I guess I'm not the only one not at Massey--see Buffett's comments at the end of the article:
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainm...25986-sun.html
When you go to a Jimmy Buffett concert, you’re truly entering Margaritaville.
Witness Buffett’s so-called Summerzcool Tour which blew into the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night for a rare cold-weather indoor show, drawing about 12,000 people, a.k.a. Parrotheads, many wearing pirate, sailor or straw hats, with flowered leis around their necks.
“It might be raining out there in Toronto but we got a cloudless, sunny sky in here,” said the 62-year-old Buffett, in a T-shirt, shorts and barefeet and weilding a guitar in front a video screen that showed endless images of beaches and sunsets all night long.
Joined by the 10-member Coral Reefer Band on a stage adorned with bamboo rails, palm trees, beach balls, strings of white lights, and the obligatory steel drums, Buffett’s good-time vibe seemed to go a long way with fans eager for sunshine.
After opening the two-and-a-half-hour show with the trio of Lage Nom Ai, Stars On The Water and the new song, Summerzcool, Buffett’s acoustic guitar player Mac McAnally traded verses with him on It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere followed by his backup singer Nadirah Shakoor joining him for Conky Tonkin’.
In case, you haven’t figured it out yet, this ain’t exactly Radiohead.
When a yellow beachball with a smiley face landed at Buffett’s feet, he held it up to his face and broke out into a big smile, commenting: “This smells like beer and marijuana. Not a bad smell.”
The crowd really came alive for Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes while videos of the Parrotheads’ legendary tailgate parties were shown, and Volcano as in: “I don’t know where I’m a gonna go, when the volcano blows.”
There’s just no getting these people down.
“It’s amazing what happens when thousands of people sing together,” said Buffett, who has Candian roots that trace back to Glace Bay, N.S. “It’s a wonderful release.”
The crowd singalongs continued with Cheeseburger In Paradise, Come Monday, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, One Particular Harbour, Margaritaville, Fins, and covers of Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl, Crosby, Stills & Nash’s Southern Cross and The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine.
“I think we are doing a pretty good job of keeping summer extended up here,” said Buffett.
He also tried out new material from his forthcoming studio album, Buffet (one T) Hotel, due Dec. 8, like A Lot To Drink About, Wings and Surfing In A Hurricane, and played ukelele on the old chestnut, My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink & I Don’t Love Jesus.
Buffett made a big deal out of the fact that trumpet player John Lovell, who celebrated his birthday Thursday, was allowed to chose a song to do a solo to and went with I Wish I Had A Mexican Moustache.
Other song titles included Jamaica Mistaica and Last Mango In Paris. You get the idea.
But before launching into a rare reflective and acoustic number, A Pirate Looks At Forty, Buffett praised Gordon Lightfoot who was singing across town at Massey Hall on Thursday night during the second evening of a four-night stand.
“I’ve never seen Gordon Lightfoot and on the night he’s playing, I’m working,” lamented Buffett, who closed the evening alone on stage with the heartfelt He Went To Paris.
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SET LIST:
Lage Nom Ai
Stars on the Water
Summerzcool
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
Mañana
Conky Tonkin’
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
Volcano
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Come Monday
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Brown Eyed Girl
One Particular Harbour
A Lot To Drink About
INTERMISSION
One Love
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink & I Don’t Love Jesus
I Wish I Had a Mexican Moustache
Wings
Jamaica Mistaica
Gypsies In The Palace
Last Mango in Paris
Surfing In A Hurricane
Southern Cross
A Pirate Looks at Forty
Margaritaville
Fins
ENCORE:
We are the People our Parents Warned Us About/Twist and Shout
Yellow Submarine
He Went To Paris (solo)
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JIMMY BUFFET
Air Canada Centre
Sun Rating: 3 stars out of five
Buffett brings sunshine to ACC crowd
