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BONUS: 2011 Radio Ad(s)

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    Having learned yesterday, via Buffett World, that WOMC 104.3 had broken the news of a July 21 Pine Knob concert, I kept my recorder tuned to WOMC this morning to attempt capturing this year’s radio commercial. I recorded four hours this morning (an hour forty-five of which was silence…grrrr) and another two hours this afternoon. WOMC broadcast the ad at 12:40 PM.

    The ad is shorter than usual, only :30, and I’m not sure if this is a cost-saving measure or if there might be a :60 version out there too. There was no newspaper ad this morning in the Detroit Free Press so I’m keeping an eye out for that as well.
    Update: I managed to catch the :60 version Friday, March 11, on WCSX 94.7. I recorded six hours of them this morning and, listening back to the files, encountered the ad after only fourteen minutes (having aired at around 6:20 AM, I guess). Quite the opposite of how it usually goes…

Episode 137: Sacked!

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 20 2010 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The boys review Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give, recap the Chicago and Jones Beach concerts, and discuss the recent RCPM show in Lansing. (Cameos by Dino, Lee, and assorted FSGL’ers. The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 59:12.)”

    Apologies for the delay. Thursday and Saturday were busier than expected at the old production house.
    02:33 – “Buffett Performs in Paris”, from Buffett News | “One Day in Jimmy’s Life in Paris”, from Buffett World
    02:45 – “Buffett Performs at Fund Raiser for Alex Sink”, from Buffett News | “Photos from Alex Sink Fundraiser”, from Buffett World
    03:14 – ̶McAnally Humbled by Another CMA Nomination”, from Buffett World
    04:28 – “Margaritaville coming to Chicago’s Navy Pier”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Coming to Chicago’s Navy Pier”, from Buffett World
    14:59 – “Margaritaville 25th Anniversary Specials”, from Buffett World
    15:57 – Coconut Telegraph PDFs
    18:44 – Ole Miss Rebel Mascot Concepts. Look for “Rebel Land Shark”.
    19:32 – “Vinyl Records” is the second track of Todd Snyder’s New Connection album (2002)
    20:30 – Scott’s alphabetical “Name That Tune” game was discussed in Episode 65
    20:40 – “Modern Family Mentions Jimmy”, from Buffett World
    21:28 – “Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley to perform in Gulf Shores to boost tourism after oil spill”, from NOLA.com
    22:41 – You Get What You Give (Deluxe Version), at Amazon or iTunes (US)
    24:52 – Mike’s difficulty keeping CDs and CD cases together was discussed in Episode 115
    40:16 – Washington Post album review, written by Chris Richards
    63:10 – Chad Heckler and Jim Dalton’s performance of “Hellbound Party Train”:



    59:37 – Chad Heckler interview is part of Episode 52
    67:25 – Jim Dalton’s podcast is no more. He’s still on Twitter though.

The Loft, down the street from the state capitol


“Hellbound Party Train”


Roger, in red, greets fans after the show

Episode 118: A Monkey in the Wrench

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 13 2010 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Another concert roundup, more headlines, and the gang looks at the top Buffett CDs of the decade. (Cameo appearance by Jennifer.)”

    02:28 – Portafino’s on the River
    03:21 – the shot glass contest video
    03:33 – our page in iTunes [US], our page in iTunes [Aus], our Facebook group page, and our Facebook fan page
    05:29 – The “Stuck in the ’80s” podcast site. (And has Bob Marley or Jimmy Cliff ever used steel drums?)
    06:28 – Mike’s “I’ll have to subscribe to that podcast” was voiced before he heard the clip and before he knew it was critical of Jimmy
    06:55 – Sean Daly’s Buffet Hotel review.
    07:23 – “[Stephen] Ross’ deal with Land Shark Lager was only through the 2009 season (or the Orange Bowl, whichever was longer). [CEO MIke] Dee said he expects to announce a naming rights deal this month’s end. ” From The Phins.com
    08:49 – found some U2 tickets on eBay, courtesy of metro3845‘s eBay auction. Can’t beat free shipping!

