Jimmy Buffett was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on Sunday night during a ceremony at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Sunday night, duo Big & Rich joined Marshall Chapman, Buzz Cason and Don Light in honoring Buffett. Buffett got up after the speech and musical tribute, by which time Light, his old friend and agent, had already put his honor into perspective: “This is not the last Hall of Fame into which he will be inducted, but I think it’s really appropriate that it’s the first.”

For his part, Buffett offered good humor along with appreciation. After Big & Rich sang “Margaritaville,” Buffett joked, “Hugh Prestwood gets Trisha Yearwood and I get these clowns.” Later Buffett said, “I never got in it to become big and rich, but, what the . . . , it happened.”

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Photo Credit: Mandy Lunn/ The Tennessean

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band’s Party At The End Of The World Tour rolled into Santa Barbara on Thursday night for a show at The Bowl. It was the first show since Buffett’s new album came out, and he debuted “Elvis Presley Blues” during the show. And special guests Jack Johnson and David Crosby joined Buffett on stage for a couple of songs.

Check out the set list here.

Did you attend the show? Post your comments on the Discussion Board and upload your tailgating and concert pics to the Photo Gallery.

The tour continues on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Buffett’s new album “Take The Weather With You” debuts at #4 in its first week on the Billboard 200 chart with 120,592 copies (about half of what License to Chill sold its first week). It was enough to put him #1 though on the Top Country Albums chart.

Beating out Buffett on the Billboard 200 was Rod Stewart, Evanescence, and Lloyd Banks (1,2,3 respectively).

Update – Billboard has an article on the week’s top sellers: “Rod Rocks Back With Fourth No. 1 Album”.

From Radio Margaritaville:

Start time for Thursday’s Santa Barbara concert is 7:00pm Pacific. Therefore the preshow on Radio Margaritaville/SIRIUS is 9:30pm Eastern/6:30 Pacific. This is good news for those expecting to stay up late on the East Coast.

Miles Hampton will be hosting the pre-show for the concert, as Savannah Buffett has previous commitments.

BuffettWorld asks Coral Reefer Band member and ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro twenty questions.

He discusses when he first began playing the ukulele, how he joined up with Jimmy Buffett, and much more.

Check it out here.