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As reported today at ChicagoBusiness.com:

http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=1474

Wrigleyville, meet Margaritaville. The Chicago Cubs want to hold rock concerts at Wrigley Field, possibly as soon as next season. The right act could be aging singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who, according to two people familiar with the matter, would likely be the first musician to play Wrigley.

Wrigley may host 2005 concert

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-wrig01.html

Could Buffett put an end to the curse?

After all, more than a few Boston Red Sox fans are convinced two sold-out Buffett concerts at Fenway Park earlier this summer did the trick — exorcising those baseball demons that had kept Beantown’s perennial losers from snaring a World Series championship since 1918.

During a television satellite interview Monday promoting his new novel A Salty Piece of Land, the laid-back crooner told WBBM-Channel 2 morning news anchor Randy Salerno he and his band would ”absolutely love to” work the same magic for the Cubs.

Musician Jimmy Buffett was interviewed by Matt Lauder on the Today show this morning and performed “A Salty Piece of Land” and “Christmas In The Caribbean” with the beach band (Ralph MacDonald, Robert Greenidge, Michael Utley, and Mac). “A Salty Piece of Land” is included as a CD with the new book.

You can catch the video if you go to this site and look MORE TODAY SHOW VIDEO…click on launch under the photo of Jimmy. Under the first photo, you can get to video of the interview by Matt Lauer and then the whole song Salty Piece of Land. Under the second photo, you can launch the video of Christmas in the Caribbean.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/?ta=y

That’s right… more backstage photos from Vegas, San Diego and the CMAs (warning: Kenny Chesney sighting)

Check ‘em out at www.ralphmacdonald.com

The NY Times has a review: ‘A Salty Piece of Land’: Wise Old Jimmy Buffett (you need to register to see the review)

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/books/review/28FRIEDMA.html

[i:9f5ad34688]
”A Salty Piece of Land” is a tangy tale, at times turbulent and unpredictable as the ocean, at times as wistful as the whitecaps on the waves. Every book, I suppose, can be said to be a voyage of words, but in this novel the reader will encounter a colorful crew indeed: cowboys and Indians, sailors and pilots of seaplanes, treasure hunters, ghosts, and, of course, those ubiquitous pirates. Yet the book revolves around an old abandoned lighthouse on the mythical island of Cayo Loco, a lighthouse that, in true Stevensonian fashion, becomes something of a spiritual beacon in a world remarkable for its unwillingness to be led to the light.

Buffett knows better than most that life is all about how we mix our metaphors. And yet the nonfictional aspects of the book appear to be as grounded and well constructed as, for want of a better image, a lighthouse at sea. Buffett has clearly researched his subject. But I suspect the true research for this novel has already been done on land and air and sea in all the years the author has spent as a highly active participant-observer of life. What makes the incredible so credible to the reader, what makes the old lighthouse shine again, is the spiritual savvy Buffett has gleaned from the beach of life as he’s wandered in the raw poetry of time. [/i:9f5ad34688]

MSNBC has an excerpt from the new book: Jimmy Buffett’s mystery is set — where else? — in the Caribbean The hero of ‘Tales from Margaritaville’ returns to solve the case of the missing lighthouse lens

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6556897/

Today Show – TUESDAY, NOV. 30
7:00 a.m. ET Musician Jimmy Buffett performs live in the studio and discusses his new book, “A Salty Piece of Land.”

The Orlando Sentinel has a review of Tuesday’s hurricane-relief benefit concert at the TD Waterhouse Centre, “Buffett assembly line still delivers the fun”

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-bkbuffet_muco112404,0,7613908.story?coll=orl-home-entlife

Little Flock Music is proud to announce the signing of children’s music artist, Jim Mayer, to Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat Records. Jim’s CD, “Uncle Jim – Funky as a Diaper,” is now available at www.mailboatrecords.com and is selling for only $9.98 (for the kiddies).

Of course, you can still find this fun CD at www.jimmayer.com and www.littleflockmusic.com. Calls have been pouring in and Mailboat Records is shipping “Funky” to retail outlets nationwide. We will be following up with a list of stores near you, where the CD is available.

Please join the Jim Mayer email list by replying to unclejim@gmail.com with “mailing list” in the subject. Please note, this is not a “listserv,” but a direct link to Uncle Jim, who would very much like to keep you posted on exciting developments.

Thank you for all your wonderful support and have a happy holiday!

The Rocky Mountain News has a review of Buffett’s new booK: Escape to Buffett’s ‘Salty’ land

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/books/article/0,1299,DRMN_63_3350081,00.html

[i:83def15f74]With his wit, humor and knack for telling a good yarn, Buffett manages to deliver another salty piece of life in the tropics to his fans. [/i:83def15f74]

There’s a feature of the article with an image of Jimmy with Lon Helton at:

[url]http://www.countrycountdownusa.com/_wsn/page2.html[/url]

“November 20-21: The king of the parrot-heads, Jimmy Buffett, is Lon’s special co-host this week. This will be a once-in-a-lifetime show, with Jimmy talking about his friends Alan Jackson, George Strait, Toby Keith, and Kenny Chesney. He also tells the amazing inside story of how he came to record his current duet with Martina McBride.”

Here in Chicago, the countdown was on at 8 am this morning and was over by 10:30 am. I heard bits and pieces. One interesting bit of news is that Jimmy Buffett will be producing a Movie with Frank

It looks like it will be played in Dallas on 96.3 FM Sunday evening (11/21).

Lots o’ new pictures on Ralph MacDonald’s site, including photos of the new plane (including Heidi the hostess), backstage at Vegas and the Bill Gates soiree….

http://www.ralphmacdonald.com/

And click on the Gallery…

For the first time ever Radio Margaritaville will be presenting a special video simulcast of the Orlando “Surviving The Storm” benefit show at all Margaritaville Cafes and at Lulu’s Restuarant.

(You can also hear the show live on RM)

http://www.radiomargaritaville.com/storm/index.html

Jimmy Buffett Comes to the Big Screen With A COASTAL CONFESSION: AN EVENING WITH JIMMY BUFFETT Live in 53 Regal Entertainment Group Movie Theatres Nationwide

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041117005899&newsLang=en