Older Buffett Concert Locations.....

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 6, 2008 11:27 pm

NelliBli wrote: That Buckeye Lake concert was in 1995... my football game poncho STILL has ineradicable mud from that concert on it... no matter how many times cleaned or warn in rain!!
I miss Blossom... except the Ohio State police are the "No Fun Patrol"... at Blossom, they even examined our sodas in coolies, to make sure it wasn't beer ( we wqere eating @ the time... LOL!). BUT Blossom was a great place to watch a concert. It was a place where JB always said 'I'll always come to Blossom because I was born near here".. but he doesn't

Jimmy was born in Cleveland?

Tarheel Tail-Gator · Post by **Tarheel Tail-Gator** » April 6, 2008 11:42 pm

Burny Charles wrote:
NelliBli wrote: That Buckeye Lake concert was in 1995... my football game poncho STILL has ineradicable mud from that concert on it... no matter how many times cleaned or warn in rain!!
I miss Blossom... except the Ohio State police are the "No Fun Patrol"... at Blossom, they even examined our sodas in coolies, to make sure it wasn't beer ( we wqere eating @ the time... LOL!). BUT Blossom was a great place to watch a concert. It was a place where JB always said 'I'll always come to Blossom because I was born near here".. but he doesn't
Jimmy was born in Cleveland?

That's what happens when you drink sodas at a JB concert. You hear strange things.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 6, 2008 11:50 pm

Tarheel Tail-Gator wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:
NelliBli wrote: That Buckeye Lake concert was in 1995... my football game poncho STILL has ineradicable mud from that concert on it... no matter how many times cleaned or warn in rain!!
I miss Blossom... except the Ohio State police are the "No Fun Patrol"... at Blossom, they even examined our sodas in coolies, to make sure it wasn't beer ( we wqere eating @ the time... LOL!). BUT Blossom was a great place to watch a concert. It was a place where JB always said 'I'll always come to Blossom because I was born near here".. but he doesn't
Jimmy was born in Cleveland?
That's what happens when you drink sodas at a JB concert. You hear strange things.

I always thought he had an Ohio accent.

BigR-KyParrothead · Post by **BigR-KyParrothead** » April 7, 2008 2:15 am

GumboPirate wrote:Buckeye Lake!! The great mudslide and thunderstorm of ???? (forget the year)...but what a fun time on the lawn with everyone around us sliding down the hill on tarps, blankets, whatever they had!

i was there!

stepped in a mud puddle, and it went up to my knee, lost a flop and walked around the rest of the day bare foot.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 7, 2008 6:04 am

He played at Mud Island in Memphis as "recently" as 1995, but in 1978 he played at the Field House in Iowa City, IA as the opening act for EmmyLou Harris.
I wasn't there. The day (night) of the concert, I was in Taiwan.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » April 7, 2008 6:10 am

Tropic_Al wrote:Garden State Arts Center,(now PNC Bank Arts Center) Holmdel NJ. Only 15 minutes from my house.
Of course the last time he played there was '98.

I miss Buffett playing there! That is where my mom took me to see him for the first time!

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » April 7, 2008 6:12 am

sjlmk wrote:The old Palladium at Carowinds outside Charlotte, NC back in the 1970's. Small outdoor amplitheater at the theme park that would seat about 1,000 people. For $2.00 and a park pass for the day you could get in and see Jimmy with a crowd of at least 200!! Come Monday and Pencil Thin Moustache were the only songs I had ever heard by him back then.

I was there! At Carowinds....Remember it stormed like crazy that night!

And , yeah...Mark Clark Hall, at The Citadel, in Charleston , was a one time thing....They failed to see the humor in WDWGDAS...

(I think that was 1975....pretty sure of it..)

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » April 7, 2008 6:15 am

Conolulu wrote:
sjlmk wrote:The old Palladium at Carowinds outside Charlotte, NC back in the 1970's. Small outdoor amplitheater at the theme park that would seat about 1,000 people. For $2.00 and a park pass for the day you could get in and see Jimmy with a crowd of at least 200!! Come Monday and Pencil Thin Moustache were the only songs I had ever heard by him back then.

I was there! At Carowinds....Remember it stormed like crazy that night!

And , yeah...Mark Clark Hall, at The Citadel, in Charleston , was a one time thing....They failed to see the humor in WDWGDAS...

(I think that was 1975....pretty sure of it..)

Didn't the kick Jimmy out? or tell him not to come back?!?!

Bfan53 · Post by **Bfan53** » April 7, 2008 6:16 am

murPH wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Waaaay back, JB used to play universities now and then. My first JB show was in 1979, at the Naval Academy.

