Alys Beach, Florida – (February 11, 2008) – In December, a short video clip of an extraordinary guitar player began making its virtual rounds through the offices of Alys Beach. The video was of Andy McKee, now one of the most downloaded artists on www.YouTube.com.

"Andy's style of play is really extraordinary," said Kelli Arnold, Events Coordinator at Alys Beach. "I casually forwarded the email to our Town Founder (Jason Comer), and he immediately encouraged me to invite Andy to perform at Alys Beach."

As a result, Andy McKee will perform a live outdoor concert in Alys Beach's new Central Park on Saturday, March 29th at 7pm.

A completely self-trained fingerstyle guitarist and composer, this humble "guy from Topeka, Kansas" uploaded his first video on the Internet just last year. Since then, Andy's videos have been viewed over 30 million times, knocking the late, great Johnny Cash out of the top spot as the highest-rated music video on YouTube. McKee has appeared by invitation on "Last Call with Carson Daly," is ranked in the Top 10 on the iTunes Folk page, and is currently featured on Josh Groban's new album, Noel. Since exploding onto the international music scene, Andy has also made 32,500 MySpace friends.

Andy will be joined onstage by his friend and idol, Don Ross, who has been hailed as one of the top guitarists in the world. In 1996, Ross won the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time—a feat which had never been accomplished before.

"This will be a very special evening, and a wonderful way to introduce Alys Beach's new Central Park to the community," said Arnold.

This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Central Park will open at 6:15pm, and is located just north of Alys Beach's Caliza Pool. Coolers are prohibited, however, food, wine and beer will be available for purchase. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

For more information, please call 1-866-481-8387 or email events@alysbeach.com.