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According to the Indianapolis Star, Jimmy Buffett will be performing with the Coral Reefer Band on Saturday February 6th at the Viceroy Hotel in Miami, FL.
Indianapolis’ Tom Battista is making his way to South Florida this week, but not to watch the Super Bowl.
Battista, who has been Jimmy Buffett’s stage manager for 17 years, is organizing a small 60- to 90-minute show for an NFL owners’ private party. Some of the owners apparently are Parrotheads.
Saturday’s show and soiree, which includes Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, is to take place at the luxury resort Viceroy Miami, which is located in a spot billed as “Miami’s Wall Street of the Americas.”
“It’s a really swank hotel,” said Battista, who couldn’t say which songs Buffett would perform before today’s sound check. “Until we do sound check, we won’t really know.”
About 300 people are expected.
February 7th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Why did Jimmy not play at half time? And why did the name of the stadium change? It would have been great.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Jimmy’s not old enough to play at half time.
It seems like lately the NFL only wants the very senior citizens playing at half time; or bands that once was big, but now play at mall opening or festivals.
I’m sure at one time or another, the NFL has ask Jimmy to do a half time performance, and I’m sure Jimmy is still laughing about how little they wanted to pay him.
The bottom line is, the NFL is too cheap to pay the kind of money Jimmy demands.