The Houston Chronicle has a review of Thursday night’s Jimmy Buffett show in Houston: “Jimmy Buffett brings good times to Woodlands Pavilion”

Jimmy Buffett sized up his audience, bursting at its seams from the front row to the last blade of grass on the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion lawn, and saw astronauts and doctors and cheerleaders and loony dads dressed in grass skirts and coconut bras. And kids.

“That’s how I see Houston,” he laughed. “Einstein … and beer. Everything in the middle is up for grabs.

“And thank you for raising your children with this music.”

Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played 26 songs over two hours on a hot, sultry, clear, starry Thursday night. Beach balls were flying, the beer was flowing, and, thank you Harry Belafonte, the dancing girls were swaying to and fro. He brought the full Coral Reefer Band plus the taxi squad – 12 people onstage. Every person on that stage has been with the band for 20 years or more. Most of them more.

Cameras flashed shots of Space Shuttle astronauts and Houston Texans cheerleaders in the crowd. Not one ticket was left unsold, one beer undrunk, one T-shirt unsold, or one fan unsmiling. Buffett is a pure entertainer who delivers exactly what his audience wants. And then does two encores.

Read the full review here.

Update – The Houston Press has another review with some pictures from the show: “Jimmy Buffett Kicks Off His Flip-Flops At The Woodlands”

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The circus came to town Thursday night as Jimmy and the Reefers moved the Under The Big Top Tour to the C.W. Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, TX.

Notable additions to the set list this time included “Bank of Bad Habits,” “Elvis Presley Blues,” and “Tampico Trauma.” “Cowboy in the Jungle” was tonight’s final encore and Jimmy added a few new words along the way including “The Gulf is our ocean it does not belong to BP!”

View the entire set list here.

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The second leg of the Under The Big Top Tour will conclude Saturday with a show in Frisco, TX. You can still get your tickets now!

At today’s soundcheck in Houston, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers rehearsed the following songs:

• Bank of Bad Habits
• Tampico Trauma
• Elvis Presley Blues
• Trip Around The Sun
• Nothin’ But A Breeze
• Northeast Texas Women
• Nobody From Nowhere

After the soundcheck, Jimmy pulled out his iPad and chatted with those in the chatroom on Ustream. He answered a couple of questions that were posted and said a few things. He mentioned that on the next leg of the tour they’d have a camera in the lawn: “Yeah this ustream thing is cool. Wait till we put the lawn gone wild camera up next leg.”

Be sure to tune in tonight for the show at 8 pm CT. Listen live on Radio Margaritaville or watch the show on Ustream.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band return to the Woodlands Pavilion tonight in Houston as the 2010 Under The Big Top Tour rolls on.

Watch the soundcheck on Ustream around 3 pm CT (if you have an Android phone or iPhone you can watch using the Ustream app, just search for “bttour”). Then tune into Radio Margaritaville at 7:30 pm CT for the pre-show. At 8 pm Ilo Ferreira will open the show with a short set, followed by Jimmy. You can also watch the show live on Ustream as long as the venue internet is strong enough.

If you’re going to the show, be sure to check out the official tailgating information here.