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The set list along with comments are now available.

The show included the debut of a new song written by Will Kimbroughan Tommy Womack called “Nobody From Nowhere” (available at Amazon.com). Jake Shimabukuro (ukulele) and Ilo Ferreira were special guests for the show and contributed to several songs.

Jimmy ended the show with an acoustic solo version of “He Went to Paris“.

Jimmy’s next show in on July 5th at Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England (tickets still available). The tour then resumes on August 6th in Cincinnati, OH.

The set list along with comments are now available.

Jake Shimabukuro (ukulele) and Ilo Ferreira were special guests for the show and contributed to several songs. Ilo sang lead vocals on the song “Home Again“. Sweet Sally Taylor, the daughter of James Taylor, added background vocals to “Brown Eyed Girl“.

Buffett dedicated the song “Last Mango In Paris” to former Coral Reefer Tim Krekel who passed away on Wednesday.

The show ended with Jimmy doing an acoustic version of “Tin Cup Chalice“.

The Boston Globe has a review of the show: “Buffett’s breezy, feel-good vibe still resonates”

Last night was Jimmy Buffett’s 50th concert at the venue he still calls Great Woods, and odds are good a chunk of the 17,000 or so fans at the Comcast Center attended all of them. And who can blame them? Buffett is more than a tunesmith. He’s a walking lifestyle, a tuneful outlook, the barefoot figurehead in a laid-back philosopher’s club whose grass-skirted, Hawaiian-shirted members make annual pilgrimages to a virtual reality with its own breezy theme song. About a frozen drink.

Q. You haven’t been afraid to let loose lately about the state of the country. What’s up with that?

A. There’s a lot of stupidity going around on all sides. The country bought it all, and I thought people needed to be reminded about how stupid they were. And it’s an ongoing saga. I can certainly put more verses in “A Lot to Drink About’’ as we go along. For instance, I noticed that the schools are closing in Los Angeles, but the Lakers were just given a parade. There’s no end to the crazy things going on.

Q. You’re always involved, it seems, with a million different businesses. I hear you’re engaged in a couple of Margaritaville casino resorts in Biloxi, Miss., and Atlantic City opening in the next year. And you’re opening a Margaritaville Cafe in Edmonton. Where do you find time for all of this?

A. Oh, don’t worry. I still go surfing

Tim Krekel, a musician whose career started in Louisville before he was a teenager and soared to two stints as lead guitar for Jimmy Buffet’s band and a reputation in Nashville as a hit songwriter, died Wednesday afternoon at his Louisville home. He was 58.

That talent twice landed Krekel a touring gig as lead guitarist with Jimmy Buffet, first in the mid-1970s. Krekel told The Courier-Journal in 1978 that he was proud of his work on the singles “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and “Livingston Saturday Night” on Buffet’s “Son of a Son of a Sailor” album.

From TimKrekel.com:

One night, Tim performed in a showcase where Chet Atkins and a friend were in the audience. The friend turned out to be Jimmy Buffett’s manager. He and Chet were quick to recommend Tim to Buffett who needed a new guitarist. Tim was hired by Buffett and was his lead guitarist for a couple of years in the late 70’s and again in the 80’s. During his first stint with Buffett, Tim played on the Son of a Son of a Sailor album and appeared with him on Saturday Night Live, as well as in the 1978 film, FM. They also toured with the Eagles who were enjoying immense popularity at that time.

The set list along with comments are now available.

Jake Shimabukuro was a special guest for the show and joined the band on several songs including Come Monday, A Pirate Looks At Forty, an others.

One change to the set list from the recent shows was the addition of the song “Lovely Cruise” during the second encore.

Some photos from the show are now available in the BN Photo Gallery (thanks to ReefDiver)

Coral Reefers confirmed for the cruise are: Mike Utley, Robert Greenidge, TC Mitchell, Roger Bartlett(original Lead Guitar), Greg “Fingers” Taylor, and Amy Lee.

Visit the Tribute Cruises website for all of the details and to book your reservation.