Jimmy Buffett ConcertAugust 29

, 2009Alpine Valley, WiSummerzcool Tour It was a frigid evening at Alpine Valley that night.I’m referring to the temperature of course! As I walked through the parking lot, I saw the typical things that happen at theintersection of Sodom and Gomorra. Check out the pictures atwww.shakerofsalt.blogspot.com After the parking lot tour, found my seat which was in the third row, but off to the far sideof stage left. I was close but so far away. For some reason, the security staff would catch any beach balls that landed on or near thestage and poke a hole to deflate them and ensure it could not be reused.I have no idea why this was being done, but the staff seemed to take pleasure indestroying these innocent balls. After about 30 minutes of this activity, someone in a position of authority talked to eachof the staff members individually and the destruction of the beach balls ceased. The concert opened with Louie Louie and Hot, Hot, Hot which really wound up thecrowd.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOwp5DhMIr8 From my seat, I could see John Lovell pretty clear but Jimmy was far away.The worst part was that Tina was on stage right and out of my view.I did see her clearly on the projection screen that was off to my right.And yes………..Tina looked great!!!!! 1 Lage Nom AiThis is a great song to open with. The band was ready to do another great showeven though the weather was cold and rainy.John Lovell’s trumpet sounded great.

2 Coconut TelegraphIt was great that Jimmy brought this one to Alpine Valley. I have never seen thissong performed live at Alpine. Jimmy made numerous references to Wisconsin throughout the song. 3 SummerzcoolJimmy brought out Glenn Worf as the special guest bass player.Glenn played bass on many tracks from the Take the Weather with You album and,Wisconsin native.This is a great song. Peter Mayer’s guitar work was excellent. 4 It’s 5 O’Clock SomewhereMac was doing the introduction to this song and Jimmy had one of the beach ballsin his hand and showed it to Mac.I don’t know what was written on the ball, but Mac actually stopped in the middleof the introduction to read it. He laughed and then continued the intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOwp5DhMIr8 5 MananaJimmy made a reference to Star Trek right before this song started.I haven’t heard Jimmy make a Star Trek reference since the San Diego concert onSept 4

1975 at the Back Door. (except during Boat Drinks)Great song. Great performance. 6 Conky Tonkin’Nadirah’s vocals on this song were fantastic. It was great duet with Jimmy. 7 Changes in LatitudeGood performance, great video of the parties in the parking lot on the screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEQtYCOZME8 VolcanoWho is Ilo Ferreira? And why is he touring with Jimmy?Is this the best the Caribbean has to offer?Bring back the Juke Joint Duo

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9 Cheeseburger in ParadisePeter really shined on this one. His guitar performance was outstanding.I was surprised that this song was in the first half of the show. 10 Come MondayBeach band configuration. Jimmy really sounded good on this one.Again surprised this song is in the first half of the show. 11 Son of a Son of a Sailor An outstanding live performance. Nadirah once againbelted out some great vocals.The video shown was Jimmy back in the old days on one of his boats.At the end, there was some footage of Ted Kennedy on his boat.At the end of this song Jimmy mentioned that this song was for Teddy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=207PqB-Y80Q 12 Brown Eyed GirlOnce again the Alpine Valley crowd displayed their love of Jimmy’s version of this song. Even though it was 55 degrees and raining, the cr owd rocked along with the band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhRDjiA5zA8 13 One Particular Harbor Once again the band and Jimmy performed an outstanding live version of thissong. 14 A Lot to Drink AboutI was surprised that there were a lot of people singing along and actually knew theLyrics for a new song that only has been released on iTunes and Margaritvaille.com.It’s a shame that Why Don’t We Get Drunk was mixed in with this song. It’s timeto retire this one from the set list.

Intermission: One Love Video with Jimmy and a bunch of other artistsI’ve never seen before

One LoveJimmy and some of the band came out to do an acoustical version of this song.Good performance. Jimmy on the ukulele. Robert G’s pans really stood out.