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Tonight Ye Olde Drink Hole Amphitheatre is proud to bring you, "New Dylan", "Poet Lauriette", "Rhodes Scholar", "Songwriter Hall of Famer", "Highwayman" Kris Kristofferson with his 2003 live album for Oh Boy Records: "Broken Freedom Song".
If the hallmark for all great songwriters is that their songs are timeless, Kristofferson has proven that for almost 5 decades.
Seriously...get a beer, turn the lights off and enjoy!
"Shipwrecked in the Eighties" - "And you turn and you find that your trusty companion is gone, 'So long, Tonto.'"
"Darby's Castle" - "It took 30 days for the timbers to be raised...but it only took one night to bring it down..."
"Broken Freedom Song" - "No one's missing till you need 'em, ain't no fun to sing that song no more"
"Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)" - "All she could pay was attention, so all they could take was her time."
"What About Me" - "Do you really believe in freedom?"
"Here Comes That Rainbow Again" - based on a scene from the movie "The Grapes of Wrath". I say that because the scene is not in the book, but perfectly an addition by John Ford to John Steinbecks work. True art.
"Nobody Wins" - Started as a broken hearted love song, but just like that election that Bush stole and left us in the diplomatic and finacial mess we're all in...nobody wins. Now that's good songwriting.
"The Race" - The "answer song" to The Wind Beneath My Wings...you are The Shit Beneath My Shoes.
"The Captive" - "For the moment I remain, a captive of the human brain, that blew itself to pieces over you."
"The Circle (Song for Layla Al-Attar and Los Olivdados)" - Searching for what matters instead of just what happened. When art dies for politics sake it may be our greatest travesty against ourselves.
"Sky King" - The story of how Kris knew he was a songwriter.
"Sandinista" - "May the soldiers disappear..." what strikes me here is, may the need for soldiers disappear...
"Moment of Forever" - One of my favorite love songs ever. Those moments that will last a lifetime, but flit away so quickly.
"Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down" - This one goes from Kris' daddy' mouth to the ears of everyone I love and care about...don't let them bastards get you down.
"Road Warrior's Lament" - "...right till the end, until it's over..."
OK...maybe you should have a couple beers. Some sad sounding songs, but every one containing hope.
Grab a bottle of Red Stripe Beer and a handful of jumbo shrimp, kick those shoes off and envision yourself on a sunny un-spoiled beach where the temperature is always 78-82 degrees! Tonight Ye Olde Drink Hole plays host to the King of the Parrotheads - Jimmy Buffett!
This concert album from 1990 will make you forget your troubles...all except the wondering of why you have a job. At least that's what I always wonder.
Enjoy!
"You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again" - Jimmy is another of Uncle Jeffy's heroes who has made a long career from doing it the way that seemed right instead of the way the suits dictate. Here's his "why am I still here when you all said I wouldn't be?" song.
"The City" - Coming up as a songwriter and troubadour himself, Jimmy's always there to support others. Here's one by his rhythm guitar player and harmonizing vocalist, Mac MacAnaly. Includes the intro to the next song (I wonder what the engineers on live albums are thinking sometimes...)
"Last Mango in Paris" - The second hand memoirs of the legendary Captain Tony.
"Come Monday" - One of his biggest. The ballad that even mentions Montana in it...we Parrot-Heads are from everywhere you know. :)
"Today's Message" - Reverend Jimmy's take on the state of the world (the present being 1990) and the hilarious intro to the next song...
"A Love Song (from a different point of view)" - You've heard Uncle Jeffy sing this one here before...the song Jimmy placed the pseudonym 'Marvin Gardens' on...'Why Don't We Get Drunk'...
"One Particular Harbor" - Here's the big one for me...this is the one that explains the Parrot-Head head. That place you go where everything makes sense. "Ia ora te natura, mea aroja teie ao nei" near as I can discover means "Nature lives, Have pity for the Earth" or "Life to nature, love the Earth". In any case, it makes you feel good to sing along. It makes everything make sense that's important.
"Honey Do" - Get out and DO IT! Advice I wish I'd take.
"Cheeseburger in Paradise" - Jimmy was stranded at sea and the biggest reward he could imagine for his getting to shore was the perfect cheeseburger. I understand that. Another sing-along great.
"A Pirate Looks at Forty" - Uncle Jeffy sang this one here too. The first song I ever learned on a guitar. And I think I made a good choice. Cousin Frank terando's standard order for the song I'm to sing at his funeral.
"Jolly Mon Sing" - A Carribean Seas legend. The Jolly Mon comes round and makes ya feel good then rides away on his dolphin.
"Gypsies in the Palace" - When Jimmy hits the road he has house-sitters, this is a tale. Makes you think of those relatives that come make themselves a little too much 'at home'. Unfortunately those dipshit engineers left the intro to this track at the end of the last one.
"Fins" - A real Parrot-Head anthem. Raise your fins!!!!!
"Margaritaville" - The ubiquitous Parrot-Head National Anthem. Come on, you know you want to salt your rim and sing along.
"Jamaica Farewell" - Jimmy's tribute to the Harry Belafonte classic. He does it right. I'll throw in my thank you to Harry here for making us all want to find what's exotic in this world.
"Volcano" - The sing-along closer to end alll sing-along closers. I don't know where I'm-a-gonna-go either.
Check out more Buffett madness at his own website. And if you haven't been to a Buffett concert, you haven't really been to a party!
Talk to you soon.
Talk to you soon.
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