I know he also played Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, sometime during that time frame. This information is included in the handbook given out to incoming Freshmen at the school.

Wow, 30 minutes from my house & I missed it!!!!!

be at the beach · Post by **be at the beach** » April 7, 2008 7:00 am

flipflopgirl wrote:
Conolulu wrote:
sjlmk wrote:The old Palladium at Carowinds outside Charlotte, NC back in the 1970's. Small outdoor amplitheater at the theme park that would seat about 1,000 people. For $2.00 and a park pass for the day you could get in and see Jimmy with a crowd of at least 200!! Come Monday and Pencil Thin Moustache were the only songs I had ever heard by him back then.

I was there! At Carowinds....Remember it stormed like crazy that night!

And , yeah...Mark Clark Hall, at The Citadel, in Charleston , was a one time thing....They failed to see the humor in WDWGDAS...

(I think that was 1975....pretty sure of it..)
I don't know if they kicked Jimmy out but they kicked us out of the Holiday Inn at the park a number of times. Those were always my favorite concerts. He would always play a couple of shows. My favorite was when we handed out the words to God's Own Drunk and tried to sing it to Jimmy when he wasn't allowed to play it. Wow do I feel old!
Didn't the kick Jimmy out? or tell him not to come back?!?!

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » April 7, 2008 7:06 am

flipflopgirl wrote:
Conolulu wrote:
sjlmk wrote:The old Palladium at Carowinds outside Charlotte, NC back in the 1970's. Small outdoor amplitheater at the theme park that would seat about 1,000 people. For $2.00 and a park pass for the day you could get in and see Jimmy with a crowd of at least 200!! Come Monday and Pencil Thin Moustache were the only songs I had ever heard by him back then.

I was there! At Carowinds....Remember it stormed like crazy that night!

And , yeah...Mark Clark Hall, at The Citadel, in Charleston , was a one time thing....They failed to see the humor in WDWGDAS...

(I think that was 1975....pretty sure of it..)
Didn't the kick Jimmy out? or tell him not to come back?!?!

Yep....They told him to not come back...to The Citadel. The letter is hanging in M'ville in Key West....

parrothead216 · Post by **parrothead216** » April 7, 2008 8:35 am

BigR-KyParrothead wrote:
GumboPirate wrote:Buckeye Lake!! The great mudslide and thunderstorm of ???? (forget the year)...but what a fun time on the lawn with everyone around us sliding down the hill on tarps, blankets, whatever they had!
i was there!

stepped in a mud puddle, and it went up to my knee, lost a flop and walked around the rest of the day bare foot.

Judy and I were there , too!

We were guest of the owner of the venue because of problems the years before(Our seats didn't exist when we got to the venue.)

The next April he called with complimentary tickets to the show. Told us how to get to Buckeye Lake easily from Cleveland. We drove down into what was 2 hurricanes that came together over southern Ohio at Buckeye Lake.

We weren't going to stay. I went to tell Hank La Conti ,thank you but no thank you, we were going home and promply got stuck up to the axles of the car in mud!!!

A brand new WHITE BUICK! We had to be pulled out by a state of Ohio , wrecker!

He had us park behind the stage on high ground and gave us access to the VIP tent and left us.

For 3 hours of standing and dancing in what was tantamount to a warm shower!

Jimmy came out and said , "I brought Tropical weather to Ohio, 2 hurricanes!"

When we left, and were driving home, we stopped at a rest stop to "rest"!
Judy went into the Ladies room and there were 3 young ladies trying to wash off all this mud! Judy said, " oh you saw Jimmy at Buckeye Lake, we were there too. "The girl said OMG why aren't you covered in mud, TOO

Oh Jimmy, ALL the good times!

Jimmy did ALL day festival at Buckeye Lake. Capacity was 55,000 people!

They herded you throught turnstiles like cattle!

parrothead216 · Post by **parrothead216** » April 7, 2008 8:49 am

NelliBli wrote: That Buckeye Lake concert was in 1995... my football game poncho STILL has ineradicable mud from that concert on it... no matter how many times cleaned or warn in rain!!
I miss Blossom... except the Ohio State police are the "No Fun Patrol"... at Blossom, they even examined our sodas in coolies, to make sure it wasn't beer ( we wqere eating @ the time... LOL!). BUT Blossom was a great place to watch a concert. It was a place where JB always said 'I'll always come to Blossom because I was born near here".. but he doesn't

NelliBli, you are right, the Police are no fun at Blossom and that is the reason Jimmy doesn't come back here.

