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Use dmy dates|date=December 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Jimmy Buffett|image = Jimmy Buffett 1.jpg|caption = Jimmy Buffett performing, January 2008|background = solo_singer|birth_name = James William Buffett|Born = birth date and age|df=yes|1946|12|25 Pascagoula, Mississippi |origin = Mobile, Alabama , U.S.|genre = Gulf and western (music genre)|Gulf and Western |occupation = singer-songwriter, businessman, film producer|years_active = 1965–present|label = Barnaby Records|Barnaby , Dunhill Records|Dunhill , MCA Records|MCA , Margaritaville, Island Records|Island , PolyGram |associated_acts = The Margartias, Alan Jackson , Glenn Frey , Eagles (band)|Eagles , Zac Brown Band |website = http://margaritaville.com Official Web SiteJames William "Jimmy" Buffett (born 25 December 1946) is a singer-songwriter, film producer, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band , Buffett's musical hits include " Margaritaville " (No.& nbsp;234 on Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA's list of " Songs of the Century "), and " Come Monday ". He has a devoted base of Fan (aficionado)|fans known as " Parrothead s".
Aside from his career in music, Buffett is also a best-selling writer and is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best known songs, " Cheeseburger in Paradise " and " Margaritaville ". He owns the Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville|Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the Cheeseburger in Paradise (restaurant)|Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant concept with OSI Restaurant Partners (parent of Outback Steakhouse ), which operates the chain under a licensing agreement with Buffett.
Personal life
Buffett spent part of his childhood in Mobile, Alabama .Eng, S.: Jimmy Buffett: The Man from Georgia Revealed , page& nbsp;39. St. Martin's Press, 1996. As a boy in grade school, he attended St. Ignatius School, where he played the trombone in the school band. He later lived in Fairhope, Alabama , mentioned by Buffett as his "Home Town" during a 2001 concert. He graduated from high school from McGill Institute for Boys (now McGill-Toolen Catholic High School ) in 1964. He began playing guitar during his college years at Pearl River Community College , The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi , and Auburn University where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1969. He was initiated into the fraternity Kappa Sigma ( Kappa Sigma|?S ) at the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating from college, Buffett worked as a correspondent for Billboard Magazine| Billboard magazine in Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , breaking the news of the separation of Flatt and Scruggs .
Buffett married Margie Washichek in 1969 and divorced in 1972. Buffett and his second wife Jane (Jane Slagsvol) have two daughters, Savannah Jane and Sarah Delaney, and an adopted son, Cameron Marley, and reside in Palm Beach, Florida . They were separated in the early 1980s; however, they reconciled in 1991. Buffett also owns a home in Saint Barthélemy|St Barts , a Caribbean island where he lived on and off in the early 1980s while he was part-owner of the Autour de Rocher hotel and restaurant. An avid pilot, Buffett has a flagship plane, a Dassault Falcon 900 aircraft with identifier N908JB, that he often uses while on concert tour and traveling worldwide.
His father, John Delaney Buffett, Jr. died in 2003 at the age of 83.
Music
Buffett began his musical career in Nashville, Tennessee during the late 1960s as a country music|country artist and recorded his first album, the folk rock Down to Earth (Jimmy Buffett album)|Down to Earth , in 1970. During this time Buffett could be frequently found busking for tourists in New Orleans. Country music singer Jerry Jeff Walker took him to Key West on a busking expedition in November, 1971.cite book|last=Corcoran|first=Tom|title=Jimmy Buffett The Key West Years|year=2006|publisher=Ketch & Yawl Press|location=Marathon FL|isbn=978-0-9788949-0-0|page=9 Buffett then moved to Key West and began establishing the easy-going beach bum persona for which he is known. Following this move, Buffett combined country, folk, and pop music with coastal as well as tropical lyrical themes for a sound sometimes called " gulf and western (music genre)|gulf and western ". Today, he is a regular visitor to the Caribbean island of Saint Barts and other islands where he gets inspiration for many of his songs and some of the characters in his books.
