Welcome To Fin Land" in West Palm Beach last year, it was great show, but it was last year. Now we hear of new tour dates popping up every week for this tour. Don't artists normally call the next year's tour something different? Sell some … [Read more...]
Bloody Mary's and the salt air blowing over your face isn't a bad way to start the day. A weekend full of highlights was capped off with the sweet sweet sound of Mishka playing his smooth style of reggae in Ybor City Tampa. Where do I start? With rum. Slowing down just enough to let me jump in, Mike from RumConnection.com and Shawn, now with Coastlines & Tan Lines, picked me up and we head … [Read more...]
After one sip, you'll be wakin' up to a hundred mosquito bites. From that chair I've cought a few fish and some rays And I've watched boats sail in and out of cinnamon bay I let go of a lover that took a piece of my heart Prayed many times for forgiveness and a brand new start I've read a lot of books, wrote a few songs Looked at my life - where it's goin, where it's gone I've seen the … [Read more...]
Wrote a note said be back in a minute Bought a boat and sailed off in it Don't think anybody gonna miss me anyway Last Friday night the city of Fort Myers was Knee Deep with Zac Brown Band fever. Once I heard that ZBB was coming to Southwest Florida, I quickly thought back to seeing him last March in Tampa when the band was touring with Kenny Chesney and the Goin' Coastal tour. The difference … [Read more...]
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Who I am and Why I Write - Close your eyes and remove yourself from the everyday. Picture your toes sinking into the sand as the waves kiss your ankles and listen to the coconut palms rustle in the gentle sea breeze. That’s a nice feeling isn’t it? I live a little bit of that life and want to share my tropical dreams with you. My name is Ryan and I hale from the land-locked, can’t get any further from the ocean, state of Kansas. I moved to laid back southwest Florida back in 2001 and have … Read More
