Live at Fenway Park is a live album

Live album

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 by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett

James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...

 and is one of number of Jimmy Buffett sound board live albums

Jimmy Buffett sound board live albums

Jimmy Buffett sound board live albums are a series of live albums by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett recorded directly from the sound board without further editing thus resembling bootleg recordings...

 recorded directly from the mixing console

Mixing console

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 without further editing thus resembling bootleg recording

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s.

The album was recorded at Fenway Park

Fenway Park

Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

 ballpark

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 September and 12 September 2004, two dates on Buffett's License to Chill Tour. It was released in November 2005 on two compact disc

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s on Mailboat

Mailboat Records

Mailboat Records is a record label established in 1999 by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The label's first release was Buffett's Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. In addition to Buffett, the label's roster includes Dan Fogelberg, Bret Michaels, Boz Scaggs, Def Leppard and...

 2115 and includes a DVD

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 containing 55 minutes of footage from the two shows. It was produced by Michael Utley

Michael Utley

Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...

, a member of Buffett's Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Originally it was a fictional band consisting of the imaginary members Marvin Gardens, Kay Pasa, Al Vacado and Kitty Litter....

.

Songs

The album includes all of the songs in Buffett's "Big 8" songs that he nearly always performs in concert. Due to the location of the concert in the home stadium of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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, Buffett performed several related songs including baseball anthem "Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of...

," Red Sox' fan favorite "Sweet Caroline

Sweet Caroline

"Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album. There are three distinct mixes of this song...

," originally by Neil Diamond

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, and "Respect

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"Respect" is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. "Respect" became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin. The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few minor changes in the lyrics, the stories told...

," made popular by Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

, alluding to the Red Sox success in 2004 (they would go on to win the 2004 World Series

2004 World Series

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) after years of poor performance. Buffett also performed "Boat Drinks" which he says is the only of his songs written in and about Boston.

Chart performance

Live At Fenway Park hit #41 on the American Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart and #2 on the Independent Albums

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 chart.

Track listing

Disc 1:

1. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
   Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)
   "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977....
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:44
2. "The Great Filling Station Holdup
   The Great Filling Station Holdup
   "The Great Filling Station Hold Up" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his first single from that album...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:23
3. "Pencil Thin Mustache
   Pencil Thin Mustache
   "Pencil Thin Mustache," originally released as "Pencil Thin Moustache," is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974.It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:27
4. "Fruitcakes" (Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee) – 6:25
5. "License to Chill" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally
   Mac McAnally
   Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
   
   , Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
   Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
   
   ) – 4:17
6. "Son of a Son of a Sailor
   Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)
   "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It's the opening track of the 1978 album of the same name...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:18
7. "Boat Drinks
   Boat Drinks (song)
   "Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio.-History:The song was...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:17
8. "Brown Eyed Girl
   Brown Eyed Girl
   "Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the...
   
   " (Van Morrison
   Van Morrison
   Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
   
   ) – 5:59
9. "Volcano
   Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)
   "Volcano" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, and Harry Dailey and released as a single on MCA 41161 in November 1979....
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey) – 4:08
10. "Why Don't We Get Drunk
    Why Don't We Get Drunk
    "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a b-side to the first single from his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean...
    
    " (Jimmy Buffett) / "Sweet Caroline
    Sweet Caroline
    "Sweet Caroline" is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. It was later released on December 9, 1972 as a part of Diamond's Hot August Night album. There are three distinct mixes of this song...
    
    " (Neil Diamond
    Neil Diamond
    Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
    
    ) – 5:05
11. "Hey Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) – 3:35
12. "Pascagoula Run" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 4:09
13. "One Particular Harbour
    One Particular Harbour (song)
    "One Particular Harbour" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett and Hawaiian-born Tahitian musician Bobby Holcomb and released as a single on MCA 52298 in October 1983.It was first released on his 1983 album One Particular...
    
    " (Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb
    Bobby Holcomb
    Bobby Holcomb was an artist and musician who wrote popular Polynesian tunes.- Biography :Bobby Holcomb was born in 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of an African-American father from Georgia, and a Hawaiian-Portuguese mother....
    
    ) – 6:55

Disc 2:

1. "Respect
   Respect (song)
   "Respect" is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. "Respect" became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin. The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few minor changes in the lyrics, the stories told...
   
   " (Otis Redding
   Otis Redding
   Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
   
   ) – 2:47
2. "Gypsies in the Palace
   Gypsies in the Palace
   "Gypsies in the Palace" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1985 album Last Mango in Paris and was his first of three charting singles off that album...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett, Glenn Frey
   Glenn Frey
   Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
   
   , Will Jennings
   Will Jennings
   Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...
   
