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Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » January 28, 2009 3:47 pm

TommyBahama wrote:Greatwoods!!!!...Jimmy always says the best Tailgate on tour!!!

doesnt he say that at most venues

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » January 28, 2009 3:54 pm

Capt.Flock wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:Greatwoods!!!!...Jimmy always says the best Tailgate on tour!!!
doesnt he say that at most venues

But he means it at GW!!!

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » January 28, 2009 3:59 pm

TommyBahama wrote:
Capt.Flock wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:Greatwoods!!!!...Jimmy always says the best Tailgate on tour!!!
doesnt he say that at most venues
But he means it at GW!!!

lol come to cincy i will personally be your guide to the mecca of buffett venues ( okay that is really Kings Island )

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 28, 2009 4:47 pm

Great Woods, much like the football team that plays nearby, is living off past glory. just stirring the pot a little

Fruitcake14 · Post by **Fruitcake14** » January 28, 2009 4:53 pm

LIPH wrote:Great Woods, much like the football team that plays nearby, is living off past glory. just stirring the pot a little

Biting my tongue....

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » January 28, 2009 4:54 pm

LIPH wrote:Great Woods, much like the football team that plays nearby, is living off past glory. just stirring the pot a little

i wish we had another Jones Beach!!!!...but The venues are what you make of it!!...the only one with a hassle as far as getting in and out was Gillette!!!

And Flocker...some year i will take you up on Cincy!!!!....i'm not sure if it will be Alpine or Chicago this year!...i want to see when the Cubs are home...would love to catch a game there again!!

nycfeat · Post by **nycfeat** » January 28, 2009 4:58 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Just my opinion, FWIW:

Go to an amphitheater, outside. Don't go to a stadium for your first show. Amphitheaters were made for music, stadiums were made for sporting events.

Go to an outside show with tailgating.

and to add to what SGH said....try meeting up with some of the folks here....they're pretty cool....

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » January 28, 2009 5:33 pm

Canadian Parrethead wrote:can use as much help as possible out there from all the parretheads. i want to attend my 1st concert and was wondering what area i should be looking to attend. looking at summer time. want to do texas but no dates given yet

thanks

Welcome......where in Eastern Canada are you? I was born in Newfoundland but live in Vermont.......come on down to Greatwoods and enjoy the best tailgate on the tour, and an venue that really rocks! Besides, its probably the closest and easiest for you to get to

Canadian Parrethead · Post by **Canadian Parrethead** » January 28, 2009 9:49 pm

fantastic replies. i live in nova scotia and i wonder if many know that his grandfather lived in nova scotia. here's a link about one of his songs - Son of a Son of a Sailor

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4948

i have always enjoyed jimmy's music but just got really into it the last few years. listen to radiomargaritaville all the time. after reading some of the replies so far it seems frisco is talked about the most and i have never been there. but texas is 2nd as i like to visit spots i haven't been to before.

hopefully some new sites put up soon as airfare and hotel has to be booked

and heres hopes i may be able to see my 1st buffett tailgating party, get dressed up and enjoy it with a bunch of others.

canadian parrethead

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 28, 2009 10:13 pm

TommyBahama wrote:
Capt.Flock wrote:
TommyBahama wrote:Greatwoods!!!!...Jimmy always says the best Tailgate on tour!!!
doesnt he say that at most venues
But he means it at GW!!!

his eyes twinkle, and his voice takes on a special note, and he mists up in one eye...

he does that at Alpine too.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » January 28, 2009 10:14 pm

C-Dawg wrote:
Canadian Parrethead wrote:can use as much help as possible out there from all the parretheads. i want to attend my 1st concert and was wondering what area i should be looking to attend. looking at summer time. want to do texas but no dates given yet

thanks
Welcome......where in Eastern Canada are you? I was born in Newfoundland but live in Vermont.......come on down to Greatwoods and enjoy the best tailgate on the tour, and an venue that really rocks! Besides, its probably the closest and easiest for you to get to

A Newfie?????? ohgoodlordno....

wiscoleeds · Post by **wiscoleeds** » January 29, 2009 12:52 am

Any venue that can peacefully bring folks from Wisconsin and Illinois together must have something magical going for it. Also, with Chicago right there for Jimmy to include Alpine suggests that he thinks there's something to playing in the middle of Wisconsin farmland.

Alpine Valley.

