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Jimmy Buffett
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:31 am
by brian_l
I just went to see a Jimmy Buffett cover band last night and it dawned on me that I have seen Buffett at one time or another playing a fireglo 360. Does anyone have any more information about or pictures of the Rickenbackers that Buffett played?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:40 pm
by jwilli
I've seen pictures of him playing a vintage 360/12 FG.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:00 pm
by longhouse
Buffett **shudders** ...I have seen a J.B. cassette in my parents' collection with him playing a solidbody Ric on the cover. So that has him with a 360/12 and a 200-series(?)?
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 pm
by brian_l
I checked out the discography section of the Buffet website and the only album that he is pictured playing a Rickenbacker on the cover is "Feeding Frenzy." The guitar he is playing on the cover isn't a solidbody, but a vintage fireglo 360/12.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:53 pm
by johnhall
I know he has one- his roadie picked up a case for it awhile back.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:44 pm
by jwilli
Love him or not.....the guy has quite a following. He sells out concerts in record time. I'm not a "parrot head" by any means but his fans are like an army.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:59 pm
by longhouse
He's holding one on that cassette. Next time I'm there, I'll fish around for it.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:49 am
by red_rob
Who the hell is this guy? Ever heard of Johnny Marr????
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:43 am
by longhouse
Yes Rob, I'm afraid there is a country mile between 'This Night Has Opened My Eyes' and 'Cheeseburger In Paradise'.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:46 am
by red_rob
Nowwaitaminuteholdthephone
CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE???
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:29 am
by phlemmy
I played congas in a Jimmy Buffett tribute band in 97. I detest JB and all of his music, but I was making $200+ per show 2+ nights a week. Easy money, lotsa hunnies and I ate well. besides playing drums in a country band, it was the most lucrative musical employment I ever had.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:31 am
by red_rob
Sean man - you've changed...
It *used* to be about the music!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:43 am
by wayang
Sean...I hear ya, buddy...sometimes, it's about the Cheeseburgers, Paradise or no...
As I've related before, the best steady money I ever made as a musician was in the matching-denim-leisure-suit trio playing **** like "Feelings"...
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
Good God Almighty, which way do I steer...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:53 am
by 86kubicki
Sean - we need pics!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:56 am
by randyz
Want to hear something sad? I know a pro musician who has regular gigs in local bars and also plays private parties, etc. He plays some Jimmy Buffett covers in his set, but everything he plays sounds like Jimmy Buffett doing covers. It's really sad...