Thursday, March 03, 2005
Jimmy Buffett: Uncut
I just watched the 60 Minutes/CMT special, "Jimmy Buffett: Uncut" on CMT on Tuesday night. It was very interesting, especially to the part of me that's working to create even a small percentage of his popularity for my own music and such.
It was a montage of interview and concert bites, going into some depth about his career, his show, and his Parrothead fans. The concert footage seems to have mostly been gotten at a Palm Beach performance last year, with some bits from the big Texas show with George Strait, Alan Jackson, and others last Memorial Day.
I've been fortunate in recent months to have seen a number of Buffett interviews and shows in which he's opened up somewhat more than he would at the typical stadium show. When he does that, I learn a bit more about what being an artist means to him. Sometimes it helps me with working out what being an artist means to me. For that, I'm grateful.
For example, he talked about how hard he's had to work over the years, how he's always kept an eye on making sure he'd come out of his career with something to live on. He said he doesn't consider himself a great musician, and that what he does is that he knows his audience and gives them what they want. These are things I've been hearing in other places, so they make an impression on me.
In retrospect, I suppose taping it so I could review it in the future might have been a good idea. But I'm sure someone in our local Parrothead club has done so.
It was a montage of interview and concert bites, going into some depth about his career, his show, and his Parrothead fans. The concert footage seems to have mostly been gotten at a Palm Beach performance last year, with some bits from the big Texas show with George Strait, Alan Jackson, and others last Memorial Day.
I've been fortunate in recent months to have seen a number of Buffett interviews and shows in which he's opened up somewhat more than he would at the typical stadium show. When he does that, I learn a bit more about what being an artist means to him. Sometimes it helps me with working out what being an artist means to me. For that, I'm grateful.
For example, he talked about how hard he's had to work over the years, how he's always kept an eye on making sure he'd come out of his career with something to live on. He said he doesn't consider himself a great musician, and that what he does is that he knows his audience and gives them what they want. These are things I've been hearing in other places, so they make an impression on me.
In retrospect, I suppose taping it so I could review it in the future might have been a good idea. But I'm sure someone in our local Parrothead club has done so.
# posted by Loren Davidson @ 7:19 AM 
