Idea for Buffett cover - whats your opinion?

Communicado · Post by **Communicado** » October 26, 2008 8:47 pm

Hey everyone, I heard a song the other day that I thought would work great for Buffett to cover. I know how everyone wishes he would cover less and write more, but it is what it is, so check it out if you want to and tell me what you think. The link is for the myspace site of a guy named Hayes Carll (is actually friends with Wil Kimbrough) and the song is "I Got A Gig" -- lemme know what y'all think

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... d=14090502

lminor26 · Post by **lminor26** » October 29, 2008 7:57 pm

Vanilla Ice --- Ice, Ice, Baby

Just kiddin'!

JustDucky · Post by **JustDucky** » November 2, 2008 1:44 pm

NO MORE COVERS.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » November 2, 2008 1:51 pm

Livin' the life.. Brent Burns

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » November 2, 2008 2:39 pm

Mexican Minutes - Brooks & Dunn

..tellin' it like it is

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » November 2, 2008 6:04 pm

How about he cover some of his own songs?

conched · Post by **conched** » November 2, 2008 6:56 pm

I've Got A Gig seems like a song for a struggling artist.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » November 2, 2008 7:06 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:Mexican Minutes - Brooks & Dunn

..tellin' it like it is

Man I lived and sang that song daily during a trip to Tulum.
Great song!

If there's gotta be a cover I think Jimmy could "Buffettize" Beer by Reel Big Fish

JustDucky · Post by **JustDucky** » November 3, 2008 8:09 pm

He should cover more of his own songs - especially new ones that haven't been written, recorded or released yet.

pfopma · Post by **pfopma** » November 4, 2008 12:38 pm

I'm in agreement with less covers and more Buffett originals but I have to pick one I'd say

Jewel of the South - Rodney Crowell

http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/rodney-crowel ... rics.jhtml

cowboyjunkie · Post by **cowboyjunkie** » November 4, 2008 11:10 pm

Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt

Nighthawk · Post by **Nighthawk** » November 5, 2008 12:07 am

Jim Croce – Operator

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » November 5, 2008 1:58 am

Not sure if he wrote it or not......but Midnight Train by (or as sung by) Steve Miller.......

And its funny you posted this as I had heard this song last night and I thought of Jimmy covering it.......

JustDucky · Post by **JustDucky** » November 5, 2008 9:34 am

Pancho And Lefty has been overdone - sort of like some other tunes we know of.

cowboyjunkie · Post by **cowboyjunkie** » November 5, 2008 9:55 am

JustDucky wrote:Pancho And Lefty has been overdone - sort of like some other tunes we know of.

I heard Roger Clyne cover it but that's about it in the last 20 years.

Any TVZ would be incredible to hear.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » November 5, 2008 11:40 am

Everybody wants to be Jimmy Buffett.. Eric Stone..

samiam236 · Post by **samiam236** » November 5, 2008 11:49 am

Um........How about Freebird

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » November 5, 2008 12:36 pm

keep me in your heart-Warren Zevon

drob27 · Post by **drob27** » November 5, 2008 1:03 pm

Sailing by Christopher Cross...

mikemck · Post by **mikemck** » November 5, 2008 1:04 pm

I"ve always thought the Saw Doctor's "I'll Be on My Way" (the happiest song about death I've ever heard) pretty much begs for Buffett to cover it.

Of course, he could also change a couple of words here and there to add some references to growing up in L.A. and cover Kid Rock's "All Summer Long".

Jimmy and the Parrot's "Yea Mon" would be a good one for him to cover.