There are many great Jimmy Buffett tribute bands out there. Here’s a listing by state.
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Australia Montserrat Buddina, Queensland. Australia Visit their website Australia’s premier Jimmy Buffett style band. Montserrat is a multi-piece band with a “Licence to Chill”. If you’d like to create a Caribbean, tropical atmosphere for your event, party or function, Montserrat is the ideal band for you! Their performance will transport you across the sea to that beautiful tropical paradise sometimes known as Margaritaville. Alabama Brent Burns Gulf Shores, AL Visit his website This legendary Gulf Coast singer carries on the Buffett tradition with original music sure to brighten any day! Based in beautiful Gulf Shores, AL, Brent is available for house concerts, corporate events and Parrothead Rendezvous! California Bob Karwin Los Angeles, CA Visit his website Gary Seiler San Diego, CA Visit his website Gary Seiler is the very first and longest running Jimmy Buffett Tribute entertainer on the west coast. He was the leader of the Buffed Out Band (1990 to 2005) which became legendary to Parrot Heads in Southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico. The band had a great run for many years opening concerts for Jimmy Buffett, Judy Collins, Jan & Dean, and Willie Nelson. Back in 1992 Jimmy actually crashed the stage at one show and sang with Gary’s band. Gary now tours solo and with his fabulous new band Crosswinds. Florida Bwana Ray Panama City Beach, FL Visit his website From the sugar-white sands of Panama City Beach, Florida comes Bwana Ray (a.k.a. Ray Borel). An avid, dedicated Parrot Head bringing you a mix of Buffett tunes with a few other tropical stylings from other artists thrown in. The Buffett mix includes lots of older, obscure tunes blended with the more popular and newer stuff. Other artists include Kenny Chesney, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, John Prine and more. Jim Morris Punta Gorda, FL Visit his website Caribbean Chillers Orlando, FL Visit their website The most Authentic 12pc Jimmy Buffett Tribute show on the planet! The Chillers have performed from Key West to Boston to South Bend and back again. You can book the whole SHOW or the 8pc Tropical Rockin’ Party Band. Either way you’ll get “authentic” Buffett, and have a great time! The Landsharks Orlando, FL Visit their website A Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band that has performed with Buffett in Key West and at Margaritaville! They are a parrot head band that also plays many other styles of music and events. Georgia A1A Atlanta, GA Visit their website Since 1992. A1A is the Official and Original Jimmy Buffett Tribute Show. Hit The Beach Atlanta, GA Visit their website The fun only starts with a Jimmy Buffett tribute! Plenty of Buffett tunes are capped off with Beach Boys, Kenny Chesney and other great trop dance songs. Party til there’s no tiki hut left standing! Parrot Island Band Atlanta, GA Visit their website Illinois Beach Bum Band Chicago, IL Visit their website Playing the Sweet Sound of Caribbean Rock, Reggae and Calypso. The Boat Drunks Champaign/Urbana, IL Visit their website The Boat Drunks have been celebrating the music of Jimmy Buffett since 2001, rocking the Parrot Head nation from Nevada to Key West. Recently signed to Little Feat’s label, Hot Tomato Records, The Boat Drunks are currently finishing up work on their second album of original songs and have had the honor of playing with most of The Coral Reefer Band and opening for Jimmy Buffett himself. If you haven’t heard us yet, come check us out…betcha some of your friends have! Gregory B Crystal Lake, IL Visit his website Gregory B is a tribute one-man-band act from the suburbs north of Chicago. He’s been playing for several years in the northern Chicago area and in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. In addition to Jimmy Buffett music, he performs tropical music, beach party music and classic rock. With over 200 songs that he can perform, everyone will hear songs they know and love! He sings and plays guitar along with background music he recorded himself including the bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, backing vocals …. everything! You get the sound of a FULL BAND with one performer! See his website for his song list and listen to his demo playing in the background. Pirates Over 40 Chicago, IL Visit their website Pirates Over 40 are a Buffett tribute band from the Chicago area. All members of the band are members of the Sharks On The Rock Parrothead club in Rockford, IL. The Pirates have been performing Buffett tribute shows in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin for the past 10 years. Check out our website for upcoming dates. Come on out and join the crew. Just close one eye and say ARRRRGGGGHHH! Southern Course