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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band kicked off the 2007 Bama Breeze Tour on Saturday night with a show from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, the home of the Houston Astros.
Robert Earl Keen opened for Buffett, then Jimmy opened his set with the Willie Nelson classic “On The Road Again.” Other notable songs in the set list included Cinco de Mayo in Memphis, Ballad of Spider John, Reggabilly Hill, and Northeast Texas Women.
View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.
Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on the Discussion Board and upload your photos to our Photo Gallery.
Update – Radio Margaritaville had technical difficulties at the end of the show. “Tonight I Just Need My Guitar” and “In My Room” were not aired due to a local power loss backstage. They are working on re-airing the lost songs in the near future.
The Houston Chronicle has an article on what it took to get Buffett to come to Minute Maid Park for a show.
Jimmy Buffett’s concert Saturday night at Minute Maid Park took six months to negotiate, but the ball really started rolling three years ago when the Houston Astros hired Jay Lucas to run their communications department.
Astros president of business operations Pam Gardner “mentioned that the team was interested in getting a show or two at Minute Maid,” Lucas said. “The first person I thought of was Jimmy Buffett. He hadn’t played Houston in a long time. When you check out the way he packs concerts all over the country, I figured if you’re looking for someone to play here, he’s the one.”
Lucas called Buffett’s management and said, “We’d like to have Jimmy play Minute Maid Park. What do we have to do to get him here?”
…While Buffett had played several baseball stadiums in the past, including Wrigley Field in Chicago and Fenway Park in Boston, he was not looking to do a baseball stadium this year.
This article is a great read, especially for those of you who will be attending the show. Read the entire article.
 Amazon.com lists a new book by Jimmy Buffett called “Swine Not?”
The release date is November 27th, 2007.
Other details listed on Amazon:
* Hardcover: 256 pages
* Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
* Illustrator: Helen Bransford
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0316114022
* ISBN-13: 978-0316114028
The CMT Music Awards were held Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee. Buffett was nominated for Wide Open Country Video Of The Year for “Bama Breeze,” but was beaten out by Jack Ingram’s “Love You.”
“Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Johnny Cash is an honor. And to be nominated with Jimmy Buffett and Sheryl Crow, I’m honored,” said Ingram.
Don Ho, an entertainer who defined popular perceptions of Hawaiian music in the 1960s and held fast to that image as a peerless Waikiki nightclub attraction, died Saturday morning in Honolulu of heart failure. He was 76.
A friend of Buffett, Ho introduced Jimmy for his Live In Hawaii album that was released in 2005.
The trio of Alan Jackson, George Strait and Jimmy Buffett scored the No. 11 spot with ‘Live at Texas Stadium,’ a 15-song live album from a 2004 Dallas concert. The MCA Nashville album sold 67,000 units.
Get your copy now!
Jimmy Buffett was the 4th most requested event for the 1st quarter of 2007 according to Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster’s Top 10 Most Requested Live Acts were:
1. The Police
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Jimmy Buffett
5. Bob Seger
6. Keith Urban
7. John Mayer
8. Gwen Stefani
9. Rod Stewart
10. Tool
Read the entire article here.
As part of Radio Margaritaville’s ramp up week to the start of the Bama Breeze tour:
Spring Break with Miles Hampton 4/16-4/20 8pm-12mid ET
Miles puts you in a Spring Break state of mind, playing highlights of his beachcomber crawl to the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. You’ll hear him visit ‘Cane Garden Bay’ which Jimmy sings about in ‘Manana’. Chilling with locals on Tortola, like musician Quito Rymer, and visits to some world famous sand bars to chat with their owners – Bomba (Bomba Shack), Foxy Callwood (Foxy’s), Ivan (Ivan’s Stress Free Bar), One Love Bar, Woody’s St.John, and The Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke where the ‘Pain Killer’ was first concocted! Hear Parrotheads tailgating at last year’s Party At The End Of The World tour (Camden, Pittsburgh, and Jones Beach), and interviews with very special studio guests:
Monday – UB40
Tuesday – Eddy Grant
Wednesday – Beach Boys Mike Love, Bruce Johnston & Al Jardine (with Steve Huntington)
Thursday – Ziggy Marley
Friday – Kenny Chesney
Radio Margaritaville and SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 31 will broadcast all Bama Breeze tour dates live! Featuring 30 minute pre-show tailgate parties with music selected by host Savannah Jane Buffett, and long Buffett sets following every show in ’07! 1st broadcast: Saturday April 21st 7:30pm ET
Reg Henry, columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, writes a column on Jimmy Buffett and Parrotheads: “The parrotheads are not the silly ones”
Unlike many who have become famous, the singer of catchy escapist tunes appears not to have made himself into the back end of a horse. On the other hand, his many fans arguably do make spectacles of themselves, as optometrists do at their office parties. In the case of the Jimmy Buffett fans, they have this thing for putting parrots on their heads.
Read the rest of the article here.
The February 10th benefit concert in Tallahassee, Florida raised $660,000 for the United Way of the Big Bend.
The United Way of the Big Bend will be able to distribute more money to its agencies than it ever has before. The nonprofit announced Wednesday the community raised $7,798,830 at its 2006 campaign Celebration held at the University Center Club, according to a release. That’s a seven percent increase from 2005.
“This was just a banner year for the United Way,” said spokeswoman Heather Mitchell.
Susie Busch-Transou, 2006 campaign chair, “came with fresh, new ideas,” Mitchell said. “She was dynamic and awesome to work with.”
The United Way sponsored Jimmy Buffett concert raised $660,000 in just one night.
Read the entire article here.
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