   ) – 5:38
3. "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit
   Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
   "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his third single from that album...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:03
4. "Come Monday
   Come Monday
   "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:27
5. "Jolly Mon Sing" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley
   Michael Utley
   Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
   
   , Will Jennings) – 5:02
6. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game
   Take Me Out to the Ball Game
   "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of...
   
   " (Jack Norworth
   Jack Norworth
   Jack Norworth was a U.S. songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer.Norworth is credited as co-writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wrote the lyrics of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in 1908, his most long lasting hit. But it wasn't until 1940 that he actually witnessed a Major...
   
   , Albert Von Tilzer
   Albert Von Tilzer
   Albert Von Tilzer was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"....
   
   ) – 1:44
7. "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Jim "Moose" Brown, Don Rollins) – 3:44
8. "Cheeseburger in Paradise
   Cheeseburger In Paradise
   "Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:42
9. "Coast of Carolina" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally – 4:26
10. "Cuban Crime of Passion" (Jimmy Buffett, Tom Corcoran) – 5:26
11. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
    "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album A1A and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single....
    
    " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:57
12. "Piece of Work" (William A. Kimbrough) – 4:14
13. "Margaritaville
    Margaritaville
    "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
    
    " (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:51
14. "Fins
    Fins (song)
    "Fins" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Buffett, Coral Reefer Band members Deborah McColl and Barry Chance, and author Tom Corcoran. It was released as a single on MCA 41109 in July 1979.It was first released on his 1979 album...
    
    " (Jimmy Buffett, Barry Chance, Tom Corcoran, Deborah McColl) – 7:46
15. "Scarlet Begonias
    Scarlet Begonias
    "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead in 4/4 time. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The song first appears on the 1974 release Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel....
    
    " Jerry Garcia
    Jerry Garcia
    Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
    
    , Robert Hunter
    Robert Hunter (lyricist)
    Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
    
    – 4:10
16. "Southern Cross
    Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song)
    "Southern Cross" is a song written by Stephen Stills and performed by the rock band Crosby, Stills & Nash. It was released in 1982 on the band's Daylight Again album. Stephen Stills sings lead vocals throughout, with Graham Nash joining the final verse....
    
    " (Stephen Stills
    Stephen Stills
    Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
    
    , Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis) – 4:58
17. "Defying Gravity" (Jesse Winchester
    Jesse Winchester
    Jesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...
    
    ) – 3:34

DVD:

1. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
2. "Jump in Line"
3. "License to Chill"
4. "Boat Drinks"
5. "Fruitcakes"
6. "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
7. "Why We Don't Get Drunk" / "Sweet Caroline"
8. "Respect"
9. "Jolly Mon Sing"
10. "Coast of Carolina"
11. "Cuban Crime of Passion"
12. "Southern Cross"
13. "Defying Gravity"

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Originally it was a fictional band consisting of the imaginary members Marvin Gardens, Kay Pasa, Al Vacado and Kitty Litter....

:

• Jimmy Buffett — vocals, guitar
• Peter Mayer — guitar
• Tina Gullickson — vocals
• Nadirah Shakoor
  Nadirah Shakoor
  Nadirah Shakoor is an American vocalist, best known for her work in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, which she joined in 1995, and is still touring with it as the featured female vocalist. "Nod to the Storyteller" is Nadirah's tribute to Jimmy Buffett, who for the last 13 years has featured her...
  
   — vocals
• Robert Greenidge
  Robert Greenidge
  Robert Greenidge is a steelpan player in the United States and a member of popular music singer Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band and the instrumental group Club Trini.-Career:...
  
   — steel drums
• Michael Utley
  Michael Utley
  Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
  
   — keyboards
• Ralph MacDonald
  Ralph MacDonald
  Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...
  
   — percussion
• Jim Mayer — bass guitar
• Roger Guth — drums
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   — guitar, vocals
• Doyle Grisham — steel guitar
• Amy Lee — Saxophone
• T.C. Mitchell — saxophone
• John Lovell — trumpet
• Sonny Landreth
  Sonny Landreth
  Sonny Landreth is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana...
  
   — guitar
• Bill Payne
  Bill Payne
  Bill Payne is a founding member of American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by many other piano rock musicians, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano rock and blues music artists...
  
  — keyboards
• Dr.Charles Steinberg — organ on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"

External links

• Live at Fenway Park at BuffettWorld.com