FRIDAY & SATURDAY, March 2-3, Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze at the Green Parrot, 10-2.
FRIDAY & MONDAY— Reverand Tor and his band at the Schooner Wharf, 7-12.
MONDAY— Pianist Franko Richmond and drummer Skipper Kripitz at Virgilio}s, 9p.m.
MONDAY— Young Kipori Woods, a blues legend in the making, at the Parrot, 10 p.m.
THIRSDAY— Grammy nominee Larry Bader will be bringing his Maximo Strut back to the Parrot.
Inner Circle, the Bad Boys of Reggae, will be back in town next Saturday night, March 10, to headline the Bob Marley Reggae Festival at East Martello Tower, out by the airport. Opening for Inner Circle will be Bigga & Company and Inner Revolution. This concert is being produced by the same producers who brought The Wailers here last year. "There is no question that Inner Circle is the best reggae band in the world today," said Producer Norman Bedford, "and, quite simply, this show kicks butt!"
Advance tickets are $15 and are available at Stick & Stein, Neptune Deigns, the Key West
Welcome Center and all Sebago booths. Tickets are $20 on the day of the how. Doors open at 6. Info line: 292-7595.
BO'sFish Wagon has enough funk and patina to be an original part of the Historic Key West Bight. The vintage truck at the entrance appears to have rusted in place since the 1940's. The old fish traps and nets and buoys look as if they became entangled with the shack during the Great Hurricane of 1935.
Only the new license plates tacked on the rafters and the newly sprouting foliage around the little eatery hint that Sunday's birthday party is something short of ancient.
This Sunday, March 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. Buddy Owens will celebrate his Fish Wagon's 6th anniversary at the corner of William and Caroline Streets.
"There's enough cake for everybody," said BO, designer and proprietor of the down-island food station that's world famous on this corner. "That means there's only one Fish Wagon— no franchises— and this is the only place you can find me and my buddies, because BO's friends always give me a hand"
The festivities also include birthday celebrations for Pat Daily and Uncle Clevie, two of BO's buddies who turn 60 and 80 years old, respectively.
"Barry Cuda and the Sharks (Steve Mello and Chief Billy) have been with me every Friday night since I opened here six years ago," said BO. "They'll be here jammin this Friday, too— but they'll come back for a special performance on Sunday for the birthday party."
The spontaneous human interaction inside the open-air hut is akin to the collection of stuff that mushrooms like barnacles on the Fish Wagon's facade. Locals and visitors contribute to the perpetual motion: "I must be doing something right cause I don't have time to fish anymore," said BO. "Oh, you still get fresh fish sandwiches; my boys are doing it for me."