Category — Buffett

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Jimmy Buffett - Here We Are

In honor of all of those back home who getting ready to crank up the blenders and make some Mike's Delicious Queso, here's an un-official kickoff to the concert season. Wish we could be there with you this time.

Here we are
Here we are

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But here we are, for a family reunion, costume barbeque
All the black sheep, family outcasts, and a freak or two

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Here we are, maybe it's because in spite of all the work we do
It's the child in us we really value
Here we are, with our fins up and our feathers flashing
Here we are, with our coconut shell brassieres chanting

Here we are
Here we are
Here we are

Andrew, Kim, Amy, Kelly, Mike, Allison, Dan and all yall… if wanna try to make it down for the Florida leg, well… the weather is here….

FYI - The Margaritaville home page now sports a tour date RSS feed (Really Salty Sharks?!)

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Buffettnews reports that St Jimmy will perform a one-night only charity show in Hong Kong in January 2008.

The concert will benefit the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Language Training Centre that teaches English and Mandarin to 300 children aged 2 to 18 who are in residential care at the Po Leung Kuk Orphanage.

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Driving home last night I heard Jerry Jeff Walker's Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits.

We've been here a week or so,
Now it's finally time to go.
Can't believe how quickly time has flown,
Packin' up the bathin' suits,
Getting out the cowboy boots,
That’s a sign we must be going home….

Time just stopped for a little while,
We were part of a tiny island.
Made a lot of friends we'll keep for life.
When we get back home to Texas,
And they ask us what we missed most,
I'll shrug my shoulders, and I'll smile….

Early mornings on the long boat dock,
Drinkin' coffee as the sun comes up
Lazy days napping in the big deck chair.
Late night dancing in the front street bar,
Walking home underneath the stars,
Man it's like some dream we live down here….

Last night we ate conch and lobster.
Mark said it was his favorite dinner,
Maybe even the best one of his life.
Dining underneath the stars
Chilean wine and Cuban cigars,
I smiled at him and said you could be right….

And he got real quiet, and he said you know,
hell I worked hard all my life,
I made a lot of dough.
I've been everywhere,
I don't think it gets any better than down here.
I mean the warmth and love of the people here,
No crime, no hate, or fear
I don't think I'm ready for the world waiting for me back there….

I need me just….
One more morning on the long boat dock,
Drinking coffee as the sun comes up,
Drinking bilikin beer in the big deck chair.
Late night dancin' in a front street bar,
Makin' love under the stars,
Man it's like some dream we live down here….

Walking home underneath the stars,
Hearing voices from that empty bar,
Man it's like some dream we live done there….

We've been here a week or so,
Now it's finally time to go.
Can't believe how quickly time as flown.
Packin' up the bathin' suits,
gettin' out the cowboy boots,
That’s a sign we must be goin' home….

I miss you guys. I can't wait until we're together again down there.

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Good Seats
Originally uploaded by merrindonahue.

Merrin posted a few of the safe for public shots from the Buffett concert.

What a tailgate!! ALL-IS-ON for sure, for sure. And GREAT seats for the concert this year, although Merrin is right - I miss the lawn.

With the Buffett concert astern, I guess we're just days away from the annual escape to the islands. AMEN!!!

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We're five plus days into the non-stop month of April. (Not that April has extra days, per se, just that it feels that way!)

I'll be working straight through the Easter weekend and all the way up to our trip to East Texas next weekend. Then a half day at home on Sunday before back to work and my parents coming in the following weekend. And then back to work and my parents back the following weekend, plus Merrin's parents and the Buffett concert!

So, while I'll be going non-stop for a little while, the really good news is that I get to spend time with the Coopers, Pat & Karen, the Stines, my parents, Merrin's parents, and St. Jimmy.

I may have to take a few naps, but it will be good to see everyone again!

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There's a movement under way to ditch Stephen Foster's "The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)" as the Florida state song. So what's going to replace it? The Orlando Sentinel's Lauren Ritchie is pushing Jimmy Buffett's "I Have Found Me a Home":

Buffett is the only artist in America who captures us — or at least what we want to be. His easygoing calypso rhythms infused with steel drums and trumpet are the ticket to paradise. He throws in an occasional country tune and mixes it all with sweet ballads.

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However, Buffett sings one wistful ballad that would make a lovely Florida state song. It's called "I Have Found Me a Home." Several stanzas hearken back to what Florida was before the boom and the tourists hit.

My question is this: Who the hell else could you pick?!?!

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I have Jimmy Buffett tickets for Dallas. Do you?

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Buffett's doing a charity benefit concert for the United Way in Tallahassee on Feb 10th. Hmmm…that's a Saturday.

And he's introducing the new beer: Land Shark Lager.

Hmmm… a Buffett concert… at FSU… on a Saturday… with beer…. hmmmm.

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Margaritaville New Orleans
Originally uploaded by kevindonahue.

For those Parrotheads that might be itching for a reason to make it to New Orleans this weekend, it looks like Jimmy Buffett is singing the National Anthem at the Saints game.

With St. Jimmy in the Big Easy for the game, you can bet that he'll probably take a little stage time at Margaritaville New Orleans on Saturday night.

After all, there's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning, right?

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I don't know if Camille & Josh enjoyed the Jimmy Buffett concert (pics @ Flickr) or not, but — I gotta tell you — it was so unbelievably cool to be swaying to "Come Monday" with three of the best friends I've ever had.

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What's better than a weekend? A three-day weekend.

What's better than a three-day weekend? A three-day weekend with a Buffett concert.

What's better than a three-day weekend with a Buffett concert? A three-day weekend with a Buffett concert featuring ice-cold Magners Irish Cider.

What's better than a three-day weekend with a Buffett concert featuring ice-cold Magners Irish Cider? Not a damn thing.

See y'all on the flip. I've got Buffett, Magners, and the love of my life.

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Looks like St. Jimmy lost his cellphone. A bus boy at a Cuban club found it and proceeded to make crank calls to the likes of President Clinton and other celebs, at least until the Secret Service showed up.

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The Tivo picked up Saint Jimmy's 60 Minutes special tonight on CMT. I'm in. (Duh.) Now Camille & I are wondering…where the hell is our concert, Jimbo?

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Don't look now, but the tour dates were released today. No word yet on Dallas yet, Camille, but Tampa's Feb 26.

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