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On August 2nd at 8:00 am Jimmy appears on a show called "ON SURFARI" on Fuel TV (Directv channel 612). Shannon and Shyne pack up, move to the Caribbean and run into JIMMY BUFFETT and a bunck of Roxy girls.

From f2cdlzrd: Jimmy appears briefly during the last 5 minutes of the show. He is seen performing "Margaritaville" at the Calypso Cantina in the Caribbean. The show has great surfing and the footage is awesome

The Sea Coast Echo has an article and pictures from the video shoot: "Jimmy Buffett shoots music video in Bay St. Louis"

The song is a dedication to the destruction of the Flora-Bama Lounge, a popular club in Gulf Shores, Al., Farve said. The club suffered heavy damage as a result of Hurricane Ivan in 2004. A song played out-loud during the video shoot described how a bar called the "Bama Breeze" meant so much to the patrons who frequented it. The song describes Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger stopping in the bar in 1984 and writing his name on the wall of the ladies’ bathroom. The chorus of the song being played said, "at the Bama Breeze you are one of us down there, you never drink alone down there, good God, I really feel at home down there."

In one scene, Buffett sits alone amid the wreckage inside the bar playing his guitar. Another scene depicts a track-hoe knocking down the building, and another shows Buffett and the extras raising their beers and shouting loudly as they give a toast to the "Bama Breeze."

From the Sun Herald "Dog has its Day, Fire Dog stands in for Flora-Bama as Buffett plays"

Singer Jimmy Buffett spent the day filming at the wrecked building that was once the Fire Dog Saloon.

Residents and officials were initially taken aback by the fact that the video and song, "Bama Breeze" (expected to be the first release from Buffett’s new album, due out in October), dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, with the wrecked Fire Dog standing in for the Flora-Bama bar, a famous establishment located smack-dab on the Alabama-Florida state line.

Wil Kimbrough co-wrote two of the songs on the upcoming album "Party at the End of the World" according to an interview with Wil in the Mobile Register "Wil Gets Happy, Wil Gets Angry".

Wil: Yeah, we recorded back in like January or February, and we wrote some songs for it. Together, this time we actually wrote some together. … I think it’s coming out in October, that’s the last I heard. We wrote some really cool songs for it.

Yeah, in fact, one of the songs we wrote was called, "Party at the End of the World". It’s about both things, it’s about the end of the world and it’s about a party. And it’s about Tierra Del Fuego, where he visited. He went and visited down at the bottom of Patagonia, Argentina, it’s considered the end of the world before you get to Antarctica. And so it’s about three things. It’s about a place that’s considered the world’s end, the end of the world, and they’re going to have one last party. We wrote a couple of other really cool songs too. We wrote a song called "Everybody’s On the Phone".

For more information on the new album visit our "Party at the End of the World" page.

The Chicago Sun Times has an article: "Superb Buffett DVD chronicles Wrigley shows"

Disc 1 covers the Monday Labor Day matinee, the second disc features the Sunday night affair. Buffett played to sellouts of 39,500 at each of the historic concerts. I was at both shows and Sunday’s was stronger. Buffett was clearly amped up, and I’ll never forget the tender acoustic tribute he giftwrapped to late Chicago singer-songwriter Steve Goodman by singing "City of New Orleans" from the right field bleachers, precisely where Goodman used to sit. That’s another neat thing about "Live at Wrigley Field" for sentimentalists such as myself.

A "Backstage"mini-documentary shows Buffett wandering around the ballpark and bumping into the ubiquitous Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers. Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukro performed the "Star-Spangled Banner" on Labor Day and his brilliant performance is a bonus track.

[b:a9b5ba858b]From the Biloxi Sun Herald:[/b:a9b5ba858b] "Buffett in the Bay, New music video he’s shooting has a surprise"

Between nibblin’ on sponge cake and watchin’ the sun bake, Jimmy Buffett plans to use the Fire Dog Saloon today as a backdrop in a new music video about a devastating hurricane. But hold on to your flip-flops, because here’s the pop-top: It’s probably not the same devastating hurricane you’re thinking of.

Rest of the story here:
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/15141795.htm

The Chicago Cubs official website at MLB.com has an article on the new Wrigley DVD: "Parrotheads, rejoice - Buffett’s ‘Live at Wrigley Field’ double-DVD now available"

"One of the fun things was that it just seems like it only happened yesterday," Buffett said.

"It kind of overwhelmed me when I went back to look at the video. It was certainly overwhelming at the time when you’re up there playing. You know, I haven’t played too many historic gigs, but this one surely was."

There are some Video Previews from the DVD, an Interview with Jimmy Buffett, and a Photo Gallery available at:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/fan_forum/jimmy_buffett/

The new "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans" DVD will be released on August 22, 2006. The show took place on September 20th, 2005 at Madison Square Garden.

Pre-Order the DVD "From the Big Apple to Big Easy" at Amazon.com

The artwork for the DVD is now available:

Here’s a press release from Jackson “Bubbafreak” Quigley announcing the opening of his new website / blog: "Club St. Somewhere: The Other Side of Obsession"

Ever wonder what happened to the author of JimmyDotCom? Or do you simply want to know what it was like back in the old days? Come join Jackson on his new website Club St. Somewhere: The Other Side of Obsession

Billboard has an article on the new DVD that is due out on August 1st: "Buffett’s Wrigley Doubleheader Due On DVD"
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002841172

A larger image of the DVD cover artwork is now available:

Pre-order the double DVD at Amazon.com

WIS Channel 10 has a poll for the new South Carolina license plate "Tell WIS which Parrothead plate you prefer"

From Radio Margaritaville.com: AND THE WINNER IS… Congratulations to Megan Mohr of Plant City, Florida — the WINNER of our Sing Along With Jimmy contest! She’s bound for Boston to see Jimmy next month — with airfare and hotel — plus backstage passes for a rare look behind the scenes! And listen for Megan on the Tailgate Party with Savannah Buffett! Thanks to ALL our singers for entering and keep listening for more cool ways to win!

Listen to the interview with Megan Mohr by RM’s Steve Huntington (mp3 file).