Entries from October 2007
Local band to open for Jimmy in Tampa
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tampa Bay favorite De Lei’d Parrots will open for Jimmy Buffett at the Ford Amphitheater for this week’s two shows on November 1st and 3rd according to Tampa Bay Newspapers.
De Lei’d Parrots are Connie Church, steel drum, percussion and vocals; Paul Anthony, guitar and vocals; Tim Miller, keyboards and vocals; Greg Seitz, bass guitar [...]
Phoenix Margaritaville set for November opening
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Jimmy Buffett’s latest Margaritaville Cafe will open in November at the Westgate City Center in Glendale, Arizona (a Phoenix suburb), according to the Phoenix Business Journal.
Besides serving up some famous Margaritas, frozen concoctions, boat drinks and cold beer, Margaritaville offers its signature Cheeseburger in Paradise, fresh island style seafood and regional favorites.
The restaurant is designed [...]
Tags: Business Empire · In The News · Margaritaville Cafes
Buffett plays second show from Las Vegas
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played the second of two shows from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.
Notable songs from the set list included “God
s Own Drunk,” a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women,” and a great final encore of “We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us [...]
New Book: The Unofficial JB Concert Guide
October 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Elizabeth & John Encarnacion have written a new book entitled “The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook. The Unofficial Guide.”
Here’s your passport to Margaritaville! Over the years, Jimmy Buffett’s yearly concert tours have evolved into beach-themed extravaganzas. But as any true Buffett fan knows, to fully experience the fun you have to plunge into the pre-concert tailgate. [...]
Tags: Books
Bama Breeze Tour rolls into Las Vegas
October 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band continued the 2007 Bama Breeze tour on Saturday night with the first of two shows from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Notable songs from the set list included “We Are The People Our Parents Warnes Us About,” and a great performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” [...]
Buffett plays the historic Fillmore in San Francisco
October 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band continued the 2007 Bama Breeze tour on Thursday night with a show from the historic Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California.
Highlights from the show included the rarely played “God’s Own Drunk,” and the first ever Buffett performance of Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women.”
View the entire set list [...]
The BuffettWorld Video Gallery
October 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Have you checked out our Video Gallery yet? Buffettworld.com’s video gallery is the largest collection of Buffett videos on the web. The gallery contains 57 videos divided into three categories: TV Appearances, Music Videos, and Other.
Among the gems that can be found in the gallery include multiple performances and interviews on the Tonight Show [...]
Tags: Site News
McAnally inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
October 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Mac McAnally, longtime Coral Reefer Band member, producer, and songwriter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last night. Jimmy Buffett was in attendance and did the induction of Mac. The Tennessean covered the ceremony: “It’s writers’ turn to be honored for songs”
At night’s end, Buffett inducted his friend, sometimes-producer and Coral Reefer [...]
Tags: Coral Reefers
Work halted on Jimmy’s grandfather’s shipwreck
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments
The Press-Register has an article on Buffett’s grandfather’s shipwreck in Mobile:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday ordered a condo developer to stop digging up the sunken remains of a four-masted schooner once captained by the grandfather of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.
The decaying wooden hulk is that of the Chiquimula, a longtime Mobile Bay-area landmark, [...]
Tags: In The News · Personal/Family
Article compares Buffett and Kenny Chesney
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments
The Hamptons.com has an article comparing Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney, entitled “Buffett and Chesney: Flip-Floppers and Five O’Clock “
One key element in the music of both Chesney and Buffett is the lifestyle they exude from the music and the stage. Buffett played the entire concert in t-shirt, yellow shorts and no shoes. Chesney wore [...]
Tags: In The News





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