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The CMT Crossroads show featuring Jimmy Buffett and the Zac Brown Band was taped on Wednesday at The Factory in Franklin, TN.
A report of the taping of the show is available from BigR-KyParrothead:
Wow! what a night! I’ll try to give good review so it may be long.
After checking in with no problems, we were let inside the doors. The first thing I noticed as i walked in, how small the place was. 300-350 people max. We had General Admission tickets, so were trying to find a good seat. Right as we walked in, a lady with CMT pointed to us and said to follow her. She asked if we were big fans, we said oh yes, big Parrotheads. She led us to the front row, right in front of Jimmy and Zac’s mic! I almost passed out! She told us they wanted big fans in the front row for the cameras, and if she gave us those seats we had to promise to stand, sing and have a good time … NO PROBLEM! I was in shock at this point. Getting to see this show…and front row, I had to be dreaming!
Anyway, the show began and it was amazing. They split it up into 2 sets, first the Zac Brown Band song and then Buffett’s set. During the Zac Brown set Nadirah, Tina, Robert, Ralph, and Utley were also on stage. Mac joined for the final 2 songs. During Jimmy’s set Roger Guth, Will Kimbrough and Uncle Jim joined the party.
It was obvious, Jimmy was really focused during the Zac Brown set. He didn’t want to screw up, he even joked about it after the set was over. It was tough for them to get into a rythm, because CMT had to give the thumbs up after every song, making sure it was a good take. They actually had to redo 3 songs but nobody complained.
The set list
Toes (with redo)
Where the Boat Leaves From (with redo)
Free/One Love
Chicken Fried
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Nobody from Nowhere
Wings (redo)
A Pirate Looks at Forty
Margaritaville
The highlights were Toes and Pirate. I wanted to see Jimmy do Toes because I thought it was a perfect JB song and Robert on the pans was great! For Pirate it was just Jimmy, Zac and Mac on stools along with Roberts on the pans, great!
The show lasted around 90 minutes. After the show wrapped, Jimmy was walking off stage and i stuck my hand up. he stopped, came back to me and shook my hand. i almost passed out! Afterward the entire Zac Brown Band and Mac hung-out with the fans, which i thought was really cool.
December 10th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I will really look forward to seeing this
December 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am
The show was absolutely great! It was so laid back having all of the stars just walk amongst the crowd prior to the show. I felt very lucky to be part of the audience!
December 10th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
My wife and I went to the show and loved every second. The mix worked very well, I only wished it could have lasted longer! I did snap a picture It was right after a make up touch up (I just couldn’t help it) so it didn’t interrupt filming. The girl down the row looked like she was filming the entire event. I hope that CMT will sell a CD or DVD from this event it was that good.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
What a coincidence! I sat front row right in front of the mics as well! Did you fail to mention the younger couple who you followed to the front and even spotted the set list for you to grab??? J/K. That was me! I was reading this to my fiance and was telling her it had to be the people we were sitting next to but I wasn’t sure…then I got to the part about the woman in the CMT shirt and was pretty sure…then I saw the pic of the set list and knew. Small world! Glad we could share the special night together. Can’t wait to see the taping!!
March 6th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Oh I can’t wait! I love me some Buffett. I’ve seen him around ten times and every show is better than the last. Zac Brown I like too. I can’t wait till he comes to Atlanta…..I’m gonna be there.