Back to the Roots
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.01.09 under Uncategorized
Jimmy has acknowledged this week that he was able to find his roots again with Buffet Hotel, and says that he was more engaged and had more fun with it than he’s had with any of his CDs for the last few years. It had, in a sense, become more of a corporate process for him, since he had his people and a routine down to get it done. This happens sometimes when a performer becomes famous; they just get into a rut. This time, he did what he calls “red wine lyrics” which were able to make him more witty and more creative than when he’s, perhaps, wearing a suit trying to pitch ideas to his colleagues. No, just get back to the basics, the kind and style of writing that got you where you are! Well Done, Jimmy. I can’t wait to hear the new album!
New Young Friend
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.27.09 under Uncategorized
One of Jimmy’s newest discoveries is a man named Ilo, who is one of the biggest new African performers in the world right now. His style is kind of similar to Jimmy’s, with a little bit of a different twinge to it. He has started making an impressive splash in the country lately, with the promotion of people like the founder of MTV and Buffett. This is a guy that is going to go far. Have any of you checked out his music yet? If you haven’t, make sure that you get to your iTunes or whatever to enjoy his pretty tunes. You haven’t heard a singer like this guy before, but you don’t have to go so far as Jimmy did to hear him. He happened to be in Cape Verde and decided to check out the local music scene. And that’s where he hear Ilo the first time and really enjoyed his style! Now they’re all going to make it easier for you to hear it!
With Zac Brown
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.24.09 under Uncategorized
Jimmy Buffett teamed up with a new up-and-coming star, Zac Brown and his band, in a new episode of CMT Crossroads. Now don’t go charging over to YouTube just yet. It hasn’t been released. In fact, the audience was invitation-only and the show will be broadcast sometime next year. The Zac Brown Band, although they have been in the business for nearly a decade, have finally been making inroads with the country crowd in the last year or two, recording great songs and performing in more high profile locations. For them to appear on tv, so soon after their #1 single “Chicken Fried” and a CMA Award nomination for best artist of the year, this band is fast becoming the hottest new thing (besides Taylor Swift, of course). Hopefully, their appearance with Buffett will help them out!
How about the Charlottesville Show?
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.20.09 under Uncategorized
Jimmy Buffett was in Charlottesville just the other day and it was definitely positively seen. I am reading the article written by someone who was there. The first thing that surprised them was the kind of tail-gaters that were out in the parking lot before the show. You normally have young goofballs downing lots of alcohol before a show. But in this case, you had a lot of people in Hawaiian shirts and drinking margaritas. They might even be hoola dancing or wearing lays. The music was great like always, from the fun-loving songs, to the mildly subversive ones. This show is a fun one, even though it is near the end of the Summerzcool tour, it gave everyone in the room a feel of summer freedom for a few hours. That’s the magic of Jimmy Buffett that will make you happy for everything in the world.
How about those Fans
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.16.09 under Uncategorized
The Jimmy Buffett fans, called Parrotheads, are some of the best music fans in the world. We really enjoy seeing them at each performance that he gives. He is a musician that can bring in a wide variety of people. But they aren’t there just for the music. Especially nowadays, the group of fans is here to get that feeling of escapism that they desperately need. The feeling of being down by the beach and hearing comfortable music is perhaps the best thing in the world. When times get tough and the weather gets cold at the same time, Buffett will bring you into the warmth and you can enjoy a whole concert full of great music.
Special Guitar
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.13.09 under Uncategorized
A television station in Florida is asking how much a particular guitar is worth, because it was autographed by Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson and James Taylor. Some people think that it’s worth a lot with signatures and others say that it’s no more than a few hundred dollars worth. Why are they asking around? It’s more a game or a small competition than anything else. They apparently revealed the actual value a couple days ago, but it hasn’t been publicized anywhere official. No matter, it’s really cool to see that there is such a guitar out there and how much notice it garners whenever someone hears about it.
In South Carolina
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.03.09 under Uncategorized
There is some speculation at the moment that Jimmy Buffett could revive the struggling tourism industry of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It has been having a lot of trouble in the last few years due to the economic downturn. But they have started getting better than they were before. Hopefully he’ll be able to bring a lot more people to the state during the proposed weeklong music festival next spring. The idea is that it might be a motorbike event with music in addition. The mayor of the town attributes a certain amount of the drop in visitors to the crackdown on motorcycle events in recent years. Maybe this will convince the city to change back to the way they were before.
Track List
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.27.09 under Uncategorized
They just released the track list for the Buffett Hotel CD that I mentioned last time around. It’s going to be a fantastic album, as proven by this list. A lot of these songs are taken from the set list of his latest tour shows and also includes several of his more political songs. It’s going to be very interesting to see how these songs sound when they are recorded. You know, when you hear something live, you can hear it arranged for the particular occasion, depending on who else is playing and the kind of event. But for an album, they can choose a lot more about how they arrange it. It’s great songs as usual, but we’ll have to wait to see what will be different about it.
New Album!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.23.09 under Uncategorized
I hadn’t noticed this before for some reason! There is a new album from Jimmy Buffett coming out in December. It’s been a little while since his last album came out, and hopefully we’ll be able to get it right away. In other words, hopefully it will be on sale in many different places rather than just here. The music on this new album, “Buffet Hotel”, is said to be partly derived from West African music that he first encountered in Mali, a country in northwest Africa (hint, it’s next to Algeria). This means there will be some great beats and some other fun sounds for you to hear. I will definitely enjoy this new Buffett album, because his experiments/fusions are always really exciting!
That Stadium Again
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.20.09 under Uncategorized
Miami Marine Stadium is still being debated by local officials and investors. It would be very nice to see what kinds of decisions people are going to make with this stadium and whether it’s going to be torn down. A lot of people don’t like the stadium, though it hasn’t been made completely clear why. Many people just think it looks bad. The city has been aiming to take it down and put something up in its place, but they haven’t been able to figure out how just yet. Jimmy has weighed in, saying that he wants the place saved. He has a lot of history performing there and it does seem to be a place uniquely suited to his style of music and performance. We’ll see if that ends up happening this time too!