Got a young parakeet that you want to pass on Jimmy Buffett’s music to?

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star is proud to release “Lullaby Versions of Jimmy Buffett”, chill to lush instrumental versions of his most popular tracks.

1. Son of a Son of a Sailor
2. Brown Eyed Girl (made famous by Van Morrison)
3. A Pirate Looks at Forty
4. Margaritaville
5. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
6. Volcano
7. Come Monday
8. Cheeseburger in Paradise
9. Fins
10. It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
11. Mele Kalikimaka (made famous by Bing Crosby)

You can preview the songs at Amazon.com. It’s also available for purchase from iTunes.

Congrats to ‘Parrothead’ for winning the latest Jimmy Buffett Caption Contest!

Last week we showed you the below picture and asked you to submit your own caption.

We had a lot of great entries and narrowed it down to our favorite five and asked you to vote for your favorite.

The winning caption was:

Thank God the tiki bar is open!

with 34% of the vote. Coming in second was Sasquatch Saich with “Good God Almighty which way do I steer!”

Thanks to all who submitted captions and voted. We’ll do another one soon!

Dubbed the “Buried Treasure” project, Jimmy Buffett says that he’s come across a collection of unreleased songs from the late 60’s and early 70’s that he plans to release soon:

The “Buried Treasure” project includes at least 20 original songs and perhaps some cover material Buffett recorded in Nashville between 1969 and 1973 with original producer Travis Turk.

“Two years ago they were going to sell the studio we were working at and owners said go through this and see if there’s anything you can use. He found 74 original songs I forgot I had written,” Buffett says. “It’s really, right back to the beginning stuff. … I’m going back and listening to myself during these times and it’s sparking stories. I don’t remember writing a lot of these songs but once I hear them stuff starts coming back. So I’m doing a narration through this material that we found. I’m going to do that as a project. They were tape recordings they were about to throw out. Some is cover stuff, but the original stuff there’s probably about 20 songs that I had forgotten I had written. … It’s something people might want to add to their collection.”

Although he’s uncertain when Buried Treasure might be released, Buffett says his work on the project should be done in the next couple months. “I’m working on that on the road.”

Meanwhile, he’s written some new songs, but says, “I’m at that point now where, do I really want to go into the studio and put out another album? I’ve got four or five songs new songs. Why don’t I just go in and record them and put them up on line? I’m not sure people really want to go get a whole album collection because of how iTunes has kind of taken the album away.”

Stay tuned, he says. “I’m kind of toying with how you go forward with new material. In the meantime I certainly know how to deal with this old material. They will want that as a collection.”

Jimmy Buffett doesn’t take the stage until Saturday night, but early Friday morning the RV’s were already lining up to get into Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas… one of the best places in the country for tailgating.

WFAA has a report from the scene:

If there were any doubts about Jimmy’s health from that scary fall in Australia last January, they were quickly erased as Jimmy performed an energetic show in Tampa to kick off the 2011 Welcome to Fin Land Tour.

The set list contained more gems than usual. Buffett started the show off with “The Wino and I Know” a song that he hadn’t played with the full band since 2003. The third song was “Off to See The Lizard”, and Buffett added an extra verse on his fall:

I had problems with my brain
When I took that big stage dive
I had an ass like Kim Kardashian
But at least I’m still alive
Stitches in my elbow
Stitches in my head
So I healed up by the ocean
Not in some hospital bed
Whirling whirling song lines in my head

So I took off for Hawaii
Saw the acupuncture man
I ate a lot of grilled fish tacos
But retiring ain’t the plan
On a beach down in Jamaica
Found a bottle in the sand
When I opened it and read the note
It said “Welcome to Fin Land!”

Other notable songs included “Havana Daydreamin,” “Life is Just a Tire Swing,” “Peanut Butter Conspiracy,” and “The Great Filling Station Holdup.”

Halfway through (there was no intermission) Buffett said that they plan to play some songs they haven’t played in a while. He then said that they’d feature an album every week or so, and this week it’s Volcano. So Jimmy and the band played “Stranded on a Sandbar,” “Volcano,” and a great rendition of “Treat Her Like A Lady.” He said that they’ll play the full album by the end of the week.

The up-beat version of “Floridays” was in the first encore, and “Lovely Cruise” was the finale.

View the full set list here along with Justin’s show notes.

The Welcome to Fin Land Tour continues on Tuesday in Raleigh, NC. Find tickets to that show and others here.