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Radio Trop Rock Blog: The Trop Rock Music Lifestyle Definition

September 24, 2018 by kevinwilkerson Leave a Comment

Trop Rockin’ The USA – Traveling To Beaches, Bars & Beyond

Radio Trop Rock Panama City Beach Florida
Here is a typical “day at the office,” in Panama City Beach, Florida, for the annual “Parrothead Rendezvous.” Photo: RadioTropRock.com




By Eric Babin, Special To PubClub.com

My wife Gina and I are very excited to be able to share our trop rock travels with all the PubClub.com readers. 

We normally travel in our 42-foot RV, although we board cruise ships and airlines when necessary. We transit the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean attending the best “trop rock” events as part of our radio show “Trop Rockin’ The USA.” This show is broadcast exclusively on Radio Trop Rock, an online radio station we own.

Gina and I will be sharing our adventures in this blog with words and pictures.

​Prior to going any further, we may need to explain more about this “trop rock” thing I have mentioned.

Although many would describe trop rock as “Jimmy Buffett” style music, I contend it’s much more than that.

Trop rock is a music genre that consists of exactly one single purpose; to allow you to escape the hum-drum everyday life of work, school, or running the business we call “family.” It allows you to escape, usually to the beach or the islands.

Sometimes you may “escape” to a bar for some frothy adult beverages.

Flamingo hotel pool Las Vegas Radio Trop Rock
Tropical drink in hand, Radio Trop Rock is at the Flamingo hotel pool in Las Vegas. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Gulf Shores Alabama Radio Trop Rock
We can work from anywhere, including West Beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Photo: RadioTropRock.com

This genre of music may include steel drums, but it’s not required. It may have lyrics about sand, sun and salt water, but it’s not required. What IS required is that when you listen, you can close your eyes and you are no longer in the stale cubicle of your office. You are transported, if only in your mind, to the islands, or maybe to a beautifully landscaped resort style pool, or possibly a palapa bar overlooking bright blue waters. 

Radio Trop Rock Ft. Meyers Beach Florida Donny Brewer
On occasion when get to witness singer songwriters at work. Here is Donny Brewer writing a song at Ft. Myers Beach. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Radio Trop Rock Las Vegas Flamingo pool party The Boat Drunks band
The Boat Drunks performing at the Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas pool. Photo: Donny Brewer

​Right now you are thinking to yourself that you have heard lots of country or adult contemporary songs with beaches, bars or boats as a topic, but you never knew there was an entire music genre based on these. Well my friends, it goes much farther than that. “Trop rock” is a lifestyle. There are events all over the western hemisphere where trop rock artists and fans converge to party.

THAT is what Gina and I will be sharing with you here on PubClub.com.

Another Voyage To Paradise Parrotheads pool party Belize Radio Trop Rock
A port visit to Harvest Caye Belize during “Another Voyage To Paradise”, an annual trop rock themed cruise. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Rock Music Association Awards Radio Trop Rock
Gina and I accepting our Trop Rock Music Association Awards for Radio Station (SM) and Radio Show of the Year. Photo: Heather Friedman

​We will do the exhaustive “research” for you by attending events from Key West to Seattle. We’ll be in places like Chicago, the Texas Hill Country, Nashville, New Orleans and everywhere in between. We’ll even make some jaunts to the Dominican Republic and the lesser Antilles.

We’ll be blogging not only about the bars and beaches during these travels, but also behind the scenes stories and pictures regarding the musicians and colorful fans at these events. 

Pirates And Poets Radio Trop Rock.
Other events are at restaurants that support live music. Here is a Pirates and Poets Songwriter Showcase at T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah Texas. Pictured are John Burns, Donny Brewer, Wes Loper, Dennis Davis and Paul Roush. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Honduras Radio Trop Rock
Here we are doing a show at a bar on the beach in Roatan Honduras with Rick Lamb, Dana Flowers, Donny Brewer, Mike Nash, Coley McCabe, and Thom Shepherd. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Radio Trop Rock Gulf Shores Alabama
Here is a Trop Rockin’ The USA event at our former home in Gulf Shores Alabama. Southern Drawl Band put on a great show for about 75 of our closest friends. Photo: RadioTropRock.com

​Sometimes we may not be in an exotic port like St. Maarten, but at a tropical themed resort in the middle of Oklahoma. Maybe we’ll be at a “tiki bar” in New Jersey. It could even be a house concert in someone’s backyard in Colorado. 

Don’t be surprised if you find us traveling with dozens of our closest friends on a 1,600-mile long rolling tailgate party from San Antonio to Key West. 

Key West RV park Radio TropRock
When your home is on eight wheels, it can take you to some pretty cool places. Here we are parked at Sigsbee RV Park in Key West. Photo: RadioTropRock.com
Magnolia Beach Port Lavaca Texas Radio TropRock
Here we are enjoying some down time parked on Magnolia Beach near Port Lavaca Texas. Photo: RadioTropRock.com

​I spent 26 years in the Navy and one thing you learn while serving in the military is that once you are on a mission, you complete that mission. Gina and I’s “mission” is to share the trop rock lifestyle with you. We hope to introduce you to some of the most talented musicians you’ve never heard of, performing in some of the most enjoyable resorts and bars you’ll want to visit.

Grab yourself a cold boat drink, crank up Radio Trop Rock and fasten your seatbelt while Gina and I take you on a journey you’ll soon not forget. 

beach sunset Radio Trop Rock
The sun has set on our first blog. Until next time – Trop Rock On! Photo: RadioTropRock.com

Trop Rock On
Eric & Gina Babin
Radio Trop Rock
Trop Rockin’ The USA
Website: www.RadioTropRock.com



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