Southwest Chicago Suburbs, IL Visit their website Southern Course is a band dedicated to the music of Jimmy Buffett as well as those who believe in his outlook on life. The current line up came to be back in March of ‘06. Shows have been rolling in ever since. The band is made up of a nice mix of veteran musicians and young bucks. South of Disorder Suburban Chicago, IL Visit their website In 2004 South of Disorder burst onto the Chicagoland club scene with their own Jimmy Buffett tribute show. Not a show that includes some Buffett songs, but a show completely dedicated to the music and performance style of Bubba himself. This band sports a full Coral Reefer-like line-up including horns. When he’s not deep sea fishing in Cabo, the band’s intrepid leader Caribe Steve can frequently be found performing high atop the bar in some clubs with his wireless mike and guitar, sporting his own carefree philosophy toward life. Every show is a memorable experience. Iowa Cedar Island Band Cedar Rapids, IA Visit their website Based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Island Band is one of the premier Jimmy Buffett tribute bands in the Midwest. Maryland Nautical Wheelers Visit their website Their roots are Island Music (especially Jimmy Buffett) but don’t be surprised to hear an occasional tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker, Scott Kirby, Harry Belafonte, Mac McAnally, Peter Mayer, or John Prine…. you get the drift. All of their shows have a single goal, and that is for those in attendance to have fun because the band always has fun. They’ve been together for over ten years and it just keeps gettin’ better. Massachusetts The Baha Brothers Taunton, MA Visit their website Changes in Latitudes Western Massachusetts Visit their website “Changes In Latitudes” is a 9-piece group, formed in 2001. Based in New England, they are working their way throughout the northeast and beyond. Harry French Massachusetts Visit his website Michigan Changes In Latitudes Windsor, Ontario/Detroit, MI Visit their website Missouri Gary Sluhan St. Louis, MO Visit his website Gary has been asked more than once if he was Jimmy Buffett. This has happened in Las Vegas, Sanibel Island, St. Petersburg and St. Louis. Once you hear him perform you can appreciate why people wonder if it is the original artist who did the song. |
Nevada Adventures In Parrotdise Las Vegas, NV Visit their website Barrie Cunningham has been performing Buffett’s music for almost as long as Buffett himself. He has also traveled many of the same roads and even played some of the same places Jimmy played on his road to fortune and fame. Barrie takes the showgoer on a musical tour. It’s like an ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFETT”. Barrie sings all the “songs you know by heart” like Come Monday, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, and the national anthem of all Parrotheads, Margaritaville. FINGERS TAYLOR and ROGER BARTLETT, Jimmy Buffett Coral Reefer Band alumni join Barrie and his band to make this the most credible and authentic Buffett show anywhere. According to Fingers and Roger, Adventures in Parrotdise is the next best thing to being at one of Jimmy Buffett’s concerts. This is the only Buffett tribute show to play an indefinite run engagement in a main showroom at a major Las Vegas Hotel/Casino. New Jersey Jimmy and the Parrots New Jersey Visit their website For more than three years, Jimmy and the Parrots have been playing to delighted crowds in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Maryland. In addition, they were a featured band at the 2000, 2001, and 2004 Meeting of the Minds Parrothead Conventions in Key West, Florida. One of the most requested Jimmy Buffett tribute bands in the country, Jimmy and the Parrots perform not only all the great Buffett songs you love, they also play new and classic rock ‘n roll, as well as outstanding original tunes written by lead singer/guitarist Jimmy Maraventano. New York Coconut Telegraph Western NY Visit their website The band plays music in the Trop Rock tradition, playing many JB tunes, but also including Reggae, some R&B, Classic rock, chick tunes (Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Carol King, Pretenders, etc.) and a few of Marty’s originals. Their band consists of Dave Rennicks, (Bass/vocals), Marty Peters (lead guitar/vocals), Lisa Christie (lead vocals/percussion), Warren Skye (drums/vocals) and Gary Litfin (lead guitar/vocals). GIMME BUFFETT! Western NY Visit their website Featuring the music of Jimmy Buffett as well as other summertime and party favorites, including country, rock and a whole lot of fun! Parrot Beach NY, NJ, PA Visit their website Parrotbeach is one of the few full time Jimmy Buffett tribute bands. This band can and will travel anywhere at any time for any event . Whether you’re a “Parrothead” or just a beach