In today’s Boston Globe, Steve Morse interviews Jimmy and gets some details on the new album: “Surprise country hit brings Buffett some extra-happy hours“.
He expects to sing duets with Jackson, Strait, and Kenny Chesney (who termed Buffett a “role model” in a Globe interview last year), and also hopes to get Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith on the record, which he’ll release next year and will probably title “Honky Tonk.”
“I also love country songwriters. I’ve got a Don Gibson song picked and something by Lyle Lovett, of course. And I’ve got a bunch of Bruce Cockburn things, and I’ve written some things. So this won’t be a stretch for me.” He’d love to do Hank Williams’s “Hey, Good Lookin’ ” with Brenda Lee and Cyndi Lauper. “That may only happen in my dreams, but I’m going to try.”