Music is in his soul

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Cliff Sawyer   –   Music is in his soul Cliff Sawyer was born and raised in Key West and has been singing since he was four years old. While growing up in Bahama Village, Cliff remembers hearing street corner bands singing and playing outside his window. His father played the trombone on the streets with Fats Navarro. The […]

the King of Key West cool

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Cliff Sawyer    … the King of Key West cool Cliff Sawyer was born to Robert and Naomi Saunders Sawyer. He along with brothers Randy, Lloyd, Thomas, Robert, and sister, Ruth were raised in Key West’s Bahama Village. Cliff has been singing since he was four years old. He remembers hearing street corner bands in the […]

Key West Version of the Buena Vista Social Club

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Key West Version of the Buena Vista Social Club By Ralph De Palma   With help from family and friends, I was able to talk Coffee Butler out of retirement to help launch my second volume of The Soul of Key West at a December 2015 concert. Since that sold-out concert, “Coffee Butler and Friends” […]

He Could Have Been A Household Name

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Cliff Sawyer   –   He would have been a household name By Ralph De Palma Cliff Sawyer was born and raised in Key West and has been singing since he was four years old.  While growing up in Bahama Village, Cliff remembers hearing street corner bands singing and playing outside his window. His father played the trombone […]