Redneck Riot at Heinz!

Oh yeah I know. He actually was slamming all the critics who thought he was trying to sound like Jimmy Buffet. What's funny is that Kenny Chesney just flat out rips him off though and people try to act like he's some kind of genius. Zack Brown is a talented guy but honestly his band rips him off pretty hard too.

 

Yeah ZBB is a really talented bunch of dudes. That's funny you mention the tractor song because the girl in that video is also from Maynardville. Her name is Gina Mabe and she was a Playboy Playmate and one of my buddies used to work at a Dairy Queen that was here at the time and one day her mom was in there showing off the magazine that had her daughter in it. It takes all kinds. LOL! Don't feel bad for being cynical. I feel the same way. I think it's totally calculated on his part. It's like his music now can only be about either nostalgia or Jimmy Buffet rip off bullcrap. I've even heard that he literally bought his own island.

 

Don't be dissin' my Jimmy Buffett! Everyone in my line of work LOVES at least one Buffett song! We can all relate to that "One Particular Harbour" where you can finally get a "Cheeseburger in Paradise" while you either avoid or become one of the "Fins". Buffett is an average singer at best but, he's one of the best songwriters out there. On par with Dylan or Paul Simon. There's even a sailing club here that named all their rental sailboats after Buffett songs. There are no boats named "The Perfect Country Song" to my knowledge. As for Coe's Key West song, Jimmy made it big and smartly left Key West. I've been to that little island and done the "Duval street crawl" and, while the place is a blast to visit, I can't see why anyone would live there on purpose. The only other good songs that Coe has are the ones on his X-rated album. I have a tape copy of that album and I'm amazed that it was actually recorded! NOT for the easily offended or faint of heart!
I like country music but don't understand the attraction to Kenny Chesney. Give me Garth, or Travis Tritt, or Brooks and Dunn! I even like that tick checker, Brad Paisley!

 

Brad Paisley is one of my favorite guitar players alive. He respects the traditions of country. I'm a huge Merle Haggard and Hank Sr. fan as well. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry is my favorite song of all time in any genre. DAC actually didn't mind Jimmy Buffet at all. He just was tired of people saying he was trying to rip him off. My buddy had that X Rated album and I remember when he let me hear that when I was a teenager and I couldn't believe it. There's one particular title on there with the word "Lover" in the title...if you know what I mean... that would pretty much get him killed these days. LOL! It was actually a joke about his bass player or something like that though. He also has another song about how things would have been if the south had won the Civil War as well that's really hardcore. I just think of all those songs as tongue in cheek and not things that he really believed. I could be wrong though. I wouldn't put Buffet in the McCartney or Brian Wilson territory of awesomeness though. Really I don't even know if I'd put him in Dylan territory. I think of him as more of a sorta "niche" type guy like Tom Waits or John Prine or something like that.

 

the rodeo song
nuffsed

 

Niche, yes but you have to look at the whole body of work. "He went to Paris" and "The Captain and the Kid" for example VS "Margaritaville" and "Fins"

 

That's cool that he mentions Randy Newman. Randy Newman rules.

 

I'm with you. His older stuff is his best IMO. "Incommunicato" and, of course, "Come Monday"
I don't recall a song with Toby. Must have been forgettable.

 

I didn't realize he started essentially ripping off Jimmy Buffet. I guess that's why he always seems to sell out football stadiums.
I have to say I can't really blame him for it, either. He might have sold his soul, but he's making truckloads of money doing it.