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I just wanted to let your site and all your fans know about a free upcoming performance. Jimmy Buffett will be performing live at a rally with John Edwards in Pompano Beach, FL on election eve (Monday night). Tickets are FREE and are available online at http://www.johnkerry.com/events/110104_pompanobeach_fl_form.php or at a variety of field offices around South Florida. I have attached that list for you guys as well. Hope any and all Parrotheads can make it out for the rally.

Billboard Bits today mentioned Jimmy Buffett’s upcoming hurrican relief show and television performance.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000694576

[b:0017d29e23]CMT to Air “MAKING THE VIDEO: JIMMY BUFFETT & MARTINA MCBRIDE”[/b:0017d29e23]

Megastars Jimmy Buffett and Martina McBride recently invited CMT on the set of their brand new music video, “Trip Around The Sun,” shot near Charleston, S.C. The exclusive CMT program, MAKING THE VIDEO: JIMMY BUFFETT & MARTINA MCBRIDE, premieres Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT. CMT viewers will get an intimate look at how the pair collaborates on the video production, and will see exclusive new interviews with the artists.
http://www.cmt.com/shows/schedule/series_sched.jhtml?seriesID=11126

Photo Gallery - Making the Video: “Trip Around the Sun”

This was in yesterdays Newsday: HOTEL, 2 EATERIES FOR CENTRAL ISLIP. Long Island Hotels LLC, a Hauppauge-based developer, said it plans to break ground on a 170-room Hampton Inn and Suites in Central Islip this winter, said president John Tsunis. The project, which will also include a 225-seat Outback Steakhouse and a 225-seat Jimmy Buffett Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant, will be built on 9 acres next to EAB Park. The project is subject to approval by the town of Islip.
- JAMIE HERZLICH

The Time Warner/Little Brown Publishing website indicates that Jimmy will be on the Today Show on Wednesday December 1st to talk about his new book.

Update: Margaritaville.com now says Jimmy on the Today Show on November 30th

Jimmy Buffett will be on the road in Florida for Betty Castor’s Get Out The Vote Tour on Monday, November 1st, 2004 in West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa
http://www.bettynet.com/site/PageServer?pagename=buffett

The Red Sox finally accomplished a goal they have been unable to achieve in the past 86 years. They beat the St Louis Cardinals in the World Series and are now the World Champions. At his first show at Fenway Park back on September 10th, Jimmy Buffett said he would put an end to the Red Sox curse. His exorcism on that night put an end to the curse once and for all.

From an article in the New Bedford Standard Times:
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/10-04/10-26-04/c03sp733.htm

Maureen Woolley remembers all too vividly last year’s heart-breaking seventh-game loss to the New York Yankees, a game in which the Red Sox came within five outs of reaching the World Series. She’s traveled that roller-coaster of emotion many times during her trip through Red Sox Nation, most of the time exiting in a state of nausea. This time, however, promises to be different — at least in the eyes of Woolley and her fellow flock of Parrot Heads who got that “promise” during a Jimmy Buffett Concert at Fenway Park in September. “He said it was about time the curse came to an end and we believe him,” said Woolley, who along with her husband Brian are co-founders of the Nautical Whalers Parrot Head Club Inc., a chapter of the National Parrotheads in Paradise. They affectionately refer to themselves as “Pheathered Phriends” and what they heard and saw their King Parrot say and do that September night in Fenway Park was, well … “Phenomenal.” “It was just after he sang Take Me Out To The Ballgame when he started talking about the curse,” Woolley said. He talked about the history of Fenway Park, the devotion of the team’s faithful fans and how the pain and suffering was about to end. He continued to rev up the crowd by hitting t-shirts into the audience and kept the crowd howling with a resounding version of his big hit, Jolly Mon.
“He had us believing,” said Woolley.

From Ticketmaster.com - Jimmy Buffett is performing in Orlando on November 23rd for a Hurricane Relief Concert. Tickets go on sales this Saturday 10/30.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734667

JIMMY BUFFETT “SURVIVING THE STORM - HURRICANE BENEFIT”

ORLANDO, FL–Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will be performing a special concert on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at the T.D. Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, Florida, to raise hurricane relief funds for Florida, Alabama and the Caribbean.

“SURVIVING THE STORM - HURRICANE BENEFIT” concert is being presented and sponsored by Bank Of America, Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill.

As an Alabama native and Florida resident, Jimmy Buffett, whose love for the Caribbean is well known, has a deep connection to the area. This hurricane season has been especially destructive, and left many residents with damaged property or homeless.

Buffett spends much of his time in this region, and has written many songs about the unpredictability of hurricanes, volcanoes and other outbursts of Mother Nature.

From the Country Music Association
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041025/clm063_1.html

Jimmy Buffett and his “friends” Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait will reprise their rendition of Hank Williams classic “Hey Good Lookin’” at the 38th annual Country Music Association Awards. Organizers have also added a duet between Patty Loveless and Alan Jackson (”Monday Morning Church”), Terri Clark and Montgomery Gentry to the Nov. 9 show’s performance bill.

They join previously confirmed performers Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Big & Rich, Julie Roberts, Josh Turner, Sara Evans, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley and Shania Twain with Billy Currington.

Brooks & Dunn will host the show at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House, which will be seen live on CBS.

“The 38th Annual CMA Awards” Country Music’s Biggest Night(TM)
Tuesday, Nov. 9 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET)
on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Jimmy is nominated in for Musical Event of the Year with for the ensemble celebration of the Hank Williams classic “Hey Good Lookin’.

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Wastin’ Away Again”
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Oct-22-Fri-2004/weekly/24841412.html

From MSNBC: “Fenway’s allure intact as MLB’s oldest park”
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6309741/

Residents of the congested Fenway neighborhood objected to concerts in the past. But the new owners brought in Bruce Springsteen in 2003 and Buffett this year with the stage set up in center field.

Johnny Damon also plays in center field and noticed the faded grass once the stage was removed after Buffett’s two shows in September.

“It was OK. The grounds crew did a good job,” he said. “Jimmy Buffett’s definitely much better than I, but we both got to play out there.”

The latest issue of Singer Magazine features a cover story on Jimmy and a piece with Mac McAnally. Although the issue won’t be on the nnewsstands for another three weeks, the initial response from Buffett fans leads us to believe it will sell out quickly. We’re letting you know so that you can pass along a little insider info to you members - We have limited copies set aside for your members - there’s info on the issue at www.singermagazine.com. You can also call 540-438-SING (7464) for more information.