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Déjà Vu

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And I feel like I've been here before Feel like I've been here before And you know it makes me wonder What's going on under the ground, hmm- Crosby, Stills and Nash A message comes through on social media from two musicians named John and Vincent. "Come to The Ghetto Palace tonight."  I have been wanting to revisit this unique venue since my first visit here as a spectator.  It is another place in my travels that is hard to explain the location of.  Even the GPS in my wife's Mustang had trouble finding it the first time. Crook and Vicki are the owners of the building and they generously open this venue up on a semi-monthly basis.  They have a shared goal to build up the local music scene under the moniker "Music Matters".  They also run a shoe collection drive near the holidays called "Happy Feet".  I humbly ask the reader to support these two fine efforts.  These two people are what I refer to as a "bookend power cou...
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Hey, Bartender

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Juke box playin' and everything, All the cats began to sing, I heard somebody called and said LAST ROUND FOR ALCOHOL- Floyd Dixon The House of Bourbon is an unusual place. Yacht basin at night  Derelict motel across the way. It sits atop the Shrimp Boat restaurant which has been there for about 10 years.  The property was originally an old school Florida seafood place and fell into such disrepair by the 1990s it was unsafe to go near.  Smith's yacht basin had some sunken boats in it, and the whole area received Community Redevelopment Area (C.R.A.) funding.  It was redeveloped into a beautiful building by the son of the original owner.   I remember him showing me the plans and thinking how it would improve the St. Andrews corridor of Beck Avenue.  It helped spur a renaissance in the area, but then, it fell into receivership.  The bank hired a property management company to run it until it was sold to By The Seas Resorts, an up-and-...
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Roadhouse Blues

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