![]() ![]() ![]() “Why isn’t there a direct flight between Austin and Key West,” stamped Buffett after transforming Austin into an isle anyway with the barefoot country-folk of Eighties bookends “Coconut Telegraph” and “Off to See the Lizard.” If anyone can make Southwest Airlines reinstate that flight path, it’s a cottage (condo) industry like Jimmy Buffett, 68.īowing to Lubbock pedal steel maestro Doyle Grishman on the stage riser (“He’s played on every album”), Buffett doubled up a pair of oldies from his post-Nashville coming out. Buffett riling up some 2,500 lucksters under an unmenacing sky on the Red River strip bore the unmistakeable whiff of “only in Austin.” for a tour whose only Texas date remains June 6 in Dallas. Mega acts often touch off mondo tours on a much humbler scale than their usual stadiums, including the Rolling Stones last week in L.A. Instead of building an ark, JB delivered a heroic relief effort, bridling with pent-up energy and all but leaping in the audience to surf fanatics instead of remote corners of the globe. “I looked out my hotel window yesterday and thought Austin could become an island here any minute.” Announced a week ago, the instant sell-out left its money to local aid in the wake of the weekend’s calamitous rains, according to Buffett. “Look what rolled in with the flood!” crowed the singer at the stroke of 8pm.
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