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 […]
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 […]
Jesse Wagner & Jillian Todd AKA: Jess & Jill – “Celebrating their first anniversary of music” The hottest duo in Key West, Jess & Jill, is a Gen Z – Gen X mashup of talent that really works. These two artists bonded in a unique way through a fairly obscure Bob Dylan song. […]
Robert Albury All Night Long Robert Albury, a homegrown Key West talent, grew up on the corner of Amelia and Whitehead Streets in Bahama Village. He enjoyed his older brother George’s singing. George toured with B.B. King for a short time before returning to Key West. In fact, Robert had nine brothers and they all […]
Izzy Zaidman – Izak Gabriel Zaidman (aka Izzy) was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. His father was a professional guitarist, teaching and performing roots blues and ragtime in the New York area. Izzy was twelve years old when his father bought him his first guitar. He attended Charles Evans Hughes […]
