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News and Tour Info	April 2000 Archives April 27 Requested from someone close to Jimmy: anyone who may have taped the St. Barth's concert to please come forward. They are willing to pay for any good quality audio (preferably digital) from the St. Barth's show. Email me. JimmyDreamz is sponsoring a setlist contest for the June 8 show in Camden. The winner receives his/her choice of a double live bootleg CD from Captain Jim's collection. The Florida Keys Keynoter covers another angle caused by the Save The Manatee organization's recent lawsuits against federal and state governements in article. Thanks to Ed Radin Heard a Jimmy Buffett reference on ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" on Tuesday, April 25. They were showing highlights of the San Francisco at Florida game and it was quite windy. Many of the fly balls were not so routine due to the wind blowing them around. Peter Gammons made the comment that they "were trying to reason with the hurricane season." Thanks to Craig Bursaw April 26 The Arizona Daily Star reviews the Phoenix show in Desert beachcombers of Phoenix flock to the island music of Buffett. Those wishing to share thoughts on the Phoenix show can post on the bulletin board. The Great Song Showdown is ready for round 2. If you haven't started you can jump in at any time. Notice who is in first place on the Pick 'em contest! The L.A. Times drums up the party atmosphere in this blurb . Dale Greer has put together a Mac tutorial for digitally dubbing Radio Margaritaville broadcasts. Last night, "City Confidential" on A&E mentioned Bubba in a feature about Key West & Mel Fisher, saying: "Mel Fisher became the 2nd most popular person from Key West, after Jimmy Buffett". The hour-long show was primarily about Mel's hunt for the Atocha and surrounding legal battles. Thanks to Allan Wells April 25 A couple of good WCBO Reports have been filed: Greg Pereira's Las Vegas report and Bob Kanish's (of JB Online fame) San Diego report. Jimmy Buffet Online has the Thursday San Diego show available for those who missed it as well as the 1995 Barometer Soup radio special. Last night on CNN sports report, the anchor showed a Key West highlight and talked about the Conch Republic, Jimmy Buffett, even alluding to the Woman Going Crazy on Caroline Street. Thanks to Richie Prado Congratulations to the Parrot Head Webring which turns 3 today. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has a good article on CoB,O favorite Todd Snider in Prine protege sings stories of love, sarcastic humor. The website Buffett2000.com wants to elect Jimmy president. April 24 The GCC has been updated with the entire Down To Earth album. April 22 The Orange County Register has an excellent article in which the author, a former Buffett hater, is finally warming to the tunes. It's a long read, but Changes in attitude: A non-Parrothead evaluates the career and music of Jimmy Buffett is quite enjoyable. Thanks to Drifty The Gypsy I've heard that Santana is ahead of Jimmy in voting for the Blockbuster Awards (big shocker). April 21 If you would like to comment on the San Diego show the bulletin board is available. MSNBC has an interesting article Snorkel with manatees. Thanks to John Parr The San Diego Union-Tribune previews Mac McAnally's show tonight at the 4th & B at 8pm in A parrothead party with Mac McAnally. If you have the opportinutiy, go! We caught Mac when he was in Indy last year, and it was a marvelous show... actually better than Jimmy's. The San Jose Mercury News covers the Shoreline show in Buffett transports fans to the tropics. Susan Super passed this along: " I was just in a Williams Sonoma store in Seattle (on my way to the Las Vegas concert) and on the Waring Blender display there was a sign saying 'This way to Margaritaville.'" More Bill "Sauce Boss" Wharton tour dates: Thursday June 15th at Sparky's in Flint, MI 10PM (810) 742-2790 Fri June 23rd Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY 9PM (914) 451-1408 Sunday June 25th Apple River Blues Festival in Superior, WI 4PM Tuesday June 27th Automatic Slims in Neenah, WI 9PM (920) 720-7546 Sunday July nd at Big Daddy's in Massapequa, NY at 3:30Pm-7:30PM 1A Park Lane (516) 226-0953 Thursday July 6th Tavern On The Flats in Seneca Falls, NY 10:30PM (315) 568-6755 Live at RACAfest week ends on April 22! Have you gotten your copy? Live at