Jimmy Buffett & Zac Brown Pay Homage to Van Morrison
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 05.26.10 under Crossroads, Jimmy Buffet News
For me the highlight of the Jimmy Buffett-Zac Brown Band Crossroads had to be their medley of ZBB’s “Free” with Van Morrison’s classic “Into the Mystic”. Sometimes when musicians dabble in medleys it comes off as forced, but the two songs seemed to mesh perfectly together. Zac really showed off his powerful vocals in the performance, while Jimmy chimed in on a verse or two. The ZBB band and Coral Reefers jammed out for what was one of the longest songs of the night. It was great to hear Jimmy’s understated voice singing such a haunting, beautiful song like “Into the Mystic”. The song has a lucid, timeless quality. In fact, I’d love to hear Van Morrison sing “Pirate Looks at Forty”. Talk about how great that Crossroads would be. You should definitely look for Jimmy and ZBB’s episode on CMT. Brown and Jimmy’s voices really sound great together.
Family Affair at Jimmy Buffett Show in Houston
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 05.21.10 under Jimmy Buffett News, tour
A psyched-up crowd of 17,000 men, women, and children showed up to see Jimmy Buffett & his Coral Reefer Band in Houston, TX last night. Jimmy and his band of veteran Coral Reefers brought out a few surprises at the Woodlands Pavilion on Thursday night including renditions of “Elvis Presley Blues”, “Tampico Trauma”, and a batch of new songs. Jimmy commented on the amount of young people who attended the show by thanking his fans for sharing his music with their children. After four decades of playing shows in Houston, Buffett has grown fond of a certain Mexican restaurant. At one point in Thursday’s he shouted, “Thou shall not eat 18 tacos at Ninfa’s!” This Saturday, Jimmy will travel to Frisco, Texas right outside Dallas to play soccer stadium Pizza Hut Park before taking a short break from touring. Bubba will pick up where he left off on June 17 at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA.