JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
JIMMY BUFFETT
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Jimmy Buffett translated his easygoing Gulf Coast persona into more than just a successful recording career -- he expanded into clothing, nightclubs, and literature -- but the basis of the business empire that kept him on the Fortune magazine list of highest-earning entertainers was his music. Born in southern Mississippi and raised in Alabama, Buffett moved to Nashville to try to make it in country music in the late '60s. After signing to the Barnaby label, he released one album, 1970's Down to Earth, from which the socially conscious single "The Christian?" suggested he might be more at home protesting in Greenwich Village. (Barnaby "lost" his second album, High Cumberland Jubilee, though they would find it and release it after he became successful.) Instead, the songwriter moved to Key West, Florida, where he gradually evolved into the beach-bum character and developed the tropical folk-rock style that would endear him to millions. A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Signing to ABC-Dunhill Records (later absorbed by MCA), Buffett achieved notoriety but not much else with his second (released) album, White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (1973), which featured a song called "Why Don't We Get Drunk" ("...and screw?" goes the chorus). Buffett revealed a more thoughtful side on Living and Dying in 3/4 Time (1974), with its song of marital separation "Come Monday," his first singles chart entry. But it took the Top Ten song "Margaritaville" and the album in which it was featured, 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, to capture Buffett's tropical world-view and, for a while, turn him into a pop star. By the start of the '80s, Buffett's yearly albums had stopped going gold, and he briefly tried the country market again. But by the middle of the decade, it was his yearly summer tours that were filling his bank account, as a steadily growing core of Sun Belt fans he dubbed "Parrotheads" made his concerts into Mardi Gras-like affairs. Buffett launched his Margaritaville line of clothes and opened the first of his Margaritaville clubs in Key West. He also turned to fiction writing, landing on the book best-seller lists. Feeding Frenzy His recording career, meanwhile, languished, though a hits compilation sold millions; a 1990 live album, Feeding Frenzy, went gold; and a 1992 box-set retrospective, Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads, became one of the best-selling box sets ever. Buffett finally got around to making a new album in 1994, when Fruitcakes became one of his fastest-selling records. It was followed in 1995 by Barometer Soup and Banana Wind in 1996. The following year, Buffett began working on a musical adaptation of Herman Wouk's novel Don't Stop the Carnival with the author himself. After Broadway producers expressed little interest, the production ran for six weeks in Miami during 1997. In spring of 1998, Buffett released a collection of songs from the production as he began mulling over the idea of taking the play on the road. In 1999 he released Beach House on the Moon as well as Live: Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Far Side of the World During the first few years of the millennium, Buffett's newly launched Mailboat label issued close to a dozen concert recordings, as well as the 2002 studio album Far Side of the World. Two years later, Buffett allowed RCA to distribute his second Mailboat studio album, License to Chill. Live albums recorded in Hawaii and Boston appeared in 2005, followed by an all-new collection of songs called Take the Weather with You in 2006 and two more live sets, Live in Anguilla in 2007 and Feeding Frenzy: Live in 2008. In 2009, Buffett released Buffet Hotel, his first new studio album in three years; it debuted at 17. Next up was Songs from St. Somewhere, which arrived in August of 2013 and debuted at four on the Billboard charts. Three years later, Buffett released 'Tis the SeaSon, his first Christmas album in 20 years. -- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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1970 Down To Earth | |||
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01. The Christian 02. Ellis Dee 03. The Missionary 04. A Mile High In Denver 05. The Captain And The Kid 06. Captain America |
07. Ain't He A Genius 08. Turnabout 09. There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times 10. I Can't Be Your Hero Today 11. Truckstop Salvation | ||
1973 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | |||
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01. The Great Filling Station Holdup 02. Railroad Lady 03. He Went To Paris 04. Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit 05. Cuban Crime Of Passion 06. Why Don't We Get Drunk |
