The music playing when you walk into the St. Augustine Family Barber shop on Anastasia Boulevard isn’t Muzak or from a Top 40 radio station. The tunes instead come from a record player stacked with single 45s playing jazz and other selections from the 1950s and ‘60s.
The walls of the place are adorned with instruments, photographs and paintings of musicians. Sitting in comfortable chairs, waiting their turns, are mostly older men. Holding court in the middle, telling stories, jokes and cutting hair, is Joe Rocco.