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The Memorial for Zack Taylor has been scheduled for Sunday, March 30th, 1-3 at the FloraBama. For further information, check the FloraBama website at www.florabama.com -- of course, as of today, 3/17/08, there is no information posted there!
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The Rusty McHugh Memorial Party date has been changed, due to scheduling issues. The date is now set for Sunday, February 24th at the FloraBama. A time has been posted on the FloraBama's schedule page for 2 p.m. The Lolas will be there. Sorry for the short notice but these things happen! Hope you can make it!!
A quick notice -- the website is about to undergo a change. Please bear with me. My old hosting site has been bought out and I have to re-design the whole site. I will be moving all pics and information for a new and better site.
Please update your email address by Join Our Mailing List link -- I will be transferring good email addresses to the new site.
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Most everyone is aware by now that Rusty passed away February 21, 2005. This has been a sad couple of years for me but, with the help of so many friends, we are continuing the tradition of Rusty's music.
Rusty's wish was to have his cremated remains scattered in Negril, Jamaica. Several close friends and I traveled there to do this in 2005. However, a portion of his cremains and his marker are located in Pensacola. You can see a bio and picture of his marker at the site link listed below (Thanks to Criss Morrison for the information on this wonderful site) or to see in person, go to Bayview Cemetery, off of Scenic Highway in Pensacola. If you turn in at the funeral home and go straight back until you see the large mausoleum on your right -- turn right there and you'll see a brick wall past the mausoleum. Rusty's marker is within this brick wall courtyard under a tree. Is a beautiful marker and a peaceful site, so near our beautiful bay.
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Go To Marker Site
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Rusty McHugh was a long-time regular performer at the world-famous FloraBama Lounge & Package roadhouse bar, 'on the line' of the Alabama-Florida gulf coast until the FloraBama's destruction by Hurricane Ivan in September, 2004. Following the Hurricane, and during this year's long battle with cancer, Rusty and the band continued to entertain at Papa Joe's/Tropical Isle on the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon in New Orleans until Rusty's death in February, 2005. Rusty's band is still playing in New Orleans each week, continuing the tradition of his wonderful music.
Rusty's catalog of hundreds of songs is still in production, with future cds in the works. He loved to write songs and it's obvious! From soulful songs drawn from our southern culture such as, "On A Bus Back To Birmingham", "Purple Moon", and, "Pucker Up Dixie And Give Me A Kiss", to knee-slapping funny songs like, "I Get My Women At The Waffle House", "I Saw Your Bra Down At The FloraBama", "Walmart II -- The Return", and "My Baby Is A Seafood Platter", it all adds up to a fun time for all!
Check out the sound bytes on the Listen To Songs page of this website to hear some samples.
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