Wednesday, August 21, 2013

JIMMY BUFFETT: SINGER/SONGWRITER



Hello Parrotheads, it’s Jimmy Buffett time! Buffett released his 27th studio album in July on  iTunes  8/20/2013, SONGS FROM ST. SOMEWHERE,  at age 66 he is still having fun, singing , writing, and coming soon to Broadway with “Big Fish”.

The album is mediocre, with a couple typical numbers from Buffett; ‘Something Bout’a Boat’ and the most popular ‘Too Drunk to Karaoke’, feat. Toby Keith.

The rest of the album didn’t ring any bells for me. I did like a slow track ‘Colour of the Sun’, and he does throw in some very clever titles as usual; ‘Einstein was a Surfer’, ‘Earls Dead-Cadillac For Sale’, ‘I’m No Russian’, but no other really catchy tracks with the tropical feel.

Buffett started out in the 1960 as a country singer, in 1971 he moved to Key West and began to establish the laid-back, easy going beach bum persona. He combines country, folk, and pop with coastal tropical, known as Gulf/Western, but this album leans more toward the country genre. It is low key, and slow, and feels different from having fun in the sun of previous albums.

If you’re a follower, you will probably be happy he put out another album after taking 4 years off since his last album release.



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