U2 in Miami

    09:11 – “Buffett Performs At His Hawaii Restaurant“, from Buffett World
    09:29 – “Four February Tour Dates Announced“, from Buffett World
    12:06 – harp sounds taken from Audio Network PLC.
    19:49 – Paradise Key Teas on Facebook
    21:33 – in conversation prior to recording, Scott admitted he had never seen a full episode of The Simpsons
    21:58 – “ Margaritaville Key West Celebrates 25th Anniversary“, from Buffett World
    23:36 – “Live Nation Finally Confirms ‘Jiffy Lube Live’ Name“, from DCist.com
    28:52 – what do you think are the top five Buffett songs of the decade? Send your list to podcast@northcoastcast.com and you can win a WAOTNC shot glass!
    29:17 – for the record, I’m being facetious
    33:59 – Scott’s e-mail was reprinted as part of our License to Chill album review episode
    39:50 – yes, I am aware of the hypocrisy of considering Hoot a Buffett album and not License to Chill. I agree, it makes no sense.
    40:18 – Scott’s original Live in Anguilla rant is in Episode 56
    42:59 – Mike’s original Live at Texas Stadium rant is in Episode 35
    46:05 – for anybody interested, Schmoe was not drinking tonight because of his cold. Jennifer brought him a beer out of habit; and Schmoe kept it, giving it to me instead.

    A show notes blog exclusive: here’s an outtake from this week’s show. This was the original ending, but it was cut for time and because the answer to Mickey’s question is rather predictable. Nevertheless, it provided some lively conversation which we hated to throw away [9:03 MP3].

Episode 111: Ringling, Ringling

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 16 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “More concert clips and an impromptu discussion about Buffetty ringtones takes over the entire episode. (Guest: Jennifer.)”

    00:33 – speaking of ringtones, there’s a good one right there
    03:21 – Episode 100
    03:28 – Greg’s “Volcano” ringtone, in MP3 format. You may need to convert it to use on your own phone.
    04:51 – not a good ringtone
    05:36 – Mac’s CMA nominations, via Buffett World
    06:05 – Jimmy to perform at Bridge School Benefit, via Buffett World
    06:26 – SF Gate.com column on Bridge School benefit
    08:10 – Bono recalls “Jamaica Mistaica” incident, via Buffett World
    09:57 – my chance to plug myself: my U2 photos and videos at Flickr and Mobile Me
    10:19 – Landshark billboard
    10:37 – “Goin’ Coastal” — sorry; I keep making that mistake
    11:15 – with thanks to Listener Jason, the Woodsongs podcast link
    11:49 – Jake at The Ark
    24:57 – thanks to SunLover again, at the Buffett news discussion boards
    34:11 – since the recording the Dolphins had their home opener not on Sunday but on Monday, September 21. It was ESPN’s Monday Night Football game, and here are a few shots of the stadium from the broadcast:

Episode 95: TicketsNowJob

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, February 4 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “With the tour dates confirmed and an unexpected Michigan date among them, the guys relate their latest ticket-buying adventures. Another volume in the unending multipart series, “Ticketmaster Sucks”. (Roger Clyne podcast starts at 40:45.)”

    01:58 – text of Springsteen’s letter to fans, via Ticket News.com
    03:34 – Tour Dates at Margaritaville.com
    03:37 – Jimmy’s Google Earth plugin info
    04:37 – “Yeah-yeah!” ©Schmoe
    07:17 – “Buffett Participates in Launch of Google Earth 5.0“, at Buffett News
    09:28 – “Pascrell Seeks Investigation Into Ticketmaster Business Practice“, at the Congressman’s website
    09:54 – Ticketmaster/TicketsNow FAQ page
    29:42 – see 09:28
    42:30 – The Railbenders
    As a bonus, here’s a bit of audio which was cut from the episode. It’s stuff we’ve talked about before, but Scott liked it.

    February 9 update: Senator Charles Shumer (NY) has joined Representative Pascrell (NJ) in calling for a probe of Ticketmaster, in the response to the Spingsteen tickets sale snafu. New Jersey’s attorney general says Ticketmaster may indeed have broken the law. And Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff avows to stop linking so blatantly to TicketsNow.

“This redirection only occurred as a choice when we could not satisfy fans’ specific search request for primary ticket inventory,” writes Azoff, “but to make sure there is no misunderstanding in the future, we also publicly state that we will never again link to TicketsNow in a manner that can possibly create any confusion during a high-demand on-sale.”

