May 29th - Key West

We attended 5th Street Baptist Church and then had lunch at Smoked Tuna, where a two-man country band played in the courtyard. Then we found a very talented folk singer named Elle Haley performing at Hank's Saloon. We only caught the last few songs of her set, but we learned that she was playing at the Tiki House for happy hour and were able to catch some more of her act there.

We visited Sloppy Joe's - where Hemmingway met his second wife. There was a country-western guitarist who did a nice version of "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks. Later that night we came across on incredible guitar talent at Hogs Breath. His name is Matthew Curry. If you like Stevie Ray, you will like Matthew.

It rained hard, which resulted in the cancellation of a Glass Cats show at General Horseplay. We ended up back at Hank's Saloon - whose music talent had yet to disappoint - and enjoyed a set by Cliff Cody who got us dancing under the tent in the rain. He was very personable and told good stories of Nashville.