Posts Tagged With: Siesta Key

Booking Bonanza!

Posted on July 15, 2014 by jennifermcguirefl

Just when I thought I could kick back and enjoy some quiet beach time, my summer season has kicked into full gear and I have quite a few gigs coming up! With only 16 days to go in July, I have 10 gigs to fit in before my August 2 performance at The Sand Box on Anna Maria Island. If you’re in the Sarasota area this month, check my tour dates calendar and stop by to see me! I’m playing some of my favorite venues in St. Armands, Siesta Key, Bradenton, Osprey and Sarasota, ranging from a Parrot Head party to some awesome beachy bars. I’m really psyched about joining up with some other trop rock musicians, and also trying out a few new venues.

I’m also getting close to announcing a major festival booking that I can’t wait to announce! I can’t say anything now, but watch Facebook for the announcement.

In the meantime, stop by and see me at an upcoming event. And if you haven’t reserved your spot for the Sand Box performance on Aug. 2 on Anna Maria Island, you can register on my tour dates page. This is one of the best shows of the year that you won’t want to miss!

Categories: Performances, Trop Rock | Tags: Anna Maria Island, Parrot Head, Sand Box, Sarasota, Siesta Key, St. Armands, trop rock | Leave a comment

Who else is ready for Parrot Head house party season?!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by jennifermcguirefl

One of my favorite times of the year is summer because it’s Parrot Head house party season! I have met so many awesome Parrot Heads at the house parties I’ve played and attended, and I think I have as much fun as the audience does. While I sometimes need to tone the show down a bit (for the more sensitive ears in the restaurant), house parties are different. Not only do the Parrot Heads and beach worshipers want to hear my crazier songs like Shit Hit the Fan, they also want to hear about the inspiration for the song. Not that my show is raunchy — it’s definitely not — but there are a few songs that are a little nautier than others.

Rich “Schooner” McGuire playing a house party at the house of Sarasota Bay Parrot Heads’ president on Siesta Key.

House parties also give me a chance to go a little deeper in my play list. While we all love Jimmy Buffett’s Songs You Know By Heart, the house partiers usually want to hear some songs that are a little more off the beaten track. It’s also a blast to bring other trop rockers up on stage who might be in the audience (and there are usually a few).If you’re hosting a house party this summer, whether it’s on the deck, by the pool, on the beach or in the basement, I’d love to play for you. But contact me soon, because dates are filling up. See you soon!

Categories: Parrot Heads, Performances, Trop Rock | Tags: house party, Jimmy Buffett, Parrot Head, Siesta Key

New Year’s Eve on Siesta Key

Posted on January 1, 2013 by jennifermcguirefl

What better way to ring in the New Year than playing for some of my favorite Parrot Heads on Siesta Key? Thanks to Dana and Kate Sochaki for having me to your beautiful home again. I can’t help thinking that even a bad day on Siesta Key is still a pretty good day, right? There’s no other place I would have rather been last night to welcome in 2013.

Happy New Year to all of my PHlorida PHriends!

Categories: Living the Life, Parrot Heads | Tags: New Year's Eve, Parrot Heads, Siesta Key

Book your last minute fa-la-la with Schooner

Posted on December 4, 2012 by jennifermcguirefl

How is it possible that it’s already December? We’re already four days into the 25 Days of Christmas, and it’s going to be a busy month. Schooner has several big gigs coming up this month, ranging from Christmas parties to a Parrot Head End of the World Party on the 21st to a New Year’s Eve party on Siesta Key, but he’s still got some open dates. So if you’re looking to book a little last minute fa-la-la, let us know.

In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Cool Kwanzaa, and may you have a fabulous Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Categories: Parrot Heads | Tags: End of the World Party, New Year's Eve, Parrot Head, Schooner, Siesta Key

Meeting of the Minds: Day 3 (a bit belated)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by jennifermcguirefl

Let me just say that by Day 3 of Meeting of the Minds in Key West, I was so exhausted that I never got the chance to blog. Of course, the fact that I was hanging out with the Parrot Heads and my trop rock friends, and playing at Lazy Gecko until the wee hours, may have had a little to do with it…

Had a blast playing with Chris Sacks and the guys for the Sarasota Bay Parrot Heads!

Saturday was perhaps the best day of all. After relaxing on the beach at the gorgeous Casa Marina, I played for the Sarasota Bay Parrot Heads (my home club!) at the Ocean Breeze Inn. They had shots of jello, shots of concoctions that tasted like apple pie, shots Rum Jumbie…an awesome day, to say the least!

I joined some trop rock favorites on stage. Chris Sacks and his band were a blast to play with, and were definitely some guys I could hang with. They played the same kind of music I like — rockin’ trop rock. Mike Mangum sat in, cool guy; and Gary Philips joined on guitar, also a great guy; plus Duane Harlick from the Tropoholics — awesome voice, best version of Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” that I’ve heard. Lastly, John Frinzi took the stage — a charismatic guy with a great voice who apparently the girls really love! Had a blast playing and watching. Good times.

Enjoyed playing with Gary Philips at Meeting of the Minds. Great guy!

Took my family to the Southernmost Hotel Cafe for a late-afternoon lunch. My 8-year-old son and I were very pleased to know that the beach there, which the restaurant overlooks, has a bikini top-optional beach. The second pair of boobies my guy has seen so far (the first was on the jumbotron at the Cincinnati Buffett show). He seems pretty pleased with that. Wish my wife had let me take a picture to share.

Had a late night at the Lazy Gecko to play again with Chris Sacks and the boys, and hang out with John Friday and Danni Hoy (love her new CD!), then back home to Sarasota. Thank God I didn’t have to fly back up north to where it’s snowing. I don’t miss those days one bit. If my worst case scenario is Siesta Key, I’m doing pretty good in life!

The ladies in the Sarasota Bay Parrot Head Club loved John Frinzi.

Categories: Parrot Heads, Performances, Trop Rock, Uncategorized | Tags: Buffett, Casa Marina, Chris Sacks, Danni Hoy, Duane Harlick, Gary Philips, John Friday, John Frinzi, Key West, Meeting of the Minds, Mike Magnum, Ocean Breeze Inn, Sarasota, Sarasota Bay Parro Heads, Schooner, Siesta Key, Southernmost Hotel, trop rock, Tropoholics