Oil spill: Jimmy Buffett plans free Gulf Shores concert to promote tourism

[highplainsdem]

Source: Pensacola News Journal

Oil spill: Jimmy Buffett plans free Gulf Shores concert to promote tourism
Julio Diaz
June 20, 2010


Jimmy Buffett is planning a free concert from the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., to promote tourism in the region after the BP oil spill.

According to a notice posted to his website, www.margaritaville.com, the concert will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on July 1 from "the beach in Gulf Shores."

Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will be joined on stage by other well-known acts incluing Kenny Chesney, the Zac Brown Band, Allen Toussaint, Sonny Landreth and Jesse Winchester. The concert will be broadcast live on CMT.

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Read more: http://www.pnj.com/article/20100620/ENTERTAINMENT/100620001/Jimmy-Buffett-plans-Gulf-Shores-concert

[midnight]

1. Now that is the spirit. I hope this is a big success with many more to come.

[happygoluckytoyou]

31. Nibblin' on sponge cake...Watchin the sun bake...All of those tourists covered in OIL!!!

Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil

[Lint Head]

2. This is a good idea. I just hope the beach they play on isn't

inundated by oil while the concert is going on.

[pocoloco]

3. Sunset ay Key west, the sun setting in the west,

with the addition of a rainbow of beautiful colors reflecting from the
shimmering surface of the Gulf!!

[ensemble]

4. no coincidence he's going to GS...

I wonder how his sister's Gulf Shores restaurant (Lulu's) is doing.
He probably has a good idea of the economic effects from her.

[jobycom]

33. Yeah, since he grew up there and has done a ton of charity for the area.

He even wrote a song for a bar after Hurricane Hugo (I think it was Hugo). He's always doing public service and charity work for the region. Decent bloke. Wish there were more like him.

[raouldukelives]

5. Playing for a huge oily polluting disaster?

I thought that was Elton John's job.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. DUZY!!!!

[The Midway Rebel]

6. Whoopee!

Millionaire pop musician throws free concert to pimp his new millionaire's hotel. I feel all better now and so does the GoM!



At this point of the catastrophe, I say fuck your new hotel. How about raising some money to clean up the fucking mess, stop global warming, save endangered GoM species of wildlife or help somebody besides your investors and your own millionaire-cheeseburger-in-paradise-ass!?

[Itchinjim]

15. So what are YOU doing to help out the folks in the gulf?

Other than posting strident bullshit on the internet?

[Bette Noir]

24. +15

[jobycom]

34. A Sargent Shulz post.

You know nothing.

"How about raising some money to clean up the fucking mess, stop global warming, save endangered GoM species of wildlife or help somebody besides your investors and your own millionaire-cheeseburger-in-paradise-ass!?"

He does all of that on a routine basis, maybe doing more of that these days than promoting his own interests. He's been an environmental activist for decades, fighting global warming before you knew what it was, and has done a ton of work fighting for endangered species--his efforts to save the manatee are legendary.

ANd since he grew up near Gulf Shores, it's not much of a surprise that he's done a lot of charity work in the area, and it's also not a surprise he's invested in the area himself. If you see the latter as the excuse for the former, you know even less than nothing.

Seriously, before you insult decent people so you can feel all superior and shit, you should maybe learn a thing or two about them. He's been on our side probably longer than you have--not that I think you are now, with that kind of bullshit post.

[The Midway Rebel]

44. I'l be dipped in shit.

http://www.savethemanatee.org/

Had no idea. Apologies and thanks for the tip. That is why I hang at DU; to get informed.

Pissy is not my normal tone but this disaster is getting to me and his music makes me wretch and I see this free concert as opportunistic to promoting his bad investment and analogous to the band playing on the deck while the Titanic sinks.

If it makes folks happy, play on. Hope it helps...doubt it will.

Good luck.


"Sailing to the Caribbean Jimmy might well be

Pictures up in Rollin' Stone for all the world to see

The rich keep getting richer, the poor they just stay poor

Jimmy buffet doesn't' live in Key West anymore"

--David Allen Coe

[spiritual_gunfighter]

8. A Jimmy Buffett concert would cause me to stay away from the gulf

What a douchebag.

[pundaint]

10. they are the best attitude audiences since the passing of the Dead.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

11. I prefer bands whose fans have bad attitudes n/t

[pattmarty]

14. Yeah, because they're all fucking old. Hey I'm 63 myself. I think....

........personally the guy's a fucking douchebag, but that's just me.

[pattmarty]

13. Yep. The same guy that played for that fat ass rich mothefuckers................

.............wedding and the same guy that "fucked" NORML out of money.

