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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy WI as part of the 2009 Summerzcool Tour.

The set list along with comments are now available.

Glen Worf was a special guest for the show and played bass on several songs (Glen has recorded with Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Tammy Wynette, Toby Keith, Mark Knopfler, and others). The show ended with Jimmy doing an acoustic version of “Growing Older But Not Up“.

The examiner.com has a review of Thursday’s show at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantaugh: “Jimmy Buffett serves up Summerzcool at Jones Beach, remembers Ted Kennedy”

Jimmy Buffett served up a delicious mix of old and new music last night at Jones Beach Theater in Wantaugh, perhaps one of the best venues to see his set of beach-laden, sea-loving odes. While Buffett brings his own stage backdrop of the wave-crashing ocean and is backed by a 10-piece band and two backup singers on a stage filled with palm trees and an overall beach theme, it’s not really needed for the Long Island show.

The Wednesday night show was especially poignant given that sailing aficionado and fellow Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy had passed away the previous night. Buffett concluded his song “Son of a Sailor” with a few photos of Kennedy on his favorite wooden sailing schooner “Mya” off the Massachusetts coast with the saying, “Sail on, Teddy.”

Ilo Ferreira and Nadirah Shakoor will perform at Cactus Bar & Grill in Chicago on Thursday Aug 27th from 9:00-11:00 pm. Show is 21+ and drink specials will be offered:

$3.00 Pints of Modelo on Draft
$10.00 Carafes of Peach or Red Sangria
$5.00 all bomb shots
$5.00 Margaritaville margaritas on the rocks
$20.00 Mexican beer buckets 5 of your choice in bucket Corona, Corona Light, Dos XX, Negra Modelo, Pacifico, Sol, Tecate and Tecate light.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played on Sunday August 13rd, 2009 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City as part of the 2009 Summerzcool Tour.

The set list along with comments are now available.

A couple of changes to the set list included “Coconut Telegraph” and “Rhumba Man “. Ilo Ferreira was a special guest for the show and he sang the song “Let Me Love You“. The show ended with Jimmy doing an acoustic version of “Lovely Criuse“.

The Press of Atlantic City has a review of the show, some photos, and a video: “Parrotheads flock to Atlantic City for Jimmy Buffett concert”

Balding, barefoot and wearing a T-shirt and board shorts, the 62-year-old still brings it. With two video screens on each side of the stage and a large center one displaying videos of beach scenes and bay sunsets, Buffett chatted with the crowd all night and worked in references to the New Jersey shore, Wildwood, Cape May, the Steel Pier and The Chelsea Hotel before the second song ended.

He certainly has a lot of help to sound as good as he does. Aside from the crowd, which sings along to most of his songs, Buffett is backed by a 10-piece band and two backup singers on a stage filled with palm trees and an overall beach theme.

Philly.com has a nice article on Mac McAnally: “CasiNotes: He’ll be backing Buffett, as usual, at Boardwalk”

It was 1977, and McAnally was touring in support of his self-titled debut album. The road trip took him to the old Bijou Cafe, an intimate nightclub on Lombard Street just west of Broad. Because some of the execs at his label, Ariola, had worked for the likewise defunct ABC/Dunhill imprint (which at that time had Buffett in its stable of stars), Buffett was familiar with McAnally’s work.

“Jimmy either played that night [in Philly], or he was in town [for an upcoming gig],” recalled the Alabama-born, Mississippi-bred singer-songwriter. “He wrote me a note that said, ‘We’re both from Mississippi and we’re both storytellers. We’re gonna write together and we’re gonna be friends.’ “

Alpine Valley Music Theater – East Troy, WI
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
2009 Summerzcool Tour
Saturday August 29, 2009

Listen to the show on Radio Margaritaville/SIRIUS/XM Radio
and follow along with the set list right here

Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre – Wantagh, NY
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
2009 Summerzcool Tour
Wednesday August 26, 2009

Listen to the show on Radio Margaritaville/SIRIUS/XM Radio
and follow along with the set list right here

Boardwalk Hall – Atlantic City, NJ
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
2009 Summerzcool Tour
Sunday August 23, 2009

Listen to the show on Radio Margaritaville/SIRIUS/XM Radio
and follow along with the set list right here

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Billboard has a review of my the show last week at Verizon Wireless Music Center: “Buffett – Aug. 11, 2009 – Indianapolis” by Jeff Vrabel.

Now in its 300-and-somethingth year of wandering the country, the caravan stops to jam-pack amphitheaters (this year in the stinky thick of Recession Summer), deliver two-and-a-half hours of bright sunshiney goods and move the whole train to the next station. It’s all one big mobile circus of good-natured staples, well-chosen cover songs, alcoholic squishies and an irrationally reliable good time. Barring some sort of catastrophic crash in the coconut-bra manufacturing sector or the blow-up pool market, it remains nearly impossible to look at the crowds (and the receipts) and think of a remotely logical reason to get this show off the road.

Join us for the second of our three-part series on Mac McAnally. Mac McAnally is a storyteller, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. He is an in-demand session musician and record producer. In addition to discussing his incredible and vast history as a songwriter and recording artist, Mac McAnally joins us to talk about his new record “Down by the River,” on Show Dog Records. This is the continuing story of Mac McAnally: Mississippian, Songsmith and Semi-True Storyteller.

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Wednesday – 9:00 AM – August 19, 2009
Thursday – 11:59 PM – August 20, 2009
Saturday – 8:00 PM – August 22, 2009

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Tuesday – 8:00 PM – August 18, 2009
Friday – 8:00 PM – August 21, 2009
Sunday – 7:00 PM – August 23, 2009

(Note all times listed are Eastern).

Jimmy Buffett is scheduled to perform at a memorial service for his friend Walter Cronkite next month in Manhattan.

From Politico.com: “Barack Obama invited to salute Walter Cronkite”

President Obama has been invited to eulogize Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS News anchorman, at a memorial service in Manhattan next month, network sources said.

Former President Bill Clinton has accepted an invitation to speak at the service, to be held at Lincoln Center at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 9.

Also speaking at the service will be Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News”; Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports; and Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp.’s president and chief executive officer.

Performances are scheduled by Jimmy Buffett and Mickey Hart, who was a Grateful Dead drummer.