Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Jimmy Buffett - "You Had to be There"

Jimmy Buffett - "You Had to be There"  Disclaimer: I am not a huge Buffett fan.  Don't get me wrong, his songs are great and are exactly right for the CD mixes I bring on tropical dive trips.  But I have not bought into his Corporte Conglomerate, branding efforts to own or co-op all things sun, surf, and sailing.  But on a stay-at-home snow day like today in Chicago - I did want to get something up here as a distraction from the 4 foot snow drifts out my back door.  To me, if JB had stopped making new songs after this record - he still would remain awesome.  The liner notes begin with JB writing, "There's nothing to this show business gig.  After twelve years and ten albums I enjoy remembering some of the moments in the history of the Coral Reefer madness that still make it fun."  This period (pre-1978) is/was his best.  His new stuff...not so much.  This is a full and excellent double-live album.  I love the show opening with Son of Son.  Bigger JB fans and experts, Parrot Heads like my pal Bill C. - are the songs he made after this record as good or better than his classics on this album?

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  1. where was this live album recorded?
    Andy

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  2. at the Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta, where I think Skynyrd's One More for/from the Road was also made.

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  3. And Gusman Hall in Miami, FL.. I was there for the Tuesday show.

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