It’s the official start of summer: Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour kicks off tonight with a show from the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia.

You can listen to the show live on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius 31 / XM 55 or on the web for free at radiomargaritaville.com. The pre-show begins at 7 pm eastern time and Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8.

As in years past we’ll have a live chat on our discussion board for each show. Check it out here.

Grab tickets for this show or for another upcoming show here!

Jimmy Buffett called into Radio Margaritaville last week and chatted with Steve Huntington about the upcoming tour:

Listen to the recent Radio Margaritaville interview from Jimmy, as he drives up the east coast to rehearse for the SUMMERZCOOL tour! He talks with Steve about the upcoming tour, brand new songs to be debuted this summer and Hawaii journals that are coming soon.

Listen here at Margaritaville.com

The long, cold winter has ended and it’s finally that time of year: the start of Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour!

This year Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will kick things off Thursday at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta (buy tickets now). There will be four other dates in April (Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Tampa), and then Buffett will break until mid-May.

View all tour dates here and get tickets here!

As in years past, all shows will be broadcast live on Radio Margaritaville on the web or on Sirius 31/XM 55. And be sure to join us for live chats during the shows on our discussion board.

Congratulations to George for winning the latest Buffett Caption Contest.

Here was the photo:

And George’s winning caption was short and sweet:

“The Captain and the Kid”

There were a total of 451 votes and George garnered 31% of the vote with 141 votes. In second place was spike755 with “Dad…look one more F bomb and we’re outta here again..this time Mom will really be pissed!”

Here were the full results:

• “The Captain and the Kid” – George (141 votes, 31%)
• “Dad…look one more F bomb and we’re outta here again..this time Mom will really be pissed!” – spike755 (110 votes, 24%)
• “I’m biting my tounge this time… I’m biting my tongue this time…” – Ken Kehoe (68 votes, 15%)
• “Dammit! I can’t believe we all wore the same shirt!” – Ken Carriker (66 votes, 15%)
• “If I wasn’t already crazy…the Heat would drive me insane!” – iblewoutmyflipflop (66 votes, 15%)

View all of the captions that were submitted here.

Thanks to all who submitted a caption and for all who voted!

Jimmy Buffett called Radio Margaritaville tonight and talked with Steve Huntington about the upcoming tour and a new album that is in the works:

From Jollymon345 on our forum:

Around 6pm tonight Jimmy was driving up 95 thru Georgia on his way to rehearsal for the upcoming tour and call into RM. He said they have finished 6 new songs that they will debut during the tour and are working on a few more songs. He also said the band has been in the studio in the islands (guessing Shrimpboat) and are working on a new album that will come out after the tour. He was on his way to Charleston where they will be rehearsing for the summer tour.