INCOMMUNICADO IN CEDAR KEY FLORIDA; SEARCHING FOR JIMMY BUFFETT, JOHN MACDONALD & TRAVIS MCGEE!!
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- In this episode of All The Stories I Can Tell, I explore a different Florida Key; Cedar Key. Cedar Key is mentioned by Jimmy Buffett in the song Incommunicado as a haven for fictional hero Travis McGee. Learn more about the author John MacDonald and his 21 Travis McGee novels. Also discover that Jimmy Buffett has spent a good deal of time in Cedar Key and why Cedar Key is one of Florida's best kept secrets.
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My great grandfather was from Cedar key. My grandmother was born in Cedar key in 1927. I used to go there as a child in the late 60's to early 70's.
Thanks so much for these stories. Found you after Jimmy passed... Please keep it going! We need this... Much Love from up the road in Boca Raton.
Hey Pittsburg Tom your red Tahoe is on the internet you are famous now! Cedar Key is a gem. We are proud to call that place our second home.
I was probably 15 years old in the latter 1960s, my Dad had a copy of The Empty Copper Sea. I took it and read it. When I first heard 'Incommunicado' it immediately brought me back to the book I read 20 years before. This is the first of these I have watched, keep up the good work.
Doug, thank you for watching and for the kind words! Please check out my other vlogs and subscribe as I will have more coming soon. Fins up!
Thanks for sharing. My parents lived in cedar key in late 70’s/ early 80’s and worked at the sea breeze restaurant. My dad was in a band at the time and said then Jimmy buffett was just becoming famous and would come to cedar key often and play music with them and spend time on the island. I was there the first 5 years of my life and just Recently went back with my daughter. Beautiful town.
Melissa, thank you so much for watching and sharing your history. Cedar Key is a really great little island and your parents must have had a great time during their years there. It's especially nice to hear that you recently went back with your daughter. You are right, it is a beautiful town! Please feel free to subscribe and share this video as I will have more JB related content coming in the months ahead.
I read all 20 and so did most of my family. We actually got the quiz book that we used as a game at a family reunion. I have eight brothers and sisters by the way. I believe the lonely silver rain started in cedar key.
Thank you for watching and the information. Lonely Silver Rain? Perhaps that's the book - I will need to check it out.
Thanks much for the video! But a modest correction....MacDonald's books are still fairly popular today with we "older folks" who remember and can relate to the time period(s) of Travis McGee. Plus MacDonald quite often uses McGee as a voice for his own philosophies and observations of American culture. That is the real beauty of the McGee series....the social commentaries woven into the stories. Sadly though, as not many "youngsters" are reading books these days, MacDonald, McGee and Meyer will eventually be forgotten.
John thank you so much for watching! I truly appreciate your comments and please understand that I was not trying to diminish how good of a writer John Macdonald was or how popular the books were at that time. I knew it as soon as I said it that it came out wrong! Everyone that I know that has read the books truly enjoyed them.
Very nice work you are doing!
CK is one of my favorite places on earth. We used to vacation there often for short weekend getaways and de-stress. Even got engaged there! But, you left out a big part of CK--The historic Island Hotel. Jimmy stayed in the hotel many times (there's even a room named for him). He serenaded a large crowd during the annual Seafood Festival from the upper balcony. The Neptune Bar, still in the hotel, holds a lot of memories of JB both patronizing and performing there. Pictures show the evidence.
Thank you for watching and the comments. My wife and I spent a couple of hours in the Neptune and had some great conversations with the locals about many of the things you mention. In fact the autographed picture in this vlog of Jimmy "thanks for the crabs" that was taken in the Neptune. Time was tight and we couldnt get all the information in as it was just a short 2 night stay. But CK will be back strong soon and I will return and tell more of his history and stories.
I don’t remember which book, but Travis did spend time in Cedar Key. It was after one of his misadventures when he and the girl he helped set sail on the Busted Flush to recover from their near death experience. They spent their days soaking up the sun, eating good, drinking Boodles gin, and of course making love.
It's one of the biggest mysteries around! What was the book titled because I've talked to a lot of people about this and no one can come up with a printed copy of to prove it. Thanks for watching!
