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from my son-in-law (cd)



Done with my Buffett explorations for now. Son-in-law was unsuccessful in converting me to be a big fan. Jimmy's just ok recently. His candle burned out long ago. This is his most recent album, the 28th in his run. Didn't show up on the country charts for this one, but a respectable #17 in the overall. No charting singles shown. Jimmy went back to his own tunes for this one, penning nine of the twelve. A Bruce Cockburn and Jesse Winchester cover included. He also did one of Jesse's on his last album. Must be a fan. Don't care for the first track here, but the worst is what comes across as a failed rap attempt on Turn Up The Heat And Chill The Rose. That was bad. Best is the laid back Beautiful Swimmers with A Lot To Drink About the runner up.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Turn Up The Heat And Chill The Rose

Best Track - Beautiful Swimmers


Marilyn Monroe did a night shoot in a pool
Posing naked for a playboy spread
She was old, but she still was cool
When they wrapped right after midnight
And the crew went to the bar
Norma Jean just did the backstroke
Like she was reaching for a fallen star

Chorus:
Beautiful Swimmers they know how to move
Sliding cross the water like a steel guitar
Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove
Riding constant currents near and far

Standing in a tidal pool just east of Baltimore
Watching little blue crabs navigate the eastern shore
Every bayou stream and river in time runs to the sea
Every flounder, tadpole, and softshell feels the choreography

There all Beautiful Swimmers who know how to move
Sneaking pass the draggers and the oyster bars
Beautiful Swimmers just feel the groove
Painting liquid brush strokes like renoir

I miss my dorsal fin, I'm a big fish out of water
Dwellin' on the coastal plain

Now If I was as rich as the agacon
I tell you what I would do
Buy every man, woman, and child on this planet
A mask and a snorkle too
Then I'd leave this big migration
Destination Chesapeake Bay
Then we'd splash our way around the world
Life is just a water ballet

Come all you Beautiful Swimmers who know how to move
Let's crowd across the water like a steel guitar
Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove
Fetching constant currents near and far

1) Nobody From Nowhere *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uy0JJ68VVE
2) Wings **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5rOHSeyegI
3) Big Top **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2BYtsUII8
4) Beautiful Swimmers ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNF4n7Zo0NQ
5) Turn Up The Heat And Chill The Rose *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YwAzIhtX3s
6) Summerzcool ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFx6wsmBIno
7) Rhumba Man **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF3MsWskQ2Q
8) We Learned To Be Cool From You **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZNmqVHjuY
9) Surfing In A Hurricane **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HApl481JEUg
10) Life Short Call Now **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4xdiphcDk
11) Buffet Hotel **
12) A Lot To Drink About ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02_GS-653w

3's - 3
2's - 7
1's - 2

Grade - 2.1

so many albums, so little time