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Jimmy’s Aug. 26th and 28th show sat the Tweeter Center comes in at #2 in ticket sales, grossing $2,731,829.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/boxscore.jsp

The local NBC affiliate in Mobile, AL, shows a brief view of Jimmy’s sister LuLu’s place in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach. Considering that the storm made landfall not far from the new location, the damage is mild compared to other video footage. The web address is www.WPMI.com and it is the latest available broadcast as of 11 PM Thursday night. The shot of LuLu’s is around 34 minutes into the broadcast. Thankfully, my family survived, although several of their homes were lost. Homes can be rebuilt, people can’t!

Last chance rooms still available for the Las Vegas Jimmy Buffett shows Oct. 15 & 23. Rooms are going fast but we still have a few left. Call 877-FLY TROPO to get the best PH rates. Key Largo, San Remo, Clarion & more. Need another reason to be in Vegas? Did you know about “Last Man Standing” at Tommy Rockers Friday Oct. 15? Hosted by the LVPHC. Lots of great live music featuring Coral Reefers, Conched Out, Stars on the Water and more. Check out www.Lvphc.net for details and to sign up.
Saturday Oct. 23, the return of the “Gypsies in the Palace” Pool Party at the Key Largo. Live music with Jerry Gontang & “phriends”. Sponsored by www.Tropotravel.com, Margaritaville Tequila, Corona & Cruzan Rum. Silent auction for charity. “Signed” Buffett stuph & more. 877-FLY TROPO for details. See you there!

Trip Around the Sun has reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Country Chart, coming in at #36.

Radio and Records reports the song at #32, while All About Country has Trip Around the Sun ranked at #33 on its Hot Singles report.

60 Minutes is going to be running a piece on Jimmy sometime soon. The camera crew was following the band around all week leading up to the shows at Fenway.

Kenny Buttrey dies at 59, drummer for Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg. Kenny Buttrey, an influential session drummer in Nashville history, died at home in Nashville on Sunday (September 12) of cancer. Kenny Buttrey was 59. Kenny Buttrey was drummer and arranger on sessions with a host of artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Neil Young to Jimmy Buffett and on classic songs ranging from “All Along the Watchtower” to “Tonight’s the Night” to “Margaritaville” and other landmark recordings of the ’60s and ’70s. Other Kenny Buttrey recordings include Jimmy Buffett’s “Changes in Attitudes” (which yielded “Margaritaville”) and Linda Ronstadt’s “Silk Purse”.

The Boston Globe has a short article that mentions Jimmy had a surprise show on Sunday night at the Paradise Club in Boston with Sonny Landreth.

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2004/09/14/buffett_goes_clubbing_fright_in_foxborough/

Billboard has a review of the Sept 10th show in Boston:

http://www.billboard.com/bb/livereviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000628778

There’s a few BN’ers on the video from WHDH in Boston

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/B53261/

Ralph MacDonald (www.ralphmacdonald.com) has updated his photo galleries with a bunch of behind the scenes photos from Jones Beach and Friday’s Fenway show. Check it out at www.ralphmacdonald.com.

Those of you in the New York City area can also catch Ralph performing Jazz with Toph-E and the Pussycats (featuring Chris Carter on drums and Will Lee on bass) Tuesday the 14th and Tuesday the 21st at the Metropolitan Cafe, 53rd and First, beginning at 10:30pm.

[b:4199511362]The Mayor of Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett wasting away [/b:4199511362]
[url]http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/sideTracks/view.bg?articleid=43955[/url]

[b:4199511362]Jimmy Buffett was a boon to Beantown but a bust for scalpers [/b:4199511362]
[url]http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=43967[/url]

[b:4199511362]Buffett: Party first, music second[/b:4199511362]

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=43941

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