Music review: Jimmy Buffett — ‘Songs from St. Somewhere’
Rhodes
Associated Press
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Parrotheads everywhere are celebrating the release of Jimmy Buffett无毛视频檚 new album. Not that devoted Buffett fans need a reason to party, but 无毛视频淪ongs from St. Somewhere无毛视频� will surely add to the list of tropical, laidback and fun-loving arrangements that Buffett has so masterfully crafted over his 43-year career.
With summer coming to a close, it won无毛视频檛 be long until the chilling temperatures of a southwestern Pennsylvania winter pay an extended visit.
No other artist has been better over the years at creating a tropical paradise from sun-drench ditties, Caribbean party anthems and sentimental offerings on living and dying in three-quarter time.
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I无毛视频檝e said before, I prefer my Buffett tunes with a little less Key West flavoring and a little more Alabama soul.
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Perhaps the best tune of the bunch is the tenderly smooth and witty 无毛视频淓instein was a Surfer,无毛视频� as Buffett croons fluidly and comforting as on older classics like 无毛视频淗e Went to Paris无毛视频� and 无毛视频淎 Pirate Looks at Forty.无毛视频�
Perhaps Buffett is now looking at life at the age of 66 on the reflective
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featuring guitarist Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) as Buffett sings about letting go of past regrets and focusing on the precious moments of today.
One of the most interesting tracks on the album is the final track 无毛视频淚 Want to Go Back to Cartagena.无毛视频�
This bonus version features Buffett performing with the Colombian singer Fanny Lu.
Closing out the album with a Spanish flair, the sexy Latin singer playfully whispers, 无毛视频淛immy, I love you.无毛视频� Who doesn无毛视频檛 love Buffett?
It无毛视频檚 still good to know that the man who put Margaritaville on the map still can make a big splash musically. Buffett shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon as he continues to work hard as a musician, a writer and performer.
Buffett无毛视频檚 Broadway musical, 无毛视频淏ig Fish,无毛视频� is set to open Oct. 6 in New York City.