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NEW!!! John Bartus & Storm Watch Live CD now available!!! . . . . Tom Petty meets Jimmy Buffett at a Pink Floyd concert! . . . . Free downloads available on the Music page! . . . . Songs available as downloads on iTunes and CDBaby.com! . . . . Live Performance Dates are on the Calendar page! . . . . Clarence Clemons and Band photos are now on the Photos page!

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Welcome to the official website for Keys musician, writer, and the former Mayor of the City of Marathon. If you like the music of James Taylor, Tom Petty, Dan Fogelberg, or even (ahem) Jimmy Buffett, then the songs on the Storm Watch LIVE, Keys Disease and Live From the Florida Keys CDs will appeal to you. Get 'em home, pop it in your CD player, and chart your course to the Keys!

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NEW STORM WATCH CD RELEASE PARTIES IN MARATHON & ISLAMORADA! (CDs available online at CDBaby.com!) - June 16, 2009

John Bartus & Storm Watch release Live at the 2009 Marathon Seafood Festival CD

Release Party at Dockside Lounge (Marathon) Friday, June 26 at 7:00 PM & Hog Heaven (Islamorada) Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 PM.

MARATHON – Florida Keys rockers John Bartus & Storm Watch are releasing their new CD, Live at the 2009 Marathon Seafood Festival, at Dockside Lounge in Marathon, and Hog Heaven in Islamorada. While Florida Keys residents have gotten to know Storm Watch (drummer Glenn Faast, keyboardist Marc Davis, and bassist/guitarist Christian Davis) through a series of successful gigs, there are still quite a few people who haven’t a clue that bandleader and guitarist John Bartus used to be Mayor of the City of Marathon. Bartus is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of his first gig (as well as living here) in the Keys. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Click on the ORDER CDs page!

John Bartus & Storm Watch headline Marathon's July 4th Celebration - June 16, 2009

MARATHON - Local Keys favorites John Bartus & Storm Watch will again headline Marathon's Independence Day Celebration at Sombrero Beach in the Heart of the Florida Keys. "It's going to be a great day," says Bartus, "and we're really looking forward to be the band that plays right before the fireworks!" Marathon's July 4th bash, sponsored by the Marathon Rotary Club and the City of Marathon, has become the best Independence Day Celebration in the Florida Keys, as well as most of South Florida.

Bartus & Storm Watch to headline Seafood Festival - March 7, 2009

John Bartus & Storm Watch are again one of the headline acts at this year's 33rd Annual Original Marathon Seafood Festival March 14 and 15, 2009. Sponsored by the Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce and the Organized Fishermen of Florida, the Festival celebrates the best in fresh Florida Keys seafood along with great entertainment, vendors, a nautical market and boat show, a lots of family fun. Bartus and Storm Watch take the stage at 3:00 PM Saturday, as well as host a jam with Brian Roberts Sunday at 11:30 AM.