Coming up in September you can see three great acts at IslandFest in Exeter, New Hampshire:

• Event – IslandFest
• Bands – Club Trini, Peter Mayer, Scott Kirby
• Location – IOKA Theater, 55 Water St., Exeter, NH, 03833
• Date – Sunday September 7th 2008
• Time – Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7:30pm
• Tickets – Available starting July 10th a IOKA Theater Box office & www.iokatheater.com
• Cost – $39 each general admission
• $100 each Sponsor level ticket, Allows you access to the sponsor-only meet and greet with IslandFest musicians and
  early access to preferred seating.
• Tickets are very limited and only available through the organizer at 603-817-2202.

Jimmy Buffett guest stars on Little Feat’s latest album, entitled “Join The Band.” It’s available for download now on iTunes! Click here to get it now!

Or you can pre-order now through Amazon. It will be released on August 26th. Click here to pre-order now!

Buffett appears on the tracks “Champion of the World” and “Time Loves A Hero.” Little Feat member Billy Payne has been a frequent guest on tour with the Coral Reefers the past few years.

Also appearing on “Join The Band” are Dave Matthews, Vince Gill, Bob Seger, Brooks & Dunn, Emmylou Harris and Chris Robinson (from the Black Crowes).

(hat tip to Mike for passing this along!)

Jimmy Buffett will play a second show at the New Morning Club in Paris, France on Saturday, September 20th. The first show, announced in mid-June, will be on Friday, September 19th.

Tickets are available now through ticketnet.fr

(hat tip to Adam for passing this along!)

Hampton Style magazine has a great article on veteran surfers in Montauk, New York. It also has several great pictures:

Not easy to miss in his subtle new ride, a forest service-green Scooby-Doo van [pictured in article], Buffett pulls in grinning as a handful of comrades gather to gawk at the ultimate in solar-paneled, vegetable oil-fueled eco-cruising. Buffett maintains an enigmatic smile, unpacking his boards while sightseeing friends tour the van’s carpeted, cream interior. “How much is Crisco a gallon?” and “Do you smell French fries when you’re driving?” are just a few of the inquiries thrown his way.

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But Buffett shakes his head. “You’re gonna get a few assholes wherever you go, but it’s pretty mellow out there. You’ll see people with boogie boards and kids, guys teaching and world-class surfers and everybody gets along; that’s the great thing about surfing here,” he assures.

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“I’m not interested in having to go and do exercise; you put people in the water who haven’t paddled, and they know real quick how in shape you have to be to do that. We’re really having fun out there. I’ve lived here for 25 years over the summers, and I was lucky enough to pal up with a bunch of these guys. It’s just a real cool place,” Buffett states firmly.

“I’ve come out here on a Tuesday and it’s head-high break and there’s four people in the water. It’s just a luxury. A couple of months ago here, the buzz was out so I called Tony, and he said there was a swell. I had to get on a plane to go to Cannes in the afternoon but I just thought ‘I’m gonna go out.’ I came down and it’s all the people who don’t have real jobs, so there was only about five of us in the water. It was one of those days when the waves were starting there,” he points to the far left of the break, “and just long and clean, so I surfed for a good hour then I got on a plane, and I thought ‘This is the way to go to Europe.'”

The article is a great read. Be sure to check out the entire article here.

(hat tip to Matt for passing this along!)