John Bartus
Very few towns or cities could ever claim that their Mayor was a smokin' hot guitar player. The island city of Marathon in the Florida Keys is one of those towns. While politics is a temporary call to service, music is a life sentence. John Bartus, a more-than-four-decade full-time professional musician, singer, and songwriter, continues to raise the bar with his groundbreaking solo acoustic show. It’s easy to catch John on one of his more than 200 shows a year throughout the Keys on his Perpetual Island Tour. His CD releases include After The Storm, Keys Disease 10th Anniversary Remaster, and Live From the Florida Keys Vol. 2. John’s music is available wherever you download or stream your music.
JOHN BARTUS: WHY CONCERTS AND SPORTS ARE SO DARN EXPENSIVE
Up until around 15 (or so) years ago, ticket scalping was illegal in the state of Florida. Then, the Florida Legislature, in their infinite...
JOHN BARTUS: JIMMY CARTER LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE TO HUMANITY
I suppose I first became aware of Jimmy Carter when I lived in South Carolina in the 1970s. He was the down-home peanut farmer...
JOHN BARTUS: ALL ABOUT THE LIGHT
There are a lot of holidays packed in between Halloween and New Year’s Day. There’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Festivus for starters. Another of...
JOHN BARTUS: MERRY CHRISTMAS VS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I have a song on my “After The Storm” CD titled “Happy Holidays (My Own Damn Christmas Song).” It was inspired by an actual...
JOHN BARTUS: MARATHON REMEMBERS COUNCILMAN FRANK GREENMAN
Franklin Greenman was a friend of mine long before we served on Marathon’s inaugural city council. I respected him as a good local attorney...
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