The last time we had really great seats for Jimmy at Blossom, front row center, we got delayed in a sobriety check point! We go into our seats 30 minutes after the show started!

Jimmy was NOT happy!

The State Police only do the check point going in to the show because the venue would be liable if you were drunk coming out!

The actual quote from Jimmy was:"I'll never stop coming to Blossom, we sold out (our shows) here, before we sold out any where else"!

Unfortunately, Jimmy has developed Partimers!

An interesting aside, When Blossom used to announce their summer schedule, they never put Jimmy on it! For those dates, they would put, "call the Blossom for details"! Always sold out the show, anyway!

CindaBee · Post by **CindaBee** » April 7, 2008 9:37 am

Do any of you Ohio Parrotheads remember Jimmy playing in a small, indoor venue that was "in-the-round" near Cleveland? I SWEAR I remember seeing him in a show there, maybe the 80's? If I recall, he was going through some legal troubles with God's Own Drunk. Or did all that rum in the 80's warp my brain?

parrothead216 · Post by **parrothead216** » April 7, 2008 10:20 am

CindaBee wrote:Do any of you Ohio Parrotheads remember Jimmy playing in a small, indoor venue that was "in-the-round" near Cleveland? I SWEAR I remember seeing him in a show there, maybe the 80's? If I recall, he was going through some legal troubles with God's Own Drunk. Or did all that rum in the 80's warp my brain?

CindaBee,

We were there too! The Front Row Theater! In Highland Heights, Ohio!

It was February and it rained!!!!! Jimmy came out in a Yellow Rain Slicker

and it was just the "Beach Band" as they call it today! 1980 or 81!

So if it was the Rum warping brains, It warped Judy and mine tooo!

CindaBee · Post by **CindaBee** » April 7, 2008 10:25 am

parrothead216 wrote:
CindaBee wrote:Do any of you Ohio Parrotheads remember Jimmy playing in a small, indoor venue that was "in-the-round" near Cleveland? I SWEAR I remember seeing him in a show there, maybe the 80's? If I recall, he was going through some legal troubles with God's Own Drunk. Or did all that rum in the 80's warp my brain?
CindaBee,

We were there too! The Front Row Theather! In Highland Heights, Ohio!

It was February and it rained!!!!! Jimmy came out in a Yellow Rain Slicker

and it was just the "Beach Band" as they call it today! 1980 or 81!

So if it was the Rum warping brains, It warped Judy and mine tooo!

OH THANK YOU! I'm so glad I'm not delusional (about this anyway).

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » April 7, 2008 10:49 am

Conolulu wrote:
flipflopgirl wrote:
Conolulu wrote:
sjlmk wrote:The old Palladium at Carowinds outside Charlotte, NC back in the 1970's. Small outdoor amplitheater at the theme park that would seat about 1,000 people. For $2.00 and a park pass for the day you could get in and see Jimmy with a crowd of at least 200!! Come Monday and Pencil Thin Moustache were the only songs I had ever heard by him back then.

I was there! At Carowinds....Remember it stormed like crazy that night!

And , yeah...Mark Clark Hall, at The Citadel, in Charleston , was a one time thing....They failed to see the humor in WDWGDAS...

(I think that was 1975....pretty sure of it..)
Didn't the kick Jimmy out? or tell him not to come back?!?!

Yep....They told him to not come back...to The Citadel. The letter is hanging in M'ville in Key West....

i remembered you telling me that story! i think it was on the day we met HIM when we were sitting outside the Orlando M'ville!

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » April 7, 2008 3:28 pm

The Terrace Ballroom in SLC and Dooley's in Tucson are probably my two favorite places that I've seen Jimmy play and to the best of my knowledge, neither one still exists. For big venues, well, I go with Paige, Park West was a pretty amazing show with the moon coming up behind the stage and Robot playing the pans. That was a sweet setting.

I also have fond memories of seeing Jimmy at Compton's Terrace in Tempe in 78 or 79. It was a hot day but a whole lot of fun was had at that show.

MileHighPirate · Post by **MileHighPirate** » April 7, 2008 3:46 pm

Did anyone go to RED ROCKS back in '89 or '90 for the show there?

He hasn't been back there since, and he has been high atop the list of performers I have wanted to see play there.

Have had the chance to see Willie Nelson, Neil Young, The Dead, Bob Dylan and so many others there, but hoping JB might decide to show up one more time there!

beachmusic · Post by **beachmusic** » April 7, 2008 7:54 pm

The Boarding House in the late 70's in San Francisco was always a great stop.