07. Peanut Butter Conspiracy 08. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 09. I Have Found Me A Home 10. My Lovely Lady 11. Death Of An Unpopular Poet | ||
1974 Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | |||
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01. Pencil Thin Mustache 02. Come Monday 03. Ringling, Ringling 04. Brahma Fear 05. Brand New Country Star 06. Livingston's Gone To Texas |
07. The Wino And I Know 08. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown 09. Saxophones 10. Ballad Of Spider John 11. God's Own Drunk | ||
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1974 A-1-A | |||
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01. Makin' Music For Money 02. Door Number Three 03. Dallas 04. Presents To Send You 05. Stories We Could Tell 06. Life Is Just A Tire Swing |
07. A Pirate Looks At Forty 08. Migration 09. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season 10. Nautical Wheelers 11. Tin Cup Chalice | ||
1975 Rancho Deluxe | |||
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01. Rancho Deluxe - Main Title 02. X-Mas Bonus 03. Ridin' In Style 04. Left Me With A Nail To Drive 05. Rustler's That's Us 06. Cattle Truckin' 07. Countin' the Cows Ev'ry Day 08. The Wrangler 09. Rancho Deluxe - End Title |
10. Livingston Saturday Night 11. Dork 12. Some Gothic Ranch Action 13. Wonder Why You Ever Go Home 14. Hood Ornament 15. Fifteen Gears 16. Can't Remember When I Slept Last 17. Rancho Deluxe | ||
1976 Havana Daydreamin' | |||
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01. Woman Goin Crazy on Caroline Street 02. My Head Hurts' My Feet Stink and I Dont Love Jesus 03. The Captain and the Kid 04. Big Rig 05. Defying Gravity |
06. Havana Daydreamin' 07. Cliches 08. Something so Feminine About a Mandolin 09. Kick It in Second Wind 10. This Hotel Room | ||
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1976 High Cumberland Jubilee | |||
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01. Ace 02. Rockefeller Square 03. Bend A Little 04. In The Shelter 05. Death Valley Lives 06. Livingston's Gone To Texas |
07. England 08. Travelin' Clean 09. The Hangout Gang 10. God Don't Own A Car 11. High Cumberland Jubilee/Comin' Down Slow | ||
1977 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | |||
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01. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes 02. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home 03. Banana Republics 04. Tampico Trauma 05. Lovely Cruise |
06. Margaritaville 07. In The Shelter 08. Miss You So Badly 09. Biloxi 10. Landfall | ||
1978 Son of a Son of a Sailor | |||
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01. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 02. Fool Button 03. The Last Line 04. Livingston Saturday Night 05. Cheeseburger In Paradise |
06. Coast Of Marseilles 07. Cowboy In The Jungle 08. Mañana 09. African Friend | ||
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1978 You Had to Be There: Recorded Live | |||
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Disc: 1 01. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 02. Pencil Thin Mustache 03. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home 04. Landfall 05. Miss You So Badly 06. Havana Daydreamin' 07. Margaritaville 08. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes 09. Come Monday 10. Perrier Blues |
Disc: 2 01. Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit 02. God's Own Drunk 03. He Went To Paris 04. The Captain & The Kid 05. Why Don't We Get Drunk & Screw 06. A Pirate Looks At Forty 07. Tampico Trauma 08. Morris' Nightmare 09. Dixie Diner | ||
1979 Volcano | |||
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01. Fins 02. Volcano 03. Treat Her Like A Lady 04. Stranded On A Sandbar 05. Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants |
06. Survive 07. Lady I Can't Explain 08. Boat Drinks 09. Dreamsicle 10. Sending The Old Man Home | ||
1981 Coconut Telegraph | |||
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01. Coconut Telegraph 02. Incommunicado 03. It's My Job 04. Growing Older But Not Up 05. The Good Fight |
06. The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful 07. Stars Fell On Alabama 08. Island 09. Little Miss Magic | ||
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1982 Somewhere Over China | |||
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01. Where's The Party 02. It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet 03. I Heard I Was In Town 04. Somewhere Over China 05. When Salome Plays The Drum |
06. Lip Service 07. If I Could Just Get It On Paper 08. Steamer 09. On A Slow Boat To China | ||
1983 One Particular Harbour | |||
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01. Stars On The Water 02. I Used To Have Money One Time 03. Livin' It Up 04. California Promises 05. One Particular Harbour 06. Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart |
