Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel Article

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 15, 2008 5:27 am

GREAT article in the MJS this morning...not so much on Jimmy, but more so about the CORAL REEFERS!!!!

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=772218

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 15, 2008 5:35 am

Great article Jim!!! Thanks for posting it!!!

can you imagine........ Dr.Utley?!?!?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 15, 2008 5:36 am

flipflopgirl wrote:Great article Jim!!! Thanks for posting it!!!

can you imagine........ Dr.Utley?!?!?

It was nice seeing Jimmy on the front page of the paper this morning while I was delivering my route...

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 15, 2008 5:39 am

CaptainP wrote:
flipflopgirl wrote:Great article Jim!!! Thanks for posting it!!!

can you imagine........ Dr.Utley?!?!?
It was nice seeing Jimmy on the front page of the paper this morning while I was delivering my route...

That is cool!

love the new pic of Miss Elena btw!!!

She's getting SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bfan53 · Post by **Bfan53** » July 15, 2008 6:23 am

Great article, many thanks for sharing........

I never knew that Mike Utley gave up pre-med for a musicial career or that Ralph McDonald wrote "Just the Two of Us" and "Where is the Love"...

A talented group indeed.......

docandjeanie · Post by **docandjeanie** » July 15, 2008 7:28 am

Thanks for posting this article. Your daughter is getting so big, love the new pic.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » July 15, 2008 8:32 am

Thanks for sharing the article. And I agree, Elena is adorable!

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » July 15, 2008 8:34 am

Excellent article, thanks for posting that, Jim. The writer did a lot of research, I wonder how much of it was at BuffettNews.com?

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 15, 2008 8:46 am

That is a GREAT article, Jim!! Thanks for sharing!

ejr · Post by **ejr** » July 15, 2008 10:11 am

nice to see an author shine some light on these talented musicians!

GumboPirate · Post by **GumboPirate** » July 15, 2008 11:58 am

Great article!

ernste40 · Post by **ernste40** » July 21, 2008 5:25 pm

Hello-

As the writer of the story... thank you for the kind words.

I've heard that Jimmy may have alluded to the article at the Cincinnati show and was wondering if anyone there could verify that for me... That would be a true thrill!

Thanks again!

Erik

parrotheadmike · Post by **parrotheadmike** » July 21, 2008 5:41 pm

Jimmy made a mention of it at Alpine on Saturday night. Great article by the way!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 21, 2008 6:51 pm

ernste40 wrote:Hello-

As the writer of the story... thank you for the kind words.

I've heard that Jimmy may have alluded to the article at the Cincinnati show and was wondering if anyone there could verify that for me... That would be a true thrill!

Thanks again!

Erik

Great article Erik!!!!!! The Coral Reefers are awesome talented musicians!!! It's nice to see someone tell the "outside" world what they are really all about!!!!

ernste40 · Post by **ernste40** » July 21, 2008 11:28 pm

I wasn't at Alpine this year -- first time in a long time that I haven't been. But, it was because I splurged on a pre-sale ticket in the second row for Thursday in Chicago... Pricey, I know, but for that once-in-a-lifetime...

I can't claim to be have been a Parrothead for multiple decades (although from all I've learned, I wish I could), but for the past decade-plus, I have come to appreciate the songwriting, revelry and talent of both Jimmy Buffett and the rest of the band collectively and individually...

And, for me it all started on a family vacation roadtrip to Florida. I always brought along a book I hadn't read for those long car rides from Wisconsin, and that year in the late-90s, I reached for a yellow paperback that had a photo of a guy on a laptop in the islands... I still don't know why I picked that book, but now looking at its well-read, ragged pages on my bookshelf after yearly re-readings, I am glad I did. Like the experience of many of the Coral Reefers I talked to for this story, I knew of Jimmy Buffett, but not really who Jimmy Buffett was. Well, in the pages of "A Pirate Looks at Fifty," I learned who this man was and from the tales he told of his life and that 50th birthday trip in the Caribbean, I was hooked.

So, as a phan who has come into the realm of Buffett and later the Coral Reefers through Jimmy Buffett's written words, you can only imagine the goosebumps I had when I listened to him compliment my article on a recording of the show from Alpine... Wow. Talk about coming full circle!

Thanks again guys!