Jimmy Buffett performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on Sunday with his Acoustic Airmen and special guest Jake Shimabukuro.

New Orleans Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis introduced Jimmy Buffett’s close-out set on the Acura stage on Sunday (April 29) by saying, “This guy makes the world a little happier.”

For the next hour and a half, Buffett proved his point. Beach balls flew through the air, polka dotting the blue sky with primary colors. Hawaiian shirts clung to sweaty bodies. Parrothead hats bobbed to the beat. Vintage Buffett — and everyone, including the barefoot guy on stage, was eating it up.

For his 12th time at Jazz Fest (not counting his many guest appearances over the years), Buffett performed with the Acoustic Airmen, an all-start group of players that included Country Music Association Musician of the Year Mac McAnally along with Robert Greenidge, Eric Darken, Nadirah Shakoor and Tina Gullickson. Louisiana’s own Sonny Landreth joined on slide guitar, and Jake Shimabukuro stole the show on ukulele.

At one point, Buffett put down his guitar and walked aside, abdicating the stage to Shimabukuro and Greenidge as they performed “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on ukulele and steel drums.

The Times Picayune has some photos from the show:

(Photos by Chris Granger, NOLA.com)

Buffett’s next show is May 19th in Kansas City. There’s still time to get tickets to see Jimmy during his 2018 tour.

Jimmy Buffett rang in the New Year in Nashville with a show at the Bridgestone Arena on Sunday night.

View the set list from the show here. A highlight was the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” after the ball dropped at midnight in Nashville.

Here’s a New Year’s resolution for you. Get out and see Jimmy in concert in 2018! View tickets here.

❤️ Nashville

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Jimmy Buffett performed at his Margaritaville restaurant in Key West on Saturday night, and new senator-elect Doug Jones from Alabama was in the house:

Alabama’s new U.S. Senator-elect got a special serenade from one of its favorite sons.

Doug Jones was in Key West, Florida this weekend with his wife, Louise, to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. During the visit, the couple visited the Margaritaville restaurant where they we recognized by owner and entertainer Jimmy Buffet, a native of Mobile.
The singer serenaded the couple with his version of “Stars Fell on Alabama,” according to Politico, which first reported the encounter.

Incredibly Very Special Guest … #DougJones #StarsFellOnAlabama

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Any requests?

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#keywest on a Saturday night

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According to the Caribbean Journal, Jimmy Buffett will play a free show in Gustavia, St. Barths on December 27th in an effort to bring more visitors to the island that is recovering from hurricane devastation:

Jimmy Buffett, the music superstar and frequent St Barth visitor, is planning to play a free concert in Gustavia on Dec. 27.

The concert will be held on the quai in St Barth’s tiny capital; Buffett will be accompanied by local musician Soley and other musicians from the island.

“He hopes that by performing there he will persuade a few more people to come down for the holidays,” said Stiles Bennet, president and CMO of Wimco Villas. “It’s a fun way for folks to support the island’s recovery.”

Buffett has had a decades-long relationship with the island, and some of his most legendary songs were inspired by St Barth, including One Particular Harbor, Au Tour de Rocher and Cheeseburger in Paradise.

Buffett has in recent years been known to play impromptu sets at St Barth hotspots like Le Select.

As Caribbean Journal reported, St Barth has been making a rapid recovery in the wake of Hurricane Irma; Buffett’s concert should only provide an even bigger boost.

Read more here.

In the same Instagram post that Buffett revealed Mac McAnally’s heart attack, Jimmy Buffett shared a photo of himself with Snoop Dogg on a boat in Miami and revealed that he’ll be Snoop’s songwriting partner in the upcoming film ‘The Beach Bum’:

“No, I am not the beach bum in the movie,” Jimmy says. “He is played by Matthew McConaughey. I am JB, Snoop’s writing partner. Movie is directed by Harmony Korine. Coming soon to a theatre near you!”

OK, by now, most folks have heard about Mac's heart attack, which was a little more serious than a Big Mac attack. He is fine now and stable and should leave the hospital tomorrow, which is great news for all of us. Sadly he will not make the hurricane benefit this Sunday in Tallahassee, but while I was working on the set of "The Beach Bum", in Miami on Tuesday, Snoop said he would try and work up "Little Martha". I will keeep you posted on his progress. No, I am not the beach bum in the movie. He is played by Matthew McConaughey. I am JB, Snoop's writing partner. Movie is directed by Harmony Korine. Coming soon to a theatre new you! Fins Up. JB #ginnjuice #dogg #snoop

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