07. Honey Do 08. We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About 09. Twelve Volt Man 10. Brown Eyed Girl 11. Distantly In Love | ||
1984 Riddles in the Sand | |||
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01. Who's The Blonde Stranger? 02. When The Wild Life Betrays Me 03. Ragtop Day 04. She's Going Out Of My Mind 05. Bigger Than The Both Of Us |
06. Knees Of My Heart 07. Come To The Moon 08. Love In Decline 09. Burn That Bridge 10. La Vie Dansante | ||
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1985 Last Mango in Paris | |||
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01. Everybody's On The Run 02. Frank And Lola 03. The Perfect Partner 04. Please Bypass This Heart 05. Gypsies In The Palace |
06. Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana) 07. If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me 08. Last Mango In Paris 09. Jolly Mon Sing 10. Beyond The End | ||
1986 Floridays | |||
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01. I Love the Now 02. Creola 03. First Look 04. Meet Me in Memphis 05. Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More |
06. Floridays 07. If It All Falls Down 08. No Plane on Sunday 09. When the Coast Is Clear 10. You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again | ||
1988 Hot Water | |||
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01. Homemade Music 02. Baby's Gone Shoppin' 03. Bring Back the Magic 04. My Barracuda 05. L' Air de la Louisiane 06. Prince of Tides |
07. Pre-You 08. King of Somewhere Hot 09. Great Heart 10. Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt) 11. That's What Living Is to Me | ||
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1989 Off to See the Lizard | |||
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01. Carnival World 02. Take Another Road 03. That's My Story And I'm Stickin' To It 04. Why The Things We Do 05. Gravity Storm 06. Off To See The Lizard |
07. Boomerang Love 08. Strange Bird 09. I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever 10. The Pascagoula Run 11. Mermaid In The Night 12. Changing Channels | ||
1990 Feeding Frenzy | |||
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01. You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again 02. The City 03. Last Mango in Paris 04. Come Monday 05. Today's Message 06. A Love Song (From a Different Point of View) 07. One Particular Harbour 08. Honey Do |
09. Cheeseburger in Paradise 10. A Pirate Looks at Forty 11. Jolly Mon Sing 12. Gypsies in the Palace 13. Fins 14. Margaritaville 15. Jamaica Farewell 16. Volcano | ||
1994 Fruitcakes | |||
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01. Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami 02. Fruitcakes 03. Lone Palm 04. Six String Music 05. Uncle John's Band 06. Love in the Library 07. Quietly Making Noise |
08. Frenchman for the Night 09. Sunny Afternoon 10. Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost 11. She's Got You 12. Delaney Talks to Statues 13. Apocalypso | ||
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1995 Barometer Soup | |||
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01. Barometer Soup 02. Barefoot Children 03. Bank of Bad Habits 04. Remittance Man 05. Diamond as Big as the Ritz 06. Blue Heaven Rendezvous |
07. Jimmy Dreams 08. Lage Nom Ai 09. Don't Chu-Know 10. Ballad of Skip Wiley 11. The Night I Painted the Sky 12. Mexico | ||
1995 Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe-New Orleans | |||
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01. Don't Stop - Rebirth Brass Band 02. Please Don't Leave Me - Rockin' Dopsie Jr. 03. I'm Going Down To Bourbon Street - Waylon Thibodeaux 04. Eatin' With Fingers - The Iguanas 05. Sea Cruise - JIMMY BUFFET 06. Stringbean - Bluerunners 07. I'm Coming Home - Rockin' Dopsie Jr. 08. Come Back Baby - Waylon Thibodeaux |
09. Why Ya Whit Me - Rebirth Brass Band 10. Canecutter - Bluerunners 11. Here's To Love - Waylon Thibodeaux 12. Popeye's A Hubigs - Jumpin' Johnny Sansone 13. Got You On My Mind - The Iguanas 14. Blue Co. - Bluerunners 15. Goodnight Irene - JIMMY BUFFET | ||
1996 Banana Wind | |||
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01. Only Time Will Tell 02. Jamaica Mistaica 03. School Boy Heart 04. Banana Wind (Instrumental) 05. Holiday 06. Bob Robert's Society Band |
07. Overkill 08. Desdemona's Building A Rocket Ship 09. Mental Floss 10. Cultural Infidel 11. Happily Ever After (Now And Then) 12. False Echoes (Havana 1921) | ||
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1996 Christmas Island | |||
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01. Christmas Island 02. Jingle Bells 03. A Sailor's Christmas 04. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 05. Up on the House Top |
