If You Follow U.S. Route 1 Down From Maine, You Run Out of Road at Key West.
At the end of January, our annual Further West Tour celebrated its first of three-and-a-half months, which was distinguished by ten days in the Florida Keys, which was further distinguished by the fact that this was our first time down there, and yet further distinguished by the fact that the four venues where we performed had not previously hosted live music, and yet further additionally distinguished by the fact that this sentence is 77 words long, unless you include these words, which raises the total to 88.
As it turns out, we had a few erroneous notions about this southernmost stretch of the United States. We figure we're doing you a favor by setting you straight on this:
- The Florida Keys are composed of about 1,700 islands, many of which are accessible only by jet pack, unless you have a boat.
- To get through the watery parts of England, you go through locks. Depite being even more watery, the Florida Keys have no locks, unless you go to a hardware store. Coincidence? We think not.
- We just watched the first episode of Bloodline, which was awesome. We learned about this series because they were filming it at our campground.
- The ubiquitous tiki theme is fun, much like the Fa'a'ā International Airport in Tahiti, except more fun.
- The Seven Mile Bridge is so long that it could connect Dummerston to Putney, Vermont, a distance of nearly seven miles.
- There is a Key West, but no Key East; there is a West Townshend, VT (where we live), but no East Townshend. Coincidence? We think not (or at least very little).
- Key West looks more like New Orleans than West Townshend.
- West Townshend looks more like West Dummerston than Key West.
- One night, whilst camping on Long Key, we squeezed into the Blue Meanie's cab to record "Static," from our newish CD, Further West, for submission to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.
Our 2016 Further West Tour photo album has grown so big that it has begun to extort lunch money from schoolchildren; worse, it continues to grow on uncontrollably.
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Tuesday, February 2, 6:00 PM
Foley Public Library
319 E. Laurel Ave.
Foley, AL 36535
251-943-7665
Tickets: Free, but reservations required. Please call 251-943-7665. Sponsored by the Foley Public Library.
Saturday, February 6, 2:00 PM
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
8899 Cape San Blas Rd.
Port St. Joe, FL 32456
850-227-1327
Tickets: Free w/ park admission or camping reservation.
Tuesday, February 9, 6:30 PM
Eufaula Carnegie Library
217 North Eufaula Ave.
Eufaula, AL 36027
334-687-2337
Tickets: Free.
Friday, February 12, 7:30 PM
Back Door Coffeehouse
3200 West Arlington Loop
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601-264-6908
Tickets: $10.
Saturday, February 20, 2:00 PM
St. Tammany Parish Library
3457 Highway 190
Covington, LA 70433
985-893-6280
Tickets: Free.
Wednesday, February 24, 6:00 PM
Richland Hills Public Library
6724 Rena Dr.
Richland Hills, TX 76118
817-616-3760
Tickets: Free. Sponsored by the Richland Hills Public Library.
Thursday, February 25, 7:00 PM
The Living Room at The Line
940 E. Belt Line Rd.
Richardson, TX 75081
Tickets: $17. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Reservations required. Please contact Craig Bernhardt at manmaderemodeling@verizon.net or 214-476-6858.
Friday, February 26, 7:30 PM
On Stage @ Allen Public Library
300 N. Allen Drive
Allen, TX
214-509-4911
Tickets: Free.
Saturday, February 27, 5:00 PM
Bulverde/Spring Branch Library
131 Bulverde Crossing
Bulverde, TX 78163
830-438-4864
Tickets: Free.
Monday, February 29, 6:30 PM
Kimble County Library
208 North 10th St.
Junction, TX 76849
325-446-2342
Tickets: Free.
Thursday, March 3, 7:00 PM
Fort Stockton Public Library
500 N. Water St.
Fort Stockton, TX 79735
432-336-3374
Tickets: Free.
Friday, March 4, 6:00 PM
Silver City Public Library
515 W. College Ave.
Silver City, NM 88061
575-538-3672
Tickets: Free. Doors: 5:30 PM. Sponsored by the Friends of Silver City Library.
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