A quick check of Ticketmaster’s site shows that scalped tickets are now located under a “Marketplace” tab.
    Coincidentally, Azoff is Buffett’s manager, and Azoff’s becoming CEO was part of selling his Front Line Management agency to Ticketmaster. Which means Buffett now literally works for Ticketmaster. And Ticketmaster can brag they have a direct relationship with top name artists, just like Live Nation does — a company Ticketmaster is currently attempting to merge with.
    Sigh.
    February 10 update: from this morning’s Detroit Free Press, “Names & Faces” column, “Life” section, 5C:

Ticketmaster gets a 15% cut from TicketsNow, according to the [above mentioned] complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles federal court. A New Jersey congressman called for a federal antitrust investigation into Ticketmaster’s sales practices. And attorneys general in Jersey and Connecticut are looking into the matter.
    Ticketmaster is accused of breaking Ontario laws that prohibit the resale of tickets at greater-than-face-value in a complaint filed Monday in Toronto. The suit seeks more than $400 million in damages.

    February 10 afternoon update: according to USA Today:

    The boards of Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment unanimously agreed on Monday to merge their companies — potentially creating a concert and live entertainment behemoth.
    In announcing the deal Tuesday morning the companies said they plan an all-stock merger of equals. The combined company will be called Live Nation Entertainment.
    Under terms of the deal, Ticketmaster shareholders will receive 1.384 shares of Live Nation stock for each share of Ticketmaster they hold. The companies estimated the value of the combined business at about $2.5 billion and said the deal will help them save about $40 million annually.

    Of particular note is this little gem: “the deal could end up benefiting concertgoers by giving the combined company more bargaining clout with artists, potentially reducing performers’ stakes in ticket sales and thus lowering ticket prices.”
    Erm, yeah. Right. Of course. We’re sure this whole cluster is engineered to drive down ticket prices. Based on past practices, why would we think otherwise?

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BONUS: 2009 Radio Ad

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    After four days, recording for countless hours in the morning and evening, monitoring up to four local stations, here at last is the radio commercial for our 2009 Summerzcool concert. Caught Saturday morning, at around 8AM, off WYCD Young Country 99.5 FM:

Episode 88: We are the Podcast Your Parents Warned You About

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Show Notes:

Recorded Wednesday, October 22 2008 (9:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Scott is back, making up for lost time by supplying his tailgate playlist and ‘Margaritaville’ verse; and the boys get back to album reviews, with a look at One Particular Harbour.  Special guest: Hud.  Cameo by Jennifer.”

    00:47 – a new wrinkle: audio notes for previous episodes!
    02:30 – a reference to Episode 56
    03:06 – not a real word
    06:38 – U of M would lose to MSU, 35-21.  Two weeks prior, U of M lost 13-10 to Toledo.
    07:10 – the genius playlist
    15:44 – Radio Margaritaville
    16:01 – Buffett News’s report on Capt Tony’s ailing health
    16:05 – Life Lessons of a Legend, at Amazon
    17:37 – Amazon states the release date as August 31 1983 (which, curiously, was a Wednesday)
    19:24 – The Bounty, at IMDb
    23:58 – “When It’s Love” by Van Halen, I believe.  A reference to Episode 67
    25:26 – Somewhere Over China was reviewed in Episode 15
    27:44 – Bobby Holcomb, in Wikipedia
    29:12 – Nod to the Storyteller, at Amazon
    29:34 – there’s lots more good stuff in this pre-show interview (from the first of two Las Vegas concerts).  It was quite entertaining, so why not listen to the whole thing…

   

30:41 – Yellow Moon, at Amazon

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Episode 82: Lemon and a Bottle of Beer

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 3 2008 (9:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Back at the Z’ac, as Greg would say, to start Season 6.  We look at the fourth leg of the Year of Still Here tour, with an in-depth discussion of Listener Sarah’s Bristow VA review.
Plus, hurricane songs and the reaction to Mickey’s tailgate playlist.  Special guests: Cindy
and Lee.”

