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Buffett and Zac Brown Band Tape CMT Crossroads Episode

December 10th, 2009


Wednesday night Jimmy Buffett and the Zac Brown Band taped their episode of CMT Crossroads at The Factory in Franklin, TN. Linda Zettler of The Tennessean has an article on the filming:

Jimmy Buffett had this reaction when he saw the Zac Brown Band in concert: ‘e2’80’9cHe reminds me of what I was doing 25 years ago and it’e2’80’99s nice to see that passed on.’e2’80’9d

No one’s sound is completely his own, Buffett said on Wednesday night in Franklin during a taping of CMT’s genre-mixing performance series Crossroads; Buffett’s own work was informed by Harry Belafonte, for one.

So in that spirit, during the taping, Buffett announced the passing of the “tiki torch.”

“Here’s the torch, man,” Buffett said, motioning to Brown and then adding, I’m not going anywhere.”

Songs performed:

  • Where the Boat Leaves From
  • One Love
  • Free
  • Into the Mystic
  • Toes
  • Chicken Fried
  • Wings
  • Nobody From Nowhere
  • Son of a Son of a Sailor
  • A Pirate Looks at Forty
  • Margaritaville

The episode will air at 9 pm on Friday, March 19th.


Tagged in Special Appearances, TV Appearances

Buffett in Latest Issue of Premier Guitar

December 10th, 2009


Jimmy Buffett is in the latest issue of Premier Guitar, a magazine geared towards the serious, accomplished guitar player.

On page 22, there is a shot of Jimmy from this year’s Alpine Valley show in East Troy, WI. The accompanying blurb tells what kind of guitar equipment Buffett uses.

View the free, digital copy of Premier Guitar here.


Tagged in Miscellaneous

Buffet Hotel sells 60K-70K in First Week

December 9th, 2009


Jimmy Buffett’s latest studio album Buffet Hotel will debut this week on the Billboard 200 albums chart with between 60K-70K albums sold, according to Hits Daily Double.

Among albums debuting this week, Buffett is likely to place 5th behind Glee, Vol. 2, Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, and Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Get Buffet Hotel now from Amazon for $7.99!


Tagged in Albums, Charts

CMT Crossroads Taping Tonight

December 9th, 2009


The taping for the CMT Crossroads episode pairing Jimmy Buffett and the Zac Brown Band is tonight at The Factory in Franklin, TN (just outside of Nashville). The two bands rehearsed on Tuesday night.

The audience is invitation-only, and the episode will air sometime in March.


Tagged in Special Appearances, TV Appearances

Jimmy Talks with Al Roker

December 8th, 2009


Al Roker interviewed Jimmy Buffett about the new album on his Weather Channel show “Wake Up with Al”:

If you are viewing this in the Daily News Email, you must visit BuffettWorld.com to watch the video

Jimmy also spoke with USA Today about the new album:

“People say, ‘What’s the Buffett Hotel?’ I say, ‘Buffet.'” People have been mispronouncing Jimmy’s last name as Buff-ay instead of Buff-it for a long time, he told me when he called recently from Manhattan. “It used to really piss me off. Twice, he remembers, his name was misspelled on his own albums by his own record label in his early career. He admits that some of his lawyers still have trouble getting it right. “It’s been an ongoing thing.”

He has thought about growing old, he admits. He went to see Leonard Cohen recently in concert. “I wanted to see what 75 looked like on stage. He was doing a pretty fine job of it. I could see myself doing it at 75 – if people still want to see me,” he says cheerfully, adding, “If not, I’ll go to beach.”


Tagged in Albums, TV Appearances, Videos