JB plays first of two tour stops at Gillette Stadium

September 2nd, 2007

The 2007 Bama Breeze tour continued Sunday night with the first of two shows from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Notable songs from the set list included “Only Time Will Tell,” “Scarlet Begonias,” and “Lovely Cruise.”

View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour continues in Canada on Wednesday with a show from the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto! The second Gillette Stadium show is this coming Saturday, September 8th.

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The Toronto Star interviews Buffett

September 1st, 2007

The Toronto Star has a great interview with Buffett: “The complicated uncomplicated life of Jimmy Buffett”

I didn’t get spoiled by success,” he chuckled. “I loved the beach too much, I worked in a bar, I did some busking … finally I was lucky to find something in Key West that turned it around.”

The thing he found was “Margaritaville,” the song to which Buffett’s name will forever be linked, the “what-me-worry?” plaint of a loser bathing his wounds in alcohol and the bucolic haze of a sun-drenched paradise.

“I wrote that song in six minutes,” he said, marvelling at its lasting cultural effects. “But I’m not the first person to sell escapism, and I had no idea that it would start something as big as the Parrothead movement.”

Read the entire article here.

Buffett plays the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on Wednesday.

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Review of the Mohegan Sun show

September 1st, 2007

The Republican has a review of Thursday night’s show at the Mohegan Sun Casino: “Lots of merriment, Jimmy Buffett style”

On a day of revelry that included an induction into the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame, Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band contributed to the contrived revelry with a two-hour performance on the casino’s Arena stage.

Mohegan Sun has become a regular summer stop on Buffett’s touring itinerary and as much as any other traveling artist his familiarity with the nooks and crannies of New England’s shoreline almost make him a native son.

The pied-piper of public inebriation, Buffett set up his stage to resemble the Bama Breeze Saloon and set out to engage the thousands of fans who had shown up with standard Buffett paraphernalia; stuffed parrots, grass skirts, and glasses filled with frozen beverages.

Read the entire article here.

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Jimmy inducted into Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame

August 31st, 2007

Jimmy Buffett was inducted into the Mohegan Sun Walk Of Fame on Thursday, just hours before taking the stage to play for a sold-out crowd at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.

During the induction ceremony Buffett said “I kept hearing about this great place Mohegan Sun and so I had to come out and check it out for myself, so I came, and I keep coming back, here’s to many more great shows!”

Read the entire press release here.

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Buffett plays concert in Uncasville

August 30th, 2007

The 2007 Bama Breeze tour continued Thursday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, Connecticut.

Notable songs from the set list included “Off to See the Lizard,” “Growing Older But Not Up,” and the first full band “Door Number Three” in 32 years!

View the entire set list here, along with Bamafan’s show notes.

Did you attend the show? Post your experience and comments on our Discussion Board.

The tour continues Sunday night with the first Stadium show of the year in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

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