Ron McCarty first came to Sarasota in the early 1970s to visit three favorite relatives who had winter homes at Point of Rocks on Siesta Key.
“My uncle was a jazz pianist and recorded with Billy Holiday, Bobby Hackett, Louis Armstrong, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon and many other orchestras,” he remembers. “And three aunts were vocalists who recorded with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Kate Smith, doing over 100 records. They even sang the “Casper the Friendly Ghost” theme s… (View original article)