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Dom hill amphitheatre 20161/22/2024 ![]() His 44 summer shows in 1996 grossed $26.2 million, placing him ahead of such chart-toppers as Alanis Morissette and Reba McEntire, as well as Phish, the Dave Matthews Band and both that year’s H.O.R.D.E. A fixture on the annual list of top-grossing music performers for most of the past decade, he routinely fills 20,000-capacity amphitheaters from coast to coast. People want to see Jimmy Buffett.”Īlthough it’s been 23 years since his only Top-10 hit, 1977’s “Margaritaville,” and 21 years since “Fins” gave him his most recent Top-40 hit, Buffett remains one of the most consistently popular live acts in or out of pop music. It’s not about playing major-ninth (chords) or making a Brazilian record. You set those kind of boundaries for yourself. In order to do that, I won’t stretch out and away from giving people a great show and their money’s worth. “What it comes down to as an entertainer is putting fannies in the seats. Would I do a show of my favorite songs (by other artists)? Maybe in a bar, but not in a concert, because that’s not what a crowd wants to hear,” said Buffett, speaking from Florida to promote his current tour. “Am I going to go out and do a jazz record? No. ![]() What they want, and what he happily gives them, is a good time - a very good time. His easygoing songs, which incorporate folk, rock, country and various Caribbean styles, favor simple melodies and straightforward sentiments, performed in a direct, no-frills manner.īut he is capable of wistful ballads, such as “Come Monday,” “A Pirate Looks at Forty” and “Sending the Old Man Home,” songs that provide a balance to his more upbeat numbers about the beach bums, barflies and seafaring smugglers whose faded counterculture dreams have gone to pot, literally and figuratively.Īnd Buffett, a best-selling author as well as a top-drawing concert attraction, knows full well that his legions of fans don’t look to him for instrumental virtuosity, cutting-edge musical innovations or dense, Dylan-esque lyrical imagery. Those limits are well-defined on Buffett’s 32 albums, the first of which - “Down to Earth” - was released in 1970. I don’t try to be a great singer or a great guitar player, or try to play second base for the San Diego Padres. But I’m a good entertainer,” said the long-reigning king of sunny, party-hearty tropical-rock, who performs Thursday and Saturday at Coors Amphitheatre in Chula Vista. “I’m not a great singer, and I’m not a great guitar player. That, and the ability to take his work seriously - even at its most lighthearted and irreverent - without taking himself too seriously. ![]() What’s Jimmy Buffett got that some self-important musical stars seem to lack? The Sun King - Fans give Jimmy Buffett latitude by embracing his attitudeĪpril 16, 2000, The San Diego Union-Tribune Here are his 20 San Diego Union-Tribune interviews. While many tributes to Buffett will be published, his legacy is best captured in his own words. “I want people to say, ‘He did this and he did that, but what did he really do?’ That sort of fits me.” “I’d like to make a career out of being uncategorizable,” he said. Later in that same interview, Buffett embraced the fact that he was as much a business magnate as he was a musician. ![]() I don’t play at my audience, I play for my audience.” I’m an entertainer, and until I can’t fill up seats, I’m not going to listen to any of that (criticism). “Because, as Faulkner said, ‘I don’t read reviews - they hurt my feelings.’ (Critics) say, ‘Well, he’s just playing the same old s-.’ Well, that’s what people pay to see. “I just don’t listen to them anymore,” he said. His critics, Buffett noted in a 2000 interview, didn’t matter to him. Moreover, in 1982, Dylan teamed with Joan Baez at a concert to perform Buffett’s wistful ballad, “A Pirate Looks at 40.” Never mind that, in a 2009 interview, Bob Dylan cited Buffett’s “Death of an Unpopular Poet” and “He Went to Paris” as two of his favorite songs. The sing-song qualities of his music did not sit well with many music critics, who dismissed him as a second-rate talent with little to offer. “I’m glad if I had anything to do with the fact solo guitar players around the world can play my songs and get a job,” Buffett said. The song “Margaritaville” will forever call to mind a mystical land where the frosty beverages are as plentiful and necessary as the flip-flops (if only slightly less treacherous than the pop tops). Theater For Jimmy Buffett, it’s back to Margaritaville - this time in La Jolla ![]()
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