    01:24 – Don Lafontaine, who had passed away two days prior.  (I know he’s this generation’s favorite voice, but I’ve always been partial to Percy Rodriguez, the narrator of Heavy Metal and the Voice of God in Time Bandits.)
    02:27 – apparently the technical term is range expander (extender?)
    04:35 – Vanity Fair’s 100 Leaders of the Information Age
    06:06 – Nod to the Storyteller, from Mailboat Records
    07:08 – Lucky Old Sun Deluxe, at Amazon
    07:33 – Buffett News
    09:30 – now it can be told: the rather abrupt edit is because I didn’t notice “Bama Breeze” in the setlist and mistakenly cited another song as being more notable.  As you can hear, I attempted to correct this in post-production.
    10:39 – I recorded over half the concert without any audio.  I could hear it, but Audio Hijack didn’t.
    11:05 – a big thank you to Jackson Quigley for adding himself to that list, by way of our Mobatalk Audio app in the right-hand column.  Why not leave us your own voice mail message?  (Or try our Skype voicemail at 1-734-274-5959. …Errmm, make that 1-734-399-4888.)
    11:15 – feel free to read along with Listener Sarah’s review…

Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: 8/30 Concert Review

Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA
Saturday August 30, 2008 … The Labor Day Weekend Show (Part One)

I was dehydrated for the first half of the show…poor tailgating on my part, but at least I was coherent for the concert. And I’m still recovering, so this will not be as detailed as Ed’s, but it’s still a review from someone who was there.

He was about 5mins late coming on stage, but the beach balls kept us busy. AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long comes on to pump us up and even though I had heard HOT HOT HOT four times in four hours in the parking lot, it just means a little something more when it means Buffett coming on stage.

Homemade Music was an interesting first song and probably confused some JB concert virgins. Tiki Bar is Open “gets the party started” for the rest of crowd. An updated version of Fruitcakes and Pencil Thin Mustache (Lovell was awesome on this one) keeps it going and Manana switches gears before revving it back up for an awesome 5 o’clock somewhere. My fav song, Changes in Latitudes was next and he rocked it. The video for Changes in Latitudes was fun to watch and even though we didn’t decorate our truck, the tailgaters that we followed in was on the video and so were the people a few rows over with an active volcano on their roof. Gypsies in the Palace was a nice surprise for me and amusing since it was my parents at my house watching my dish TV and taking care of my dog. Jolly Mon Sing was great with Lovell and follows with the perennial favorite Come Monday. The Rock Band version of Cheeseburger (which had a great funny intro between Jimmy and Utley) followed with video of people playing it in the parking lot. Followed by Brown Eyed Girl, which didn’t get the response it did last year. A great One Particular Harbor rounds out the first set with pics and video from a few decades ago that was in Tahiti.

I had to go get water during the intermission or I might not have made it to the end, so it was water instead of the first two songs of the second set, but Scarlet Begonias and Why Don’t We Get Drunk sounded good from the outside. I was walking back to my seat as Jimmy introduced Mac for The Ass and the Hole. Mac did awesome, but most of the crowd was still outside. Mostly everyone was back by Son of a Son of a Salior and I was still recovering from the water issue, but pics from Jimmy’s trip to the USS Harry S Truman (docked in Norfolk, VA – pronounced “Nor Fuk” not “Nor Folk” damn it) played on the screens. The crowd pops for Volcano and we’re all in sync again. Last Mango in Paris shifted the gears down and then he introed Nadirah and she sang Makin’ Music For Money with Jimmy and did a damn fine job of it. Jimmy takes it back and keeps the pace with a fantastic School Boy Heart and Pirate Looks at Forty. Far Side of the World, not my fav but still great. We keep the lower gear for a great Southern Cross. Followed up by the Parrothead Anthem, Maragaritaville. Crowd was into it, the SALT signs were out, but sadly Jimmy lost the lost verse for our show. But he did accept the Presidental nomination from the “JB 4 Pres” signs in the crowd. The newbies and people who want to beat the traffic hightailed it out of there and left the die hards to finish.

Encore 1: Fins was awesome. Then the band intro and Rainy Day Women. Lovell rocked this one too. Then they all leave but Jimmy and the stage lights go down and it’s just Jimmy, his guitar and a few thousand of his closest friends for Regabilly Hill. This song is great acoustic and truley enjoyable. The jumbo tron was used nicely for this song with four different camera views, a long shot with Jimmy off center to the right, stage right up close side shot and a normal front on close up and long shot all fading in and out of each other. I don’t remember the song now, but he showed Michael Phelps winning several matches and receiving two golds…crowd popped and Jimmy mentioned after the song was over, but I haven’t listened to the recording from Radio Maragaritaville (it’s nice to have a DVR and Dish Network) to remember the song.

