A Jimmy Buffett Fan

Swine Not?- A Novel Pig tale is making waves all over the US and it has notched the sixth position on the Best Sellers List of the New York Times. The book has been in circulation for only about a week or so and is getting popular among his fans and novel fanatics everyday. Jimmy Buffett has once again proved that he is a master when it comes to titillate the senses of his fans-be it through his music or through his books. Buffett’s last appearance on the New York Times best sellers list was in 2004 for his book “A Salty Piece of Land” that notched up the 3rd position.

Ralph MacDonald, an ex-member of the Coral Reefer band took the liberty to guest star in the Time After Island Time show. Fresh from the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the renowned MacDonald, who used to play the percussion for Jimmy Buffett’s musical ensemble, was on air to talk about his much anticipated album “Mixty Motions”. This album is a soulful combination of musical styles he has come to love throughout his career, including African Rhythms, Jazz, Samba and Calypso.

Besides being a well rounded performed, MacDonald is also a talented producer, songwriter as well as a Grammy award winner. He has origins in the Caribbean but spent his early childhood in New York where he was born.

Jimmy Buffet the noted singer and song writer appeared on The Late Show on Wednesday. He had a discussion with David Letterman about his new book named “Swine Not!”. They discussed about the novel and its characters. Jimmy opines that writing books and writing songs are similar and he enjoys both. Jimmy along with Mac McAnally, Paul Schaeffer, Ralph MacDonald and CBS orchestra gave performances after the commercial break. They performed “Volcano” and “Bama Breeze”. It was in 1996 that Buffet last appeared with Letterman and at that time Jimmy Buffett performed “Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Rum” from his album “Christmas Island”.

The members of the Jimmy Buffett fan club, Parrotheads, are enthralled by hearing the news that their star performer Jimmy Buffett is all set to release a new DVD titled “Scenes You Know by Heart” on June 3^rd. A similar CD came out in 1985 by the name “Songs You Know by Heart” and its stupendous success has prompted Jimmy to come up with this DVD that will feature performances from some of Jimmy Buffet’s best live concerts all over the world. The DVD will contain 13 of the greatest live hits and will also have two bonus tracks “It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere” and “Hey Good Lookin”.

Jimmy Buffett is going all out to publicize his newly released book “Swine Not? A Novel Pig Tale” and has consented to be the celebrity guest for many TV channels. One such show on MSNBC named “Today Show” had Jimmy Buffett talk about his latest book that went on air on May 11th. The new book is based on a true story of Jimmy Buffet’s friend Helen Bransford and her pet piggy Pinky and Buffett said that Helen was the inspiration behind this book. Jimmy Buffett said that his new book is not a kid’s book and is sure that it will lure all his fans to read the book.

Jimmy Buffett fans are over the moon on hearing the news that their multi-faceted idol’s latest novel “Swine Not? A Novel Pig Tale” will be hitting the book shelves all across America tomorrow, the 13th of May. In an interview with USA Today recently Jimmy Buffett said that he was enjoying all that he is doing at the age of 61 and said that he has had a great run entertaining Parrotheads all over the world so far. Buffett said that challenging oneself brings the best out of a man and that is the reason why he is still driving airplanes and writing books. Jimmy on a question of pigs touring with him said that there will be no such thing happening during the concerts.

Jimmy Buffett was at his sublime form during the New Orleans Jazzfest last Saturday and the fact that even the rain gods stayed away from the concert site speaks volumes of this great performer. Buffett knows how to enter into the hearts and minds of the Jazzfest crowd and the fun that he achieves performing on stage did kindle the music passion of all the fans who had gathered there to watch their idol perform.

Jimmy Buffett performed “Come Monday” at the Jazzfest in the final 40 minutes of his concert with sounds of acoustic guitar and steel drums reverberating in the background. Buffett also performed songs like “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”, “Southern Cross” and the very popular “Fins” that was well appreciated by the Parrotheads and the New Orleans public at large. The icing on the cake was when Buffett finally performed “Do You Know What It Really Means to Miss New Orleans” along with Allen Toussaint on the electric piano.

It has been known that it NEVER rains on a Jimmy Buffett concert or showcase. And that statement was proven true last Saturday at Jazzfest. Earlier on Saturday morning, it rained cats and dogs but hours later, a little while before Buffett was slated to appear before a full house at Jazzfest, the dark clouds cleared.

One of the highlights at Jazzfest includes Buffett belting out a memorable acoustic version of “Come Monday”. The crowd was also suitably amused when Buffett spotted a member of the audience wearing a shirt that says “Helping Rebuild New Orleans One Margarita At A Time”, and the jovial crooner instantly offered to swap his own flip flops for that shirt.

The “Year of Still Here” tour by Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reef Band made its fourth stop at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte, Northern California and the ParrotHeads were over the moon when they heard their star performer utter “Hello Carolina, We’re still here”. This is the first time that Jimmy Buffett is performing here after a gap of two years and Jimmy performed “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” for the first time in his four shows so far.

It was a thrilling night for his fans as he performed “Fins” and “Rainy Day Woman “, a Bob Dylan classic. The biggest surprise of the whole concert night was when Jimmy came up with “God’s Own Drunk” which he last performed in October. Parrotheads were pretty much excited when they heard their idol sing this rare song and the response that he got for the song was really out of the world.