Buffett / Chesney / Zac Brown Band - Concert to Aid Gulf on CMT!

To demonstrate support for the people, businesses and culture of the Gulf Coast, CMT will telecast a free musical celebration live from the beach at Gulf Shores, Ala. CMT Presents Jimmy Buffett & Friends Live from the Gulf Coast will air on CMT on Thursday, July 1, from 8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT. Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will be joined in the concert by his friends Zac Brown, Kenny Chesney and Sonny Landreth. Other performers will be announced as additional plans develop. Stay linked to CMT.com for further details and for ticketing information. For information on how to help the Gulf Coast, visit cmtonecountry.com or margaritaville.com.

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Jimmy Buffett Mansfield, MA 2010 Set List

Comcast Center

Mansfield, MA
June 19th, 2010

Set List

1 Piece Of Work
2 Only Time Will Tell

3 Knees Of My Heart

4 It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

5 Pencil Thin Mustache

6 Come Monday

7 Volcano

8 Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

9 If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me

10 Where The Boat Leaves From

11 One Particular Harbour

12 Big Top

Intermission

13 Mexico

14 Nothing But A Breeze

15 Creola

16 Window On The World

17 Cheeseburger In Paradise

18 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor

19 Wings

20 A Pirate Looks At Forty

21 Back Where I Come From

22 Woman Goin’ Crazy On Caroline Street

23 Southern Cross

24 Margaritaville

First Encore:

25 Last Man Standing

26 Fins

Second Encore:

27 Tin Cup Chalice

Jimmy Buffett on the BP Gulf Oil Spill

Gulf oil spill: Jimmy Buffett tells Florida beachgoers to stay upbeat

June 5, 2010 4:00 pm

Musician Jimmy Buffett, wearing his Margaritaville-brand flip-flops, stood Saturday on a pier at tar-ball blotched Pensacola Beach and led a pro-beach rally, urging Floridians to "not get a 'sky is falling' attitude" over the looming oil slick.

Buffett said he has survived hurricanes, getting shot at in Jamaica and a plane crash, and he insisted he's ready to ride out the oil-spill disaster that in the last two days has hit the white sand beaches of the Florida Panhandle.

"This is an environmental disaster nobody asked for, but Floridians are a tough people," Buffet said to the crowd of 1,000 beachgoers.

Tar balls swept along by strong winds hit more of the Panhandle coast Saturday, including Perdido Key at the far west end of the state and Grayton Beach, about 60 miles east of Pensacola Beach. A dozen tar mats — slabs of thickened crude as long as 30 feet — were found near Navarre Beach.

As spill-response workers collected oil blobs in the background, Buffett was joined by Gov. Charlie Crist. Although the expanding slick is largely offshore, it continues to drift east and threatens to devastate the state's crucial tourism industry.

For Crist, a sharp decline in visitors could drive up coastal unemployment and drive down state tax revenues. And for Buffett, crude oil washing ashore could spoil summer revenues as he opens his $50-million Margaritaville Beach Hotel in Pensacola Beach.

"People ought to come out here — it's beautiful," said Crist, putting up with an already hot and humid morning and sweating through his shirt. "Jimmy's opening a hotel here next week."

"Just batten down the hatches," Buffett said.

--Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, reporting from Pensacola Beach, Fla.

Photo: Musician Jimmy Buffett, left, with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Credit: Associated Press

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Strumming his six-string, Buffett ushers in summertime fun

Strumming his six-string, Buffett ushers in summertime fun

By James Reed, Globe Staff June 18, 2010

MANSFIELD — Jimmy Buffett comes around these parts every year, usually in synch with the start of summer. His timing surely is intentional. Even in dreary weather, he brings with him the season’s standbys: flip-flops, Hawaiian shirts and skirts, and, most of all, an escapist attitude that happiness is just a beach and drink away.

New England, with its devout nation of Parrotheads, holds a special place in Buffett’s heart. Last night at the Comcast Center — Buffett still affectionately calls it Great Woods — was a reminder that no matter how often Buffett plays, it’s no longer just a concert: It’s an event (and it repeats tomorrow night).

The evening was already charged with the hope that the Celtics would pummel the Lakers in the NBA Finals, and Buffett seized the moment to stoke the audience. When he suddenly called out “Beat LA!’’ in the middle of “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,’’ a duet with guitarist Mac McAnally, that chant later rippled throughout the sold-out crowd.
At this point, a sense of surprise is not part of a Jimmy Buffett show. Even with a varied set list, you know what you’re going to get, from “Margaritaville’’ to “Fins’’ to “Cheeseburger in Paradise.’’

As always, last night was as much about the audience’s engagement as the music. During “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,’’ scenes from the day’s tailgating were shown on the video screens. (The woman who bared her breasts for the cameras was a big hit.)
Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band was its usual well-oiled machine, switching from country (“Back Where I Come From”) to reggae (“Jamaica Mistaica”) to baby-boomer anthems (the final encore of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl”). The show’s second half shook off some of the earlier island vibe, particularly on a muscular rendition of “Tampico Trauma,” and Buffett imbued “A Pirate Looks at Forty” with a quiet grace.

It was up to Ilo Ferreira, a Cape Verde native who recently lived in Rhode Island, to get the festivities under way. His acoustic set was short but long on heart. Ultimately, though, it was the soundtrack to a familiar sight: flying beach balls ready for a trip to “Margaritaville.”

Photos by Rose Lincoln

Jimmy Buffett Great Woods 2010 Set List

Mansfield, MA
Great Woods Center

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

1 Nobody From Nowhere
2 License to Chill
3 School Boy Heart
4 It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
5 Jamaica Mistaica
6 Frank and Lola
7 Volcano
8 Bama Breeze
9 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
10 Where the Boat Leaves From
11 One Particular Harbour
12 Big Top

Intermission:
13 Tampico Trauma
14 Bank of Bad Habits
15 Creola
16 Cheeseburger in Paradise
17 Come Monday
18 Son of a Son of a Sailor
19 Trip Around the Sun
20 A Pirate Looks at Forty
21 Back Where I Come From
22 Woman Goin’ Crazy on Caroline Street
23 Southern Cross
24 Margaritaville

First Encore:
25 Fruitcakes
26 Fins

Second Encore:
27 Brown Eyed Girl