06. Mele Kalikimaka 07. Run Rudolph Run 08. Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rhum 09. I'll Be Home for Christmas 10. Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far from Home) | ||
1998 Don't Stop the Carnival | |||
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01. Intro: The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja 02. Public Relations 03. Calaloo 04. Island Fever 05. Sheila Says 06. Just an Old Truth Teller 07. Henny's Song: The Key to My Man 08. Kinja Rules 09. A Thousand Steps to Nowhere 10. It's All About the Water |
11. Champagne Sí, Agua No 12. Public Relations (Reprise) 13. The Handiest Frenchman in the Caribbean 14. Hippolyte's Habitat (Qui Moun' Qui) 15. Who Are We Trying to Fool? 16. Fat Person Man 17. Up on the Hill 18. Domicile 19. Funeral Dance 20. Time to Go Home | ||
1999 Beach House on the Moon | |||
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01. Beach House on the Moon 02. Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling 03. Waiting for the Next Explosion 04. Pacing the Cage 05. You Call It Jogging 06. Flesh and Bone 07. I Will Play for Gumbo |
08. Math Suks 09. Spending Money 10. Semi-True Story 11. Lucky Stars 12. I Don’t Know and I Don’t Care 13. Oysters and Pearls | ||
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1999 Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays | |||
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01. Fruitcakes 02. Southern Cross 03. Pencil Thin Mustache 04. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season 05. Coconut Telegraph 06. Cheesburger In Paradise 07. Come Monday 08. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor |
09. Volcano 10. Brown Eyed Girl 11. Tin Cup Chalice 12. Fins 13. One Particular Harbor 14. Margaritaville 15. Love And Luck | ||
2002 Far Side of the World | |||
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01. Blue Guitar 02. Mademoiselle (Voulez-Vous Danser) 03. Autour du Rocher 04. Savannah Fare You Well 05. All the Ways I Want You 06. Last Man Standing |
07. What if the Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About? 08. Altered Boy 09. USS Zydecoldsmobile 10. Someday I Will 11. Far Side of the World 12. Tonight I Just Need My Guitar | ||
2006 Take the Weather With You | |||
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01. Bama Breeze 02. Party At The End Of The World 03. Weather With You 04. Everybody's On The Phone 05. Whoop De Doo 06. Nothin' But A Breeze 07. Cinco De Mayo In Memphis |
08. Reggabilly Hill 09. Elvis Presley Blues 10. Hula Girl At Heart 11. Wheel Inside The Wheel 12. Silver Wings 13. Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On 14. Duke's On Sunday | ||
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2009 Buffet Hotel | |||
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01. Nobody From Nowhere 02. Wings 03. Big Top 04. Beautiful Swimmers 05. Turn Up The Heat And Chill The Rosé 06. Summerzcool |
07. Rhumba Man 08. We Learned To Be Cool From You 09. Surfing In A Hurricane 10. Life Short Call Now 11. Buffet Hotel 12. A Lot To Drink About | ||
2010 Encores: Live | |||
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Disc: 1 01. Come Monday 02. Tin Cup Chalica 03. Growing Older But Not Up 04. Coast Of Carolina 05. Paradise 06. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 07. Nautical Wheelers 08. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season 09. Banana Republics 10. He Went To Paris 11. Last Mango In Paris 12. L'Air De La Louisiane |
Disc: 2 01. Reggaebilly Hill 02. Coast Of Marseilles 03. Lovely Cruise 04. Oysters and Pearls 05. Wildflowers 06. Defying Gravity 07. It's A Big Old Goofy World 08. Death Of An Unpopular Poet 09. Blowin' In The Wind 10. A Pirate Looks At Forty | ||
2013 Songs from St. Somewhere | |||
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01. Somethin' 'Bout a Boat 02. Einstein Was a Surfer 03. Earl's Dead -- Cadillac for Sale 04. Too Drunk to Karaoke 05. Serpentine 06. Useless But Important Information 07. I Want to Go Back to Cartagena 08. Soulfully |
09. Rue de la Guitare 10. I'm No Russian 11. Tides 12. The Rocket That Grandpa Rode 13. I Wave Bye Bye 14. Colour of the Sun 15. Oldest Surfer on the Beach 16. I Want to Go Back to Cartagena [Spanish Version] | ||
2016 'Tis the SeaSon | |||
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01. Wonderful Christmastime 02. Jingle Bell Rock 03. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth 04. Drivin' the Pig (Manejando el Cerdo) 05. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Parrothead Version) 06. What I Didn't Get for Christmas 07. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree |
08. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 09. Santa Stole Thanksgiving 10. Mele Kalikimaka 11. Winter Wonderland 12. Baby, It's Cold Outside 13. White Christmas | ||
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