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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Disc 4)
Subject
Musicians
Singers
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Composers
Guitar music
Popular songs
Description
One compact disc. Martin and Gauss served as emcee. Based out of Burbank, California, Higgins was a Tarpon Springs native best known for his 1982 hit, Key Largo. He originally left St. Petersburg Junior College to play drums for the Tommy Roe band. He later moved to Atlanta to record the album Just Another Day in Paradise, which featured Key Largo. He also worked with Jimmy Buffet, Gordon Lightfoot, and actor Richard Boone. He was the great-great-great-grandson of the German poet Johan Goethe. His back-up band consisted of Jeff Punkham (mandolin, guitar), Michale Conway (bass guitar), Terry Pinkham (backing vocals), and Josh Pinkham (mandolin).
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S2034
Date
2003-05-25
Contributor
Florida Park Service
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
compact discs
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s2034_04_cd03-021
Series
S2034
Item ID
CD03-21
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 2003)