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 [...]

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Tags: Concerts · Touring

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: Concerts · Touring

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. [...]

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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” [...]

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Tags: Concerts · Touring

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 [...]

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Tags: Concerts · Touring

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: In The News