Did an appearance in a Jimmy Buffett music video cost former Florida senator Bob Graham the nomination to be Michael Dukakis’ vice president? Probably not, but it did scare those that were doing the vetting:

Then a first-term U.S. senator and former two-term governor of Florida, Graham was under close consideration by Democratic presidential nominee-to-be Michael Dukakis in 1988. Political strategists, legal counsel, an accountant and a private detective gave him a thorough going-over, he recalled in a recent interview.

They didn’t find any skeletons in his closet, Graham said, but someone came across the Buffett video for the 1984 song “Who’s the Blonde Stranger?” about adulterous affairs. Graham makes a cameo as a drink-holding, grinning businessman about to hook up with a waitress. Graham said he joined the filming at short notice on a request by his friend Buffett, who co-founded with Graham an effort to protect and save manatees, the endangered sea mammal.

“They kept hammering away about it,” Graham recounted. And the accountant wanted to know why Graham hadn’t recorded his payment for the appearance – Graham explained there wasn’t one; it was a favor for a friend.

“Playing in the video may not have been the best judgment in the world, but I finally became irritated at the questioning about what I considered a trivial incident,” he said.

Everything else went fine, he said, but Dukakis chose veteran Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. In 1992, Graham got a call from Bill Clinton asking him to come to Washington. They had a long pleasant interview, Graham said, but Clinton went with Al Gore.

Watch the “Who’s the Blonde Stranger” video:

Another preview of Jimmy Buffett’s new DVD/CD ‘Welcome to Fin City – Live in Las Vegas’ is now available.

This 3 1/2 minute video contains clips from a few songs, plus a portion of the never-before-seen “Elvis Presley Blues” music video.

Be sure to pre-order Welcome to Fin City now either as a DVD/CD combo ($13.68) or Blu-ray/CD combo ($14.99).

It will be released June 19th. See the track list here

Jimmy Buffett’s latest offering, Welcome to Fin City – Live in Las Vegas DVD/CD, drops in one week and you can see the intro to it below.

You can pre-order Welcome to Fin City now either as a DVD/CD combo ($13.68) or Blu-ray/CD combo ($14.99).

It will be released June 19th. See the track list here

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed at Aaron’s Amphitheater in Atlanta on Saturday night and Georgia native Zac Brown joined Jimmy on stage.

The two sang their #1 hit “Knee Deep” and then paired up again later in the show for “A Pirate Looks at Forty.”

See the full set list here.

Buffett takes a couple weeks off before taking the Lounging at the Lagoon Tour to Mansfield, Massachusetts.

After kicking off last week, Jimmy Buffett’s Lounging at the Lagoon Tour continued on Thursday night with a show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The set list was largely the same as the Houston and Austin shows… with the exception of “Coast of Carolina,” which was last played in Charleston earlier this year.

View the full set list here.

The tour moves to Atlanta on Saturday. There’s still time to get tickets for the show or any other Lounging at the Lagoon shows! See the full tour scheduled and buy tickets here.