Son of a Son of a Sailor

by Jimmy Buffett

Overview

After his debut with 1970's Down to Earth, Jimmy Buffett released an album a year from 1973 to 1977, culminating with his commercial and artistic breakthrough, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which apotheosized his beach-bum persona in its hit single "Margaritaville." A year later, he's back with his seventh album, Son of a Son of a Sailor, but things have changed. Now, Buffett has a high-profile manager in Irving Azoff (who is dressed like Napoleon in the high-fashion photo spread across the gatefold of the LP), and as his smiling, well-upholstered image on the cover shows, he's not a beach bum anymore; now he looks like the happy owner of a yacht. Accordingly, he isn't writing songs like "Margaritaville" anymore, either. The closest approximation to that is "Cheeseburger in Paradise," which might as well be a commercial jingle for a fast-food chain. The locus of the songs still tends to be in the Caribbean, the characters still lowlifes, but the personal touch is missing. Buffett is writing fiction now, and the edge is off. Having achieved the perfect expression of his world-view the last time around, and profited handsomely as a result, he is now no longer funny in a self-deprecating way that makes his songs touching. He was never one to take himself too seriously, but now he's veering toward self-parody. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/06/2024
Label:	Geffen Records
UPC:	0602465571639
Rank:	2062

Tracks

1. Son of a Son of a Sailor
2. Fool Button
3. The Last Line
4. Livingston Saturday Night
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise
6. Coast of Marseilles
7. Cowboy in the Jungle
8. Mañana
9. African Friend

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmy Buffett   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Steve Goodman   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Larry Michael Lee   Guest Artist,Vocals
Janie Fricke   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Greg "Fingers" Taylor   Harmonica
Harvey Thompson   Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Kenny Buttrey   Drums,Percussion
Farrell Morris   Percussion
Larry Lee   Vocals (Background)
Jay Spell   Piano,Keyboards
Penny Nichols   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Norbert Putnam   Bass,Kalimba
Muscle Shoals Horns   Horn Section
Mike Utley   Organ,Keyboards
Ginger Holladay   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Deborah McColl   Vocals (Background)
Lea Jane Berinati   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Dennis Good   Horn
Tim Krekel   Guitar
Harrison Calloway, Jr.   Horn
The Sid Sharp Strings   Strings
Debbie McCall   Vocals
Harry Dailey   Bass,Vocals (Background)
William Pruett   Recorder,Flute (Bass)
Fingers Taylor   Organ,Harmonica
Ferrell Morris   Percussion,Marimba

Technical Credits

David Crowther   Assistant Engineer
Keith Sykes   Composer
Jimmy Buffett   Composer
Marty Lewis   Engineer
Norbert Putnam   Producer
Glenn Meadows   Mastering
Jimmy Stroud   Assistant Engineer