Yet another awesome Jimmy Buffett show.

The photos are up and remember most were taken with my crappy little cell phone camera:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldgade/sets/72157607035574408/

Sarah in VA

    11:34 – my next beer arrived
    11:52 – so why are they playing AC/DC before a Buffett concert?  Jimmy and Mike Utley are wondering this too (taken from the Pittsburgh pre-show interview, July 22 2008, and also discussed in Episode 78).

    17:00 – Buffett’s acceptance of the nomination occurred two two days after the DNC convention and two days before the start of the RNC convention.
    20:46 – Utah squeaked by University of Michigan, 25-23
    21:36 – get your own marching band copy of “Margaritaville”, performed by the 2002 Arizona State University Marching Band
    23:35 – also discussed during our Banana Wind review, in Episode 13
    23:53 – Lady Jane’s Haircuts for Men
    24:19 – here’s the photo Mike requested…

Greg sporting “The Barack”

    25:49 – not an ad-lib; a parenthetical comment in the script
    26:27 – Schmoe’s talking muffin joke first appeared in Episode 41
    28:27 – why not Michael Palin for President?
    28:45 – I was thinking of Giuliana (Dipandi) Rancic

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Episode 78: Schmype

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 30 2008 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) via Skype
    “Our bad luck streak with tech continues as the guys try their first Skype call to discuss Listener Ed’s review of the Alpine Valley concert.”

    Greg and I were the first ones online for this call, and I recorded almost an hour of background noise as he made a late dinner and put his kids to bed. I thought I would improve my sound by talking into a USB microphone but in fact it picked up lots of room noise as well as fan noise from my desktop computer. Luckily I was recording myself on a separate track and could mix myself out when not talking. I guess it went okay, for our first time; and it felt kind of fun to be using Skype like the real podcasts do.
    00:28 – a Blues Brothers reference, of course
    01:04 – one was Mike, obviously; and the other was Schmoe
    01:40 – one of those photos…

Jimmy in Indianapolis

    02:49 – the Roger Clyne simulcast, live from Florida
    04:06 – actually, the opposite: as host of the conference call, picking up on Schmoe meant I put Mike and Greg on hold
    05:52 – here’s your chance to read along with Schmoe…  (More notes after.)

Gents,

Listed below is a review of the concert from last night. An incredible show to say the least.

Buffet Concert Review
Alpine Valley July 19, 2008

The tour of the parking lot prior to the show was unbelievable. It had been raining all morning. The sun came out & it got hot & humid. Everyone had been drinking a lot. Let’s just say that for July 19th 2008, the Alpine Valley parking lot became the intersection of Sodom & Gomorra!

The Show:
They played AC/DC’s ‘You shook Me All Night Long’ to get the crowd pumped up. Then they played Hot, Hot, Hot. Then Jimmy took the stage alone to start the show. Jimmy was very loose with the comments when he came out as well as all throughout the night. I t was just like the concert in Glendale, AZ for the opening of a new Margaretville. Jimmy was loose that day also. It was the old Jimmy. He wasn’t patronizing the crowd. He was just having a good time & saying what was on his mind.

Set List
1     Why Don’t We Get Drunk
Although I think this song has been overplayed over the years, Jimmy’s solo version of this song on this tour was a very good performance and sure was a surprise he opened the show with this one. Jimmy stated that he needed to do this song to appease the rain gods of Alpine Valley.

2     Home Made Music
I never really liked this song, even the original version on ‘Hot Water’. I did not like the Pine Knob version either. When they played it tonight, I thought it sounded pretty good. Interesting fact: Russell Kunkel co wrote this song. Russ played drums on seven James Taylor albums.

3     Tiki Bar Is Open.
This one was OK. It needed more horns. It needed Amy Lee & Tom Mitchell. I always enjoyed watching John, Amy & Tom.

4     Fruit Cakes
Jimmy updated the lyrics. It was a great performance of this song. The video screens showed the parties in the parking lot before the show.

5     Pencil Thin Mustache
One of my favorite tunes. John Lovell’s performance was outstanding.

6     Miss You So Badly
Great song, great performance.

7     5’Oclock Somewhere
Another great song. Mac was great with this one.

