The
2000s
January 2000: Margaritaville
Tequila is released in California
April 13, 2000
: Jimmy buys another plane, a 1982
Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50 N502JB
May 1, 2000
: Jimmy signs an agreement to purchase two
Krispy-Kreme doughnut shops that will be built in Palm Beach County Florida
May 5, 2000
: Jimmy sings a duet with Lyle Lovett on the song
"If I Had a Boat" at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
May 5, 2000
: Club
Trini Late Night CD release party at
the Margaritaville New Orleans including JB on a few songs.
May 13, 2000
: One of the original Coral Reefers Greg
"Fingers" Taylor
announces he quits the band.
June 8, 2000
: Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays Tour kicks off
with a show in Camden
NJ.
June / July 2000: Clint Black
performs at several shows
June 13, 2000
: "Tales
from Margaritavision" Video
collection is released
July 4, 2000
: Jimmy spends the Fourth onboard the aircraft
carrier USS John F. Kennedy (along with Bill Clinton and others) at the OpSail
2000 festivities in
New York
Harbor
July 31, 2000
: Southampton
College "All for the Sea"
benefit concert.
August 25, 2000
: Jimmy performs at Clinton's 54th Birthday party.
Sept 14, 2000
: Jimmy performs at Democratic
Fundraiser for Presidential candidate
Al Gore
Sept 25, 2000
: Jimmy performs at a Fundraiser for Presidential
candidate Al Gore in Coral Gables, FL.
October 6, 2000
: Jimmy announces his plans not to tour during
the Summer of 2001.
October 2000: Outback Steakhouse
purchases the naming rights to develop a chain of Cheeseburger
in Paradise Restaurants from Jimmy for
$1,000,000.
Nov 1-2, 2000
: Jimmy campaigns and performs
at various rallies for Senate candidate Bill Nelson
and Presidential Candidate Al Gore in
Florida
.
Nov 4, 2000
: East
Hampton Benefit show for the Montessori
School.
Nov 15, 2000
: Jimmy was a guest lecturer at Livingston
Taylor's class at Berkley College of Music in Boston.
Nov 18, 2000
: Jimmy attends the wedding of Michael Douglas
and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Feb 4, 2001
: Jimmy was asked by a referee to move from his
seat during a game between the Miami Heat and the NY Nicks because of shouting
profanity
Feb 20, 2001
: Jimmy pays tribute to Dale Earnhardt during a
show in Charlotte NC. He dedicates the song "Take Another Road" to #3.
April 2001 to August 2001: Jimmy's
musical "Don't Stop the Carnival" has a run at the Atlantis Hotel in
the Bahamas
(Paradise
Island).
May 22nd to
June 6th 2001
: First leg of the "2001:
A Beach Odyssey" tour. Jimmy
takes the summer off and continues the second leg of the tour on August 27th.
July 20, 2001
: Jimmy performs on The
Today Show
Oct 13, 2001
: East
Hampton Benefit show for the
Montessori
School
(3rd Annual Harvest Moon benefit show)
Nov 16, 2001
: Benefit show at Madison
Square Garden for the victims of Sept
11th
February 2002: Ocho
Rios Margaritaville opens in
Jamaica
March 19, 2002
: Jimmy's new studio album "Far
Side of the World" is released.
It was originally scheduled to come out on
Oct 23, 2001
, but was delayed because the art work selected
for the cover depicted JB in Arab clothing on the back of a camel. The premise
for the change was not to offend anyone because of 9/11.
May 23, 2002
: Jimmy Buffett appears on the Tonight Show and
sings "Far Side of the World"
August 7, 2002
: Jimmy performs with Jerry Jeff Walker at at
the Stephen Talkhouse in
Amagansett
,
NY
August 9, 2002
: Cancun
Margaritaville opens in
Mexico
August 12, 2002
: Jimmy and his son Cameron sail aboard the Coast
Guard schooner Barque Eagle
August 22, 2002
: The first Cheeseburger
in Paradise restaurant opens in Indianapolis. Jimmy performed a private show at the
restaurant on August 19th.
