“Fleming, who moved to Florida in 1977, had grown up with five brothers and sisters in an Irish-Catholic family on Long Island, N.Y. He’d first picked up a guitar when he was 14 and listening to Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Led Zeppelin. After acquiring the basics in four lessons, he’d decided to teach himself the rest. By college, he was playing in bars to earn money.” Read it here.

“This month will mark the 16th anniversary of the death of Broward County’s greatest musician. On Sept. 21, 1987, Jaco Pastorius died after he was beaten by a bouncer outside a bar in a pre-gentrified Wilton Manors.” Read it here.