RACAfest week: Here's the skinny: 2 singer-songwriters are donating proceeds from their successful soundtrack to the JB Listserv annual party for this week only. It's a great CD, it's helping a good cause... and I personally highly recommend it. It's only $10. April 20 The San Diego show will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville tonight at 11pm Eastern. [Dale twisted my arm to post this :-) ] As Chris notes above, Buffett's music videos will be available for purchase on a compilation tape this summer. Although most of Bubba's music videos are pretty bad, there might just be a few gems on this set. According to the promo tease at Margaritaville, the tape will include some extremely rare videos released in 1974 (!), long before Duran Duran dubuted "Hungry Like the Wolf" on a nascent MTV. Among these "videos," which were actually shot on motion-picture film stock and screened as part of the coming attractions at ABC-owned movie theaters, is a nice treatment of Buffett's "Come Monday." The video was filmed in Key West and, if memory serves, features God's Own Pick-Up Truck, the beat-up blue Monroe County Glass & Mirror Co. vehicle shown in the gatefold to the original A1A album. It's ironic to note that, for all of Buffett's negative statements about "video kings," he was among the very first musicians in history to experiment with the format. Also, don't miss your opportunity to win rare Buffett items like a copy of his Now Generation LP, "Come Together." All you have to do is answer two simple questions in the A1A Archives Trivia Contest. Other Prizes include a brand-new copy of Don Blanding's Floridays from the Peninsula Press. Surf on over to the A1A Archives home page and follow the links to to the trivia contest. A minor step forward for the manatees: Manatee group targets new boat slips MAITLAND -- (AP) -- A federal judge has been asked to block any new boat docks and marinas in Florida coastal waters pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed to force federal agencies to do more to save Florida manatees from extinction. The judge in Washington was asked to issue an emergency injunction banning the Army Corps of Engineers from issuing permits for boat slips and marinas. The Save the Manatee Club, led by singer Jimmy Buffett, and a coalition of 17 other national environmental groups requested the injunction Tuesday. If granted, it would cover marine facilities in 16 Florida counties and parts of three others, stretching around Florida's southern coast from Hillsborough to Brevard County, excluding Monroe County. ``All these areas are high-risk areas for manatees,'' said Judith Vallee, executive director of the Maitland-based Save the Manatee Club, which was started in 1981 by Buffett and then-Gov. Bob Graham. ``We are asking that no additional projects that can increase boat traffic be approved in the high-risk areas until the Corps can provide relief,'' Vallee said. Manatees, also called sea cows, are slow-moving marine mammals that frequent warn coastal waters around Florida, sometimes straying up the East Coast or into Gulf of Mexico coastal waters. An estimated 2,000 remain in Florida. The coalition's latest action was prompted by news that a Naples developer was given permission to build 180 boat slips in a critical manatee area, said Eric Glitzenstein, a national spokesman for the coalition. From Montgomery Alabama: Sen. Jack Biddle hit a happy chord in the state Senate with his legislation to change the state song. The Senate approved Biddle's bill 32-1 Wednesday and sent it to the House for review. Biddle's legislation would switch "Alabama" from being the state song to being the state anthem. The version of "Stars Fell on Alabama" recorded by Jimmy Buffett, would become the state song, and "My Home's in Alabama" by the band Alabama would become the state ballad. Currently, there is no state anthem or state ballad. Biddle, R-Gardendale, said few people can sing "Alabama," but "wherever you go in the country, people know the tune to 'Stars Fell on Alabama."' If the bill passes the House, Gov. Don Siegelman has said he will sign it into law. [see previous news item] Thanks to Drew Warren April 19 Jimmy Buffet Online has the Mountain View show available for those who missed it. There is an expanded version of the article The Sun King that previously ran in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Round one