Will Kimbrough blogs about his recent time with Jimmy and the Coral Reefer Band in London: “Home from London”
We recorded July 2, 3 and 4 for the next Jimmy Buffett album. Most of the Coral Reefers were there and sounding great.
July 5 was the show day. I think Buffett played a short set at a benefit once, and also sat in with Jack Johnson in London, but this was his first real Coral Reefer band show ever in London. Hard to believe, but true. So the audience was pretty excited.
I thought it was a great show. We opened with “Piece of Work”, and the lead vocals were shared by Jimmy, Mac, Nadirah and myself. Then we did hit after hit after. Everyone sang along to every word and Mr Buffett had a huge smile on his face.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed on Sunday night at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London England. It was Buffett’s first appearance in London since September 15, 1997 when he appeared at the Montserrat Benefit Show, and a brief appearance with Jack Johnson in 2008.
The set list included some changes from recent shows including “Piece of Work”, “Why Don’t We Get Drunk …”, and “Werewolves of London”. Jimmy ended the show with and acoustic version of “He Went to Paris”.
(thanks to Brenda for passing along the photos and the set list)
A video of Jimmy performing “A Pirate Looks at Forty” is available on YouTube:
Uncle Jim is starting a “Hotel Concert” series and there are two videos on his YouTube Channel that feature fellow Coral Reefers, Nadirah Shakoor and the legendary Ralph MacDonald hanging out in the hotel in Boston, playing some songs. The videos are real fun and very fresh, like a week ago. Uncle Jim is planning on doing more of these videos soon, so stay tuned.
According to American Angler magazine, ESPN recently shot a film in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, and it features Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, Tom Brokaw and a few other guys you would not know unless you were into fly-fishing. It will be a six-part series of fishing footage and interviews that will air in January 2010 on ESPN2. The intent is to promote the conservation of some fragile fishing areas and some endangered species in that area. (thanks to Tim for passing that along to us)
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