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the show, what surprised me is how well behaved everyone was. This was no drunken fight scene there was a wonderful prevailing air of good feelings, as the animated and happy crowd danced, sang, and cheered all night. It was truly a nice party to attend. The age range is from young children to much older folks. It's a bit wild but you never feel threatened or unsafe. It's a beach party, and a happy one. A LOT of people overindulge, but hey, it's Mardi Gras.

Jimmy Buffet took to the stage barefoot, in a blue T shirt and Yellow shorts. The background was a painted view of the beach, and the feel good beach party began. Buffet put on an amazing show. You never see a performer who spends the majority of the evening smiling, looking so happy, and clearly having a wonderful time. He clearly loves this gig; he kept thanking US and at one point he thanked us for, "40 years in a summer job I never imagined.."

Everyone was on their feet, beach balls bouncing around, and the lawn folks sitting in the rain and not caring. The Party had begun.

A review in the Friday Herald complained that a Buffet show lacks spontaneity and the fans just want to hear the old hits but this was not accurate. Buffet has a new album coming in October and peppered his nearly three hour set with a generous sampling of the new material, which was well received by the loving crowd. And the inclusion of Jake Shimabukuro of Hawaii, who plays the Ukulele like Jimmy Hendrix on a guitar -is simply phenomenal.

The entire show has a reggae, Caribbean island club feeling, and every song is breezy, pleasant, or makes you feel like you're at a beach party. We haven't danced at a concert so much in a long time!

Some highlights:

Buffet NEVER calls "The Tweeter Center" by that name it is always "Great Woods," the original name. The band has such a wonderful relationship and history with Great Woods. He said that the band travels all around," but they love coming back to Great Woods, "and there's a reason for that!"

In the past decade, Buffet's FOUR shows at Great Woods sold out in minutes every year. Now he's taking it a little easier and only doing two shows, still sold out.

I got Goosebumps (really) when Buffet played "Come Monday." I was 10 years old in 1975 and listening to that song on my transistor radio it was my favorite song for many years.

I LOVED the constant references to local places. Buffet loves the New England area. His boat was built in Southwest Harbor Maine and he dedicated the song "Son of a Son

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