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Jake Owen in Key West!

01 Jake Owen American Country Love Song Nashville to Key West Road Trip 1966 VW Bus Music Video TORsAdventures     02 Jake Owen American Country Love Song Nashville to Key West Road Trip 1966 VW Bus Music Video TORsAdventures

After hearing about Jake Owen’s journey from Nashville to Key West I definitely wanted to try and see him while he was here. The story goes something like this:  last week he bought a 1966 VW Bus in North Carolina and decided to drive it from Nashville to Key West and promote his new song “American Country Love Song” the first song on his new upcoming album. Yesterday I kept looking for VW Busses.  Who knew there were so many and blue too!   He posted a video on his Facebook page this morning saying that they were shooting some scenes for the video and was looking for people for this afternoon. Since I have lived in Key West for a few years I immediately knew where he was from the video. Scott and I walked that beach so many mornings in search of turtle nests ( see my blog about turtles)  I hopped in my car and drove down to Smathers Beach.  Before I could even find a parking spot I spotted the van so I knew I was in the right place.

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As I walked up I saw him sitting in the bus and they were filming part of the video. After they were done they let us come over and I got to say Hi to him and take a photo. Two of the people that were with him said that they were going to be filming the other parts later today.  Later in the afternoon he posted on Facebook saying that he was at Andy’s Cabana having a beer and inviting people to join him. Once again I hopped into my car and went down there. He was there hanging out have a beer and then he picked up his guitar and played “Beachin” and “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”.  What an awesome day!  What a great guy!

08 Jake Owen American Country Love Song Nashville to Key West Road Trip 1966 VW Bus Music Video TORsAdventures Beach Whiskey     09 Jake Owen American Country Love Song Nashville to Key West Road Trip 1966 VW Bus Music Video TORsAdventures Beach Whiskey

Today has been a day that I will never forget and now I am even more excited for this year’s Key West Songwriters Festival since Jake Owen has been announced as the headliner! If you would like to see more photos and videos be sure to check out my Twitter and Instagram accounts.  By the way……………. he retweeted the picture of us on the beach from this morning!!!