Buffett's third album was the 1973 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean . Living & Dying in 3/4 Time and A1A (album)|A1A both followed in 1974, '' Havana Daydreamin' '' appeared in 1976, followed by 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes , which featured the breakthrough hit song " Margaritaville ".
With the untimely death of friend and mentor Jim Croce in September 1973, ABC Dunhill tapped Buffett to fill his space. Earlier, Buffett had visited Croce's farm in Pennsylvania and met with Croce in Florida.Steve Eng. The Man from Margaritaville Revealed. Page 144.Mark Humphrey. Jimmy Buffett Scrap Book. Page 120.
During the 1980s, Buffett made far more money from his tours than albums and became known as a popular concert draw. He released a series of albums during the following twenty years, primarily to his devoted audience, and also branched into writing and merchandising. In 1985, Buffett opened a "Margaritaville" retail store in Key West and then in 1987, the Margaritaville Cafe was opened. During the 1980s Buffett played at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo . He briefly changed the name of the band from "Coral Reefers" to the "Coral Reef Band" to suit the HLS& R's request as they thought "Reefers" was a drug related reference. HLS& R is a charity event that provides student grants to children and young adults that compete in agriculture contests (FFA).
Two of the more out-of-character albums were Christmas Island (album)|Christmas Island , a collection of Christmas songs, and Parakeets, a collection of Buffett songs sung by children and containing "cleaned-up" lyrics (like "a cold root beer " instead of "a cold draft beer ").
In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk to create a short-lived musical based on Wouk's novel, '' Don't Stop the Carnival (novel)|Don't Stop the Carnival ''. Broadway showed little interest in the play, (following the failure of Paul Simon's The Capeman ) and it only ran for six weeks in Miami. He released an album of songs from the musical in 1998.
In August 2000 Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played on the White House lawn for then President Bill Clinton.
In 2003, he partnered in a partial duet with Alan Jackson for the song " It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song)|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere ", a number one hit on the country charts. This song won the 2003 Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year. http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/history/ cmaawards.com This was Buffett’s first award of any kind for his music in his 30 year career.
Buffett's album, License to Chill , released on 13 July 2004, sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen Soundscan|Nielsen SoundScan . With this, Buffett topped the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in his three-decade career.
Buffett continues to tour throughout the year although he has shifted recently to a more relaxed schedule of around 20–30 dates, and rarely on back-to-back nights, preferring to play only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, thus the title of his 1999 live album Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays . Purchasing tickets is difficult with most of his concerts selling out in minutes. Although recently it was noted that many tickets remain for the Tampa show on March 30, 2012.
In the summer of 2005 Buffett teamed up with Sirius radio and introduced Radio Margaritaville , and as of November 2008 is also on XM radio channel 24 http://www.siriusxm.com/channellineup#. Until this point Radio Margaritaville was solely an online channel. The channel broadcasts from the Margaritaville restaurant at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, Florida .
In August 2006, he released the album Take The Weather With You . The song "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On" on this album refers to 2005's Hurricane Katrina . Also on the album he pays tribute to Merle Haggard with his rendition of "Silver Wings" and covers, with Mark Knopfler playing on the track, "Whoop De Doo."
On 8 December 2009, Jimmy Buffett released his 28th studio album entitled Buffet Hotel .
On 20 April 2010, a double CD of performances recorded during the 2008 and 2009 tours called Encores (Jimmy Buffett album)|encores was released exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com and Margaritaville.com.
Buffett partnered in a duet with the Zac Brown Band on the song " Knee Deep ": released on Brown's 2010 album You Get What You Give (album)|You Get What You Give , it became a hit country and pop single in 2011.
Of the over 30 albums Jimmy Buffett has released, as of October 2007, he has 8 Gold Albums and 9 Platinum or Multi Platinum Albums. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH riaa.com, RIAA Gold and Platinum Albums database. Retrieved 18 October 2007. In 2003 Buffett won his first ever Country Music Award (CMA) for his song "It's 5 O'clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson, and was nominated again in 2007 for the CMA Event of the Year Award for his song "Hey Good Lookin" which featured Alan Jackson and George Strait.
