A Jimmy Buffett Fan

Friday night was nostalgic for Jimmy Buffet as they made their 15th appearance at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre along with the band Coral Reefer , the first one being 20 years back in July 1988. Greg “Fingers” Taylor who was the featured special guest joined in to sing some old classics like “Son of a Son of a Sailor” and “Fins” also was the first one to perform right after the intermission. The Set list featured couple of changes which included “Wars On The Water” and “Distantly In Love”. The tickets for the rest of the Buffett concerts continue to sell well.

Jimmy Buffett continued on the tour at Cincinnati with a performance at the Riverbend Music Center. This is Jimmy’s favorite center since he has performed here 41 times in 20 years. The performance included a lot of new numbers such as Jamaica Farewell, a song not been performed since 1990, Take Another Road, The Ass And The Hole and What If The Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About? The show ended with a cover performance of John Prine’s “Paradise”. This show has set the stage on fire and fans are lining up to buy tickets for the rest of the tour

Jimmy Buffett is all set to have his summer tour storm through the Midwest starting on July 17th at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.  In fact 5 of his next 6 shows will be in cities in the Midwest, including Alpine Valley in East Troy Wisconsin, Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois (2 shows), and the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana.  Jimmy Buffett fans are excited to catch their wave of the summer tour as recent reviews of previous concerts are sure to rock the Midwest.  It is not hard to see why fans have been scooping up their Jimmy Buffett tickets as they do not want to miss out.  Because this is one storm that music fans surely want to be a part of.

Jimmy Buffett, the music legend, who has been touring for the past 40 years with his music, feels that music is the secret of his success in whatever field he enters. So, he made this summer tour’s motto as “The Year of Still Here”. Though many young artists find it difficult to survive in the music field, this 61 year old beach bum has created his own niche in the music arena.  Most of his summer shows tickets are sold out and it is a spectacular to see the thousands of Parrotheads enjoying his music at the concert venues. Apart from being a musician, he plays the role of author of books, owner of restaurant chains, casinos and a brewing company.

The upcoming album of Nadirah Shakoor “Nod to the Storyteller” is a tribute by the singer to one of the best and the greatest storytellers of all time, Jimmy Buffett. This album is expected to create ripples in the music fraternity and the fact that Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band has featured with the singer live performing “Making Music for Money” will also help in the popularity of the yet to be released album. This album is set to hit the stores on the record label of Jimmy Buffett’s Mailbox records. There is no doubt that fans will like this album and if Nadirah Shakoor plans to go on tour to support this latest album, fans will be rushing to grab their tickets for the concert.  

The Paris fans of legendary singer and song writer Jimmy Buffett are over the moon after hearing the news that the musical maestro will be performing live in front of them in the month of September. Jimmy Buffett appeared before his Paris fans on June 8^th of last year and this year fans will be able to witness this musical extravaganza at the New Morning Club on September 19^th. The tickets to the New Morning Club concert of Jimmy Buffett are currently on sale and with  the amount of fan following that Buffett has garnered over the years, there is no doubt that the tickets will be sold out pretty quickly.

The Jimmy Buffett fans are thrilled to bits after reading the Wednesday edition of USA Today wherein their ageing star performer has answered a few questions on his forthcoming plans and life in general. Jimmy Buffett, at this ripe age of 61, has said that he will be entertaining his Parrotheads fans all over the world through his music until he remembers the words and is determined to perform on various stages until his health and vocal chords supports him. The positive attitude in him is the major force that his keeping him going and he has promised that he will be entertaining his fans with “Margaritaville” and “It’s Five O Clock Somewhere” for many years to come. Tickets to the third leg of his Year of Still Here summer tour is currently on sale. 

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reef Band ended their June summer trek of the “Year of Still Here” concert tour with a performance at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia last Saturday. The rain gods did push the schedule a little bit, but as soon as Jimmy Buffett started to perform the audience and the Parrotheads were in jubilant mood and started swaying to the veteran’s tunes. This is the first time Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band are performing at the Phillies after a gap of two years. Tracks like “Miss You So Badly”, “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”, “Glory Days” and “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” were all well appreciated by the mass gathering at the concert venue. Tickets to some of the concert venues of Jimmy’s summer tour are still on sale. 

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reef band landed for the first time in two years at the DTE Energy Music Center in Clarkston and the Michigan fans were thrilled to have their star idol perform in front of them last Tuesday night.  The highlight of the entire gala evening was when Greg Taylor joined with the band to exhibit his music skills on solo songs like “The City” and the inevitable “A Pirate Looks at Forty”. Jimmy Buffett was at his usual self all through the night and this veteran singer and songwriter will enthrall audiences in any part of the woods with his sublime onstage presence. All the people who bought tickets for the concert got their value for every penny they spent. 

The second leg of renowned singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett’s “Year of Still Here” summer tour kicked off at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta last Thursday night and the Parrotheads who were there witnessed one of the most memorable shows from this all time great entertainer. Buffett enthralled his fans with songs like “Volcano”, “The City” “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” and “Making Music for Money” and his commanding vocal control is sure to drive his fans to purchase tickets for his future concerts as well. Jimmy Buffett has performed in Atlanta after a gap of two years and has performed here first after taking a month long break.