Genuine Florida

The front and back to a brochure for the 1960 Fiesta in Tampa.

Here’s a 45 that proclaims to be Daytona Beach’s theme song, ‘Sand in my Shoes’. Above is the front cover of the sleeve. Below is the back with the lyrics. Below that is the record itself. The flip side has a song, ‘V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N’.

The Heartbreak Hotel

Here we visit The Heartbreak Hotel, which far preceded the famed Elvis Pressely tune. It’s situated on County Road 523 in Kenansville. Click here to get more of the story.

Entrance to the Heartbreak Hotel

This is Karl Dappen who plays saxophone at various locations around Apalachicola. Here he is at Verandas Bistro on a Saturday night. One song you can request is the Jimmy Van Heusen tune, ‘Apalachicola, F-L-A’. The music is the opening song for the Bob Hope & Bing Crosby 1947 film, ‘Road to Rio’. Dappen deftly plays the complicated song and entertwines ‘Old Folks at Home’ at the same time. It’s a must-hear while visiting Apalachicola.

Below is a view of downtown Apalachicola from the veranda of the Veranda.