Writing
Buffett has written three #1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on The New York Times Best Seller list| The New York Times Best Seller fiction list. His book A Pirate Looks At Fifty went straight to No.& nbsp;1 on the New York Times Best Seller non-fiction list, making him one of eight authors in that list's history to have reached No. 1 on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. The seven other authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway , John Steinbeck , William Styron , Irving Wallace , Dr. Seuss , Mitch Albom and Glenn Beck .
Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, The Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett. The original hard cover release of The Jolly Mon included a cassette tape recording of him and Savannah Jane reading the story accompanied by an original score written by Michael Utley .
Buffett's novel A Salty Piece of Land , was released on 30 November 2004, and the first edition of the book included a CD single of the song "A Salty Piece Of Land", which was recorded for License to Chill . The book was a New York Times best seller soon after its release.
Buffett's latest title, Swine Not? , was released 13 May 2008.
Buffett is currently writing a follow-up to his autobiography A Pirate Looks at Fifty , which he says may take up to ten years to write and complete.
Buffett is one of several popular 'philosophers' whose quotations appear on the road signs of Himank#Road Signs|Project HIMANK in the Ladakh region of Northern India.
Film and television
Buffett wrote the soundtrack for, co-produced and acted in the 2006 film Hoot (film)|Hoot , directed by Wil Shriner and based on the book by Carl Hiaasen , which focuses on issues important to Buffett, such as conservation. The film was not a critical or commercial success. Among his other film music credits are the theme song to the short-lived 1993 CBS television series Johnny Bago ; "Turning Around" for the 1985 film Summer Rental starring John Candy ; "I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)" for the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High ; "Hello, Texas" for the 1980 John Travolta film Urban Cowboy ; and "If I Have To Eat Someone (It Might As Well Be You)" for the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest , which was sung in the film by rap artist Tone Loc .
In addition, Buffett has made several cameo appearance s, including in Repo Man (1984 film)|Repo Man , Hook (film)|Hook , Cobb (film)|Cobb , Hoot (film)|Hoot , Congo (film)|Congo , and From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon . He also made cameo appearances as himself in Rancho Deluxe (for which he also wrote the music) and in FM (film)|FM . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119364/ IMDB entry for Jimmy Buffett, accessed 6/4/07. He made a Guest appearance in the season two of Hawaii Five-0 on CBS in 2011. Buffett reportedly was offered a cameo role in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , but declined the offer. http://imdb.com/title/tt0325980/trivia IMDB entry for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, accessed 11/4/07. In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk on a musical production based on Wouk's 1965 novel '' Don't Stop the Carnival (novel)|Don't Stop the Carnival . In the South Park '' episode " Tonsil Trouble ", an animated version of Buffett (but not voiced by Buffett) was seen singing "AIDSburger in Paradise" and "CureBurger in Paradise". Jimmy has also appeared on the Sesame Street special, Elmopalooza , singing " Caribbean Amphibian " with the popular Muppet, Kermit the Frog. Buffett appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-O in November 2011. He played an helicopter pilot who piloted the craft to the rescue in the show. Another character mentioned that he preferred "margaritas",Buffett's character replied, "You can't argue with that."
Business ventures
Buffett has taken advantage of his name and the fan following for his music to launch several business ventures, usually with a tropical theme. He owns or licenses the Margaritaville Cafe and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain s. As a baseball fan, he was part-owner of two minor league teams: the Fort Myers Miracle and the Madison Black Wolf . Between his restaurants, album sales, and tours, he earns an estimated US$100 million a year.
In 1993, he launched Margaritaville Records, with distribution through MCA Records. His MCA record deal ended with the release of 1996's Christmas Island and he took Margaritaville Records over to Chris Blackwell's Island Records for a two record deal, 1998's ''Don't Stop The Carnival'' and 1999's Beach House On The Moon . In the fall of 1999, he started up Mailboat Records to release live albums. He partnered up with RCA Records for distribution in 2005 and 2006 for the two studio albums License To Chill and Take The Weather With You .
