Gregg Shanle, the G-Man Gregg Shanle considers himself a St. Louis, Missouri product, growing up with top 40 music on their AM radio. His father was a jazz music fan but Gregg was drawn to the eternal magic of classic compositions from the 17th century by the great composers. He was raised in the suburb […]
Channing Lynn is on a musical journey Channing Lynn Griggs and twin sister, Jillian were born in Pensacola, Florida. At a young age, music and the clarinet came to Channing’s rescue when viewing the Disney production of Sergei Prokofiev’s composition of “Peter and the Wolf”, where each character is represented by a different instrument. Ivan, […]
Past Tense – For Uncle Tony The Silecchia family is from a small town called Bitetto on the Southeastern coast of Italy. The US branch of the family still keeps many of the Italian traditions and culture. It’s a big fun Italian family. Collette Campbell’s mother is a Silecchia and her favorite Uncle Tony an […]
Bounce & Ooo La La – “Bashert” Steven Margil (aka Bounce) and Karen Grant (aka Ooo La La) are a very special Key West couple. They don’t consider themselves true Key West musicians but have been associated with music in many ways since the 1970s. Margil hails from Sharon, Massachusetts. In 1967, he attended the […]
Steve Allerton – harpist and dolphin whistler Steve Allerton is a native of Fullerton, New York, near Syracuse. He always loved the water and sailing. It took him seven years to sail down to Key West due to a number of stops along the way. He claims he arrived in Key West at the tail […]
2025 CALENDAR AVAILABLE NOW 2025 Soul of Key West Calendar Enjoy your favorite Key West musicians all year! Order 12 months of Key West musicians HERE Starting with January and Henry Lysy and Rick Fusco opening for Foreigner at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater,Key West. Then it’s onto a night with […]
Larry Strickland – having the time of his life Larry Strickland was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. There wasn’t any music in his family and he never studied music. He was the point guard for the Bishop England high school basketball team, graduating in 1985. He walked on at the local College of […]
Scott Marischen – jazz harpist Scott Marischen comes from a family of German heritage and musicians – his grandfather, father, mother, and two sisters played music. As growing up in Brooklyn, he played the piano as a child. Later he was mostly a jock until he heard the Allman Brothers and then learned to […]
Harry Schroeder – THE smartest guy in town Legendary Key West musician Harry Schroeder passed away Tuesday September 24th. Born in New York City, Harry began playing music in high school. He entered Yale in 1951 and quit in February 1953, having spent most of the year and a half playing bad Dixieland music instead […]
Jack Wolf Jack Wolf and his twin sister, who is nine minutes older, were born in Yuma, Arizona in 1987. Jack spent most of his early years growing up in East Tennessee, near Knoxville. His father performed in a Buck Owens cover band and loved to sing. In the 5th grade, he was formally introduced […]
