Nautical Wheelers in Bristow, VA Petition

[springparrot]

Here is another video of NW from last night.

[lime rickie]

So awesome, Jeff...Congrats!



Was it everything you dreamed and more?

[lime rickie]

I cried. I really was so caught off guard because I never really believed it would happen. He said something about "it's been a lovely cruise" and I told myself "that's that." Then I heard him say petition and I kind of cracked. My buddy had wandered off a couple songs before and didn't find his way back until after the lights came up, so I was on the lawn by myself trying to get a video of it with my hands shaking and just basking in the moment.

When I got home, I saw that Jim Mayer had replied with just a smilie face to my message to him on Twitter to tell Jimmy about the petition. Glad I didn't see it until after because it was much better being a surprise.

You can barely tell from the photo Conched posted, but to the bottom left, the video backdrop even said Nautical Wheelers.

Just beautiful, Jeff...I'm really happy for you.

[lime rickie]

Jimmy, this was off the charts...you are the best!

[momsrule27]

Very cool!

[Jim Buffett]

[lime rickie]

Jimmy, you really did just make a community of almost complete strangers weirdly happy.

[FunkHouse9]

[FunkHouse9]

I got another response from Jim Mayer after I thanked him for helping the cause.

@FunkHouse9 Glad I could help! You never know with each show what will work... Nautical Wheelers was a good call y'all!

https://twitter.com/unclejimrocks/statu ... 1544460289

I am grateful to a lot of people here for humoring me through all of this and for many who assisted in furthering the cause, backstreets77, jbfinscj, bodypainter and others. Especially, SMLCHNG for making this a "sticky" and surfpirate for busting my ba... promoting the cause through BN Critters. You all kept it fun when it certainly could have been annoying and pathetic.

[Karacal]

This is so cool!!! Congratulations, Jeff!!!!!

[Bicycle Bill]

Dear Jimmy,

I write to you today to ask that you play Nautical Wheelers on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA. It is a song that holds a special place in my heart and the infrequent appearances it makes in your setlists leads me to believe I may never get to hear it live and in person.

As long as you are still basking in the euphoria of the moment, do you feel comfortable sharing with us just why this song is so special to you?
If not, just say so.  I'd be OK with it either way.

-"BB"-

[Rabbitz]

You all kept it fun when it certainly could have been annoying and pathetic.

Wrong.
Wrong.
Wrong.

It was not annoying and pathetic.

It was a fun, quirky, friendly ride.

[surfpirate]

I got another response from Jim Mayer after I thanked him for helping the cause.

@FunkHouse9 Glad I could help! You never know with each show what will work... Nautical Wheelers was a good call y'all!

https://twitter.com/unclejimrocks/statu ... 1544460289

I am grateful to a lot of people here for humoring me through all of this and for many who assisted in furthering the cause, backstreets77, jbfinscj, bodypainter and others. Especially, SMLCHNG for making this a "sticky" and surfpirate for busting my ba... promoting the cause through BN Critters. You all kept it fun when it certainly could have been annoying and pathetic.

1. Uncle Jim is one of my favorite people on the planet.
He has supported Bill (Mr. Play) and Parties That Matter.
He was awesome in supporting our NASCARitaville charity drive that honored Vicki Britt.

2. Annoying and pathetic is great fodder for a comic strip storyline.

[SMLCHNG]

I am grateful to a lot of people here for humoring me through all of this and for many who assisted in furthering the cause, backstreets77, jbfinscj, bodypainter and others. Especially, SMLCHNG for making this a "sticky" and surfpirate for busting my ba... promoting the cause through BN Critters. You all kept it fun when it certainly could have been annoying and pathetic.

Shoot, it was nuttin'. Really, I just pushed a button. Besides, I love the song, too.

[sistergoldenhair]

Thanks to you, Funky! This was a really fun thread with lots of giggles!

[Saltx3]

****sigh****....so glad Kevin & I were able to meet FH9 on Friday night at Bob's but then....to be part of the actual event on Saturday night -- AWESOME doesn't even come close

[FunkHouse9]

You all kept it fun when it certainly could have been annoying and pathetic.

Wrong.
Wrong.
Wrong.

It was not annoying and pathetic.

It was a fun, quirky, friendly ride.

You're right that it was fun. I'm glad it didn't become annoying. I think that's because I started a thread and kept it in here. I used to post it randomly in other threads and started a handful of one-off's and let them crash and burn which would be funny at first, but the gag could easily have gotten old quick. I don't deserve to hear my song any more than anyone else does. One guy openly begging for special treatment among an audience that skews more toward obsessive than annual with little chance that Jimmy would stumble on it himself certainly could be seen as annoying. I'm sure there were some eye rolls along the way. Although it's been a busy summer for me, I tried to keep the thread active even though it was a sticky. Instead of "bumping" (unnecessarily) the thread, I tried to make some funny pictures, etc. Did I want to hear the song? Of course! Did I think he'd end up playing it in March when I started this? No. But I've heard him play it spontaneously when people yell it. He can't hear me yelling "Nautical Wheelers" from the cheap seats (I'll always remember the look on BraveDave's face when I tried to get him to yell with me in PGH '07 from far away). So, I wanted to try. The best case scenario was that he played it. The worst case is that we have another Dating a T-shirt style thread that pops up once in a while.

Several people asked me Friday at SP's house and Saturday in the lots if I thought he would play it. The honest answer is that I don't know what I thought. My response usually indicated I didn't think so, but I wouldn't come out and say that because I need to present confidence or I'll jinx it. But several people here, maybe more than I'm aware of (multiple people here have suggested that one or more other people here with connections may have been helping as well), put in some due diligence which guaranteed there was at least a chance he'd hear about it. So, while I thought it was unlikely, in my heart, I absolutely believed it was possible. I have proven to myself time and time again that you can accomplish amazing things when you truly try. Since it seems at the least one Reefer read the initial petition, (Jimmy heard about it but didn't say "saw"), making this about throwing BN a bone and not playing it for some jackass in the cheeseburger hat, gave him easy ability to pander to his base. Had he not used the word "petition," this would have been 40%+ coincidence. In my original post, I said this could be a "direct or indirect acknowledgement" of us. Using that one word made it direct enough for many of us.

[FunkHouse9]

Dear Jimmy,

I write to you today to ask that you play Nautical Wheelers on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA. It is a song that holds a special place in my heart and the infrequent appearances it makes in your setlists leads me to believe I may never get to hear it live and in person.

As long as you are still basking in the euphoria of the moment, do you feel comfortable sharing with us just why this song is so special to you?
If not, just say so.  I'd be OK with it either way.

-"BB"-

I wish there was a good story. There isn't. Out of all of his songs, there was just something about it that makes me warm and tingly inside, particularly the last few lines. No deep meaning. No tie into something from my life. It doesn't take me off to a beach or back to a certain point in my life. Nothing more than loving the song and feeling good when I hear it. I love the song for the song.

[surfpirate]

Dear Jimmy,

I woke up this morning feeling sniffly and I might be coming down with a cold.
Would you please, please, please ... call my cell phone
and sing Soft Kitty to me? If I don't answer just leave a message.

Your pal.


p.s. I have made peace with the Salt! Salt! Salt! thing, so that is water under the bridge.

[bodypainter]

WOW!

It happened,Jeff.THIS MADE FOR A GREAT SUMMER!