Jimmy Buffett 'Take the Weather With You' album

Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett releases his newest album, Take The Weather With You, on Mailboat Records/RCA Nashville on October 10. Take The Weather With You is the follow-up to his first #1 debut album (on both the Top 200 and Country Charts), License To Chill, which featured duets with some of country’s biggest stars including Alan Jackson, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and others. Buffett makes another foray into the arena of country music on Take The Weather With You but combines a variety of styles and sounds throughout the album from Nashville, New Orleans and Key West.

After recording more than forty records, the two-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter returns again to his country foundation with breezy ballads, interpretations of alt-country songs, a version of Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" and mariachi horns in "Cinco De Mayo In Memphis."

"Without realizing it, I went to my roots on this record,” explains Buffett. “It's not a stretch for me to do country music.”

The album also includes the current single, “Bama Breeze,” a tribute to the historic bars along the Gulf Coast as well as a take on Mary Gauthier's "Wheel Inside The Wheel" with swampy rhythms crafted by Lafayette, Louisiana slide guitarist Sonny Landreth. Deeply affected by Hurricane Katrina, Buffett takes a philosophical look at the devastation of New Orleans in the ballad “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On,” which he wrote with former drummer Matt Betton.

Throughout the recording of this album, Buffett brought together an excellent array of talented musicians such as the English rock band Gomez, on Neil and Tim Finn's (Crowded House) title track. Original Coral Reefer steel guitarist Doyle Grisham complements the enchanting sounds of Robert Greenidge (master steel drummer from Trinidad) as well as world-renowned percussionist Ralph MacDonald. Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro also appears on several songs.

Biography

Jimmy Buffett's Take The Weather With You is his newest release on Mailboat Records/RCA Nashville. As a singer/songwriter, Buffett has recorded more than forty records, most of which have gone gold, platinum or multi-platinum. He received Grammy nominations in 2004 and 2005. Also in 2004, Jimmy released License To Chill, which debuted at #1 on both the Pop and Country charts, and was his first number one record. The collection featured duets with some of country’s biggest stars including Alan Jackson, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and others.

Buffett's first full length concert on DVD, Live At Wrigley Field, was recently released on Mailboat Records. His celebrated performances at Chicago's Wrigley Field took place on Labor Day Weekend, 2005. The sold-out shows made history in the Windy City as Buffett's concerts were the first at the 92 year-old ballpark.

An accomplished author, when his 1998 travel-memoir A Pirate Looks At Fifty hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, Buffett became the sixth author in history to have reached number No. 1 on both the New York Times fiction and non fiction lists. Other authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace and Dr. Seuss. Buffett has also written the best-selling mystery Where Is Joe Merchant?, the novel A Salty Piece Of Land, and Tales from Margaritaville, a collection of short stories.

Take The Weather With You returns Buffett back to his country foundation with breezy ballads, interpretations of alt-country songs, a version of Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" and mariachi horns in "Cinco De Mayo In Memphis." A tribute to the historic bars along the Gulf Coast in "Bama Breeze" is flavored with sublime Southern riffs, and Buffett fulfilled a dream of playing with Mark Knopfler, who wrote and guests on "Whoop De Doo."

When recording this new record, Buffett brought together an excellent array of talented musicians. "Weather With You" includes the English rock band Gomez, on Neil and Tim Finn's (Crowded House) title track. Original Coral Reefer steel guitarist Doyle Grisham continues to complement the enchanting sounds of Robert Greenidge (master steel drummer from Trinidad) and world-renowned percussionist Ralph MacDonald (prolific composer of numerous hits, including "Where Is The Love" and "Just The Two Of Us"). Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro also appears on several songs. Produced by Coral Reefer band members Michael Utley and Mac McAnally, most of Take The Weather With You was mixed on a soulful Neve Console in McAnally's hometown of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Buffett reinvents Mary Gauthier's "Wheel Inside The Wheel" with swampy rhythms crafted by Lafayette, Louisiana slide guitarist Sonny Landreth. "That song summed up the French Quarter when I was 18 years old," Buffett said. "Without realizing it, I went to my roots on this record. It's not a stretch for me to do country music."

On Take The Weather With You, he takes a philosophical look at the devastation of the Crescent City in the ballad "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On," which Buffett wrote with former drummer Matt Betton. "When the storm hit New Orleans, I was performing at Wrigley Field in Chicago" said Buffett. "I go back to the emotions I was feeling on stage there during the biggest show of my life. That spilled over into this record. People still don't understand the devastation along the Gulf Coast. I was angry and started writing about it, but Matt sent me the first makings of 'Move On' and that calmed me down."

Take The Weather With You combines a variety of styles and sounds from Nashville, New Orleans and Key West. It's a smooth sail for Buffett.

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