# @aldotcom on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=VzDL976-I1c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68460395-aldotcom-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T19:30:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AL.com (@aldotcom) — https://gondola.cc/aldotcom

## Caption

Operators of Flora-Bama Lounge, Package & Oyster Bar announced Friday via social media that Pat McClellan had “passed away peacefully in his sleep Wednesday evening.”

Joe Gilchrist, who died in 2022, took over the Flora-Bama in 1978 and soon began turning the out-of-the-way roadhouse into a showcase and a haven for singer-songwriters. McClellan joined him as co-owner in the mid-1980s and became instrumental in the growth of signature events such as the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, the Interstate Mullet Toss and a New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip.

The Flora-Bama said that details on a celebration of McClellan’s life will be announced later. 

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