lover, PARROTBEACH brings the season with them all year long! They have been together for approximately 10 years. The members of Parrotbeach hail from across our great nation, giving their sound a variation of musical influences. From Florida to Virginia, Hawaii to N.YC. Parrotbeach brings the party. Altogether Parrotbeach has over 107 years of musical experience from live performances to the art of studio recording, Parrotbeach always comes prepared. If you have ever seen them in concert, you would agree, these guys love their music. Come along on their musical journey through wind, sands and sea. You’ll never forget that vacation. Pirate Dreams Buffalo, NY Visit their website For over four years, Pirate Dreams has grown from a three-piece acoustic act into a full-fledged tropical show band, incorporating the catchy, fun music of Jimmy Buffett as a base and expanding upon that base with a visual stage show, entertaining stage banter and fun if not acrobatic audience participation. North Carolina Blind Manifest Charlotte, NC Visit their website Looking for a party? Look no farther than Blind Manifest! This party concoction features 2 scoops of Jimmy Buffett and Trop Rock favorites, a large portion of party songs everyone knows (from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Stevie Wonder), and a smattering of Beale Street blues, topped with 2 ounces of Captain Morgan. If you combined the collective resumes from all the musicians in Blind Manifest, you’d cover just about every corner of entertainment there is - from classical choirs to solo guitar-strumming troubadour and even a radio DJ! Scearce and Ketner Swansboro, NC Visit their website Carolina Beach Club Greenville, NC Visit their website “Rockin’ your tropical soul since 1989.” This 6 piece group has performed “island beach music” and “Jimmy Buffett classics” from Manteo, NC to Cancun, Mexico over the past 17 years. Become a “Shellhead” and visit the band at their website. Scearce and Ketner Swansboro, NC Visit their website Ohio Gypsies in the Palace Northeast Ohio Visit his website Lead singer Dave Hill played on stage with Jimmy at Jacobs Field in Cleveland during the 1995 summer tour. The band also has 3 CD’s out and do play some of their original tunes at their shows. “Gypsies in the Palace” has played everywhere including Margaritaville, Key West. Parrots Of The Caribbean Dayton, OH Visit their website A fine - solid five piece rendition of Jimmy Buffet & the Coral Reefer Band. Hailing from Montgomery county (Dayton, OH) the Parrots of the Caribbean consists of some seriously seasoned players. Pennsylvania The Mango Men Central PA Visit their website Tom Watt Pittsburgh, PA Visit his website “The Buffett Man.” The number 1 Jimmy Buffett impersonator. Tropical Soul Lancaster, PA Visit their website South Carolina Dave Pittman as CoconutHead Spartanburg, SC Visit his website Rum Punch Bandits South Carolina Visit their website Tennessee Doug Dunn Nashville, TN Visit his website Doug Dunn is a former corporate CEO who quit his day job to live the Jimmy Buffett lifestyle. He put away the suit and tie, bought a guitar and never looked back. Doug Dunn has performed with his band at Margaritaville Key West as well as Universal Studios. He’s also been an opening act on various Buffett tours. Dunn’s song “Pixie Tattoo” was the 2006 Oasis Country Independent Single of the Year. 4 years ago, Dunn was voted into the Country Music Association. Margarita Beach Nashville, TN Visit their website Margarita Beach, based on Nashville’s Music Row (Jimmy’s old stomping grounds!), is Tennessee’s premier Buffett band. They perform often as a 4-pc band, but are available in any configuration. The band comes with quality sound and lights. Texas A Change In Latitude Dallas, TX Visit their website Texas Tide San Antonio, TX Visit their website “Just a Little Beach Band from South Texas” Virginia B2B Richmond, VA Visit their website Key West Band Roanoke, VA Visit their website One of America’s first Jimmy Buffett tribute bands, the Key West Band now covers eighteen states and the District of Columbia. Two CD’s and one due out in 2006 that will include Coral Reefer Doyle Grisham, who sometimes joins the Key West Band for shows. Wisconsin “Jambo” Joe Bones Jambo Acoustic Music Hudson, WI Visit his website “Jambo” Joe Bones hails from Hudson, Wisconsin, a nautical town on the banks of the scenic St. Croix River. With musical influences including the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot and, yes, that Buffett guy, his solo/acoustic shows are a mixture of familiar cover songs as well as a few well-placed originals. Jambo also performs “all-Buffett” tribute shows. He can currently be found playing in waterfront bars up and down the river, as well as in wine bars, biker bars and for Parrothead parties. |
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