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Songs not played live - Updated 04/29/22

Posted: May 23, 2015 11:00 am
by urlcenter
With all of the talk about Jimmy performing songs live that he has not done in years, I decided to compile a list of the songs that according to all available information he has recorded but never performed live. The list begins with the album "Down To Earth..." and runs through the most recent studio album "Songs from St. Somewhere". The List also includes a number of songs that Jimmy has recorded for soundtracks and other non Buffett compilations. The numbers to the left of the songs in the list are the CD track numbers for each song.

Here is the list of Songs We May Never Know By Heart:

Down To Earth:
01 The Christian
02 Ellis Dee
03 The Missionary
06 Captain America
07 Ain’t He A Genius
08 Turnabout
09 There’s Nothing Soft About Hard Times
10 I Can’t Be Your Hero Today
11 Truckstop Salvation

High Cumberland Jubilee:
01 Ace
02 Rockefeller Square
03 Bend A Little
04 In The Shelter
05 Death Valley Lives
07 England
08 Travelin’ Clean
09 The Hangout Gang
10 God Don’t Own A Car
11 High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin’ Down Slow

Living and Dying in 3/4 Time:
05 Brand New Country Star

Rancho Deluxe soundtrack:
02 Ridin’ In Style-instrumental
04 Cattle Truckin’-instrumental
05 Countin’ The Cows Ev’ry Day
06 The Wrangler-instrumental
07 Livingston Saturday Night - This version contains different lyrics and instrumentation then the version released on Son of A Son of A Sailor
09 Some Gothic Ranch Action-instrumental
11 Fifteen Gears-Instrumental
12 Can’t Remember When I Slept Last

Havana Daydreamin':
07 Cliches
08 Something so Feminine about A Mandolin

Riddles in The Sand:
02 When The WildlIfe Betrays Me
04 She's Going Out of My Mind
05 Bigger Then the Both of Us
07 Come to the Moon
08 Love in Decline

Last Mango in Paris:
01 EveryBody's On The Run
04 Please Bypass This Heart
10 Beyond The End

Hot Water:
02 Baby's Gone Shopping
07 Pre You

Off To See The Lizard:
04 Why The Things We Do

Fruitcakes:
06 Love in the Library

Margaritaville Cafe-Late Night Menu:
17 Reggae Accident
20 Souvenirs

Barometer Soup:
04 Remittance Man
06 Blue Heaven Rendezvous
10 Ballad of Skip Wiley

Margaritaville Cafe - Late Night Gumbo:
02 Goodnight Irene

Banana Wind:
04 Banana Winds
11 Happily Ever After (Now and Then)
12 False Echos
13 TreeTop Flyer

Don't Stop The Carnival:
04 Island Fever
05 Sheila Says
06 Just An Old Truth Teller
07 Henny’s Song
08 Kinja Rules
12 Public Relations Reprise
13 The Handiest Frenchman In The Caribbean
14 Hippolyte’s Habitat (Qui Moun Qui)
15 Who Are We Trying To Fool
16 Fat Person Man
18 Domicile
19 Funeral Dance

Christmas Island:
01 Christmas Island
02 Jingle Bells
03 A Sailors Christmas
04 Happy Xmas (War is Over)
05 Up On The House Top
07 Run Rudloph Run
09 I'll Be Home for Christmas
10 Merry Christmas Alabama

Beach House on The Moon:
09 Spending Money
11 Lucky Stars

License to Chill:
12 Playin' The Loser Again

Hoot Soundtrack:
01 Wondering Where the Lions Are
02 Barefootin'

Take the Weather With You:
05 Whoop De Doo
11 Wheel Inside the Wheel
*Here We Are* -- The album recording was played at several 2006 shows but a full live performance has not yet been done.

Buffet Hotel:
08 We Learned to Be Cool From you
10 Life Short Call Now
11 Buffet Hotel

Songs from St. Somewhere:
02 Einstein Was A Surfer
03 Earl's Dead - Cadillac For Sale
05 Serpentine
10 I'm No Russian
12 The Rocket That Grandpa Rode
13 I Wave Bye Bye

Life on The Flip Side:
02 Who Gets to Live Like This
03 The Devil I Know
05 Cussin’ Island
06 Oceans of Time
11 Slack Tide
12 Live, Like It’s Your Last Day
13 15 Cuban Minutes


Songs recorded on Movie Soundtracks and other artists albums

Summer Rental Soundtrack:
Turning Around

Arachnaphobia Soundtrack:
Don't Bug Me

Tennessee Christmas:
08 Christmas in the Caribbean - Note a shortened version was performed during 1997 Havana DayDreamin' tour however a complete live performance as not happened. Jimmy also performed an acoustic performance of this song on the Today Show however the song has yet to be included an actual Buffett concert.

