July 24th, 2005Jimmy Buffett played at a benefit on Sunday night at Martha Clara Vineyard in Riverhead, NY on Long Island. The show benefited Soldier Ride, an organization for soldiers who were severely wounded serving in current conflicts.
Along with Jimmy Buffett was The Funk Brothers with Joan Osborne and Mary Wilson of The Supremes.
View the set list from the show here.
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July 23rd, 2005From the Boca Beacon:
From the moment Wil Shriner, Jimmy Buffett and Carl Hiaason concocted the idea of bringing Haaison’s Hoot to life, they had their sights set on just one place to portray the film‚s fictional “Coconut Cove.”
Boca Grande.
Shriner – who directed and wrote the screenplay – and Buffett wanted to do the whole movie here. But the film’s modest budget remained a constant reality check. To keep costs in line, most of the filming would have to take place close to production facilities in the Ft. Lauderdale area. When you go on the road, people need to eat. They need a place to sleep. They need transportation. There are expenses. Lots of them.
Two weeks, maybe three, would have been nice. But five days are five days. And we understand.
Unlike “Out of Time” (which, at one point, claimed to have “rented” Park Avenue), the folks from “Hoot” didn‚t take over Boca Grande. They blended in and simply borrowed bits and pieces. And then gave them back when they were finished.<
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July 15th, 2005From the Orlando Sentinel:
Zak Dahlheimer will travel to Fort Lauderdale July 21 and 22 to play a classroom extra in the film, which is scheduled to be released in spring 2006, said Ernie Malik, the film’s publicist. Singer Jimmy Buffett is co-producing the film and will play Zak’s teacher.
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July 14th, 2005“Hoot” was the result of a brainstorming session with Hiaasen and singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett when the three got together in Key West three years ago. Buffett, who owns the film rights to the book, asked Will Shriner how they could get someone to bring the story onto the big screen.
“I said, ‘I’ll write the script, if I can direct it,’ ” Shriner said.
The story centers around a young boy who moves to Florida and becomes involved in a mystery involving endangered owls. Actors Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Luke Wilson play major roles in the film. Lerman starred in the WB’s “Jack & Bobby,” Larson’s credits include “13 Going on 30” and Wilson is best-known for his lead roles in “Old School” and “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
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June 27th, 2005John Young of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote a review of Buffett’s show at June 26th at PNC Park.
So what was new with Buffett and band beyond the larger venue and sultry weather? Musical guest Sonny Landreth made quite the impact, adding searing slide guitar work to songs as old as “Coconut Telegraph” and as recent as the title track from Buffett’s 2004 country-ish disc “License to Chill.” (Modern country has moved closer to Buffett’s musical world than he has moved to become any more “country.”)
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