MrBluSkies Villages Farewell Performance

On April 27, 2025, I was honored to bid farewell to my wonderful Villages friends with a performance at the Odell Recreation Center.  My good friend Eugene Hellin was kind enough to record that performance.

MrBluSkies performing at The Villages annual music extravaganza 2-9-2023

Perfromance on July 6th, 2024 at The Villages Bohemian Cafe

St. Patrick's Day at The Villages "Showcase of Talent", March 17, 2023

 MrBluSkies sings Walter Donaldson’s great song "My Buddy" with The Villages’ Sparkey’s Strummers .

This song is always sung in honor and memory of my wonderful Dad.

"My Mammy"  MrBluSkies singing his signature song with Sparkey's Strummers in The Villages

This song is always a hit, but especially so when you get to sing it on the 4th of July.

At one of my many performances at Ormond In The Pines, Ormond Beach, Florida

MrBluSkies performing at The Villages "Showcase of Talent" at Savannah Center, September 29, 2017.

MrBluSkies practicing at home for his next gig

Everyone likes to sing-a-long with this one 

"When You Love An Angel" is a MrBluSkies original song written for his wife Linda.  

Still smiling... still strumming... always practicing :-)

    Ernie Burnett, who composed the music, was wounded fighting in the First World War, and he lost his memory and his identity dog tags. While recuperating in hospital, a pianist entertained the patients with popular tunes including "Melancholy Baby". Burnett rose from his sickbed and exclaimed, "That's my song!" He had regained his memory.

    This is from my first performance at The Willows Retirement Community.

Since April of 2014 MrBluSkies has had the honor and pleasure of performing with The Villages Sparkey's Strummers on a weekly basis.  This is from one of my first performances with that wonderful group.  That's the awesome Dan Howard on the sousaphone.

This is from one of Sparkey's Strummers weekly practice

Sparkey's Strummers perform lots of wonderful Christmas music every year.  This song is one of my favorites.

Another group MrBluSkies has the pleasure of perfroming with is The Villages Ukulele Players Club.  This is from one of our performances at The Villages' Showcase of Talent.

One of MrBluSkies' favorite sing-a-long songs, performed by the Ukulele Players Club.

In 1981, the ageless George Burns recorded a CD titled "Young at Heart".  This is my favorite song from that CD, performed with Dennis McLean and the Ukulele Players Club.