Jimmy Buffett was interviewed on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Thursday. They walked the beach and discussed the oil spill and its effect on the coastal communities. If there was one message Jimmy was trying to get out, it was that he wanted folks to come down… either to help out or just come down and visit the beaches with your family.

Here’s a portion of the interview:

Cooper plans to air more of the interview on Friday and Monday. If more video is posted online, we’ll bring it to you.

CNN.com:

“This is the beach of my misspent youth,” he said, as we began to stroll along the water’s edge.

“You’re not human if anger isn’t the first emotion,” says Buffett, who has long been involved in environmental causes.

“Can Margaritaville survive an oil slick?” I ask. “Sure, hell, we’ll survive,” he says quickly, “people on this coast can survive anything. I mean, it’s another storm, it happens to be one we’re not quite used to in terms of what it’s leaving behind, but you know, this is hurricane country and people bounce back, and I love the resilience of people.”

Buffett himself has just opened up a hotel in Pensacola Beach, not great timing he admits, but he is not surprised this spill has lasted so long. He says he didn’t believe the early estimates put out by BP about the oil flow.

“You know what,” he says,”I’ve been in show business a long time, I know liars when I hear them. I thought they were lying from the beginning. That’s just me personally.”

Don’t forget to tune in tonight to Anderson Cooper 360 to see an exclusive interview with Jimmy Buffett.

Fresh off a surprise show at his sister’s restaurant in Gulf Shores on Wednesday night, Buffett and Cooper took a stroll along the beach to discuss the oil spill and its effects on the coastal communities and wildlife.

AC360° airs at 10pm ET on CNN.

(photo by Ismael Estrada / CNN. View more photos here)

Determined to not be stopped by the storm, Freddy and the Fishsticks (aka Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band) played a surprise show at Lulu’s Sunset Grill in Gulf Shores, AL tonight.

Notable songs played include “Surfing in a Hurricane,” “Bama Breeze”, and “Dreamsicle” for the first time since the 2001 show at Lulu’s. “When the Coast is Clear,” last played in 2003, was tonight’s final encore, featuring Mac on Keyboards and Pete on Guitar.

View the entire set list here.

Both the AP and the Press-Register have articles up with photo galleries from the show:

Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft said many in the crowd were local residents whose lives have been turned upside down by the loss of business from the oil spill.

“This is great. We have needed a boost so badly, and this really helps,” Craft said.

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The next show will be July 11th on the beach in Gulf Shores.

Tune into Radio Margaritaville now to listen to Jimmy Buffett live at Lulu’s in Gulf Shores. It’s a surprise show for Freddy and the Fishsticks (pseudonym for Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band).

Follow along with the set list and chat with other fans on our forum!

Tune into Radio Margaritaville tonight at 6:30 Central/7:30 Eastern for what looks to be a surprise show by Jimmy at Lulu’s.