of Great Song Showdown is ready to go; the qualifiers who won in the prelim round are up against the seeds... Derek Orr posted an excellent report on the Dallas show. According to the Palm Beach Post, Jimmy Buffett's web page designer, who frequently travels with Jimmy, has rented a house in Flamingo Park, a historic district that is north of Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. Thanks to Drew Warren If you can help with last night's setlist that'd be cool. I know the encores were "Love and Luck," "Uncle John's Band," and "Pacing The Cage." If you would like to comment on the show do so on the bulletin board. April 18 The Mountainview show will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville tonight at 11pm Eastern. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reviews Saturday's show in There's the tequila; where are the cheeseburgers in paradise? This is a pretty honest assessment of Jimmy's shows nowadays. The San Diego Union-Tribune previews the upcoming shows in The Sun King. It's a rather good article, aside from a "Come Sunday" reference. Included is a quote from Jimmy that his next book of short stories will be out in September. Larry Lee, featured on Jimmy's Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, Riddles In The Sand, and Last Mango In Paris recordings as a vocalist, died due to a stroke. Larry also played with Michael Utley and was a one time original member of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, who had the AM radio hit "Jackie Blue." He was a well admired session musician as well as songwriter. Thanks to Brian Peason April 16 The San Jose Mercury News has a brief preview of the Mountainview show. It seems every time Bill Weber, Pit reporter and host of ESPN2's RPM 2Day, comes to Talladega he mentions JB: Sunday, April 16th 10:57 am Central - Bill Weber exclaims "We're off next weekend but I'll be back in two weeks provided I survive the Buffett show in L.A. on Thursday." Thanks to Parke Cochran April 15 Anyone who went to or heard the Las Vegas show may share their thoughts on the bulletin board. Note that Radio Margaritaville was having trouble with phone lines, but they have struck a deal with broadcastamerica.com and soon they'll have a T-1 connection... Like tequila? Better stock up now, as the Charlotte Observer reports Demand driving up tequila cost. There's a handful of Buffett references in the article. Thanks to Greyelfltd CD Now has the DVD version of FM on sale for $19.98. Jimmy plays himself in the film. Jimmy Buffet Online has the Dallas show available for those who missed it. The Dallas Morning News has a quite unfavorable review of it at Familiar frontier for Buffett. This week's issue of the Birmingham Weekly had an advertisement for Wherehouse Music and did not have Buffett listed for April 25th or as "coming soon." Earlier ads hinted at a new release that was likely a compilation of old material. Thanks to LLERRETJ April 14 Anyone who went to or heard the Dallas show may share their thoughts on the bulletin board. The May/June 2000 issue of Islands has an article regarding Jimmy playing for Le Selects 50th anniversary. It should be available on most newsstands within the week. Thanks to Mike Billings Ed Booth has put together a photo collection on the newly-painted Hemisphere Dancer. An article in today's Washington Post about the opening of the Tiki Bar on Solomons Island, MD says that the event "is evocative of a Jimmy Buffett song, an event that transforms this quiet waterfront community into a kind of 'Margaritaville' in Maryland, a place where people come to waste away the afternoon and evening." Thanks to Doug King Bob Rivers Twisted Tunes has a parody Cheeseburger With Parasites. I did not listen to it because Windows Media Player is required, and I try to keep crappy software off my machine... Thanks to Donald Crepeau The new poll to your left asks about the April setlists (Dallas setlist). The results of the ticket buying poll are: How did your ticket buying go? I got shut out, screw Ticketmaster! 