[jobycom]

32. That's what we're hoping.

You'd just stink up the place, anyway, if you don't like Jimmy.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

35. Anyone who takes Jimmy Buffetts music seriously

I dont take very seriously.

[LanternWaste]

36. Oh dear....

Oh dear....

You're quite clever.

[jobycom]

38. You took me seriously enough to answer.

And his music isn't meant to be taken seriously, it's meant to be fun. It's not for posers.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

39. Jimmy Buffett isnt for poseurs?

My favorite DU quote of all time, most definitely.

[jobycom]

40. Imagine that. Your favorite DU quote of all time is your own quote.

Whoda thunk it?

[Regret My New Name]

41. SHUT UP PARROT HEAD!

*sticks tongue out* I hope you choke on that cheese burger as you eat in paradise...

Not really though.
***This thread perplexes me***

[jobycom]

43. It has to a be a vegetarian cheese burger

But I'm really afraid to say that. Being bashed for admiring altruism and not hating Jimmy Buffet is enough for one thread. :scared: :rofl:

[Hosnon]

42. You obviously haven't listened any deeper than his radio music.

Much of his good stuff is inspired by Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain.

[pundaint]

9. It will take a lot of concerts to make up for beaches, water, and fish.

I would have a hard time getting into a Jimmy Buffet concert mood with reminders of the spill so close at hand.

[nolabear]

12. I swear, Jesus Christ himself could walk across that oily gulf right onto the beach

raise the dead turtles and pelicans, Superman could fly backwards and take us to before the spill, Mother Theresa could feed every child whose parents' jobs were lost, Ghandi could mediate meetings between the oil companies, the GOP and the White House, a choir of angels could sing and endless orgasms could flow across the land and some of you guys would only take notice in order to bitch about ulterior motives and the color of the freakin' pony.

I'm sick of it. And no, I haven't drunk anybody's goddamned Kool-aid, but I do recognize sheer obstructionism when I see it, and folks, it's malignant. It's time for me to look for another place to hang. I think I'll go spend the time I typically spend on DU trying to actually do something, in my own imperfect, somewhat self-serving, yet potentially helpful way.

Catch you on the flip side.

[Itchinjim]

16. I'm with you, the negativity here is just too much.

DU should be renamed the "Obama Sucks Hysterical Circle Jerk Underground"

[suzie]

17. +1 trillion

[boppers]

45. New rules.

Or, rather, distilled rules:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8603151

[pitohui]

19. well i agree w your disgust, nolabear

i realize people are in grief, and i realize jimmy buffett also has financial interests in the gulf, but FFS, he's trying to do something nice here

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. I completely understand

This place is less and less fun all the time.

[Bette Noir]

25. Yeah, the cynicism is kinda deep.

I think a free concert is a fine idea, and the benefits will help some struggling businessmen, and their employees, get through a tough time.

Jimmy Buffet's not my exact cup of tea, but some folks like him. I'm glad he's willing to help.

[truthisfreedom]

29. It's truly sad how negative some members of this board are.It's as if we've been invaded by freepers

who are trying to make us look bad.

[moobu2]

18. I worked on his sisters pier, part of her restaurant complex called Lulu's

They played Margarita-vile all day long and I almost went insane. Hey, I got an idea, instead of water boarding....nah that would be way to sadistic.


Hope they can make some money and it gets to where it should though.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. I'd love that

I love Jimmy Buffet's restaurants. I'd definitely check out his sister's place if I was in the area.

[MrMickeysMom]

22. Rock on, you Parrot Heads!

:yourock:

[Bette Noir]

23. Sounds like a good time. I'm sure the hotel and restaurant operators

in the area will appreciate the money coming in.

[Dulcinea]

26. Good for him.

Hopefully others will follow his example. I'm not a huge fan of his either, but it seems his heart is in the right place.

[Eric Condon]

27. I'd go just for Allen Toussaint

Now THERE is a musical ambassador for the Gulf region. He will probably be playing like fourth billing at this show, but that man is a national treasure.

[Left Coast2020]

28. Wasted Away Again In Margarittaville....

Got nothin to show but this brand new tatoo
But its a real beauty
A mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue...and I'm

Wasted away again in Margartaville
lookin for my lost shaker salt......

[groundloop]

30. Some people claim there's a woman to blame

But I know,
It's my own damn fault.


I gotta agree with the posts getting onto those expressing negative vibes. Jimmy B is doing a free show, more power to him.

[ixion]

37. Gives a whole new meaning to the lyrics: "All of those tourists, slathered in oil"

does it not?