Apr 30
Parrothead Cruise 2008 - Trip Around the Sun
Presented by the Atlanta Parrot Head Club
Join us for our tenth anniversary phlocking as we take a Trip Around the Sun! It’s a Party with a Purpose: Parrothead Cruise 2008 supports the Atlanta Parrot Head Club’s fight against breast cancer.
We will set sail on the Carnival Triumph on Saturday, March 8, 2008. We’ll depart Miami, Florida visiting Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; and Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. We return on Saturday, March 15, 2008. We’ll have a great lineup of Parrothead entertainment and activities and you can always count on a few surprises.
Details about the rates, the ports, the ship and much more can be found on the Parrothead Cruise website:
http://www.parrotheadcruise.com
You can also find pictures and stories of our most recent phlocking, Parrothead Cruise 2007, where we raised over $44,500 for charity!
Registration is now open! We are limiting registration to 475 participants and we anticipate the cruise will sell out quickly. The cruise is open to everyone, so please help spread the word to your Parrothead club members and friends. To register call 800-771-9300.
Brent Jones
Atlanta Parrot Head Club
brent@parrotheadcruise.com
Apr 29
The Dallas Morning News has a review of Saturday’s show "Jimmy Buffett brings musical happy hour to Pizza Hut Park" by Michael Granberry
As he has thousands of times in thousands of cities, Mr. Buffett wowed the crowd at Pizza Hut Park with a nearly three-hour show that made everyone feel they were well into happy hour. Mr. Buffett is a pro’s pro – he can play and jam with the best – but this is not Bruce Springsteen raising the ghost of Woody Guthrie or Jackson Browne drawing eerie parallels to Iraq in "Lives in the Balance."
On this night, the troubadour gave them all the hits they wanted while showing his remarkable range.
He opened with Willie Nelson’s "On the Road Again" but also did terrific covers of Hank Williams’ "Hey, Good Lookin’," Van Morrison’s "Brown Eyed Girl," Guy Clark’s "Cinco de Mayo in Memphis," Lyle Lovett’s "If I Had a Boat" and Crosby, Stills & Nash’s "Southern Cross."
And he acknowledged the effect he was having. "Church attendance might be down in the morning," he said. "But for those worried about that, well, for me, this counts as church." Call it a case of preaching to the choir, one that left in a deliriously happy state.
Apr 29
The three date April leg of the 2007 Bama Breeze Tour ended on Saturday night at the Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX. Some changes to the set list include a cover of Lyle Lovett’s "If I Had a Boat" (last played on December 8th, 2004) and "That’s My Story And I’m Stickin’ To It" (last played at the Anguila show and during the "A Beach Odyssey Tour" in 2001/2002).
The set list from the show is now available along with comments.
Jimmy does a benefit show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on May 14th before the next leg of the Bama Breeze tour continues on June 23rd in Pittsburgh.
Apr 28
He Went to Paris … He’s going to Paris!
In the pre-show interview on Radio Margaritaville before the Dallas show Jimmy Buffett announced he will be doing a small show in Paris France at the New Morning (a small Jazz club that seats around 400 people) on June 8th for one show one night only with the small band. Jimmy also said the show will be video taped, and he will leave it to the Parrotheads to figure out how to get tickets, but there will be more information forthcoming.
Apr 27
MSNBC has an article: "New Orleans Jazz Fest honors fan Ed Bradley"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18357285/from/ET/
CBS newsman Ed Bradley was a big fan of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. On Friday, the Jazz Fest honored his memory and his two decades of support with an opening-day jazz funeral procession, complete with two brass bands.
Quint Davis introduced singer Jimmy Buffett as the person who first brought Bradley to the festival in the 1980s, and the first to pull him up on a stage and hand him a tambourine.
“Bless you, Father, for bringing us a really bad tambourine player but a great friend,” Buffett said Friday.
Buffett took credit for giving Bradley the nickname “Teddy Badly.” About 45 of Bradley’s friends participating in the parade wore small green pins with the name “Teddy” printed on them.
More on Jimmy in New Orleans (from Duris): There was a reception at Harrah’s for the Jazz Fest foundation with a presentation honoring Ed Bradley. Jimmy performed "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans" with Allen Toussaint. He presented a check from the sale of the swimsuit model guitar for $47,000. The proceeds went to the Habitat and a local music foundation.
Apr 26
The 2007 Bama Breeze Tour continued on Wednesday night at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. Some changes to the set list from the first show include "Hula Girl At Heart" (performed live for the first time), "Domino College", Jamaica Mistaica, and "Presents To Send You". Musician Earl Klugh made a guest appearance on "A Pirate Looks At Forty" (with a cover of Bob Marley’s "Redemption Song" mixed in). The set list from the show is now available along with comments.
During the pre-show interview with Savannah Jane Buffett on Radio Margaritaville / SIRIUS 31 Jimmy mentioned he checked around and did not see an upcoming "surprise" show mentioned anywhere yet (No it’s not the New Orleans Jazz Fest, but I personally would like to see him perform in a small venue on Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard).
