From Johnny Neebo’s Starlight Club to the Bamboo Room and the Hukilau restaurant, Coffee Butler entertained Key West from 1952 until his passing in 2022.
A special tribute concert, Memories of Coffee, will honor the Key West legend with performances by the “King of Key West Soul,” Robert Albury, along with Clayton Lopez and Mina Lopez-Martin and the young voice of Claire Caplan. Music director Larry Baeder will lead the Soul of Key West Band.
They will revive the classic soul sounds of the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin, along with originals and many of Coffee Butler’s adaptations and traditionals.
The show will feature a few surprise cameos as the crowd continues searching for “Who Put The Pepper in the Vaseline?” a Coffee Butler classic.
Memories of Coffee takes place Friday, March 28 at Williams Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m. Music begins at 8.
Tickets are available at etix.com.
