''Live at Fenway Park'' is a live album by American singer-songwriter

Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapis ...

. It is one of a number of

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recorded directly from the

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without further editing, in this sense resembling

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s. The album was recorded at

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ballpark in

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, Massachusetts on September 10 and 12, 2004, two dates on Buffett's License to Chill Tour. It was released in November 2005 on two compact discs on Mailboat 2115 and includes a DVD containing 55 minutes of footage from the two shows. It was produced by

Michael Utley Michael Edward Utley (born 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and was the musical director and keyboard player for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. After Buffett's death he retired from touring and was replaced by his ...

, a member of Buffett's

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Songs

The album includes all of the songs in Buffett's " Big 8" songs that he nearly always performs in concert. Due to the location of the concert in the home stadium of

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, Buffett performed several related songs including baseball anthem "

Take Me Out to the Ball Game "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 waltz song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game before writing the song. The song' ...

," Red Sox' fan favorite "

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," originally by

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, and "

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," made popular by

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, alluding to the Red Sox success in 2004 (they would go on to win the

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) after years of poor performance. Buffett also performed "Boat Drinks" which he says is the only of his songs written in and about Boston.

Chart performance

''Live at Fenway Park'' hit No. 41 on the American ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and No. 2 on the

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chart.

Track listing

Disc 1: #" Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:44 #" The Great Filling Station Holdup" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:23 #"

Pencil Thin Mustache "Pencil Thin Mustache" is a song written and performed by American popular-music singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single (with "Brand New Country Star") on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974. It was first released on his ...

" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:27 #"Fruitcakes" (Jimmy Buffett,

Amy Lee Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Evanescence. A classically trained pianist, Lee began writing music at ...

) – 6:25 #"License to Chill" (Jimmy Buffett,

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, Al Anderson) – 4:17 #"

Son of a Son of a Sailor ''Son of a Son of a Sailor'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later re-released on its successor label, MCA. Chart performance ''Son of a ...

" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:18 #" Boat Drinks" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:17 #"

Brown Eyed Girl "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Ho ...

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) – 5:59 #"

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" (Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey) – 4:08 #" Why Don't We Get Drunk" (Jimmy Buffett) / "

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) – 5:05 #" Hey Good Lookin'" (

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) – 3:35 #"Pascagoula Run" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 4:09 #"

One Particular Harbour ''One Particular Harbour''The album title is spelled with the British spelling ''harbour'' even in U.S. releases. is the twelfth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in September 1983 as MCA 5 ...

" (Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb) – 6:55 Disc 2: #"

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Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

) – 2:47 #" Gypsies in the Palace" (Jimmy Buffett,

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Will Jennings Wilbur Herschel Jennings (June 27, 1944 – September 6, 2024) was an American lyricist. He was known for writing the songs " Up Where We Belong", " Higher Love", " Tears in Heaven" and "My Heart Will Go On". He was inducted into the Songwriter ...

) – 5:38 #" Grapefruit Juicy Fruit" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:03 #" Come Monday" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:27 #"Jolly Mon Sing" (Jimmy Buffett,

, Will Jennings) – 5:02 #"

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Jack Norworth John Godfrey Knauff (January 5, 1879 – September 1, 1959), known professionally as Jack Norworth, was an American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer. Biography Norworth is credited as writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wr ...

Albert Von Tilzer Albert Von Tilzer (born Albert Gumm, March 29, 1878 – October 1, 1956) was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, " Take Me Out to the B ...

) – 1:44 #"

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album '' Greatest Hits Volume ...

" (Jim "Moose" Brown, Don Rollins) – 3:44 #" Cheeseburger in Paradise" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:42 #"Coast of Carolina" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally – 4:26 #"Cuban Crime of Passion" (Jimmy Buffett, Tom Corcoran) – 5:26 #" A Pirate Looks at Forty" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:57 #"Piece of Work" (William A. Kimbrough) – 4:14 #"

Margaritaville "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, released on his seventh album, '' Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes''. In the United States, "Margaritaville" reached number eight on the ''Billboard ''Hot 1 ...

" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:51 #"

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" (Jimmy Buffett, Barry Chance, Tom Corcoran, Deborah McColl) – 7:46 #"

Scarlet Begonias "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. Background The song begins in Grosvenor Square in London and also references " Tea for Two" from ''No, No, Nanette'' by ...

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, Robert Hunter – 4:10 #"

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, Michael Curtis) – 4:58 #"Defying Gravity" (

Jesse Winchester James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid ...

) – 3:34 DVD: #"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" #"Jump in Line" #"License to Chill" #"Boat Drinks" #"Fruitcakes" #"Son of a Son of a Sailor" #"Why We Don't Get Drunk" / "Sweet Caroline" #"Respect" #"Jolly Mon Sing" #"Coast of Carolina" #"Cuban Crime of Passion" #"Southern Cross" #"Defying Gravity"

Personnel

The

: *Jimmy Buffett – vocals, guitar *Peter Mayer – guitar *Tina Gullickson – vocals *

Nadirah Shakoor Nadirah Shakoor is an American singer, songwriter and recording artist. She is best known for her work as featured female vocalist in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, in the hip hop group Arrested Development and for her solo albums. She ha ...

— vocals *

Robert Greenidge Robert Greenidge (born 28 April 1950 in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad) is a steelpan player. He is a member of popular music singer Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band and the instrumental group Club Trini. Greenidge has also collaborated ...

— steel drums *

— keyboards *

Ralph MacDonald Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was an American percussionist, steelpan virtuoso, songwriter, musical arranger, and record producer. His compositions include " Where Is the Love", a Grammy Award winner for the due ...

— percussion *Jim Mayer – bass guitar *Roger Guth – drums *

— guitar, vocals *Doyle Grisham – steel guitar *

— Saxophone *T.C. Mitchell – saxophone *John Lovell – trumpet ;Special guests *

Sonny Landreth Clide Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, and settled in Lafayette, Louisiana. He lives in Br ...

— guitar *

Bill Payne William H. Payne (born March 12, 1949, in Waco, Texas) is an American pianist who, with Lowell George, co-founded the American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other rock pianists, including Elton John, to be one of the finest A ...

— keyboards *Dr. Charles Steinberg – organ on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"

References

External links

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