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Jimmy Buffett Party at the End of the World Concert Tour
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BUFFETT BUFFETT-STYLE More PubClub NO LAST
CALL! DON'T STOP Photos from the 2006 tour, plus a review of the
"new look" Jimmy Buffett concerts.
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Jimmy Buffett's Party at the End of the World Tour '06
– Complete Buffett
Coverage! See Links at Left – 2006 Schedule & Dates
The long curly hair is gone, there's no mustache – pencil thin or otherwise – and the accent is not as thick. But Jimmy Buffett seems to have gone back to his early days, proving that yesterdays are not over his shoulder, in his new 2006 Party at the End of the World tour.
Buffett – 59 and kickin' ass! – has apparently gone sailing without a few of the band members that in recent years had swelled to some 20 people. The horns are gone, with the exception of a lone trumpet, and a few of the Coral Reefer Dancers are missing. Instead, it's a stripped-down version of the Coral Reefers, giving new and veteran fans a look at what it must have been like some 30 years ago when Buffett was surging like a tide but far from being the Big Kahuna he has become the past dozen years. This tour has him looking back at his crashpad days before he knew what cash flow meant. Think of this as Jimmy's version of "That '70s Show," because that's the era when many of thsee songs were penned. Longtime Parrotheads fondly remember the "Live by the Bay" concert video – something that has yet to be duplicated, though the new Fenway Park DVD is a good attempt – and that's almost what this tour seems to duplicate. Minus the dingys.
The show begins, the house lights go down and the stage lights go up. Jimmy then walks on stage unannounced, almost as if coming out to say "hello," then sits down alone and plays "Son of a Son of a Sailor." He then proceeds to go through almost his entire early songlist, eventually joined by the rest of the current Coral Reefers. The second song, something about a Mini Mart, is so old and obscure that PubClub was previously not even aware of its existence. He follows it up with "Changes in Latitudes," "Pencil Thin Mustache" with a Nawlens-style trumpet addition, "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit," "Come Monday," "I Will Play for Gumbo" (yes, a more modern selection but a salute to New Orleans) and "Floridays."
After intermission, the more standard tunes come into play: "One
Particular Harbor," "Let's Get Drunk," "Volcano,"
"Fins" and of course "Margaritaville." He also throws
in "Fruitcakes," "Bank of Bad Habits" and a few others
and ends it with the lively title song of the tour. This is part of a
new CD coming out in the fall. PubClub keeps getting the feeling that JB is going back to his roots. A couple of years ago he resurrected his "failed country career" with "License to Chill" and now it's almost like listening to the late 70's "You Had to Be There" album. It's impossible not to wonder if he will end it all a few years from now sitting alone on a barstool. (And if so, will he get drunk and fall off the stage as he did in his earlier days. "Broke my leg, had to limp on back home...") One thing's for certain: He does not ever have to worry about playing and having nobody show up like happened one New Year's Eve many years ago. At the very least, and all along the way, PubClub would like to be there.
Photos From Irvine
Meadows '06
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