Contact Soundtrack:
Purple People Eater

Music for Our Mother Ocean 2:
17 Trouble on the Horizon

Elmopalooza:
08 Caribbean Amphibian

Thanks and Giving All Year Long:
An Attitude of Gratitude

Women in the Room: Zachary Richard album released in 1990
Who Stole My Monkey

Sharin’ in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish released in 2001
02 Gumbo

Selected Shorts: Dan Hicks album released in 2004
06 Barstool Boogie

Hearts in Mind: - Nanci Griffith album released in 2005
09 I Love This Town

Nod to the Storyteller - Nadirah Shakoor album released in 2008
12 When this War is Over

From the Reach: Sonny Landreth album released in 2008
01 Blue Tarp Blues (Sonny Landreth)
06 Howlin’ Moon (Sonny Landreth)
08 Let It Fly (Sonny Landreth)

35 MPH Town: Tobey Keith album released in 2015
08 Sailboat For Sail

Strangers Again: Judy Collins album released in 2015
09 Someday Soon

Eli Young Band single released in 2020
Saltwater Gospel

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 23, 2015 12:11 pm
by LIPH
urlcenter wrote:With all of the talk about Jimmy performing songs live that he has not done in years, I decided to compile a list of the songs that according to all available information he has recorded but never performed live. The list begins with the album "Down To Earth..." and runs through the most recent studio album "Songs from St. Somewhere". The List also includes a number of songs that Jimmy has recorded for soundtracks and other non Buffett compilations. The numbers to the left of the songs in the list are the CD track numbers for each song.

Here is the list of Songs We May Never Know By Heart:

High Cumberland Jubilee:
04 In The Shelter
According to the BN song database, he's done In The Shelter live 49 times. I know I've heard it at least twice, at Jones Beach in 1993 and at the free show at the Flamingo Hotel pool in 2004 after Margaritaville Las Vegas opened.

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 23, 2015 1:37 pm
by urlcenter
LIPH wrote:
urlcenter wrote:With all of the talk about Jimmy performing songs live that he has not done in years, I decided to compile a list of the songs that according to all available information he has recorded but never performed live. The list begins with the album "Down To Earth..." and runs through the most recent studio album "Songs from St. Somewhere". The List also includes a number of songs that Jimmy has recorded for soundtracks and other non Buffett compilations. The numbers to the left of the songs in the list are the CD track numbers for each song.

Here is the list of Songs We May Never Know By Heart:

High Cumberland Jubilee:
04 In The Shelter
According to the BN song database, he's done In The Shelter live 49 times. I know I've heard it at least twice, at Jones Beach in 1993 and at the free show at the Flamingo Hotel pool in 2004 after Margaritaville Las Vegas opened.
He as performed the version of In The Shelter that was released on the album Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes in 1977, however he has not performed the original version of the song released on High Cumberland Jubilee. There is also a third version of the song with a more upbeat Reggae tempo that was released on Meet Me in Margaritaville Jimmy has performed the third version live a on few occasions

In the Shelter is one of only two songs that have three studio versions released by Jimmy. The other song is Captain and the Kid which was first released on Down to Earth in 1970, the second version was released on Havana DayDreamin in 1976 and the the third was released on Meet Me in Margaritaville 2003

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 24, 2015 12:47 am
by conched
He played Serpentine at Jazzfest

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 24, 2015 8:02 pm
by FinsUp6835
conched wrote:He played Serpentine at Jazzfest

Great song...

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 24, 2015 11:49 pm
by FunkHouse9
urlcenter wrote:Margaritaville Cafe - Late Night Gumbo:
02 Goodnight Irene
When the Bristow, VA song was postponed in 2011 due to Hurricane Irene, I always thought it was a missed opportunity that he didn't play Goodnight Irene at the rescheduled show a couple of days after the storm moved on.