8     Changes in Latitudes
Jimmy and the band got the crowd rockin’ during this song. You’d have to be there to really get a sense of how the crowd was during this song.

9     Cowboy in the Jungle
I love the original from Son of a Son of a Sailor better. It just doesn’t translate very well live for me.

10     Brown Eyed Girl
This one is always an Alpine Valley favorite. Jimmy & the band rocked this one. This song gets a crowd reaction that matches Margaretville.

11     Cheeseburger in Paradise
A great performance of this song.

12     Come Monday
I never get tired of hearing this one. Jimmy did the beach band configuration with Mac, Ralph & Robert which was fantastic.

13     One Particular Harbor
Jimmy talks about Tahiti & how it inspired him to write this song. There was video footage of him in Tahiti from what looks like the mid to late 80’s with the old band before the PM band joined. There was Sam Clayton, a young Mike Utley & a young Robert G.

14     License To Chill
The performance of this song puts the Chicago DVD version to shame. The band was in sync on this one.

Intermission
Sports Illustrated Video
Dukes on Sunday Video
Another Saturday Night Video

Note:
I could not understand why the roadies were reconfiguring Gunthie’s drum kit. You don’t usually make big changes to a drum kit during intermission like they were changing this one. I soon found out why!!!!!!!!!!!!

15     Bo Diddley Tribute

Hey Bo Diddley
Jimmy started to talk about the death of Bo Diddley & was going to do a tribute. I looked on the stage & the guy in the red shirt look familiar. Was it? YES IT WAS!!!! Fingers Taylor on stage!!!! I could not believe it!!!! The performance of ‘Hey Bo Diddley’ was absolutely incredible. Jimmy, Mac Ralph, Fingers, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcom jut put on one hell of a performance. Fingers was just unbelievable!!

16     Juke Joint Duo
Jimmy & the band left the stage for Juke Joint & Fingers to perform a song. This was an incredible performance! It was just Fingers, Cedric & Malcom.. What can I say? It was just drums, guitar & harmonica & they filled Alpine Valley with an incredible wall of sound. I was speechless. Has Jimmy and the band ever left the stage and handed the crowd of 40,000 to another band? If not, this has got to be a first!

17     Ass & the Hole
Mac did a fabulous job on this one. As Jimmy promised, Spring break Johnny came out of his shell.

18     Stars On the Water
This is one of listener Ed’s favorite songs. The PM band rocked this one out. But, I will have to say, the best live performance of this song was on ‘Live by the Bay’. Fingers rocked this one. If only Josh Leo could be here! Right before this song started, Fingers was doing a shot of something with either Mac or Peter. I could not tell.

19     Son of a Son of a Sailor
Jimmy talks about the navy & visiting the troops. They showed video footage of Jimmy & Mac’s visit to the sailors on the USS Harry S. Truman. Again, Fingers was just great.

20     Volcano
Fingers was out of control on this one. He did an outstanding performance. Having Fingers on stage really had a positive affect on the band. Every time he was out there, the rest of the band would just turn it up a notch. He would walk around while playing & just look at another band member & that member just would just pour their heart & soul into that particular song they were playing.

21     Making Music for Money
I will have to say that I did not care for Nadir’s version of this song from the Pine Knob concert. I always thought that only Jimmy should perform songs from the A1A album. However, Nadir really belted out the lyrics on this performance. I think it was because Fingers was also on stage. Fingers rocked this one.

22     School Boy Heart
Wow! This was another great performance. The band was in sync and everyone just rocked on this one!

23     In The City
The vocal harmonies were just fantastic on this one. This is another example of the band just being in sync tonight. I liked Mac’s comments about the first time his picture was taken in public after leaving Mississippi. And I quote “It was the second time a McAnally had his picture taken and there was no bible in one hand & a shotgun in the other”.

24     Pirate Looks at 40
A great live performance with the added treat of Fingers on stage. I can’t say it enough. Fingers just made this song extra special.

25     Band Intros
Jimmy talked about the article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel on the band.

26     Far Side Of The World
A great performance along with video footage from Jimmy’s trip to Cambodia or Vietnam.

27     Southern Cross
I never get tired of this one. They always do a great job with this song & having Fingers on stage gives it that extra touch of class.

28     Margaretville
The crowd just went wild during this one! Fingers was playing on one of Utley’s keyboards during this song and him & Utley were just having a great time. Jimmy added the lost verse.

