Mick Jagger & Keith Richards hang out at my favorite pool

I’ve shared a lot of good times with many of you at The Fort Harrison’s beautiful poolside, and many of you have also heard the story of The Rolling Stones’ visit to Clearwater and where they had their inspiration for (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.   For you who haven’t:

[ "Keith Richards states that he came up with the guitar riff for the song in his sleep, waking up in the middle of the night, recording
the riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction" on a cassette recorder and promptly falling back to sleep.  He would later describe
the tape as: "two minutes of 'Satisfaction' and 40 minutes of me snoring.^"  He and Jagger finished writing the song at the Jack Tar Harrison
in Clearwater, Florida, in May 1965. ]            wikipedia

Being an habitue of the Pavilion by the Pool, I dutifully clipped the news article confirming the story when the the Stone’s played Tampa in the 90’s.

A friend of mine had the honor this week of being the first guest of the Fort Harrison’s newly restored Presidential Suite and shared photos of the poolside.

So I happily shared them with a few other friends and was searching online just now for some historical images to compare them with. — When I fell over backwards in amazement ! As luck/fate/fortune or really-good-karma would have it, Ray Connolly of the UK Daily Mail just published these two photos.

I believe that no one in the U.S. has seen these photos before !  I haven’t !                               (SOURCE ARTICLE)

Wow!   Any of you visiting the FH years ago before renovations will recall the web strap furniture and the tables there in these shots.  So YOU may well have spent time in those very chairs !

Me, I’m certain I’ve moved them before.

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