CoB,O : news : May 2002

   
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May 2002

May 31

According to the June 2002 issue of Longboard Magazine, Margaritaville Tequila has signed on as the overall sponsor of a new Longboard Magazine Championship Tour for both men and women's surfing. The July issue is promising to include a contest tour event program for 2002. Also, Margaritaville's sponsorship is enabling the magazine the resources to produce a one-hour documentary video of the 2002 Tour, for release before the end of the year. First tour event is scheduled for August 17-18, 2002 at Oceanside, CA. Thanks to Brett Bigelow

We received this email this morning:

A man who goes by the name of Michael Bloomberg is using this site to obtain the phone numbers of ticket buyers. He claims that he worked for Jimmy Buffett doing some PR work, and he has pavillion seats for the JB concert as payment for that work. This guy calls you, and states that he will overnight the ticket to you and you wire the money to him via Western Union. That is what I did and no tickets!! So, my loss but I am passing this jerk's scam off to you so that you can avoid the loss. He picked the money up in Miami where it was wired. He also requests that no ID be presented when he picks up the money. He is a white male living in the Miami area. When he calls, he will tell you that a friend of yours told him to call you. Tell him to get lost! If this has happened to anyone else, please email me at bumatbeach@yahoo.com. Perhaps with a little help from some parrotheads, we can catch this jerk before he takes someone else to the cleaners.

If you have a Playstation, you will soon be able to join in Jimmy Buffett's Deep Sea Fishing.

May 30

Doyle Grisham's newly formed band, The Bandits, is currently available for booking. In addition to Doyle, the band is made up of a truly award-winning group: Jessi Welsh on vocals, James Ducker on songwriting, vocals and guitar, and Katrina Rawls on fiddle. This group along with drummer David Bradford and Wes Fitzhugh on bass guitar covers plenty of Buffett songs along with plenty of original Buffett and country sounds. Amy Lee also does some dates (depending on availability) with the group. The price structure ranges from $1000 - $3000. Anyone interested in booking the band should contact Audry Craft, toll free, at (866) 984- BAND(2263).

Tonight, wearing a stuffed parrot hat, Jeopardy Clue Crew member Sophia provided this answer, 'I look like a real Parrot Head wearing this hat I bought from this singer's website, Margaritaville.com.' The returning champion correctly asked 'Who is Jimmy Buffett?' Thanks to Jim Thomas

May 29

The Tennessean covers JB meeting Kenny Chesney in 'There's some guy singing about you'.

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, Stayin' In Touch With My Insanity.

May 28

Rick Garner noted the re-release of Tales From Margaritaville with a new introduction by JB:

Jimmy basically said that he'd been asked for a new intro, and recent used bookstore experiences had given him new insights into the immortality of the author. He said that during one recent long island visit, he'd been a regular shopper at the small native store, and the owner had called him it to show him new additions to the used book bin. Among the collection was "A Purple Place for Dying", the only John McDonald Travis McGee novel that Jimmy had yet to read, so he'd quickly snapped it up. He also said that he'd been considering the fate of Tully Mars, and once more hinted that we'd be seeing more of him in the near future.

Washington, DC classic rock station WARW 94.7 held a listener poll then counted down the Memorial Day 500 favorites over the weekend. There among the Floyds and Stones and Zeppelins, looking strong at #58, was Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville." Thanks to Mike DeGraba

The CoB, O is quoted liberally in Utah 'Parrot Heads' Make Merry.

The Metro Parrot Head Club's Kick Off To Summer Party will take place on Saturday, June 22nd.

May 27

Last night's Las Vegas setlist is available.

May 26

Far Side Of The World slipped to number 8 on Billboards Indie charts. It's been on the charts for 9 weeks now, reaching as high as #1.

May 25

Don't forget that the summer tour kicks off tonight in Las Vegas. You can listen to the show on RadioMargaritaville, discuss the show on the bulletin board, and post/review the setlist.

May 24

JB and the Coral Reefers played a shortened version of "Far Side Of The World" last night on the Tonight Show. In the couple minutes of chit chat afterwords, JB related he used to be a paperboy folding papers in front of Krispy Kreme.

You can vote in the new poll to your left. You've had a couple months to listen to Far Side Of The World-so what's your favorite song? The results from the previous poll point towards a very satisfying setlist, even coming from the CoB,O.

The GCC has been updated with alternate versions of "In The City" and Landfall."

May 22

The Buffett clan is leaving today for Los Angeles. They will be playing the Jay Leno Show tomorrow night...

In the most recent Surfer magazine issue, there is an article/interview with Allen Weisbecker, author of Cosmic Banditios, In Search of Captain Zero, expatriate, ex pot smuggler, writer for Miami Vice. He mentions JB in the audio clip "On the comedy of it all:" 'It was sort of fun, Jimmy Buffett, you know a pirate looks at 40, was singing about us.' Thanks to James Edmond

Mac McAnally is working on a new album at LaLa Land. Thanks to Mick Trammel

May 21

Margaritaville has photos from Jazzfest.

According to the St. Petersburg Times, Outback sees Paradise in the Midwest. The JB-Outback Steakhouse chain "Cheeseburger In Paradise" will open its first restaurant in our stomping grounds, Indianapolis this coming September.

Information on the "official" MGM party: Parrot's Paradise Returns To The Park At MGM Grand For Memorial Day Weekend Celebration.

The Tou-Timin PH Club has pictures of Jerry Jeff Walker Mandeville, LA.

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, Messin' With the Mouse in Orlando.

May 19

Don't forget that JB will be on the Tonight Show this Thursday.

The Denver Post has a great article At 55, Buffett still living in paradise.

Former Astros manager Larry Dierker chose JB (and Beach Boys) music for his number-retiring ceremony. Thanks to Mike Santarcangelo

May 17

For those real Reefers, Key Largo to sink Navy ship for reef.

May 16

Not really JB news, but our news: Emma Rose Wilson was born on May 14 at 1:37pm. She's doing well. Kim's doing well. We have tons of pictures.

May 15

The Tou-Timin PH Club has pictures of JB at Jazzfest.

May 13

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, "My Naked Domino College Commencement Address".

May 12

Chris Dixon (of Margaritaville's "Travels With A Pirate" fame) has had the following article about Jimmy's "church" published in the New York Times: Atomic Plant Casts a Pall on Paradise (free registration required).

May 11

Test your knowledge about JB on this "edventure" search for the lost shaker of salt.

One of the faithful, Bill Bohanon, contributed this tribute to Marvin.

May 7

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, There Goes The Neighborhood.

May 5

The bulletin board has an interesting thread (very Orthodox): Where's the old JB?.

According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, Penn's Landing project groundbreaking uncertain, of which a new Margaritaville Cafe is delayed.

May 4

According to the Cricket Pavilion, tickets for the Phoenix show on October 1 go on sale May 11 at 10am.

Setlists for the 2 New Orleans shows are available: May 2 and May 4.

May 1

Thomas Ponton has posted his latest column on the Bulletin Board, Folly Chasing Death.

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