Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
Opening Night of the 2008 "Year of Still Here" Tour
Monday, April 21, 2008
C.W. Mitchell Pavilion Houston, TX
8:00 P.M. Central, 9:00 P.M. Eastern

Listen to this show Live on Radio Margaritaville and Sirius Satellite Radio, and check back here for the set list.

Set List:

Hot Hot Hot
1. Homemade Music
2. The Tiki Bar is Open
3. Fruitcakes
4. Mexico
5. Miss You So Badly
6. It's Five O'clock Somewhere (w/Mac)
7. We're Still Here
8. Brown Eyed Girl
9. Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season
10. Cheeseburger in Paradise
11. One Particular Harbour
12. Rainy Day Woman #12 and 35 (Bob Dylan Cover)

Sonny Landreth performs

13. Gulf Coast Highway (Nanci Griffith Cover, w/Tina Gullickson)
14. Makin' Music for Money (Nadirah)
15. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
16. Volcano
17. Son of a Son of a Sailor
18. School Boy Heart
19. Scarlet Begonias
20. A pirate Looks at Forty
21. Far Side of the world
22. Southern Cross
23. Margaritaville

First Encore:

24. Fins
25. Glory Days

Second Encore:

26. Somewhere Over China
27. Come Monday (w/the Beach Band)

Show Notes:

"Homemade Music" was last played June 30, 1989 in Aubrn Hills, MI

"The Tiki Bar is Open" was last played October 20, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV

"Mexico" was last played October 27, 2005 in Portland, OR

"Miss You So Badly" was last played November 20, 1999 in East Hampton, NY. It has not been played on tour since 1996!

"We're Still Here" was performed for the first time ever

"Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane Season" was last played November 1, 2007 in Tampa, FL

"Rainy Day Women #12 and 35" was last played October 27, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV

"Gulf Coast Highway" was last played in 1992 with Evangeline

"Makin' Music for Money" was sung by Nidirah for the first time ever

"Far Side of the World" was last played August 21, 2004 in East Hampton, NY

"Somewhere Over China" was last played January 18, 2008 in Hong Kong, China. It has not been played on tour since 1999!

"Come Monday" closed a show for the first time since October 7, 1994 in Mountain View, CA

Show Review:

"Hello Houston, I Think it's time for some Homemade Music Tonight!" and with that the "Year of still here" tour kicked off in fine fashion. "Homemade Music" did indeed get us started, the first outing for it since June 30, 1989 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. How's that for rare? "The Tiki Bar is Open," the great John Hiatt song, followed that, with Jimmy working in a nice reference to his lost friend, Larry Gray, who "sailed the seven seas." "Fruitcakes" came next, with lots of new updated lyrics, including references to Dr. Phil and thinking the astronauts for all the work they do. Jimmy then introduced us to the new $35 Coral Reefer outfits before launching into "Mexico," last played in Portland, Oregon on October 27, 2005. Following that, Jimmy said this next song wasn't meant to offend any doctors, and then lead the band through a beautiful version of "Miss You So Badly," last played with the band on June 3, 1996 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jimmy was no longer watching "The Gong Show" and waiting for "Zoro" but instead it was watching "South Park" and his "Crackberry" had gone dark. Nice. A song later, Jimmy introduced to a brand new song, inspired by Neil Young called, what else, "Where Still Here." The almost biographical song was a nice tribute to everyone who still comes every year. A song later, Jimmy offered up his defense for hurricanes with "Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane Season." The second set started with the Nanci Griffith song "Gulf Coast Highway," A song Jimmy first recorded with Evangeline in the early 90's. This performance featured Tina Gullickson and was very nice. Nadirah's version of "Makin' Music for Money" followed that. In the middle of the second set's run of hits, "Far Side of the World" re-surfaced for the first time since August 21, 2004 at a John Kerry for President Benefit. The encores brought the first on tour outing of "Somewhere Over China" since the Millenium show, and a beautiful version of Come Monday to wrap things up.

Ratings:

Set List: A. Some nice old ones brought back out, but the second half lacked surprises.

Show: A. Jimmy nailed most everything.

Song of the Night: "Miss You So Badly" was a knock-out.

Overall: A. Great way to start what looks to be a Great tour.

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

I hope this show actually has some thought put into it instead of the run through the hits that every other show this year has had. Seems like the first show is hit or miss, sometimes it's one of the best of the tour (2003-2005) or not so good (2006 and 2007).

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

Seems like the set lists have been getting worse and worse

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Well, things are looking good now. RM is doing rehersal reports and some titles so far include:

Homemade Music (I've wanted to hear this so BAD)
Cowboy in the Jungle (Ditto)
Migration
Ragtop Day
Mexico
Stars on the Water
Fruitcakes
Thank God the Tiki Bar is Open
And...

A acoustic set with something from Nadirah's album of Buffett covers

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

Wow, if that's true that's incredible!

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"Landfall" has also been rehersed. I can't imagine that one working without Fingers, but who knows. I do know it hasn't been played since February 1998.

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

Join us here tonight for the big show!

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

Tour season is finally here!

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Follow me on Twitter! @joshdmartin

The time above is actually wrong, this show will be starting around 8 central and 9 eastern due to Houston being on Central time.

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Hey Mr. Moustache look what we’ve done
Lived longer than they thought we could do
Through all of the games and all of our fame
We learned to stay cool from you

I would love to hear Migration this year!!

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Show 17...July 11, 2010 Gulf Shores, Alabama
Show 18...August 12, 2010 Pittsburgh, Pa
Show 19...June 21, 2011 Pittsburgh, Pa

yeah im hopin the set list is pretty decent....

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Megarita

Curious to see who will nail down the set list the best...........

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"........ And you'll never know if it was an accident or not."

Locked and loaded on Sirius.......

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"........ And you'll never know if it was an accident or not."

Me, too! I just wish I knew how to record... Guess I should have popped for the pricey receiver that also records 10 hours!

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Welcome to the Funny Farm!

I thought it was gonna start earlier.....

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"........ And you'll never know if it was an accident or not."