29     Fins
Another great Fingers performance.

30     Rainy Day Women
The band just let loose with this one. It was a great, great performance. Again, Fingers just rocked! He poured everything he had into this song. John Lovell also did a great job on this song. There was also some strange smell or odor in the air during this song.

31     Distantly In Love
I was very impressed with Jimmy performance on this song. In the past he always did the acoustical ‘last song’ differently that the original version. Songs like ‘Stories We Could Tell’, ‘Lovely Cruise’, ‘He Went to Paris’ were always performed differently when Jimmy does these ‘unplugged’ encores. Jimmy can do what he wants, he owns the songs but, I always thought they should sound like the original. With ‘Distantly in Love’ it sounded very much like the original version & was just a great performance.

BEST PERFORMANCES
Fingers Taylor                 Here Comes Bo Diddley, Rainy Day Women,
                                           Making Music for Money
Mac                                   Ass & the Hole
John Lovell                     Pencil Thin Mustache & Rainy Day Women
Jimmy                               Distantly In Love

BEST SONGS
School Boy Heart
In the City
Here Comes Bo Diddley
Come Monday
Changes In Latitudes

I can say that of all the live Buffet concerts I have been to and seen on DVD, this concert was the best. Watching Fingers performing on stage was an unforgettable experience. When I did my review of ‘Live by the Bay’ I mentioned that Jimmy’s old band interacted well with each other and that the PM Band just sort of stayed in their little spot during the concert. Jimmy was real loose that night and was taking jabs at members of the band and they were starting to loosen up a little.

After Fingers took the stage, everything changed. It was like he flipped a switch & the rest of the band came alive. I have never seen the (PM) band interact as well as they did on this night. Fingers was such a motivating factor in the rest of the band’s performance that night. Everyone was smiling. Gunthie was smiling & he never smiles. Doyle Grisham was smiling and he rarely smiles. Jim Mayer who moves around a little during the show was just all over the place this night.

You just had to be there!

Listener Ed

p.s. Tina looked great!

    06:22 – a week prior, Jimmy, interviewed by none other than Mike Utley (at the July 22 show in Pittsburgh), talked about such an incongruous song appearing in his warm-up playlist.

    07:14 – the concert clips were recorded directly off my Sirius radio, as opposed to off the Sirius web stream like I usually do. To get a good signal the radio was outside while we stayed inside to record Episode 77. It rained that night, and the radio was protected only by the umbrella of a patio table on Schmoe’s deck.
    08:39 – I am dead wrong on this one. I completely forgot he did indeed do “Fruitcakes” at Pine Knob, with me standing right there to hear it. Although I remained convinced I had not heard it for days after. (Shades of that one long ago concert where Mike did not hearing “Changes in Latitudes”.)
    17:33 – Bo Diddley, in Wikipedia
    18:48 – Juke Joint Duo, on MySpace
    19:23 – “Listen to what I say, not what you hear.” Quote of the Episode!
    19:51 – “Skinny Woman“, from YouTube
    21:31 – Scott is reading from the bio on the Juke Joint Duo MySpace page
    21:47 – Calvin Johnson (musician) vs Calvin Johnson (American football), in Wikipedia
    27:53 – as mentioned in Episode 13
    29:11 – the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, previously mentioned in Episode 76
    31:18 – there’s a time-cut here. Schmoe would not usually pee that quickly
    35:59 – nope. It’s not his ceiling fan. Those internal mics always crackle when using Skype — but when used with any other application, they sound extremely good.
    34:22 – “this long” as in three hours!
    34:31 – yeah, Greg wishes!
    35:02 – obviously this comes from earlier in the recording.
    A few things were edited out of this session, not the least of which was an injury at Greg’s house where a heavy frozen food fell out of his freezer, injuring the bare foot of a house guest. One giant chunk of conversation involved Scott discovering Woot.com had a deal on bacon salt — a product we had never heard of before but took an instant liking to just on the name alone. As Schmoe is always saying “Everything tastes better with bacon.” I regret having excised this, especially as Scott has been quick to bring up the subject of bacon salt in subsequent recordings. (Plus the fact Mike, now that we’re using Skype to contact him in Houston, has permanently labeled the crackle coming from Schmoe’s laptop as “bacon noise”.)

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