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During Saturday’s show at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA a video called "Indiana James" was played.

Congratulations to Thomas Pimentel and TNT LTD. PRODUCTIONS and the Cast and crew of Indiana James and the Raiders of the Lost Shaker of Salt. On Saturday night, August 12th, 2006, an eight minute clip of Indiana James was played at the Jimmy Buffett concert in Mansfield Massachusetts at the Tweeter Center to open up the second half of the show. The video was received with laughs, whistles and applause. "You could feel the excitement in the crowd, especially when the beach ball came rolling down that huge ramp after Indy." Director Thomas Pimentel also said that the surprises and excitement did not end there. "On Thursday night I was invited back stage because Jimmy wanted to meet ME. They didn’t tell me that I could meet Jimmy. They said he wanted to meet me. I got to hang out back stage with Jimmy Buffett’s video director, Stan Kellam, and see how the show is put together. I was introduced to Buffett and he told me that he saw the movie and laughed his ass off. I was floored. Almost five years of hard work had definitely paid off. We talked about editing and he wanted to know why I made the movie. I explained to him that I had an overactive imagination by which he replied, I can relate to that. Buffett then told me that he wants to be in the movie and we would go on to discuss logistics of working him into the project with a cameo. Could this dream get any better?

It’s now official according to Margaritaville.com

October 21 – MGM GRAND – Las Vegas, NV
October 28 – MGM GRAND – Las Vegas, NV

Tickets go on sale Monday, August 21st at 10 a.m. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Tickets also will be sold at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations and ticket sales are limited to eight (per person). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call MGM Grand Reservations at 800-929-1111/702-891-7777 or Ticketmaster at 702-474-4000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or Ticketmaster.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band ended the summer tour on Saturday night in Mansfield, MA. During the final encore Jimmy debuted the song "Bama Breeze" (written by Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear, and Mark Irwin). The song will be on the new album that is due out in October along with a video. The set list also include the song "Banana Republics".

The Boston Globe has a review of the Thursday show at the Tweeter Center: "Parrotheads soak up Buffett’s tropical spirit"

The dream is alive, and Jimmy Buffett’s to blame. "When I’m running the country we’ll have one time zone, Mardi Gras will be a national holiday, and 5 o’clock will be the witching hour," enthused Buffett near the start of his set, affably stoking the beach bum’s version of paradise he’s been hawking for nearly four decades.

Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame announces this year’s nominees.

Nominees in the Songwriter category (with an example of the writer’s work and the artist who recorded the hit) are:
Pat Alger ("The Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks)
Larry Henley ("The Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler)
Mark James ("Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley)
Mac McAnally ("Old Flame" by Alabama)
Bob Morrison ("You Decorated My Life" by Kenny Rogers)
Gary Nicholson ("One More Last Chance" by Vince Gill)
Hugh Prestwood ("Ghost In This House" by Shenandoah)
Thom Schuyler ("16th Avenue" by Lacy J. Dalton)
John Scott Sherrill ("Wild And Blue" by John Anderson) and
Jim Weatherly ("Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & The Pips)

Nominees in the Songwriter/Artist category are:
Arthur Alexander ("You Better Move On")
Jimmy Buffett ("Margaritaville")
J.J. Cale ("Cocaine")
John Hiatt ("Have A Little Faith In Me")
Tony Joe White ("Rainy Night In Georgia")"

A couple of weeks ago, a lot of people hoped to get close to Jimmy Buffett, who was filming a video at the Fire Dog Saloon in Bay St. Louis. Share a few thoughts, that kind of thing. I know, because I was one of them. Well, most of us struck out. But not Mary Perkins. First, a bit of history.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/magazine/15248822.htm?source=rss&channel=sunherald_magazine

The Boston Herald has a review of Thursday’s show at the Tweeter Center Boston: "Buffett’s boat plies familiar seas"

A Margaritaville restaurant will be opening on Grand Cayman in early September according to an article by the Cayman Free Press: "Margaritaville soon come". Jimmy Buffett himself will not be at the soft opening, but Mr. Screaton said he will definitely be here at some point.

From the Cayman Net News: "Creating a home for Margaritaville".

Jimmy Buffett’s famous theme bar, Margaritaville is coming to Cayman and a soft opening has been scheduled for early September in the Anchorage Centre. Although it is expected that Jimmy Buffett will come down for the grand opening, no date has yet been set.

The winner of the Ultimate Parrothead Contest, Megan Mohr, was on the Tailgate show with Savannah Jane prior to Thursday’s show at the Tweeter Center Boston. It was the biggest contest every in the history of Sirius Satellite Radio.

Listen to what Megan had to say: First Part | Second Part (mp3 files)

Read the transcript here (thanks to conched)

During the show at the Tweeter Center Boston (Mansfield, MA) on Thursday night Jimmy said he has not decided on what the name of the new album will be. It was originally going to be called "Party at the End of the World" and then it was announced that it would be called "Nothing But a Breeze".

During a recent interview with the Boston Globe this is what Jimmy said:

Q. You have a new album due this fall. Weren’t you also going to title it “Party at the End of the World"?

A. Yes, but I learned a long time ago that if you have to explain it, it’s not really a good title. People said to me, “What does it mean? Is it the end of the world? Is there a party? What?" There were too many questions for an album title. So I came up with “Nothing But a Breeze," from the old Jesse Winchester song. I won’t have to explain that.

Let’s help Jimmy out with the name of the new album. Should it be called it "Bama Breeze"? Any suggestions?

From Brian: I thought you guys might like this picture of Jimmy from this past Saturday’s show in Chicago (Tinley Park) on August 5th. There was a "Parrothead" wearing this hat in the front row and Jimmy admired it so much he asked to wear it. It was very funny!