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So, tonight the loss of Robert made me look back on my concerts..

When was your FIRST JB concert?
When was your LAST JB concert?
What was your FAVORITE JB concert?

My FIRST was 1996, Fiddlers Green, Colorado.
My LAST was 2018, Coors Field, Colorado, with the Eagles.
My FAVORITE was 2016 at Red Rocks.

Sigh.

First show was November 2001 at The Palace of Auburn Hills
Last show not counting last year's CRB show at Pine Knob was Sept 2021 at Pine Knob which was a late addition by JB
to the concert schedule, so thankful for that.
Favorite.....Can't definitively peg one. Different favs for different reasons.

First: February 2001, Houston, TX
Last: June 2022, Houston, TX

Which I've just now realized. I rarely saw Jimmy in Houston, but I started and ended there. Weird.

Best? No way. I can't pick one - actually, maybe I can. Frisco 2007. I still have a Feeding Frenzy cup right here on my desk from that one. But it might have been the Great Woods not-quite-hurricane show (that was 2008, but it rained a lot in 2009, too - that was an adventure for sure). Or the one where my now partner showed up to surprise me after flying across the country. Or the one where she got really upset by a song for personal reasons and myself and our other friend just held her tight until it passed. There was the one when he finally played Migration. But yeah. Too many. Thanks, Jimmy. Thanks, Phriends.

For fun:

Houston - 3

Dallas/Frisco - 11

Austin - 2

Boston Area - 3

Dublin, Ireland - 1

First show: Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater - 09/16/2003
Last show: Seattle, WA - Key Arena - 06/03/2018
Best show: Honolulu, HI - Waikiki Shell - 02/28/2009

first - Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY, July 2, 1988

last - Ascend Amphitheatre, Nashville, TN, July 16, 2021 (I saw him in Nashville 3 times, each concert was at a different venue.)

favorite - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, April 15, 2000 (This was the first time I ever traveled to a Buffett concert, it was on my birthday, he did several songs that I rarely heard live and he closed the show with Viva Las Vegas.)

First Show was in 1991 - Fairmont Park Philadelphia, PA
Last Show was 2009 (I think, I'd have to check my shirts to be sure) at Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
Favorite Show 2001 also Great Woods - I had scored 4 front row center seats at the box office on the day of sale. Those were the days...

My first was The Garden State Arts Center Holmdel NJ 1990
My last was 2022 Aug Jones Beach.
Favorite. I only missed his last full tour and Beach House tour so the most favorite were the shows pre 2004.

moog wrote: June 9, 2026 5:08 pm My first was The Garden State Arts Center Holmdel NJ 1990
My last was 2022 Aug Jones Beach.
Favorite. I only missed his last full tour and Beach House tour so the most favorite were the shows pre 2004.

Hey Moog ! We met you and your son at that 2022 tailgate

Caribbean Soul wrote: June 9, 2026 5:05 pm First Show was in 1991 - Fairmont Park Philadelphia, PA
Last Show was 2009 (I think, I'd have to check my shirts to be sure) at Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
Favorite Show 2001 also Great Woods - I had scored 4 front row center seats at the box office on the day of sale. Those were the days...

I'm going to second that I think it was Great Woods 2009, because I was there and I'm pretty sure we met briefly.

Ye olde Shaw's meetup to drive in together. Those were the days...

jedivet wrote: June 10, 2026 12:13 pm

Caribbean Soul wrote: June 9, 2026 5:05 pm First Show was in 1991 - Fairmont Park Philadelphia, PA
Last Show was 2009 (I think, I'd have to check my shirts to be sure) at Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
Favorite Show 2001 also Great Woods - I had scored 4 front row center seats at the box office on the day of sale. Those were the days...

I'm going to second that I think it was Great Woods 2009, because I was there and I'm pretty sure we met briefly.

Ye olde Shaw's meetup to drive in together. Those were the days...

Possibly! For some odd reason my memory may be a bit... hazy?!

INDEED!!

Saltx3 wrote: June 10, 2026 8:42 am

moog wrote: June 9, 2026 5:08 pm My first was The Garden State Arts Center Holmdel NJ 1990
My last was 2022 Aug Jones Beach.
Favorite. I only missed his last full tour and Beach House tour so the most favorite were the shows pre 2004.

Hey Moog ! We met you and your son at that 2022 tailgate

Nicholas also viewed his first female urinating in the open. We were coming from parking lot and by an overpass these young women did pee pee.
Nicholas was only 12.

Caribbean Soul wrote: June 10, 2026 6:04 pm

jedivet wrote: June 10, 2026 12:13 pm

Caribbean Soul wrote: June 9, 2026 5:05 pm First Show was in 1991 - Fairmont Park Philadelphia, PA
Last Show was 2009 (I think, I'd have to check my shirts to be sure) at Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
Favorite Show 2001 also Great Woods - I had scored 4 front row center seats at the box office on the day of sale. Those were the days...

I'm going to second that I think it was Great Woods 2009, because I was there and I'm pretty sure we met briefly.

Ye olde Shaw's meetup to drive in together. Those were the days...

Possibly! For some odd reason my memory may be a bit... hazy?!

INDEED!!

That was before I quit drinking, too, but I think so...

Late bloomer here.

My first was 6/29/2006 Uncasville, CT
My last was 6/23/2012 Great Woods, MA
Favorite: 9/6/2008 Great Woods, MA (Tropical Storm Hanna; show bumped up to 3pm). JB and the CRB achieved another level due to the storm.

First: 1993 Great Woods
Last: 2022 Great Woods
About 120 shows in-between all over the US.
Favorite: Prob Great Woods 96 when Jimmy opened the show performing on the lawn 5 feet from me.
Honorable mention: Frisco 2010, Jones Beach 2004, Woodstock 2022, Vegas 2003, Chicago 99, House of Blues (Boston) 2016 and of course Great Woods 2008, Hurricane Hanna 3pm show that lasted over 3 hours with Jimmy confusing the CRB by improvising the set list of the fly by adding more songs.

Amazing to see so many of us Great Woods New England PHs in here!

BottleofRum wrote: June 11, 2026 11:40 am First: 1993 Great Woods
Last: 2022 Great Woods
About 120 shows in-between all over the US.
Favorite: Prob Great Woods 96 when Jimmy opened the show performing on the lawn 5 feet from me.
Honorable mention: Frisco 2010, Jones Beach 2004, Woodstock 2022, Vegas 2003, Chicago 99, House of Blues (Boston) 2016 and of course Great Woods 2008, Hurricane Hanna 3pm show that lasted over 3 hours with Jimmy confusing the CRB by improvising the set list of the fly by adding more songs.

That one is a tie for second for me, Jimmy was directly behind us for the open!!
But in 1999 we were treated to Club Trini performance before the show, inside the gates, right off the food area outside the venue itself, and JImmy "snuck" into their set behind a fan's HUGE Buffett Head! I was right in front and it was the closest I had been to him, until 2 years later. It was also when I met a fellow VPHCer when we recognized each others "screen name" tags! Good times!!