Jimmy Buffett Buried Treasure Volume 1 (Record, Mailboat Records, 2017) ***
Genre: Folk, pop
Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Don't Bring Me Candy
Gear costume: Abandoned on Tuesday
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Don't Bring Me Candy
Gear costume: Abandoned on Tuesday
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Active compensatory factors: I went into this one blindly, not realising that Jimmy was going to be acting as a DJ for each track. I ended up skipping the introductions and just listened to the newly (for 2017) discovered songs from 1969.
Active compensatory factors: I went into this one blindly, not realising that Jimmy was going to be acting as a DJ for each track. I ended up skipping the introductions and just listened to the newly (for 2017) discovered songs from 1969.
He says that he was mimicking Gordon Lightfoot at the time, and you can certainly hear that but what the songs reveal is a young singer songwriter beginning the voyage of discovery. So, as long as you keep that in mind, it's a pleasurable cruise through his back pages.
If you are looking for the laid-back sea dog you will be disappointed.
Where do they all belong? Not sure I'll jump aboard for any further volumes.
Where do they all belong? Not sure I'll jump aboard for any further volumes.
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