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Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band ended the six date East Coast leg of “The Year of Still Here” with the second show at the Comcast Center in Mansfield MA. Jimmy has performed 47 shows at the venue originally known as Great Woods going back to 1986.

The Set List and Comments are now available. The set list included some changes including “The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful”, “God’s Own Drunk”, and “Stars on the Water”.

Jimmy finished the show with the song “Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season”. A perfect song to end the show because Hanna had caused the concert to start at 3:00 PM, and the lawn people where caught in down pours throught out the show.

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The Boston Globe has a review of last night’s show at the Comcast Center in Mansfield MA: “Buffett is still the life of the party”

The gates of the Comcast Center opened at 7 last night, but the parking lot was open for tailgating at 11 in the morning. Who else could be in town but Jimmy Buffett? Faced with the choice of the Republican convention or the mayor of Margaritaville’s annual visit, the sold-out crowd picked the latter. Both were headlined by bald mavericks with the ocean in their veins; it didn’t even take much squinting for Buffett to look like the other guy, the T-shirt, shorts, and bare feet notwithstanding.

“I accept the nomination!” Buffett declared early on, ignoring the fact that he’d already taken office.

The Boston Herald has an article: “Frozen assets: Margaritaville magnate Jimmy Buffett turns boozy tunes into retail gold”

The Set List and Comments from those who listened to the show are now available.

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From Margaritaville.com“: September 6th Start Time Changed to 3pm for Comcast Center show in Mansfield, MA

Trying to reason with hurricane season…. Due to the weather expected from Hurricane Hanna that is approaching New England, Saturday’s show will start at 3:00pm instead of 8:00pm.

Parking lots will open at 8:00 AM Saturday morning.
Door time will be 2:00 PM.
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reef Band will perform at 3:00 PM

Posted in Tour Dates

Jimmy Buffett made Vanity Fair’s list of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people (”The New Establishment” - October 2008 issue). He comes in at number 97.

SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: In the past year, the hardest-working slacker in show business published his seventh book, Swine Not?, released a live-concert DVD, partnered in an Atlantic City casino, and continued the nonstop touring that keeps the margarita money flowing in—an estimated $35 million.

(thanks to Mike for passing that along to us)

Posted in Business News

Mac McAnally appears on Kenny Chesney’s new abum “Lucky Old Sun” which comes out on October 21st. Mac and Kenny do a duet of Mac’s song “Down The Road”. The song was originally released on Mac McAnally’s album “Simple Life” back in 1989.

Kenny Chesney covered one of Mac’s songs “Back Where I Come From” on his album “Me and You” back in 1996.

Posted in Albums, Mac McAnally, Other Artists

From Nadirah Shakoor: Well my friends I finally do have an official release date for “Nod to the Storyteller” of October 14, 2008! Who knew there would be so many little details to tend to? The art work has been the most time consuming. What do you think of the cover?

I must say that I am very proud of this particular collection of songs. Mr Buffett gave me the twinkling of the eyes smile after he listened (whew!) and I hope you all feel the same especially since you helped choose the music.

Some audio clips from album “Nod to the Storyteller” are now available:
“Creola”
“Making Music for Money”
“When the War is Over” (featuring Jimmy Buffett)
“Frenchman for the Night”
“Wonder Why You Ever Go Home”
“Let Him Go” (a song by Mac McAnally)

We will be celebrating the release at my Las Vegas Margaritaville show Friday October 24th, 2008 from 9pm until and of course you are all invited.

Again thank you all for showing so much Love and Support.

Posted in Albums, Nadirah Shakoor

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed the first of two shows for the Labor Day weekend at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow VA last night.

The Set List along with Comments from the show are now available.

Jimmy performed the song “Manana” for the first time in concert since 2003, and “Gypsies in the Palace” was last played back in 2006. The show ended with an acoustic version of “Reggabilly Hill”.

Posted in Reviews & Set Lists

The New York Post has an article on fans who could not get tickets and listened to the show in the parking lot: “Pavement Party: Buffett’s Fans Land on ther Asphalt”

The place to hear Jimmy Buffett spin his pirate yarn about letting the good times roll wasn’t from the seats inside the Jones Beach amphitheater Tuesday night. It was in the sprawling parking lot with his devoted followers, affectionately known as Parrotheads.

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Gun & Gun Magazine has an article: “Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley saved my life one night in Africa! by Jimmy Buffett”

Bo Diddley saved my life one night in Africa! Now that I have your attention, I guess I better fill in a few blanks here. I apologize for the sensationalism of the opening line, but a headline like that seems to work in these times we live in. If it sounds like I am trying to embellish a story, well, isn’t that what writers do? I readily admit to a recurrent problem of moving unpredictably between fiction and fact. But if Bo Diddley didn’t actually save my life on a trip to the land of the desert blues, then he sure as hell saved my ass. So here’s the real story…

There’s a video here:
http://www.margaritaville.com/index.php?page=videos

Posted in Interviews, Other Artists

Little Feat’s new CD “JOIN THE BAND” is officially released today. Jimmy Buffett is featured on two songs, “Champion of the World” and “Time Loves a Hero”. Some other songs on the album include performances by Coral Reefers Jim Mayer, Mac McAnally, Robert Greenidge, Ralph McDonald, and Michael Utley.

You can order “Join the Band” at “Amazon.com.

BuffettNews.com gave away 10 copies of the CD in a recent contest. Thanks to all who entered.

Posted in Albums, Other Artists

Part 1 of The Little Feat series with special guest Shaun Murphy
Produced by Paul Leslie and Jeff Pike, Announcer Heather Dee Perry

Shaun Murphy is the first special guest in our long-awaited series in celebration of the legendary band Little Feat. On August 26, 2008 the new album Join the Band (Produced by Bill Payne and Mac McAnally, Executive Producer Jimmy Buffett) features Little Feat classics, covers, and guests ranging from Dave Matthews, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Seger and many more.

Our special guest Shaun Murphy has sung with everyone from Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Bruce Hornsy, Eric Clapton and Meat Loaf. As the newest member of the band Little Feat, she gave us her perspective and of course we have our eclectic stash of music ranging from new Little Feat, classics, and as always stuff you’ve never heard until now. Tune in as we continue our travel on the songlines!

Tune into Time After Island Time from anywhere in the world via Radio JimmyDreamz at www.radio.jimmydreamz.com

Monday - 3:00 PM - August 25, 2008
Wednesdays - 9:00 AM - August 27, 2008
Thursdays - MIDNIGHT - August 28, 2008
Saturday - 8:00 PM - August 30, 2008
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For more information check out www.timeafterislandtime.blogspot.com and www.littlefeat.net

Posted in Time After Island Time

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed last night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. This is the second year in a row that Jimmy has performed at the venue. If things go according to plan the new Margaritaville Casino will be open the next time Buffett plays in Atlantic City.

The set list and comments from the show are now available. “Knees Of My Heart” was performed for the first time during this years tour. Jimmy finished the show with an acoustic version of “Last Mango In Paris”.

Posted in Reviews & Set Lists