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Jimmy Buffett Concerts 2012
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BUFFETT BUFFETT-STYLE More PubClub NO LAST
CALL! DON'T STOP Jimmy Buffett concert guide, reviews, photos, Parrotheads
and concert dates.
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Welcome to Jimmy Buffett Concerts!
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| Jan. 28 | Miami | Flashback! Check out that awesome video from the show at old Miami Marine Stadium. |
| Jan. 31 | Jacksonville | Lots of Parrotheads here, as well as in south Georgia. |
| Feb. 2 | Charleston, S.C. | Jimmy's been spending some time driving his eco-van along the coast of Carolina, so this should be a great show. |
| Feb. 4 | Orlando | A good pre- and post-party spot is, of course, Margaritaville at Universal Studios. (FYI, there's a number of inexpensive hotels within walking distance of Margaritaville). |
Feb. 25 |
Birmingham, AL | He once played the University of Alabama and said, "I love coming here for the surf!" After a brief pause, with the audience scratching their heads, he said (to a great roar): "There's just something about that Crimson Tide! |
| Feb. 28 | Tallahassee, FL | Florida State is not only recruiting top football prospects, it's also managed to recruit Buffett! |
| March 1 | Little Rock, AR | Okay, don't fully understand this one. Maybe Jimmy wants tickets to the Bama-Arkansas game in the fall. |
| March 3 | Louisville, KY | Which will be wilder – Buffett or the Kentucky Derby infield!? |
| March 8 | San Jose | HP Pavilion. Wait, there's a roof on the darned thing! (Jimmy usually only plays outdoor venues.) |
| March 10 | San Diego | This could be good. It's at Viejas Arena at San Diego State! |
| March 18 | Hawaii | Done deal, all set up. Waikiki Shell. This will be better than Duke's on Sunday (but what a warm-up place!) Been there, done that and here's a concert review |
| March 30 | Tampa | All that water around Tampa Bay should have Jimmy singing a lot of boat songs. |
| April 14 | Omaha, NE | Are Cornhuskers Parrotheads, too? Finding a straw hat here should' t be too difficult. |
| April 17 | De Moins, Iowa | This is nowhere near the ocean! Guess Jimmy will find a few pirates here anyway. |
| April 18 | Dallas | Parrothead Cowboys & Cowgirls! |
| April 21 | Kansas City | BBQ and Buffett. The most delicious tailgate party! |
| May 3 | JazzFest, |
Not the full Coral Reefer Band, just Jimmy and Mac playing acoustically on Thursday of the second week. Here's a full band lineup and rundown on JazzFest. |
| June 28 | Pittsburgh | First Niagara Pavilion |
| June 30 | Chicago | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
| Aug. 2 | Cincinnati | The origin of the phrase Parrotheads! |
| Aug. 28 | Philadelphia | Maybe he'll sing that "hockey song" here. |
Aug. 30 |
Wantagh, N.Y. | Jones Beach State Park. Great venue. Right on the water. James Taylor has played here. |
| Sept. 1 | Washington, D.C. | The 2012 Labor Day Weekend Show! This is a Saturday |
| Oct. 20 | Las Vegaas | The "tailgate" party is the side street bu Margaritaville. |
| Oct. 27 | Las Vegas | Apparently, Jimmy is upset at the Irvine police for giving Parrotheads a hard time at Irvine Meadows iN L.A. This explains Vegas and not L.A.Is that great party history??? |
It is the land of mahem and margaritas, of land sharks and Parrotheads, of people "Defying Grafity, with some just trying to "Survive" and others looking to "Get Drunk and Screw."
Jimmy Buffett concerts are daydreamin' in Havana, "Money Back Guaranteed" fun, and come manyana, the ever-lasting thrill of the day before keeps people smiling in their sleep.
The PubClub.com
Party Bus at Irvine Meadows in L.A.
Parrothead Samantha
"found parrot-dise" at in MA.