I came across this video listening to JB songs. I grew up there and still have a family home there. That was Nancy in the library, she and I had some fun times….also we are related. I enjoyed your video…I’ll be there in a few more days!
Thank you so much for watching. I do these vlogs to help tell JBs stories and they are so much more than just KW. Nancy the librarian was so kind and I was so glad to meet her. Please check out my other vlogs - specifically my newest JB Montana ones.
Thank you again - enjoy Cedar Key I can’t wait to get there again.
Please tell her Nancy I said hello and that we were all praying for them during the Hurricane!
Thanks for sharing this sir, we all need to go back in time from time to time, 🙄 looks and sounds so good. Great job as always!
Thank you for watching and your kind words Claudio! I will have more vlogs coming in the next few months - FINS UP!
That's great. Topic I really needed to know more about! Funny I was in conversation with a young woman of a Manatee preserve tour and she said she never heard of it when I said to her Travis McGee is on Cedar Key .
We were talking about Buffett and also the key is nearby so I said I'd visit it and she said how it was very cool old fishing village to go see it.
The Manatees still need your help, with or without Jimmy .
Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your story. The manatees were a passion for Jimmy and we cannot forget them. Cedar Key is a great little island - one of the last little bits of Old Florida. I can’t wait to get back down there.
Fantastic video!! You do a great job on your Buffett videos! Keep them coming!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for the kind words! There will be more JB vlogs coming soon.
The line from the opening lyrics of Incommunicado “Travis McGee is in Cedar Key that’s what John McDonald said”. That piqued my interest. Started at the beginning of the series and am nearing the end of the series. I an approaching the last book, and am beginning to feel the loss of a friend..Travis McGee.
Thank you for your feedback! I love hearing stories like yours in the comments. So if you read all of the series does McDonald ever write about Cedar Key? That seems to be the million dollar questions . . no one can really say so one way or the other. Check out the other vlogs as well too and subscribe as there's more coming soon - Fins up!
Sailors read more than other members of our society.... When I fished and lived on a boat full time, I read constantly, and my preferred books were less than academic- really I just wanted some brain candy as read myself to sleep. Clive Cussler was my favorite.
I think cons doing time in prison is second only to sailors
It’s true, I’ve read them all. Cedar key was never in the McGee book series. Artistic license by Jimmy.
Thank you for watching and commenting! It’s one of those strange lyrical mystery as to why he picked Cedar Key for that song - it may be as easy as Cedar Key rhymes with McGhee!
I never thought it was in Monroe County.
Many people are not aware that Key West was *the largest city in Florida* back in the day.
Or of the fact that the whole city was a fabricated project of the United States Government fo a good long while. Look it up . The US Govt spent billions to induce tourism and other interests into Key West through the 20th century and for military use .
Long time ago there was an elderly couple that owned a restaurant in Cedar Key down by the water on the main drag. Buffett sailed in one day and stopped by that evening to grab a bite to eat. The place was busy with people waiting outside to get a table. The server, upon seeing Buffett also waiting rushed into the place and excitedly told the elderly woman owner "Jimmy Buffett is waiting outside for a table!!"... The old lady said "I don't care, you tell Mr MUFFETT he has to wait just like everyone else." LOL! Good ol days in Cedar Key.
Woody, thank for this awesome story! This is why I love doing this channel, to read comments like yours! This is so cool. Thank you again for sharing it and please subscribe to catch future vlogs coming soon.
The Empty Copper Sea
YES! Thank you! I truly appreciate it. I've asked a bunch of people who have read the books and it was difficult to find out. Thank you for watching and for this help!
need to get a start/stop remote for your on-camera bits
At the time of my seeing this video, we have lost Jimmy and Cedar Key sustained heavy damage from hurricane Idalia. Sad changes.
Very sad - but Cedar Key will be back, the great people there will see to it. Jimmy’s passing is devastating but as long as we keep his memory, stories and songs alive he will always be with us. Fins up!
It's funny to me that you keep saying "down here" in reference to Cedar Key. Most of us Floridians say "up there" because it's way up in the north part of FL. Where are you from?
I’m from the Cleveland area. Glad you enjoy the vlogs, I hope to have more coming soon!