1346 59% I got tickets to at least one show I wanted 445 20% I got as many tickets to as many shows as I wanted 312 14% I got tickets to a show other than my first choice 177 8% April 13 The Great Song Showdown has a new twist; once you've voted for your favorites, you can try to predict which songs the rest of the voters will choose in the Pick 'em! contest. The person who gets the most right will win a prize, as noted on the web page. At the suggestion of Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, State Sen. Jack Biddle rewrote a bill to specify that the state song will be the version of "Stars Fell on Alabama" sung by Jimmy Buffett, who performed the song at Siegelman's inauguration. Thanks to Brad Martin Mike Veeck is negotiating to bring a Class AA team to RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Veeck leads a group including includes actor Bill Murray and Jimmy Buffett. Thanks to Brad Martin The Dallas show tonight will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville. April 12 Ed Booth contributed a new photo of the Hemisphere Dancer with its new paint job promoting Margaritaville Tequila (see below). It's posted on the bulletin board. Mark Bobbitt passed this along: Just checked ticketmaster.com as of 9:14 pm CST and there are tickets now available for the Dallas show tomorrow night. The first shipment of Margaritaville Tequlia to a store may arrive with several promo shirts and other goodies, so check if you are interested in picking up some swag. Thanks to Vince Settle Margaritaville has posted information on the forthcoming compilation video (June 18) of Jimmy's music videos and some bonus footage: Pencil Thin Mustache Come Monday He Went To Paris Nautical Wheelers Livin' It Up One Particular Harbour La Vie Dansante Who's The Blond Stranger Home Made Music Take Another Road Jamaica Farewell - Live Another Saturday Night Fruitcakes Changes In Latitude - Live with parking lot footage The City - Live with city footage as shown on tour Jimmy talked on Radio Margaritaville today about his future plans: The new book should hopefully be out by Christmas, he said, and he also mentioned that Tully Mars would be riding again. It also sounds like a new album won't happen until next year. He said he was taking about a year off from recording and that he was holding on to some new stuff and had some other idesa. He said that he thought he had 'one good one left' in him. (for replay schedule check RM) Thanks to Jeff May Andrew Nixon scanned a Playboy article from 1975 (note that it has a bigger Marvin picture than is displayed somewhere on this site). The Nautical Whalers Parrot Head Club Of Southern MA has been formed and approved by Parrot Heads in Paradise. Anyone wishing for more information can call Brian or Maureen at (508) 993-6269 or email them at Parrotfolk@aol.com. The Ledger covers the Hemisphere Dancer's appearance at the EAA Sun 'n Fun Fly-in: Key West crooner Jimmy Buffett is something of a pilot. And while Buffett will apparently not make an appearance at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, his plane, boasting the Margaritaville moniker on its wings, sat at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport until Monday evening. The HU16 Grumman Albatross has been a regular visitor to Sun 'n Fun in recent years. It has a customized interior, with colorfully upholstered chairs, surfboards and cases of margaritas. Buffett is on tour in the western United States, said John Stephenson, who is flying the plane for Buffett. Thanks to Rex Lewis Jeopardy! last night featured the following first round answer: "Vegetarian Jimmy Buffett made it nearly 70 Days drinking this juice and soaking up rays." Thanks to pray4surf If you only checked yesterday's news in the morning or afternoon, see below for more goodies. April 11 The latest issue of The Tailgater covers Parrothead Tailgaters. Thanks to Barrett Roby The Great Song Showdown has begun! Back in 1998 whenKC Angel and I ran a March Madness-like Buffett song competition to have JB listserv members and COB,O visitors determine the overall favorite Buffett song. It was hugely popular. Really, it was. So much so, we've been asked at various times to do it again. Jimmy has put out some new songs. More Buffett fans are on the Internet. Maybe the results will be different this time... Discuss the Showdown on the bulletin board! Dallas-Starplex parking lot parties are being planned... The Central Texas Parrot Head Club has pictures from the Margaritaville Tequila show on the 8th. The setlist was: Tequila, First Look, Boat Drinks, Grapefruit Juicy-Fruit, Son of a Son of a Sailor, Stars on the Water, Come Monday, Why Don't We Get Drunk, Southern Cross, Love is Made of This (Nadirah on lead vocals), Spider John (acoustic), Migration (acoustic), Volcano, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Fins, Pirate Looks at 40, One Particular Harbour, No Woman, No Cry, Margaritaville. Margaritaville has a new feature: Book O' The Week. The first book is Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder. Mac McAnally will be performing between Buffett concerts in San Diego on April 21st at 4th and B Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale for only $15 and can be gotten by emailing tickets@kokoloco.net, or for more information see Koko Loco's web site. Thanks to Jerry Gontang Alternative ticketing strategies continues to be a hot topic on the bulletin board. You don't need a password to post, so why not jump in and join the fray? April 10 Margaritaville-New Orleans is presenting these shows during Jazzfest: Thurs May 4--Fingers Taylor and Johnny Sansone; Fri May 5--Club Trini; Sat May 6--Club Trini (cd release party). Thanks to Steve Hale The May-June issue of Coastal Living has short article entitled "Buffett Takes a Dive," which quotes JB on his criteria for what makes a great "coastal dive." Also has nice review of his sister's LuLu's Sunset Grill. Thanks to Mike and Beverly Metcalf Jimmy played a private show to introduce Margaritaville Tequila at The Backyard (Austin, TX) on Saturday. Around 1800 people showed up. Thanks to Brian Chisholm Jimmy Buffett Online has the Orlando Marg Cafe Opening 1999. Radio Margaritaville will rebroadcast the Mac McAnally birthday show, recorded July 15, 1999 in Indianapolis this week. Great discussion going on at the bulletin board about Jimmy's response to ticketing troubles. This is what I envisioned when I set up the board... The GCC has been updated with chords for "Green Flash at Sunset" and "Love and Luck." April 9 A recent news item discussed how the Allman Brothers Band distributes tickets using a password protected Ticketmaster page for their fan club before they were released to the general public. I suggested this idea to Jimmy indirectly, and this is what he had to say: This isn't a bad idea ... we are working on ideas. The problem is the demand. Just remember, the Allman brothers can do this easily, because they don't sell out everywhere and there are usually tickets available at their shows. That is not the case here, and we are trying to find a way to get the tickets to the fans instead of scalpers. A point to remember is that our prices are still way below what other instant sell out acts are getting. I can't think of anything that would please all of Jimmy's fans more than a new ticket distribution system. This would be a bigger hit than a new album, a new video... Thanks to Jimmy for getting back to me on this, and I certainly hope that he conjures up something good. My personal suggestion is to let the CoB,O handle ticket distribution as it sees fit. It'd only hold back about 50 tickets for behind-the-scenes scams, instead of hundreds to thousands like Ticketmaster! What do you think of all this? Share your thoughts on the bulletin board! There have been some excellent posts, including perspective from someone who has used the Allman Bros. Band ticketing system. April 8 Margaritaville has a new 24-Hour Pirate Marraige Kit. Some of you may remember playing the A1A Archives Trivia Contest last year. This time around, we've made a few changes to keep things interesting, and I think you'll like the revised format. At the very least, you'll discover some fantastic music by Key West troubadour Scott Kirby. This month's prizes: *A copy of the ultra-rare Now Generation album "Come Together" (this group was a late-1960s copy band featuring Buffett on backing vocals; see Bubba with groovy sideburns in the LP's cover photo, linked from the A1A Archives' Trivia Page). *A very nice white-label promo 45 of Buffett's Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit on ABC/Dunhill Records (D-4359) from 1973! *A brand-new copy of Don Blanding's "Floridays" poetry compilation (this is the volume that Buffett quotes in the liner notes to his album of the same name)! Congratulations to the winners of the CoB,O's March Madness contest! In first place is BurnipsBuffetteer with 131 points; second place goes to OC's Picks with 113 points; and third place tied at 110 by litehousekeepr and Norman Sooners. If you have not heard from me and won a prize, you need to turn on your email address in their Yahoo preferences