The Beach Is a State of Mind - Official Video from Flip Flop Dave on Vimeo
Dave grew up in a very musical family in St. Petersburg, Florida where bicycle rides to the beach to spend the day fishing were a common occurrence. Dave was drafted at an early age
by the St. Petersburg Boy Choir, which began a long history of performing. He picked up the guitar in his teen years, but soon discovered that he was not destined to be the next Eddie Van Halen.
In his college years, he discovered the music of Jimmy Buffett. The songs
really spoke to him and the sound and style were fun to sing and fit his voice nicely. When Dave graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Forestry, he went to work for the Florida Forest Service. His supervisor was also a musician and invited Dave to come sing with him at a little place called The Skunks Nest where he discovered that, much to his surprise, people enjoyed
listening to him sing. The owners offered Dave his own night where he became Tuesday Night Dave, playing for free beer and tips. This began a musical adventure that continues to this day.
The origin of the name “Flip Flop Dave”
Dave was entertaining at a little place called Sun Downer's in John’s Pass Village in Madeira Beach, Florida. The owner (Jim) had nicknamed Dave and his
previous musical partner "Mud Flap and Flip Flop", and thanks to
the Tampa Bay Parrothead Club, the name Flip Flop Dave just kinda
of stuck...... Dave retired after 25 years with the Florida Forest
Service, and moved to the northwestern suburbs of Chicago.
After several years, he wisely returned to Florida where he resides
in Bradenton.
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A Lot to Drink About A Pirate Looks at Forty African Friend Another Saturday Night Bama Breezearefoot Children In The Rain Barometer Soup Blue Heaven Rendezvous Boats to Build Boat Drinks Breathe In Breath Out Move On Brown Eyed Girl Changes in Latitudes Changing ChannelsCheeseburger in Paradise Coast of Carolina Coast of Marseille Coconut Telegraph Come Monday Cowboy in the Jungle Cuban Crime of Passion Death of an Unpopular Poet Distantly in Love Door Number Three Down at the La De Dah Dreamsicle Far Side of the World FinsFrank and Lola Grape Fruit - Juicyfruit Great Fillin' Station Holdup Growing Older But Not Up Happily Ever After Havana Daydreamin' He Went to Paris Hey Good Lookin’ I Will Play For Gumbo It's My Job I Have Found Me a Home Jimmy Dreams Jolly Mon Sing Last Mango in Paris Livingston Saturday Night Life Is Just a Tire Swing Lone Palm Love & Luck Lovely Cruise Lucky Stars Manana Margaritaville Mexico Migration My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink Nautical Wheelers Nobody Speaks to the Captain One Particular Harbor Pascagoula RunPeanut Butter Conspiracy Pencil Thin Mustache Quietly Making Noise Railroad Lady Ringling, Ringling Savanna, Fare You Well Simply Complicated Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt) Souvenirs Son of a Son of a Sailor Stars Fell on AlabamaTampico Trauma Take Another Road That's What Living Is to Me The Captain and the Kid The Night I Painted The Sky The Weather Is Here They Don't Dance like Carmen Tin Cup Chalice Trip Around the Sun Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season Volcano We Are the People West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown When The Coast Is Clear Why Don't We Get Drunk
CD - The Beach is a State of Mind
The Beach is a State of Mind
A Parrothead Looks at 40
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
I’ll Never Be Famous
This Old Saddle
I’ve Fallen
Tropical Depression
She’s Out There Somewhere
Comin’ Home
CD - Midwest Beach Bun
You're Lucky Enough
I love Daydrinking
Lifeguard
My Best Friend
Science
The Perfect Jimmy Buffett Song
A Song for Dad
Weekend Wife
Wooden Dreams
CD - Wherever This Boat Takes Me
My Heart's in Cayo Hueso
Everything I Need to Know
The Big Life
Roadies
Just Weird
Little Miss Hurricane
Die Happy
Wherever This Boat Takes Me
CD - Tequila Moon
Tequila Moon
Never Going Drinking
Drinking In Moderation
Flip Flop Tan Lines
The Gulf
Living Like We're On Vacation
When Corona Was Just a Beer
Everything Is Gonna Be Okay
Life by the Compass
The Life
Boats Back Where I Come From Beer in Mexico Coconut Tree Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven Happy Does Magic No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem Nowhere To Go, Nowhere To Be Old Blue Chair Out Last Night The Life You Save Me
Castaway Chicken Fried Island Song Keep Me in Mind Knee Deep Same Boat Toes Where the Boat Leaves From