Island Music

I heard a great Jimmy Buffett style band - called the Beach Bums - on one of my earlier trips to South Padre Island. The last time I heard them was June 2007. I looked them up on the web before our Thanksgiving 2007 trip to try to find the locales and dates and times of their gigs. Could not find anything but an email address for a band member so I emailed him asking for locales dates times. Did not hear back from him before our trip - but on our trip I learned that the band had dis-band-ed. But I heard from him after our trip - saying that the band had dis-band-ed. I did not reply - but only because I am a huge email slacker. And then I heard from him again a month or so later. I have not yet replied but that is next on my extensive "to do" list. One of my resolutions is to catch up on - and to keep up with - email. Here are some very cool excerpts from his second email:

"I hope you'll come back to the Island again and look me up. I don't know for sure if I'll be playing solo or have a new band next year, but I hope you'll give me (or us...) a listen if you can. I want to tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to look us up. I moved here 14 years ago because I wanted to catch people on vacation, and help them have a good time. Your e-mail tells me that it wasn't completely in vain, and you wouldn't believe how much that means in December. Thanks again"

P.S. My blog is titled "Migration" because this is the Buffett song that is my current favorite.