so that I can contact you concerning their prizes... I came in with 108 points, putting me in the top 10. Mike Donelan passed along the following: I went to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays home opener at Tropicana Field last night. All of the small window areas that you can purchase mixed drinks at had been renamed "Rays Place at Margaritaville". The outside wall area of the stands had been airbrushed w/ a sunset scene with palm trees and a copy of Bubba's plane (similar to the logo on the bottle) & "Margaritaville Imports" was printed under the plane's wings. Both types of Margaritaville Tequila were available. The person working that the stand said the stands had been redone this year as part of a Seagram's promotion. Frozen margarita's were available also, but I could not get a straight answer whether or not they were made with Margaritaville Tequila. This month's Virtual Parrot Head Club auctions feature an Hawaiian Shirt that Peter Mayer wore on stage during last sumner's BHOTM tour (along with other goodies). Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association. April 7 The latest installment of Travels With a Pirate: The Le Select Journey, Blue Heaven Rendezvous, is available. Word from Margaritaville-Orlando is that Trouble Dolls is currently being made into a movie and Jolly Mon into a tv show. Thanks to Jerry Shea April 4 Charlie Byrne posted the following to alt.fan.jimmy-buffett: Just was getting breakfast at Einstein's Bagel's in Boca Raton and I overheard some businessmen talking... Apparently, last night Jimmy gave a "private concert" on the beach, somewhere around Boca. Something about a special bonus for owners of the Outback Steakhouse restuarants. The Princeton Packet covers a recent Peter Mayer/Scott Kirby gig in A warm breeze. April 3 A recent ad in Latitudes and Attitudes begs for an interview with Jimmy. Thanks to Chuck Radio Margaritaville's schedule for this week includes the December 8, 1998 Orlando concert from the Carnival Tour. In a recent Nascar program Rusty Wallace wears a tropical shirt, fishing off a boat in the Key West. He says when he retires from racing he will go to Key West and "become a boat bum, kickin back on the beach and listening to Jimmy Buffett." Thanks to Viv Rowland The Washington Area Parrot Head Club has a review of a recent Sauce Boss show. Chris Dixon has added pictures and QuickTime movies from The Seagrams LA Show to Margaritaville's web site. April 2 In an ad for an RCA MP3 player in Sunday's flyer for Best Buy shows on the player's screen "Jeff's Tunes." The first artist listed is Jimmy Buffett. Thanks to Phrank Tower Records is running a contest to win 2 tickets to an April show and meet Jimmy backstage... Jimmy was inducted into the inaugural Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame for contemporary rck 'n' roll. The latest addition From The Vault is Todd Snider's punk version of "Margaritaville," which Jimmy is interested in using for his Margaritaville Tequila commercials. Due to its length, I've made a RealAudio version available as well. After you have listened to it, why not share your thoughts on it on the bulletin board? Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton is supposed to play The Bayou in Mount Vernon, NY tonight. No cover charge. Call for reservations at (914) 668-2634 at 9PM. April 1 I have received a cease and desist letter from Margaritaville, Inc. Today will be the last day the CoB,O is online publicly. If you'd like to tell Margaritaville what you think of their lawyers, email them. The Mac McAnally web site has two new songs of the month. The first is a live version of "The Knot."    The second song is a song that most, if not all have not heard before, "No Idea." An anonymous post to the bulletin board details more comp tickets from the New Year's Eve show: We've received our comp tickets and we're pretty happy! 1. Floor Section B (the middle section) in Las Vegas (fourth row); and 2. First row behind the orchestra pit at Irvine Meadows, again in the middle. Good luck to all the other $1,500 ticket holders who receive their comps as a result of "The Great Millenium Holdup;" may you make out as well or better than we did! One of the places you can vote for Matt Lauer from The Today Show to go is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in the Keys.
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