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: May 25, 2015 6:40 pm
by urlcenter
conched wrote:He played Serpentine at Jazzfest
That was well before the album Songs from St Somewhere was released it has not been performed since the album was released

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: June 1, 2015 11:06 am
by FarsideCobbPH
Other than what's previously been mentioned, I am impressed!

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: June 16, 2015 5:14 pm
by KaseywithaK
It is a freaking shame that Happily Ever After (Every Now and Then) has never been played live.
That is one of my favorites of all time and would die to see him play it. I think it's a beautiful song.
I'm also a big fan of I Wave Bye Bye.
Jimmy, you heartbreaker!

I am also waiting to see him play Barometer Soup and Love and Luck live. He has never done it at any of the shows I attended. I feel like Love and Luck is one of those songs he should play at every single show... it's so upbeat and a great dance tune like One Particular Harbor.

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: July 15, 2015 9:20 am
by parrotheadred
Been to #71 concerts and have not heard these songs
MY WISH LIST !!!!

WHY THE THINGS WE DO
CLICHES
LIVING IT UP
INCUMMUTICATO
LOVE AND LUCK
TAKE IT BACK
AFRICAN FRIEND
IF IT ALL FALLS DOWN
I LOVE THE NOW
TURN IT AROUND
BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS
BAREFOOT CHILDREN IN THE RAIN

You NEVER know when JIMMY might play one of these CLASSICS!!.... That's why I try and go to EVERY SHOW

Lol
See ya on the road
"PARROTHEAD RED"

Re: Songs not played live

Posted: July 17, 2015 9:38 pm
by Bucarader
I would love to heat Island Fever.

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 11/19/15

Posted: November 19, 2015 12:38 pm
by urlcenter
The songs not played live list has been updated as a result of Jimmy performing the song "My Lovely Lady" on November 5, 2015 at the annual Meeting of the Minds event in Key West Florida.

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: April 18, 2016 3:45 pm
by urlcenter
The songs not played live list has been updated as a result of Jimmy performing the song "Wings" in tribute to Merle Haggard at the 04/16/16 Virginia Beach, VA show.

Also the song Mr. Spaceman is no longer on the Songs not played Live list as Jimmy performed it at the Buffett Bridge Dedication in Pascagoula MS on September 19, 1995

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: April 19, 2016 8:19 am
by FinsUp6835
Didn't he play Mr. Spaceman live at the Bridge dedication? Could have swore I saw a Youtube video of that.

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: April 19, 2016 11:15 am
by urlcenter
FinsUp6835 wrote:Didn't he play Mr. Spaceman live at the Bridge dedication? Could have swore I saw a Youtube video of that.
You are correct according to the posted Set list for the Bridge Dedication performance that Mr. Spaceman was in fact played.

To be honest I forgot about that performance taking place

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: April 20, 2016 5:13 pm
by jbfinscj
Jimmy played "God don't own a car" and "captain America" during the tour he did stumpy el bands. I have recordings of both.

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: April 20, 2016 6:26 pm
by sistergoldenhair
I would love to hear False Echoes. It reminds me of my dad, who was a sailor, joined the Navy at 17, caught the end of WWII. Lord, that song just touches my heart.Also, Remittance Man and Steamer. As you may guess, i just love it when Bubba croons. [smilie=hearts.gif] [smilie=hearts.gif] [smilie=hearts.gif]

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: May 3, 2016 5:19 pm
by Detroit Finz
I wonder if we will be able to cross "I Don't Know and I Don't Care" off this list based on the name of the upcoming tour?

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: May 4, 2016 9:38 am
by FinsUp6835
Serpentine was played at the acoustic Jazz Fest show a few years ago with Mac. Before SFSS even came out.

Would love to hear him play Cliches, Brand New Country Star, and Something So Femenine....IMO - these are all hidden gems. Would also like to hear the rocket that grandpa rode - think it would be a cool song live.

:pirate:

BTW - The Margaritville "Mancave" should be completed in a few weeks. Looking forward to posting some pics and sharing!

Fins UP!

Re: Songs not played live - Updated 04/18/16

Posted: May 8, 2016 11:57 am
by Spicoli
I'm pretty sure that Pre-You was played at a show I attended on the Hot Water tour. Probably one of the few albums that he's played all the songs live at one time or another.

False Echoes - I believe I've heard him say in an interview that he would never play it simply because he doesn't think he can get through it emotionally.

I'd personally like to hear Rancho Deluxe, and a cover of Captain Jim's Drunken Dream.