And here's one now.......
Actually, it's Dwight Kalb, who painted the night-time portrait of the bar
pictured above, doing a daytime indoor portrait of our gin mill. And though I really wouldn't call him shady, I will say he says he is,
in the words of Key West writer Joy Williams, one of our "engagingly louche clientele".
A Key West landmark
since 1890, the Parrot is the first and last bar on U.S.1. Home of great drinks
and bad art, pool, darts, and pinball. It's a one-of-a-kind open-air tropical
saloon with spine-tingling cocktails, friendly bartenders, and ice-cold beers.
The Parrot's Happy Hour is featured from 4 - 7pm, 365 days a year.
 The
Juke Box is legendary. Mostly blues - Chicago, Memphis, Texas or Delta. Lately
an infusion of New Orleans funk: Papa Gros
Funk, or Eric Lindell, The Radiators. Throw in a home-made cd featuring Robert
Randolph and the Family Band, Galactic, and North Mississippi All Stars.
Whenever we run a
scan to see who's playing what on the box, Jimi Hendrix...James Brown...The
Rolling Stones are right up there but but the rest of what they're playing
includes MOFRO, Tommy Castro, Willie Dixon, Delbert McClinton, Tinsley Ellis and
more.
 Visiting bands pore over our juke box. (Billy
Bacon, while mining our juke box, found Elvis Costello covering a George Jones
song on his two-cd set and was knocked out.) A new and improved feature of the
site allows you to review the jukebox lineup right
here!
There's always live music on the weekends, and many weeknights. Ask around town and you'll find the Parrot is hailed as providing the very best in musical entertainment.
The schedule is eclectic, but that shouldn't surprise anyone. Musicians love our audiences as much as the crowd digs the band.
In February it was three night with the legendary midwest blues band Lamont Cranston,
and a memorable one night stand with the Southern-fried funk of Papa Mali.
 Up on our stage could be who's hot around town, or a national
touring act. When Billy Bacon and Big Sandy did consecutive Sundays Pat
said we should just turn the place into a honky tonk.
We wound up the year with a flurry of female blues performers that included
Kelly Richey, Joanna Connor, Candye Kane and Ana Popovic.
Papa Gros Funk
and Rockin' Jake brought in the New Orleans Funk for Christmas and New Years.
And take heart: There's NEVER a cover charge at The Green
Parrot....Remember:
No Cover
No Minimum
No Wonder
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The Green Parrot
Bar:
Your Southernmost Center for Culture. Maybe it's not for the
cultural elite, but it's certainly for the culturally deprived. Just
a short crawl off Duval on the corner of Southard and Whitehead. |
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