Bryan Lee Cancels

Sadly, Bryan Lee, The Braille Blues Daddy, has canceled his March 7th Parrot date. We are already working to reschedule.

Psychedelic funk-rockers The Burnin' Smyrnans at Green Parrot

The high energy psychedelic funk-rockers The Burnnin' Smyrnans make
their much anticipated return to The Green Parrot stage for two very
special nights on
Friday and Saturday, February 29th and March 1st, beginning at 10 o'clock,
including two 5:30 PM "sound checks" on Friday and Sunday, March 2nd.
Sure to get your feet moving with their high energy blend of rootsy
rock anrd funky reggae, The Burnin' Smyrnans continue to tour across
America to gain their grassroots fanbase. They've headlined over 500
shows in their first 4 years as a band. The music is diverse, festive
and organic, the vibe is undeniable and passion overflows from the
stage.
The Green Parrot Bar is your Southernmost Center for Culture at the
corner of Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133

What Were They Thinking?

Hey, we've seen candy cigarettes and then Big League Chew, but this new candy from Hersheys... c'mon...

John Nemeth/Junior Watson "soundcheck"

David Letterman-OKGo-BONERAMA-Feb-11-2008

Thank You, Debra Walker

We thank Nan Klingener (and at the same time formally invite her to contribute anytime the spirit moves) for forwarding this Miami Herald story describing an emotionally-charged State School Board meeting held in Orlando on Monday.
Our hats are off to our own Dr. Debra Walker of the Monroe County School Board, who took the time to drive to Orlando and represent us at The Florida Department of Education's final public hearing on new science standards that for the first time will require evolution to be taught in the state's public schools.
Her voice of reason supporting the new standards was too strong to deny, stating that, "the current 'political meltdown over Darwinian theory' was proof that too many people had received a poor-quality science education. She noted that the school districts with some of the lowest science scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test were the ones complaining loudest about the new standards. 'Do we want these boards setting science policy in Florida? I think not.'"




'Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." -Charles Darwin

Tis the Season, Lovebirds

Name That Chin!

Police Officer steals Marijuana.

old key west bottles

these were all found around various old town construction sites and restoration projects

Spider John's Morning Ritual

Here's Spider John Koerner performing his Morning Ritual: The New York Times crossword puzzle and a cup of his special blend taken in the friendly confines of a local saloon.

This Week at The Parrot

Genre-Bending Harpist Jason Ricci plays Green Parrot.

Fiery, passionate, and sometimes compared to Government Mule, The
Derek Trucks Band, and other crossover acts, the genre-expanding
harmonica virtuoso Jason Ricci and his band make their return to the
Green Parrot stage on Thursday,February 14th, beginning at 10
P.M. and incuding a special 5:30 P.M. "soundcheck" on Thursday afternoon.
Blueswax magazine says of Ricci, "His name is JasonRicci. He plays
harp like I can't explain–except
to say that I have not heard the ghost of Butterfield in awhile."
Blues Access magazine says Ricci is "one of the very best harmonica
players of his generation… his musical talent …is too great to be
denied…. shaking the hips of audiences while rattling the dusty
firmament of the Blues/Rock , they're rapidly attracting fans from the
Jam band and Jazz scenes as well as adventurous Blues lovers."
JasonRicci has already seen and experienced more than many players do
in a lifetime. At 21, he performed the 10th Annual King Biscuit Blues
Festival in Helena, Arkansas. In Helena, he won the Sonny Boy Blues
Society Contest beating out Michael Burks among others. He lived for a
year in Mississippi with Jr. Kimbrough's son David Malone Kimbrough
and was a member of Junior's band gigging regularly at established
clubs and Mississippi juke joints joining often joining R.L. Burnside
and family. In 2000, Ricci won the Mars Music store's nationwide Blues
Harp Blow-off beating over 1,000 other competitors.
Ricci is also one of very few players pioneering a technique known to
harp enthusiasts as over blowing. Over blowing enables a harmonica to
play anything that a guitar or any instrument can play allowing the
player a complete three-octave chromatic scale.
The Green Parrot Bar is the Southernmost Center for Culture, at the
corner of Southard and Whitehead Streets, and at www. greenparrot.
com. For additional information call 294-6133.


RISING BLUES STAR JOHN NEMETH RETURNS TO PARROT


Rising blues star ,Blind Pig Recording artist, singer and blues harp player, John Nemeth and The John Nemeth Band, featuring Junior Watson on guitar will appears at the
Green Parrot Bar on Friday, February 15th at 10
o'clock including a 5:30 P.M. "sound check" on Friday afternoon.
"I remember telling friends up North in '80 that they should go see Stevie Ray Vaughan, but they weren't impressed because he wasn't famous yet. It will give me great pleasure to say, 'I told you so!' about John Németh. You'll see." says
Bob Margolin, in Blues Revue Magazine
A singer steeped in the tradition of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Junior Parker, and a harmonica player of riveting intensity and virtuosity,John's decade long career has found him opening for Robert Cray, Keb Mo', and Earl Thomas. and p erforming major music
festivals around the United States, Europe, Canada and Asia.
Németh was a featured artist with Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets in 2005 and 2006 as well as a featured artist with The Junior Watson Band in 2002. . Greg Johnson of Blues Notes writes, "John Németh possesses rich harmonica tone that easily brings to mind Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter."
The buzz around John Németh is substantial, and his Blind Pig debut, "Magic Touch," delivers the goods in spades. From the opening track, an ambitious and fully realized reworking of Junior Wells' classic "Blues Hit Big Town," John's emotive, smooth voice and stellar harp playing introduce a virtuoso of rare depth and power. John's uncanny blend of retro-modern blues and soul music will delight purists and young hipsters alike. Produced by Anson Funderburgh and featuring Junior Watson on guitar, "Magic Touch" is destined to be one of the most remarked upon releases of 2007.
As Muddy found a musical soul-mate in harp player Little Walter, John Nemeth has found one in celebrated contemporary Blues Guitarist Junior Watson. Junior stands out from the pack of today's finest Blues guitar players, always revealing the essence of a song and crafting the perfect stylistic touch and tone. In 2004, Junior was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award for best Blues guitar player. The Blues World appreciates Junior, but nobody admires him more than other Blues guitar players. When he plays with John, they inspire each other, and one plus one equals way more than two.
The Green Parrot is your Southernmost Center for Culture of every
kind, and is located at the corner of Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133.

