The CMT Music Awards were held Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee. Buffett was nominated for Wide Open Country Video Of The Year for “Bama Breeze,” but was beaten out by Jack Ingram’s “Love You.”

“Just to be mentioned in the same breath as Johnny Cash is an honor. And to be nominated with Jimmy Buffett and Sheryl Crow, I’m honored,” said Ingram.

Don Ho, an entertainer who defined popular perceptions of Hawaiian music in the 1960s and held fast to that image as a peerless Waikiki nightclub attraction, died Saturday morning in Honolulu of heart failure. He was 76.

A friend of Buffett, Ho introduced Jimmy for his Live In Hawaii album that was released in 2005.

The trio of Alan Jackson, George Strait and Jimmy Buffett scored the No. 11 spot with ‘Live at Texas Stadium,’ a 15-song live album from a 2004 Dallas concert. The MCA Nashville album sold 67,000 units.

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Jimmy Buffett was the 4th most requested event for the 1st quarter of 2007 according to Ticketmaster.

Ticketmaster’s Top 10 Most Requested Live Acts were:

1. The Police
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Jimmy Buffett
5. Bob Seger
6. Keith Urban
7. John Mayer
8. Gwen Stefani
9. Rod Stewart
10. Tool

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As part of Radio Margaritaville’s ramp up week to the start of the Bama Breeze tour:

Spring Break with Miles Hampton 4/16-4/20 8pm-12mid ET

Miles puts you in a Spring Break state of mind, playing highlights of his beachcomber crawl to the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. You’ll hear him visit ‘Cane Garden Bay’ which Jimmy sings about in ‘Manana’. Chilling with locals on Tortola, like musician Quito Rymer, and visits to some world famous sand bars to chat with their owners – Bomba (Bomba Shack), Foxy Callwood (Foxy’s), Ivan (Ivan’s Stress Free Bar), One Love Bar, Woody’s St.John, and The Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke where the ‘Pain Killer’ was first concocted! Hear Parrotheads tailgating at last year’s Party At The End Of The World tour (Camden, Pittsburgh, and Jones Beach), and interviews with very special studio guests:

Monday – UB40
Tuesday – Eddy Grant
Wednesday – Beach Boys Mike Love, Bruce Johnston & Al Jardine (with Steve Huntington)
Thursday – Ziggy Marley
Friday – Kenny Chesney

Radio Margaritaville and SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 31 will broadcast all Bama Breeze tour dates live! Featuring 30 minute pre-show tailgate parties with music selected by host Savannah Jane Buffett, and long Buffett sets following every show in ’07! 1st broadcast: Saturday April 21st 7:30pm ET