There’s an article on the tailgating before the show at WSBTV: "Jimmy Buffett, Parrotheads Invade Atlanta".
Apr 26
Comments from several celebrities appear in a new coffee table book called "Orleans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre". Celebrities quoted include Francis Ford Coppola, Nicholas Cage, Jimmy Buffett, Emeril Lagasse, and Lenny Kravitz. Publisher profits from this book go to the French Quarter preservation. More information on the book is available at Morgana Press and "Amazon.com"
Jimmy Buffett: "The Vieux Carré was my window to the tropics before there ever was a Margaritaville song or restaurant. It was the place for all us children of the coast, who were lucky enough to see the gardens, smell the gumbo and hear the music that spoke of a larger and more interesting world beyond the path of Highway 90. I have been lucky enough to see many views of many places that are called paradise, but my first view was a banana tree in a Vieux Carré garden. I can remember that view nearly 50 years later as if it were yesterday. In a world filled with many storms and much uncertainty, the Vieux Carré was, still is and will hopefully always be a shelter from the storms."
Apr 24
Jimmy Buffett makes his Atlantic City debut on Saturday June 30th at the Boardwalk Hall as part of his 2007 Bama Breeze Tour. The concert is sponsored by Harrah’s Entertainment, which owns Bally’s, Casears, Harrah’s and Showboat. Tickets on sale Monday April 30 at 10 am ET. Admission is $226, $156, $96 and $66. To order tickets, call (800) 736-1420 or Ticketmaster.com.
Apr 22
Some photos from Saturday’s show at Minute Maid Park in Houston are now available in our Photo Gallery (thanks to John Parr and others)
There’s also a photo of one of the tour t-shirts that shows additonal tour stops. (thanks to texaspirate for passing along the photo)
Atlantic City, NJ
Uncasville, CT
New York, NY
Honolulu, HI
Hollywood, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Apr 22
The 2007 Bama Breeze Tour kicked off on Satuday night at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX. Jimmy opened the show with "On The Road Again", a cover of the song by Willie Nelson. Two other songs were also performed live for the first time "Cinco de Mayo in Memphis" and "Reggabilly Hill". Other surprises to the set list included "Ballad of Spider John", "Northeast Texas Women", and "Tonight I Just Need My Guitar".
The set list from the show is now available, along with comments from those who listened to the show on Radio Margaritaville or SIRIUS Satellite Radio. The last two songs "Tonight I Just Need My Guitar" and "In My Room" were missing due to a local power loss backstage. They are working on re-airing the lost songs in the near future.
Some people who attended the show have mentioned the t-shirts include tour dates for Hollywood, CA and Honolulu, HI.
Michael Utley was not at the show because he was recovering from minor surgery in Nashville. Mac McAnally filled in on keyboards. He is expected to rejoin the band on Wednesday in Atlanta.
The opening act Robert Earl Keen played for about 30 minutes prior to Jimmy taking the stage. REK is only scheduled to be the opening act for the Houston show.
At the Bama Breeze:
Photo: Bama Breeze Bar Stage Set - Houston, TX
If you attended the show and have some photos to pass along, please send them to: info@buffettnews.com or Upload to our photo gallery.
Apr 21
Time After Island Time Presents Part 2 of 2 of the LuLu’s at Homeport Radio Special.
Mac McAleer and Lucy Buffett of LuLu’s at Homeport in Gulf Shores, Alabama return to Time After Island Time to talk about their life on the gulf coast, their favorite Coral Reefers, the listening parties for American Idol’s Taylor Hicks, and their personal philosophies on life. We have some very special music on this episode of Time After Island Time, and we know you’ll enjoy it.
Tune in from anywhere in the world via Radio JimmyDreamz at
http://www.radio.jimmydreamz.com
Monday 1pm - APRIL 23, 2007
Wednesday 9am - APRIL 25, 2007
Thursday 4pm - APRIL 26, 2007
Saturday 8pm - APRIL 28, 2007
**All broadcasts are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)**
Apr 20
More details on Jimmy Buffett’s upcoming book "Swine Not?" have been passed along to us (thanks to Sarah). The new book comes out on November 27th, 2007. (UPDATE: THE BOOK HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL SPRING 2008)
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Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett
Bestselling author and famed musician Jimmy Buffett presents a charming fable for all ages—the exciting adventure of Rumpy, a pig in Manhattan. Jimmy was inspired to write this book by friend who really does keep a pig in Manhattan! When Rumpy, a pet potbelly pig, and her human family move to the big city, she couldn’t be more excited. Her long lost twin brother moved to the city long ago and now she will finally have the chance to find him. But when she finds herself locked inside the apartment, with an evil chef is lurking outside, Rumpy has to overcome the obstacles. Will she ever be able to get down to the streets and find her twin? All she needs is a few new friends and the perfect disguise… |
More information on Jimmy’s upcoming book is available here:
http://www.buffettnews.com/swinenot.html
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