It’s time for the October edition of “From Under My Lone Palm”, a monthly column written by BuffettWorld contributor Justin H. This month’s column focuses on the 30 year anniversary of “You Had To Be There”: October 2008 is important month in Buffett history. You see 30 years ago this month, Jimmy’s landmark live album “You [...]

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Congratulations to Columbus Fins for winning this week’s Caption Contest. Here was the photo: And here was Columbus Fins’ winning caption: If Riverdance doesn’t pan out, would you like a gig as a Coral Reefer dancer? The voting was very tight, with the top 4 captions separated by only 11 votes. Columbus Fins edged out the runner-up by 2 [...]

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The Barack Obama rally that Jimmy Buffett will perform at on Sunday, November 2nd at the Ford Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida will start at 3 pm. Tickets will be made available for free starting at 10 am Wednesday at Obama’s Campaign for Change Early Vote information tables. Tables are open from 10 am to 5 [...]

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We’ve been waiting for this here at BuffettWorld, and it was reported today that Jimmy Buffett will headline a Barack Obama rally on Sunday, November 2nd at the Ford Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida. Buffett is a democrat and has performed at fundraisers and rallies for democratic candidates in the past, often in Florida. ABC Action [...]

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The 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour came to an end Saturday night with the second of two shows from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The set list was largely unchanged from other recent shows, but Buffett did debut a cover of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers.” It was the first known time that Jimmy has [...]

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This past week we showed you the below picture and asked you to provide your own caption for it. We’ve compiled five of our favorites and want you to vote on your favorite. Which is your favorite caption? ( polls)

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BuffettWorld reported back in February that Jimmy Buffett plans to open Jimmy Buffett’s At The Beachcomber at the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber in Waikiki, Hawaii. The original plan was to open by the end of the year, but now the opening date is slated for early 2009: It’s taking $15 million to build out 22,000 square feet [...]

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Jimmy Buffett spoke and performed at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California on Thursday. SlightlyGeeky on Flickr has posted photos from the event. Click here to view the photos.

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SideHatch Studios has redesigned the Margaritaville.com Tour Dates page with a new high-tech tour map that uses Google Earth satellite images of the venues. Check it out now on Margaritaville.com

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Jimmy Buffett will play a special private show on November 8th for the opening of the newest Margaritaville Cafe at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. Tickets are not being sold for this event, but you can win tickets by listening to the following stations: WCTY FM 97.7 (Country) – New London, CT WEBE FM 107.9 [...]

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