Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed at the Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wantagh NY as part of the 2018 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Tour. The set list from the show is now available.
Several cast members from the musical “Escape To Margaritaville” joined on vocals during the songs “Margaritaville” and “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”.
Nancy Atlas joined Buffett and the band for the song “Brown Eyed Girl”. From Patch: “Long Island Proud: Montauk’s Nancy Atlas Rocks Jones Beach!”
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed at Wrigley Field in Chicago as part of the 2018 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Tour. The set list from the show is now available.
For the final encore Buffett and Mac McAnally sang “A Pirate Looks At Forty” from the pitcher’s mound.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed on Tuesday night at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati as part of the 2018 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Tour. The set list from the show is now available.
For the final encore Buffett performed “West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown” (last played August 13, 1997 in Camden, NJ)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a review of Saturday’s show: “Jimmy Buffett talks to fans like old friends during Pittsburgh concert”
Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band’s “Son of a Son of a Sailor ’18” tour docked in Burgettstown Saturday, drawing a crowd that stretched from the gates at the pavilion to PA-18 around showtime. One fan in the sea of Hawaiian shirts wore a cardboard sign around her neck that read “BUFFETT VIRGIN.” For many other fans, Saturday was a return to Margaritaville. It certainly wasn’t their captain’s first time.
“I can tell, oh I can tell,” Mr. Buffett said to the crowd a few songs into his set. “We’re gonna have a B-I-G T-I-M-E.”
The crowd filed in slowly while opener Caroline Jones played a stripped-down set alongside only a box drum. Pulling mostly from her latest album, “Bare Feet,” released on Buffett’s Mailboat Records, Jones sounded much bigger than her band suggested. Coral Reefer Mac McAnally joined the singer for his song, “Down the Road,” before Jones closed with her own track, “Chasin’ Me.”
Buffett and his 11-member band kicked off their set with “Livingston Saturday Night,” naturally subbing “Pittsburgh” into the title on the final chorus. Transitions between songs were clean both in terms of stage banter and physical movement. Buffett doesn’t look his 71 years — tan and fit, he bounced around the stage with energy, hopping during his songs and quickly swapping guitars in between.
When he addressed the crowd, Buffett talked like he would with old friends who already know the punchlines to his inside jokes.
Buffett wears his heart on his sleeve. He likes strumming his guitar, he likes beaches, he likes boats and he likes bars. At some point during the show, he lost his flip-flops (later in his set he gifted them to a fan), and when the sun went down and Buffett took off his shades, he almost looked unnatural.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed on Saturday night at the KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown PA as part of the 2018 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Tour. The set list from the show is now available.
From WPIX: Fans at Jimmy Buffett concert report “gridlock” at gates, long lines. Anger and frustration outside of KeyBank Pavilion as some fans waited for hours to get through security at the Jimmy Buffett concert.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed on Thursday night at Coors Field in Denver CO. The set list from the show is now available.
From 303 Magazine: “Review – The Eagles’ Performance Matched the Denver Heat”
Since the ’70s, The Eagles have been known as one of America’s most popular bands. The group has gone through decades of ups and downs, including member changes and deaths, record-breaking album sales and more than one reunion tour. After their infamously messy breakup in 1980, Eagles fans rejoice in pleasant shock every time the band graces a stage in their area. In 2018, they brought another reunion, this time to a scorching hot Coors Field along with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band.
Jimmy Buffett is a man of all trades, having careers in music, writing and restaurant ownership, but at Coors Field last night his expertise remained solely of the tropic-rock kind. While the Caribbean-rock creator entered the stage on time, which is foreign to island-folk, Buffett’s ensemble channeled a fresh-off-the-boat look, with a blue, airy button up and a lack of footwear. Beach balls catapulted all over the atmosphere on the floor while intricate backdrops showcased scenes of the ocean, beach and all things tropical, which felt appropriate in 105-degree heat.
No one can accuse Jimmy Buffett of not knowing how to throw a good time, and his performance last night was continued proof that this sailor’s still got it. “Pencil Thin Mustache,” one of the first bits of the set, garnered thousands of voices singing along, which echoed throughout the stadium. After the island vibes had flowed for a few more songs, Buffett brought out Jones to assist him in “Come Monday.” “Cheeseburger in Paradise” stole the show from his tracklisting of the night, which came as no surprise.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band continued their Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Tour last night at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls OH.
The set list from the show is now available. There was one change to the set list the addition of the song “School Boy Heart”.
From The Plain Dealer: “Jimmy Buffett hosts the season-opening party at sold-out Blossom Music Center”
Sailor and licensed pilot Jimmy Buffett clearly prefers the open ocean, vast beaches or empty skies … and the fans who had to navigate horrendous traffic for his Son of a Son of a Sailor tour stop at Blossom Music Center Sunday night probably can understand why.
A few changes in latitude and altitude could help with the frayed attitudes caused by battling surprising road closures – why was Northampton Road, the access to the Valley Gate entry, shuttered with no notice? – and lengthy lines to oversold parking lots that moved so slowly that snails were saying, “Eat my dust!”
At least the music made it worthwhile. For two solid hours, Buffett and the crackerjack Coral Reefer Band, aided by 10-time Country Music Association musician of the year Mac MacAnally, kept 20,000 sets of fins moving left and right in the sold-out venue.
