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Idea for Buffett cover - whats your opinion?
Posted: October 26, 2008 8:47 pm
by Communicado
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
Posted: October 29, 2008 7:57 pm
by lminor26
Vanilla Ice --- Ice, Ice, Baby
Just kiddin'!
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Posted: November 2, 2008 1:44 pm
by JustDucky
NO MORE COVERS.
Posted: November 2, 2008 1:51 pm
by ragtopW
Livin' the life.. Brent Burns
Posted: November 2, 2008 2:39 pm
by Lightning Bolt
Mexican Minutes - Brooks & Dunn
..tellin' it like it is
Posted: November 2, 2008 6:04 pm
by aeroparrot
How about he cover some of his own songs?
Posted: November 2, 2008 6:56 pm
by conched
I've Got A Gig seems like a song for a struggling artist.
Posted: November 2, 2008 7:06 pm
by sonofabeach
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
Posted: November 3, 2008 8:09 pm
by JustDucky
He should cover more of his own songs - especially new ones that haven't been written, recorded or released yet.
Posted: November 4, 2008 12:38 pm
by pfopma
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
Posted: November 4, 2008 11:10 pm
by cowboyjunkie
Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt
Posted: November 5, 2008 12:07 am
by Nighthawk
Jim Croce – Operator
Posted: November 5, 2008 1:58 am
by Dutch Harbor PH
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.......
Posted: November 5, 2008 9:34 am
by JustDucky
Pancho And Lefty has been overdone - sort of like some other tunes we know of.
Posted: November 5, 2008 9:55 am
by cowboyjunkie
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.
Posted: November 5, 2008 11:40 am
by ragtopW
Everybody wants to be Jimmy Buffett.. Eric Stone..
Posted: November 5, 2008 11:49 am
by samiam236
Um........How about Freebird
Posted: November 5, 2008 12:36 pm
by Frank4
keep me in your heart-Warren Zevon
Posted: November 5, 2008 1:03 pm
by drob27
Sailing by Christopher Cross...
Posted: November 5, 2008 1:04 pm
by mikemck
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.