In 2006, Buffett launched a cooperative project with the Anheuser-Busch brewing company to produce his own beer under the Margaritaville Brewing label called Land Shark Lager .https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/viewColaDetails.do? action=publicFormDisplay& ttbid=06300001000108 ttbonline.gov
Another Margaritaville Casino was slated to be opening in Atlantic City, New Jersey but has been put on hold indefinitely.cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/business/30casino.html? ref=nyregion | work=The New York Times | title=Trump Sells an Atlantic City Casino | date=30 May 2008 | accessdate=6 May 2010 Buffett has also licensed Margaritaville Tequila , Margaritaville Footwear and a Margaritaville Foods including Chips, Salsa, Guacamole, Shrimp, Chicken and more.
From 8 May 2009 through 5 January 2010 Sun Life Stadium (formerly Dolphin Stadium) in Miami was named Landshark Stadium pursuant to an eight-month naming rights deal. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/18/1432622/dolphin-stadiums-new-name-sun.html miamiherald.com http://www.sunlifestadium.com/content/history.aspx sunlifestadium.com Buffett also wrote new lyrics for the team to his 1979 song " Fins (song)|Fins ", which is played during Dolphins home games. http://www.miamidolphins.com/dol-fans/fins-fish-song miamidolphins.com
In May 2011, Buffet announced that he had partnered with game makers THQ to make a Margaritaville game for Facebook and iOS devices. The game opened in closed beta to what's being referred to as the Buffet Beta Club. The game, which requires users to download Unity Engine for use on the Facebook API , is expected to release on Facebook in December 2011 and to iOs devices by the end of January 2012. http://blog.games.com/2011/11/10/margaritaville-online-closed-beta-preview/
Charity work
Buffett has been involved in many charity efforts. In 1981 the Save the Manatee Club was founded by Buffett and former Florida governor Bob Graham . http://www.savethemanatee.org/smchist.htm About SMC at savethemanatee.org Save the Manatee Club is the world's leading manatee protection organization. http://newsblaze.com/story/20070529104417tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html "Navigate with Care manatees are There", accessed 6/4/07. West Indian Manatee In 1989, legislation was passed in Florida that introduced the "Save the Manatee" license plate , and earmarked funding for the Save the Manatee Club. One of the two manatees trained to interact with researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory is named Buffett after the singer.
The "Singing for Change" foundation was initially funded by proceeds from Buffett's 1995 concert tour, and provides grants to local charities in three main areas: children and family causes, environmental causes, and causes for disenfranchised groups. http://islandwaves.tamucc.edu/V18I14/jimmybuffet.htm "Singing For Change Foundation: Jimmy sic|Buffet Helps the Community" accessed 6/4/07. http://margaritaville.com/SFC_interest.php Singing for Change areas of interest.
On 23 November 2004, Buffett raised substantial money at his "Surviving the Storm" Hurricane Relief Concert in Orlando, Florida to provide relief for hurricane victims in Florida, Alabama and the Caribbean affected by the four major hurricanes that year. http://homepage.mac.com/paperboy/blogwavestudio/LH20040529224556/LHA20041028052602/index.html "Jimmy Buffett 'Surviving the Storm' – Hurricane Benefit'" accessed 6/4/07.
Buffett performed in Hong Kong on 18 January 2008 for a concert that raised US$63,000 for the Foreign Correspondents' Club Charity Fund. This was his first concert in Hong Kong and it sold out within weeks. Not only did Buffett perform for the groundlings for free, but he also paid for the concertgoers' tequila and beer. http://www.thomascrampton.com/2008/01/31/jimmy-buffett-hong-kong-concert-organizers-apologize-to-buffett-fans/ "Jimmy Buffett Concert Hong Kong concert organizers apologize to Buffett fans".
On 11 July 2010, Buffett, a Gulf Coast native, put on a free concert on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama . The concert was Buffett's response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf. The concert was aired on CMT television. The 35,000 free tickets were given away within minutes to help draw people back to Alabama's beaches. Buffett played several popular songs including "Fins", "Son of a Son of a Sailor", "A Pirate Looks at Forty" and a modified version of "Margaritaville" where the lyrics were changed in the chorus to "now I know, it's all BP's fault." The concert featured Jesse Winchester and Allen Toussaint .
