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!)

Billboard has an interview with Jimmy Buffett: “Buffett Busy With Live DVD, Tour, Kids Book”. He talks about how he’s been writing songs, but is not in any hurry to put out a new album:

Buffett is developing albums for younger artists, including Coral Reefer Band backup singer Nadirah Shakoor, for his Mailboat label. And his Year of Still Here Tour starts tomorrow at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta.

As for that next album, the follow-up to 2006’s “Take the Weather With You,” Buffett says that “the time it takes to write a book kind of produces an offshoot of you [wanting] to go back to something else.”

He adds that he’s been “listening to different things that inspire me musically, but I’m in no hurry to do (an album). I am writing songs; it’ll be interesting to see if I wait and get a collection of 12 of them together to do an album or go do four and put ’em online or something. The delivery systems now … it’s very interesting how you can put stuff out there, so we’ll see what feels like the best way to do it.”

Read the entire article here.

Jimmy Buffett has lent his vocal to Sonny Landreth’s ninth album, titled “From The Reach.” Modern Guitars Magazine has the details:

In one of two delightful changes of pace to the album’s six-string focus, Dr. John brings the requisite gris-gris to “Howlin’ Moon” with his trademark rollicking piano and harmonies, and he’s joined on the track by Jimmy Buffett. “Although the idea of the record was playing with my guitar heroes, I wanted to open to the unexpected as well,” Landreth explains. “I’d written ‘Howlin’ Moon’ a long time ago and I’d always had Dr. John in mind for it. Then we took it a step further with Jimmy’s vocal and the vibe was perfect.”

“From The Reach” will be released on May 20th. You can Pre-Order now through Amazon.com.

Jimmy Buffett’s number one selling album of all time, “Songs You Know By Heart” is going green. As part of Wal-Mart’s “Earth Month” promotion, you can purchase a copy of Buffett’s greatest hits album that is environmentally friendly:

All of the albums from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), the U.S. catalog and special markets entity for UMG, will be offered in the new REPAK(R) CD package, an all paperboard option containing third-party certified, renewable recycled board and recyclable paper. The REPAK’s design features a unique recessed cavity to hold the disc snugly and safely in place, completely eliminating the need for a plastic hub or tray.

The “Songs You Know By Heart” package is 100% recyclable and biodegradable. It also includes a blow in card containing seeds for planting and allows you to get three free MP3 downloads from a selection of 30 titles. These free songs will be downloaded to your computer – they are yours to keep courtesy of Wal-Mart Music!

You can purchase the environmentally friendly album here for only $8.82.

Three decades ago this day, Jimmy Buffett released his ninth album: Son of a Son of a Sailor.

To this day SOASOAS is one of Jimmy’s shortest albums, containing just nine songs. Two songs from this album have become concert regulars: the title track and “Cheeseburger In Paradise.”

Despite no singles doing well on the charts, the album still reached #6 on the Billboard Country Charts and #10 on the Billboard Pop Charts.

Explore this album –

• Album Info
• Lyrics
• Album Artwork

Get your copy of Son Of A Son Of A Sailor now by clicking here!