That being said enjoying a venue and a show is all about showing up with the right frame of mind and hooking up with people of the same ilk. I would venture to say that all the tour venues offer a great experience with fellow Buffett faithful.

Cheers
Wiscoleeds

dewyduster · Post by **dewyduster** » January 30, 2009 11:11 am

Capt.Flock wrote:Cincy where it all began.

I've never been to Cincy but Jimmy seems to always put an extra special show on there. Great Woods is always awesome, but that is at the end of the summer. Wherever you decide to go, you will have a blast - you'll be surrounded by Parrotheads!!!

dewyduster · Post by **dewyduster** » January 30, 2009 11:16 am

LIPH wrote:Great Woods, much like the football team that plays nearby, is living off past glory. just stirring the pot a little

Larry - It's all what you make of it. If you go to GW this year let me know... I'll buy you a margarita

P.S. I am a Cowboys fan so I know a little about living off past glories.

24hrsmaybe60goodyrs · January 30, 2009 11:49 am

Alpine! Nothing is really even close unless you have the pesos to see a private fund raising show. If you live in Windsor, then you could just roll up to Detroit for the Weekday show. It is tame but still a great first time BUFFETT experience.
Anyway you roll with the punches, you will win.
Welcome to the the first day of your new existence!

LIBuffettFan · Post by **LIBuffettFan** » January 30, 2009 12:32 pm

So many great suggestions have been thrown out there for you to mull over till all the shows are announced and tics become available.

Understand one thing, be forwarned, this is the beginning of an obsession or perhaps addiction if you will for you. Once bitten there's no going back. Where ever you go you will undoubtedly see the funnest concert and have the most fun (both legal and illegal) that you have ever had at a tail gate party.

Parrotheads are one of a kind and there is no other species like them. Enjoy yourself and check your inhibitions at the gate. Welcome to the Phlock!!

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » January 30, 2009 12:43 pm

Canadian Parrethead wrote:fantastic replies. i live in nova scotia and i wonder if many know that his grandfather lived in nova scotia. here's a link about one of his songs - Son of a Son of a Sailor

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4948

i have always enjoyed jimmy's music but just got really into it the last few years. listen to radiomargaritaville all the time. after reading some of the replies so far it seems frisco is talked about the most and i have never been there. but texas is 2nd as i like to visit spots i haven't been to before.

hopefully some new sites put up soon as airfare and hotel has to be booked

and heres hopes i may be able to see my 1st buffett tailgating party, get dressed up and enjoy it with a bunch of others.

canadian parrethead

In that case, it would be easier for a New England show first, but amphitheatres would be the best bet for a first concert.

big john · Post by **big john** » January 30, 2009 1:55 pm

LIPH wrote:
srkmrd wrote:
LIPH wrote:
srkmrd wrote:
LIPH wrote:I wasn't impressed with Alpine at all. I think the venue sux and the parking lot is no better than any number of other places where I've seen Jimmy. Pittsburgh's a nice venue and a good parking lot.
Are there yellow stars and red hearts in Pittsburgh?
No, but the last time I was there (2007) there was a woman walking around the parking lot topless with pink flamingos painted on her boobs. Then a group of 5 college girls strolled by our spot and one of them invited me to go motorboatin'
Hey I am all about flamingos!

Guess you are just a HOG everywhere!
The flamingo lady said she was 42 years old but she was looking mighty fine. It give me a whole new perspective on those pretty pink birds.

Hey! To me 42 is a young chick! And yes that does sound similar to all my Pittsburgh
experiances. A great party lot.

ExpatriatedAmerican · January 31, 2009 10:13 am

Clearly, ALPINE

But depending on the announced schedule, you could take a week and do Chicago, Cincy, Indianapolis, and Alpine (East Troy) in a blitzkrieg on your liver.

BTW - I've done Alpine, Great Woods, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Las Vegas... every show has its charms but the tailgate IS the phenomenon - the actual music you can hear better on Radio Margaritaville than first row. The best tailgates are Alpine & GW hands down... it is a debate held right here annually and no other venue gets as many folks riled up. You can't miss with either, but I'd take Alpine every time.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » January 31, 2009 12:46 pm

Whew... Tickets DONT go on sale for Cincy yet (that way I have a little more time to debate whether I'm going this year or not

)

That said... if you live in Chicago area Alpine gets my vote... The tailgates in Toyota Park and Tinley combined didn't hold a candle to the tailgate at Alpine

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