In addition, many Parrothead club activities are focused on charity work, although Buffett is not directly involved with them.
Controversy
The earliest controversy with Buffett was his recording of "God's Own Drunk" found on the live recorded album You Had to Be There . In 1983 the son of the late entertainer Lord Buckley sued Buffett for $11 million for copyright infringement claiming that Buffett took parts of the monologue from Buckley's A Tribute to Buckley and claimed it as his own work in "God's Own Drunk". The suit also alleged that Buffett's "blasphemous" rendition presented to the public a distorted impression of Lord Buckley."Jimmy Buffett Sued Over Song" Miami Herald 30 August 1983: 1A They got an injunction against Buffett which prevented him from performing the song until the lawsuit was settled or resolved. So, in 1986 when Buffett would get to the part of his show where he would normally perform "God's Own Drunk," he would say that he still isn't allowed to play it because of the lawsuit and instead played a song he wrote called "The Lawyer and the Asshole" in which he accuses Buckley's son and lawyers as being greedy and tells them to "kiss his ass."
On 6 October 2006, it was reported that Buffett had been detained by French custom officials in Saint Tropez for allegedly carrying over 100 pills of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine|ecstasy .cite web | url= http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/10/06/jimmy-buffetts-stash-rivals-willie-nelsons/ | title= Jimmy Buffett’s Stash Rivals Willie Nelson’s | author= Elizabeth Goodman | date= 10/6/06 |work= | publisher= Rolling Stone | accessdate=30 March 2008 cite web | url= http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html? id=ed62007c-1e50-459c-8d50-325d2eec7516& k=71796 | title= Jimmy Buffett busted for drugs | date= 6 October 2006 |work= | publisher= canada.com | accessdate=30 March 2008 cite web | url= http://www.nypost.com/seven/10062006/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm | title= Buffett Caught with Club Drug |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 6 October 2006 |work= |publisher= New York Post | accessdate=30 March 2008 Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot Buffett’s luggage was searched after his Dassault Falcon 900 private jet landed at Toulon-Hyères International Airport. He paid a fine of $300 and was released. A spokesperson for Buffett stated the pills in question were prescription drugs , but declined to name the drug or the health problem for which he was being treated. Buffett released a statement that the "ecstasy" was in fact, a Vitamin B supplement known as Foltx .cite web | url= http://www.margaritaville.com/JB_statement.php | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070311165044/ http://www.margaritaville.com/JB_statement.php | archivedate= 11 March 2007 | title= What happened? A message from Jimmy Buffett... |author= Jimmy Buffett |date= 6 October 2006 |work= |publisher= margaritaville.com | accessdate=30 March 2008
In January 1996 Buffett's Grumman HU-16 airplane nicknamed " Hemisphere dancer|Hemisphere Dancer " was shot at by Jamaican police who believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana. The aircraft sustained minimal damage. The plane had been carrying Buffett as well as U2 's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell, and co-pilot Bill Dindy. They were not on board at the time. The Jamaican government acknowledged the mistake and apologized to Buffett who penned the song "Jamaica Mistaica" for his Banana Wind album based on the experience. The plane from the incident is now at Orlando City Walk's Margaritaville.
On 4 February 2001, he was ejected from the American Airlines Arena in Miami during a Miami Heat / New York Knicks basketball game for cursing. After the game, referee Joe Forte said that he ordered him moved during the fourth quarter because "there was a little boy sitting next to him and a lady sitting by him. He used some words he knows he shouldn't have used." Forte apparently didn't know who Buffett was, and censured Heat coach Pat Riley because he thought Riley – who was trying to explain to him who Buffett was – was insulting him by asking if he'd ever been a "Parrothead", the nickname for Buffett fans.cite web |url= http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2001/02/05/Sports/Across.The.Wire-698290.shtml |title=Singer Buffett ejected from Knicks and Heat contest |accessdate=25 August 2007 Buffett didn't comment immediately after the incident, but discussed it with Matt Lauer on Today (NBC program)|The Today Show three days later.
