Friday, June 19, 2009
2009 Trop Rock Music Awards
This November, in Key West, I'll be attending the second annual Trop Rock Music Awards (TRMA). Organized by the good folks of the Margarita MAFIA (Members And Fans In Alliance), we will for the first time have our awards ceremony as part of the official schedule of the Meeting of the Minds! The ceremony will be held on Friday night on the Main Stage at the Casa Marina Hotel! How cool is that?
As I did last year, I have again signed up as a sponsor of this event. I believe strongly in the future of Trop Rock music as a viable genre, and this is one small way in which I can support that.
If you're not currently a MAFIA member, why not? Dues are reasonable, and you get a free T-shirt and breaking news about all of your favorite Trop Rock artists every month. Follow the above link to their Website and sign up!
This year, for the first time, I have an album eligible for the TRMA. My current album, Every Day's a Holiday, was released last August, and is therefore eligible for Album of the Year. I don't know yet whether I'll get nominated, but I've got my fingers crossed. Stay tuned.
As I did last year, I have again signed up as a sponsor of this event. I believe strongly in the future of Trop Rock music as a viable genre, and this is one small way in which I can support that.
If you're not currently a MAFIA member, why not? Dues are reasonable, and you get a free T-shirt and breaking news about all of your favorite Trop Rock artists every month. Follow the above link to their Website and sign up!
This year, for the first time, I have an album eligible for the TRMA. My current album, Every Day's a Holiday, was released last August, and is therefore eligible for Album of the Year. I don't know yet whether I'll get nominated, but I've got my fingers crossed. Stay tuned.
Labels: Casa Marina, MOTM, Parrothead, trop rock
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Jimmy Buffett at the Fillmore!
Now that was a helluva show.
The Contra Costa Times had an excellent review. I agree with Mike Wolcott; it was a one-of-a-kind performance. Jimmy does "God's Own Drunk" for the first time in seven years, and tops it off with his first live cover of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35."
The audience was about 99.9% "phaithphul" Parrotheads, and some of the nicest people on the planet. A few fuggheads managed to stumble in somehow; the bouncers were really good about getting those folks out of the way when they became a nuisance.
It's the closest I've ever managed to get to the stage when Jimmy was on it, and while it's still not the same as having him in my living room, it was very personal. And Jimmy was cutting up more with the audience than I usually see him do. At the end of "Everybody's On the Phone," he borrowed the cell phone of an audience member who'd been "simulcasting" to a friend and talked to the person on the other end. I can't imagine how cool that must have been for that person. And he signed quite a bit of stuff for folks up front between songs and at the end of the show.
To top it all off, the Fillmore gave us souvenir posters on our way out. They're very nicely done, and worth framing.
It was definitely the type of show you "won't see in Vegas," as Jimmy put it.
I hope he does it again.
The Contra Costa Times had an excellent review. I agree with Mike Wolcott; it was a one-of-a-kind performance. Jimmy does "God's Own Drunk" for the first time in seven years, and tops it off with his first live cover of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35."
The audience was about 99.9% "phaithphul" Parrotheads, and some of the nicest people on the planet. A few fuggheads managed to stumble in somehow; the bouncers were really good about getting those folks out of the way when they became a nuisance.
It's the closest I've ever managed to get to the stage when Jimmy was on it, and while it's still not the same as having him in my living room, it was very personal. And Jimmy was cutting up more with the audience than I usually see him do. At the end of "Everybody's On the Phone," he borrowed the cell phone of an audience member who'd been "simulcasting" to a friend and talked to the person on the other end. I can't imagine how cool that must have been for that person. And he signed quite a bit of stuff for folks up front between songs and at the end of the show.
To top it all off, the Fillmore gave us souvenir posters on our way out. They're very nicely done, and worth framing.
It was definitely the type of show you "won't see in Vegas," as Jimmy put it.
I hope he does it again.
Labels: concert, Jimmy Buffett, Parrothead