They are all-day affairs, starting with a party in the parking lot unseen anwhere this side of Ios. In recognition of Buffett's most peopular songs, people bring active volcanos, blow-up sharks and dress in hawaiian shirts, grass skirts and straw hats. fish, fins and boat drinks.
Blenders, some powered by electric generators, churn out cocktails by the shipload. Tequila, rum and other alcohol flows as freely as an overflowing volcano. Fortunately, everyone is a happy drunk and smiles are as common as cervezas.
Jimmy is transcends age groups. Though it's largely a mid-20s to late 30s crowd, everyone from grandpartents to grandkids are in attendance.
Tailgaiting turns
a parking lot into the world's largest beach bar.
Mix up rum, tequila
and grass skirts, and it's Margaritaville for a day.
It's a tropical paradise, and all because one man decided some 30 years ago to sing songs about living in Margarativille, drinking boat drinks from the deck of a sailing ship and of living in paradise.
It is this life that self-proclaimed "Parrot Heads" live each time Jimmy comes to town.
The tailgate party starts some four hours before Buffett even takes the stage. It is about the only concert anywhere in which the entertainer is a backdrop to the actual event. It's the pre-party, the mingling with people in grass skirts, hawaiian shirts and straw hats that stir the tropical social souls at these concerts.
Buffett himself gave up long ago trying to compete with this frenzy and does not bother to book warm-up bands. People party so hard in the parking lot beforehand that they rarely make to their seat before Buffett himself takes the stage, let alone 90 minutes earlier to hear some unknown up-and-comer.
Jimmy on stage while
in the audience, there are fins to the left...
Heck, at some venues, people often bring in their own bands to the parking lot.
"I just provide the background music for your party," Buffett tells his audience.
The concerts come only once a year to venues across America and people clear their schedule months in advance in order to attend.
It's such a regular ritual for many that they keep a running tally of how many shows they have seen. PubClub.com's Bartender is approaching his Golden Anniversary (most in one year, four, in four different locations) meaning he's in the company of his good buddy Laz, who has attended 49. Whatever the number, it's never enough.
Such people are termed "Parrot Heads," a spin on the moniker of Grateful Dead fans' "Dead Heads."
Scenes from the parking
lot, quite simply the World's Best Single-day Party.
Here are some of his most popular titles:
• Margaritaville
• It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (duo with Alan Jackson)
• Cheesburger in Paradise
• Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
• Fruitcakes
• Let's Get Drunk and Screw
• Boat Drinks
• Volcano
• Check Out Eric Stone, a Buffett-Style Singer/Songwriter
Babes and beach bars – that's the way it happens in the far side
of this world.
| Prose From a Parrothead "I heard I was in town. Not only is that the name of a Jimmy Buffett song, but it also pretty much describes the day after a Buffett show. That's because there is so much high-frenzied partying occuring all day that by the time Jimmy takes the stage, some of us might as well be on a Beach House on the Moon. I owe a lot of my Parrot Head madness to a man named Laz. It was he whom stirred my Caribbean Soul and I've been thanking my lucky stars ever since. Some years ago, Laz and I decided to rent a bus to take us to a show in Irvine Meadows outside of Los Angeles. The venue itself is a man-made nightmare, but it has a parking lot the size of a California beach town and for Buffett fans, this is an invitation to insanity. Motorhomes sprouting palm trees and shark fins and buses loaded with boat drinks line up side-by-side. Temporary tiki bars pop up like tents in a campground, turning this otherwise innocent patch of real estate into a tropical beach bash. We, of course, had to be there. So one Saturday afternoon, 50 friends piled aboard and we embarked on an 8-hour adventure that has now become an annual event. Each time is, as Buffett has said for years to describe perfect settings, "just another shitty day in paradise." As I write this, another concert has passed through our lives. I wish, though, that it could continue. The alcohol high may wear off by the next day, but the emotional high of a Buffett concert lingers for much longer. Until the next "Lovely Cruise", though, this section of the site will serve as our "Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling." Irvine Meadows, Southern California |
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