Jimmy Buffett was paid $250,000 to perform a private show for ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski . This show was part of a multiple day event held to celebrate Kozlowski's girlfriend and her birthday. Video footage of this performance is included in a CNBC television series known as "American Greed."cite web |url= http://www.hulu.com/watch/46535/american-greed-partys-over---tycos-kozlowski#x-0,vepisode,1,0 |title= American Greed |author= CNBC |date= 4 October 2008 |work= |publisher= NBC |accessdate=26 October 2010
Concerts and tours
Setlist structure
Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band have earned a tremendous amount of recognition for their concerts—which mixes theatrical elements with improvisation—bringing a carefree tropical party to life. Most recent shows consist of 24–26 songs and two separate encores.
The first encore (concert)|encore usually consists of two songs. After the first song, Buffett introduces the band, and then they segue into the second song. The second encore usually consists of a single acoustic ballad. "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a typical closer at shows, however, Buffett sometimes takes the opportunity to choose a more obscure song to perform such as:" He Went to Paris ", " Nautical Wheelers " or " Tin Cup Chalice ", among others.
" Fins (song)|Fins ", mostly performed towards the end of the show in recent years, is always preluded by the Jaws (film)|Jaws theme as a teaser. Buffett calls out to the Parrotheads, or "land-sharks", to get their "fins up"& #33; The fans raise their hands in the air, in the manner of a dorsal fin, and wave it left and right. " Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes " usually has a video of local parrotheads in the arena/venue parking lot playing over its performance. " Why Don't We Get Drunk " is sometimes performed in a different style (i.e. Hawaiian style, karaoke style, sing-along style). " One Particular Harbour " is played for women and men wearing hula -skirts. " It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song)|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere " is performed with Mac McAnally taking Alan Jackson 's place.
The band will also often throw in references to and skits about the actual venue they're playing to please home town fans. As an example, when Buffett and the Coral Reefers performed at Fenway Park , Boston, in September 2004, they added a performance of " Take Me Out To The Ball Game " featuring Dr. Charles Steinberg on organ, segued "Why Don't We Get Drunk" into Boston Red Sox|Red Sox favorite " Sweet Caroline ", and attempted to reverse the Curse of the Bambino (some even claim they were successful, as the Red Sox won their first World Series in over 86 years a few weeks later). Similarly, when playing the Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2009 (Buffett's first London gig for 29 years), the setlist included Warren Zevon's " Werewolves of London ", a cover that Buffett recorded on the Hoot (film)|soundtrack to Hoot . Buffett also performed two The Beatles|Beatles songs that he had been playing throughout the Summerzcool tour: " Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine " and " Rocky Raccoon ".
"The Big 8" and standard songs
Before 2003, songs played at every Buffett show were known as the Big& nbsp;8. With the success of the Alan Jackson duet "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere", and the rising popularity of "One Particular Harbour", the list of songs played at every show went from 8 to 10. The "Big 8" were: #" Margaritaville " #" Come Monday " #" Fins (song)|Fins " #" Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)|Volcano " #" A Pirate Looks at Forty " #" Cheeseburger in Paradise " #" Why Don't We Get Drunk " — Only played occasionally, as of 2007 #" Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)|Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes "
Since "Why Don't We Get Drunk" has been knocked off the standards list, there are only nine songs played at almost every show in recent years. However, neither Buffett nor the Coral Reefers have ever used the term "Big& nbsp;9" for the new line-up.
This list doesn't necessarily mean that those songs have been played at every show. "A Pirate Looks at Forty" was not played during the George, Washington & nbsp;'92 show. http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_1992.html#11 buffettworld.com "Cheeseburger in Paradise" was excluded from two setlists during the 1998 tour. http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_1998.html#11 buffettworld.com "One Particular Harbour" was left out of 11 shows during the 1997 tour, http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_1997.html#6 buffettworld.com not to mention every show during the 1988 & 1989 tour. http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_1989.html buffettworld.com "Why Don't We Get Drunk" wasn't played at all during the Bama Breeze tour, and has since only returned to be played on an occasional basis. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" did not appear during the opening shows of the 1998 and 2003 tours. http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_2003.html#8 buffettworld.com "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" was omitted from first of the two Irvine shows in 2006. http://www.buffettworld.com/sl_2006.html#3 buffettworld.com
Other notable songs that are played at almost all shows, but have been dropped on occasion, are " Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)|Son of a Son of a Sailor ", Van Morrison 's " Brown Eyed Girl " and Crosby, Stills and Nash|Crosby, Stills and Nash's " Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song)|Southern Cross ". However, it's not unusual for these three songs to be dropped from a show, therefore they aren't considered a standard.
