The Sound Of The Islands Comes To Coronado

Clyde’s Traveling Tiki Bar is coming to the beach communities soon with an upbeat yet laid back musical line-up of island songs.  Songs that celebrate what life is all about for us living in Panama near the beaches.  Clyde’s music is characterized as “Caribbean country,” and explores how we’ve changed out attitude with our change in latitude when we moved here and embraced a slower pace of life.

His repertoire will mentally take you to the islands where you’ll stick your toes in the water while having a drink at Margaritaville. Life in Panama is full of endless summers where no shoes or shirts are no problem, and tequila seems to make clothes fall off.  So pick up a red solo cup and relax to the island beat as Clyde reminds us all that it’s always five o’clock somewhere.  

The artists in Clyde’s song list include Jimmy Buffett, The Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols and more.

Clyde dedicated his life to serving the public for 30 years in Corpus Christi, Texas where we worked as a firefighter and paramedic.  Although it’s hard to believe to those that know him now, he claims to have been painfully shy as a youth.  During his 30’s he volunteered as a youth minister working with kids in The United Methodist Church. It was during this time that he taught himself to play the guitar through a self-help book. Eventually he was leading music and singing to the public in church, a feat that helped him greatly to overcome his shyness. “I had to allow myself to make mistakes and realize I wouldn’t be perfect,” said Clyde.  “There’s bound to be mistakes when performing in front of a live audience and I had to accept that it would be ok,” he added. He progressed to Music Director of another church where he led a praise group for several years. Today Clyde is outgoing and friendly and even with the language barrier in Panama, no one is a stranger.

Clyde retired from the Corpus Christi Fire Department in 2011.  He and his wife Terry sold everything and moved their lives to Panama looking for a way to retire early on his pension. They bought a house in Chame where he spends his days playing the guitar and singing while she does some freelance writing.