The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a review of Thursday’s show: “Scenes from Jimmy Buffett’s Lakewood concert”
Jimmy Buffett kicked off his 2009 Summerzcool Tour Thursday night at sold-out show at Lakewood Amphitheatre.
The irreverent ambassador of carefree living played for more than 2 1/2 hours, included some surprises and showed no signs of slowing down more than 30 years after he recorded his first live album at the Fox Theatre.
Best line of the night: Buffett tells stories, cracks jokes and generally has a lot of fun on stage between songs. His best comment, to a very large and very loud crowd: “Thanks for coming out and refusing to participate in this recession. If you can’t have fun, what’s the point.”
He also gave a heartfelt shout out to his Atlanta fans. Buffett’s star really began to take off after he recorded “You had to be there,” a live album taped at the Fox Theatre and in Miami. “Thank you Atlanta,” Buffett said near the end of the show, “you were here long before many others.”