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: OLD DOG, NEW BANDS

I wouldn’t consider myself a closed-minded individual. Through my years in government service, I’ve learned that no one has a monopoly on good ideas....

BARTUS: SONGWRITERS STRUGGLE IN THIS NEW MUSIC BUSINESS

The music business has always been a bit different in the way artists and creators are compensated. Screen and stage actors have union rates...

JOHN BARTUS: FORD MUSTANGS, COCOA BEACH AND OTHER DREAMS

Let me begin this week by stating that I am not at all a true car buff — there is no confusing me with...

JOHN BARTUS: DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT IN 1980, WITH A SENATOR IN THE BACK SEAT

Way back when, in the halcyon days of youth (if that isn’t a literary cliché), there I was: an almost-19-year-old college student at the...

JOHN BARTUS: AMERICA, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS

Here is the text with the line breaks fixed: I was playing my gig at Boardwalk on Big Pine Key last Saturday when I started...

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