October 8, 2002
: Jimmy performs at the "Music
to My Ears" benefit show for Timothy White at Madison Square Garden
NYC. Other artists who played at the benefit include James Taylor, John
Mellencamp, Don Henley, Sheryl Crow, and Sting.
October 31, 2002
: Jimmy makes a surprise appearance on Halloween
night at Margaritaville in Key West
during MOTM. He performs with the band St.
Somewhere.
November 1, 2002
: Jimmy makes a surprise appearance at the Margaritaville
Street Festival & Block Party
during Meetings of the Minds. Members of the Jonathan Birchfield Band perform
with him.
November 2, 2002
: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
performed at a benefit show for Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning's
underprivileged Children's program at Nikki's Beach Club in
Miami
.
November 4, 2002
: Jimmy performs at several campaign rallies for
democrat Senator nominee Bill McBride in Florida.
December 6, 2002
: Jimmy Buffett entertains the troops at
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in
Cuba
January 16, 2003
: Martin
Guitar announces the release of two
new Jimmy Buffett signature guitars
January 8-10, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band record
some tracks for a new album at Shrimpboat Sound in Key West. The 2 CD collection called "Meet Me in
Margaritaville" will feature previously released material, new recordings
of old favorites, and two cover songs.
March 2, 2003
: Margaritaville
Shrimp is now available at
participating retailers.
April 15, 2003
: A
new 2 CD greatest hits collection, "Meet
Me in Margaritaville: the Ultimate Collection",
is released. It reaches number 9 on the Billboard's Album chart in its first
week.
April 15, 2003
: The Tiki
Time Tour kicks off in
Houston
Texas
.
April 28, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
performed "Knees of My Heart" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
May 1, 2003
: Jimmy's father James Delaney Buffett Jr. passed
away at age 83, several years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
May 20, 2003
: "Meet Me in Margaritaville" was
certified Platinum by the RIAA (sales exceeding 1,000,000 units).
June 3, 2003
: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett's duet "It's
Five O'Clock Somewhere" gets its first airplay on country radio
stations. It was recorded at Shrimpboat Sound Studios in
Key West
in May 2003.
July 11, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform
on the Today
Show's Summer Concert Series.
July 13, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett performs at the All
for the Sea Benefit Show in
Southampton
NY
.
August 1, 2003: Alan Jackson and
Jimmy Buffett's duet "It's Five O'Clock
Somewhere" reaches number 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles Chart
(week ending 8/9/03) and number 1 on Radio and Records Country Chart (week
ending 8/1/03). This marks Jimmy's first number one song that he appears on.
September 25, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett's mother Mary Loraine (Peets)
Buffett passed away.
September 30, 2003
: Two live concert downloads , "Live in Seattle" and "Live in
Las Vegas", are released on Itunes.com.
October 7, 2003
: Jimmy sings "Take me out to the
Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch of the Cubs/Marlins National League
Championship Series game.
October 28, 2003
: Two live concert CDs, , "Live
in Seattle" and "Live in
Las Vegas", are released to retail outlets.
November 11, 2003
: Jimmy performs at the opening of the new
Cheeseburger in Paradise Restaurant in Downers Grove,
IL.
November 5, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson win the CMA
Award for Vocal Event of the Year. The two perform their duet "It's
Five O'clock
Somewhere" to open the CMA Awards show.
November 11, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett's MiniMatinee
DVD is released.
December 4, 2003
: Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson receive a Grammy
nomination for Best Country song for "It's
Five O'clock
Somewhere". This is Buffett's first Grammy nomination.
December 2003: Jimmy Buffett and
the Coral Reefer band record some tracks for the new album "Conchy Tonk"
at the Shrimpboat Sounds studio in Key West. The album's title was later changed to
"License to Chill."
July 13, 2004: JB releases "License to Chill."
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