"Hurricane" Warning at Green Parrot


It's still prime hurricane season at The Green Parrot, as Atlanta's
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson blows into Key West for two days of
Parrot-style hurricane parties Saturday and Sunday, February 16th and
17th with a 10 pm show on Saturday night with 5:30 P.M. soundchecks on both Saturday
and Sunday.
We're in the eye of the storm as Wilson delivers two big days of
his own brand of blues and roots-rock. It's going to be a weekend
that promises to leave some party-damage in its wake.
A hint about Wilson's show. Living Blues Magazine says, "Wilson takes
no prisoners in his approach to blues/rock," while the Atlanta
Journal/Constitution promises, "his own style is raucous enough to
keep bar crowds in a perpetual sweat."
After a 14 year career of teaching hundreds of students to play guitar
from 1973-1987 and playing professionally since 1972, Roger
"Hurricane" Wilson can't find enough days in the week to keep up with
the demand of trying to be everywhere. The road beckons, and it
currently has him doing between 250 and 300 gigs a year, with no
relief in sight.
Wilson has jammed with Roy Buchanan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert
Collins, 38 Special, Charlie Musselwhite and James & Lucky Peterson,
and has done shows with B.B. King, John Mayall, Roomful of Blues,
Delbert McClinton, Savoy Brown, Spirit, Dickey Betts, Marshall Tucker,
and Edgar Winter, just to name a few.
Eric King, owner of internationally known Atlanta blues club Blind
Willies, and president of True Blue Productions, predicts that Roger
"Hurricane" Wilson is the next Atlanta blues artist to break
nationally.
Just come on in to The Parrot and see if you can weather these
Hurricane Blues. The Green Parrot Bar is your Southernmost Center
for Blues Culture at the corner of Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133 .

Motor City Josh at The Green Parrot


Motor CityJosh, who had Parrot fans swinging from the rafters at his
last Parrot show brings his
barn-burning, take-no-prisoners approach to Blues/Rock back to The Parrot
stage on Monday, February 18th , beginning at 10
0'clock, including special 5:30 P.M. "soundchecks" on monday afternoon..
Obviously from Detroit, but relocated to Atlanta, Josh has been
tearing up the Southern Blues scene for some time with his funky blues
and charismatic stage presence and has opened for the great Buddy Guy,
his original inspiration at age 12. Josh was also a member or Robert
Junior Lockwood's band.
Never one to hide his light under a bushel, Josh declared as he
ascended the Parrot stage for the first time last year that Parrot
patrons were about to hear the best music that they had ever heard
there. Come find out for yourself.
The Green Parrot Bar is your Southernmost Center for Culture, at the
corner of Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133.

Larry Garner Fee-eels The Blues at the Green Parrot


Baton Rouge super-bluesman Larry Garnerwill churns out the Blues at The Green Parrot, Tuesday and Wednesday night, February 19yh and 20th, beginning at beginning at 10 PM with a special 5:30 PM "soundcheck" at 5:30 PM on Wednesday afternoon..
Larry Garner is a 5-time Handy nominee, has appeared on the cover of Living Blues magazine, and has won B.B. King's Lucille Award. Garner's performance is riveting, and he's a true man of the Louisiana "Devil Music."
The Green Parrot Bar, your Southernmost Center for Culture, at the corner of Whitehead and Southard Streets.
For additional information call The Green Parrot at 294-6133.

Spider John Koerner

Key West Caribbean Allstars

Mick Kilgos on Drums

Here's our friend Mick Kilgos on a Youtube video drumming behind Van Morrison'sdaughter, Shana Morrison.

The Piper Road Spring Road

Magnolia Brings Authentic Cajun Dance Party to Green Parrot for Fat Tuesday

Be on hand and bring your dancing shoes when The Parrot puts on a
good 'ol Cajun "fais do do", or "dance party" on Tuesday, February
5th, beginning at 6 PM.
Featured performers are Magnolia Cajun Band,
a seven piece traditional cajun dance band whose music has been
thrilling Cajun music enthusiasts from Nova Scotia to Louisiana for
almost sixteen years.
Learning their music form Louisiana's finest, Magnolia Cajun Band has
earned a solid reputation at home and well-deserved recognition in the
Cajun heartland. Their dance lessons and music have helped build a
strong sense of community at festivals and fais-do-dos all over
Northeast. Their monthly Saturday night dance has been New England's
hottest ticket for more than fifteen years!
Playing high energy two steps and sultry waltzes, the band's twin
fiddles, accordion, guitar,bass and of course, rich vocals keep the
audience on its feet long into the night.
Dirty Linen magazine has said of Magnolia: "In true Louisiana
tradition, they simply create a party wherever they go, for more than
a decade, this Yankee band has earned a reputation in the norhteastern
states as a spirted, get-on-your-feet-inducing troupe, performing an
authentic Cajun repertoire... their music is dance-enticing, anytime,
anyplace..."
The Green Parrot Bar, on the corner of Whitehead &
Southard Streets, is your Southernmost Center for Cajun Culture. For more
information call 294-6133.