Tour Accident
On 26 January 2011 ( Australia Day ), Buffett was performing a concert in Australia at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and fell off the stage after an encore. A concert-goer said, "He just went over to the edge of the stage, like he had numerous times through the night, just to wave, and people were throwing stuffed toys and things at him. And he just took one step too many and just disappeared in a flash. He didn't have time to put his arms out to save himself or anything, he just dropped." http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/27/3122985.htm Jimmy Buffett doing well after stage fall, 27 January 2011, ABC News Online , accessed 28 January 2011 http://www.buffettinfo.com/front-page-news/2716-jimmy-buffett-falls-off-stage-sydney-taken-hospital.html Jimmy Buffett Falls From Stage Coincidentally, one of Australia's leading trauma surgeons was at the concert and close to the stage; Dr. Gordian Fulde treated Buffett at the scene. Fulde said, "I thought he'd broken his neck." "I heard the clunk of his head on a metal ledge, he has a deep gash on his scalp, which is all right now." "But at first I thought – this guy is going to be a spinal injury." http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/27/3122659.htm Singer Jimmy Buffett falls off stage in Sydney, 27 January 2011, ABC News Online , accessed 27 January 2011 Dr Fulde turned him on his side so he could breathe and administered first aid. Buffett regained consciousness within a few minutes. He was then transported to St Vincent's Hospital Emergency centre for treatment and was released the next day. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-01-27/dr-fulde-tells-702-breakfast-about-treating-jimmy/1919652|Dr Fulde
1977: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes#Tour|Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Tour
1978: Cheeseburger in Paradise#Tour|Cheeseburger in Paradise Tour
1979: You Had to Be There#Tour|You Had to Be There Tour / Volcano (Jimmy Buffett album)#Tour|Volcano Tour
1980: A Hot Dog & A Road Map Tour
1981: Coconut Telegraph Tour
1982: Homecoming Tour
1983: The Six-Stop American Tour
1984: Feeding Frenzy Tour
1985: Last Mango in Paris Tour
1986: Floridays#Tour|Floridays Tour / World Tour of Florida
1987: A Pirate Looks At Forty Tour
1988: Cheap Vacation Tour / Hot_Water_(Jimmy_Buffett_album)#Tour|Hot Water Tour
1989: Off to See the Lizard#Tour|Off to See the Lizard Tour / Buffett Does Ballads Tour
1990: Jimmy's Jump Up Tour
1991: Outpost Tour
1992: Rece$$ion Rece$$ Tour
1993: Chameleon Caravan Tour
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1994: Fruitcakes Tour
1995: Domino College Tour
1996: Banana Wind Tour
1997: Havana Daydreamin' Tour
1998: Don't Stop The Carnival Tour
1999: Beach House On The Moon Tour
2000: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Tour
2001: A Beach Odyssey Tour
2002: Far Side of the World Tour
2003: Tiki Time Tour
2004: License To Chill Tour
2005: A Salty Piece Of Land Tour
2006: Party At The End Of The World Tour
2007: Bama Breeze Tour
2008: Year of Still Here Tour
2009: Summerzcool Tour
2010: Under The Big Top Tour
2011: Welcome to Fin Land
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Discography
main|Jimmy Buffett discography
See also
A Pirate Looks at Fifty
List of best-selling music artists
References
reflist|2
External links
wikiquoteCommons category|Jimmy Buffett
http://margaritaville.com Official Jimmy Buffett Web Site
iMDb name|0119364
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp? id=h-1219 Jimmy Buffett Entry at the Encyclopedia of Alabama
http://www.parrotheadconnection.com/
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