Thursday, November 13, 2008

Capt Tony

Not sure how I missed this. Capt. Tony Tarracino passed away on November 1st. Among other things, the good Captain ran a bar in Key West for years and was memorialized in the Jimmy Buffet song "Last Mango in Paris". He was a fixture at the bar even after he sold it in 1989. He even ran for Mayor of Key West a few times. One occasion his campaign slogan was "All you need in this life is a tremendous sex drive and a great ego. Brains don't mean a shit."

Capt Tony's ....... been there done that, bought and wore out the t-shirt. My first time was back in the late 70's with Gator. We pointed the rental car south outta Tampa over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Hurtling southbound towards the Keys with a chum and a bottle of rum. Good times.

Thanks Captain......R.I.P.

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