Buffett had Harvard crowd on a string

Folks who showed up at Harvard yesterday to hear Jimmy Buffett talk about the role of celebrities in government came this close to being serenaded by Mr. Margaritaville. When a Parrothead in the audience handed Buffett a children’s guitar and requested that he play a tune, Buffett tried to oblige. But when the songwriter — who’d been invited to speak by his friend and fellow Floridian former US Senator Bob Graham — was tuning the tiny guitar, a string snapped. Oh well. By the way, Buffett’s new CD and DVD, ”Live at Fenway,” is out now.

And this was in yesterdays:

Jimmy Buffett paid a visit to the ballpark on Yawkey Way yesterday to mark the release of his new CD and DVD, ”Live at Fenway Park,” recorded in 2004. Standing on the right-field roof, the principal Parrothead was asked if he might consider becoming the Bosox GM. Maybe, said Buffett, but only if the team moves to St. Bart’s and plays exclusively day games. Today, Buffett’s at Harvard’s Institute of Politics to talk to a class taught by his old friend, former Florida Senator Bob Graham.

The New York Daily News has an article on Jimmy’s connection to the gulf coast and the effects of Hurricane Katrina: “Storm Stirs Buffett”

“It affected me very deeply,” Buffett said of the disaster. “We had employees missing in New Orleans. I was immersed in the aftermath. I knew I was going to do something.”

Read the entire article here.

There are a couple articles in Chicago papers on the upcoming shows at Wrigley Field over the Labor Day Weekend.

Chicago Tribune – Parrotheads flock to Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times – Lake View tunes up for Buffett show at Wrigley
Chicago Tribune – Wrigley State of Mind

Update:
Here is a review of the Indy show from the Noblesville Daily Times –
Parrotheads in paradise.

The Chicago Sun-Times has a great article on Buffett coming to Wrigley Field. The story talks much about Chicago’s own Steve Goodman, as well as Jimmy’s history with baseball.

Read the story here.

The Cincinnati Post has an article on Buffett’s upcoming show there. The article also discusses how Cincy is the birthplace of the term “Parrothead.”

What would become the most famous line in Buffett lore came in 1985 at a concert at TimberWolf Amphitheater at Kings Island. OK, maybe it was ’84 or even ’83. Hard to remember after all those margaritas and years of searching for lost shakers of salt.

“We know it was said here at Kings Island. Jimmy has said it was ’85, so that’s good enough,” said Tim Klaber, a veteran of some 60 Buffett shows.

Read the article here.