Sunday, March 30, 2008
Margaritaville Comes Through For Parrotheads!
There's been a lot of speculation the past few months about whether Buffett would make an appearance in Phoenix again this year. For whatever reason, he seems to think nothing of passing us by these days. Getting a show is the exception, not the rule. I don't really understand why, since the show invariably sells out in a matter of minutes. He could sell out two here if he wanted.
Then, the opening of Margaritaville Glendale was announced.
He'll do Phoenix shows now! He wouldn't build one of his flagships here if he didn't intend to come to town!
2007: Nothing
2008: Nothing....so far
We found out a couple of weeks ago that Jimmy would be here on April 9th to do a grand opening show in the courtyard outside Margaritaville. That was the good news! The bad bews is it's only an hour, and it starts at 5:30 on a Wednesday. The even worse news was that it would be a small affair, by invitation only......
But Margaritaville came through! They're giving us 700 tickets to pass out to active Parrothead Club members in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. It would be very cool if the SLUT people could get a few, so I'd finally get the opportunity to meet Parrothead Utah. I may already have, but I just don't know who he is....and it would be a blast if Rhett, Lewie, Shannon, and the rest of the Wasatch gang could show up and hang out with us desert dwellers.
It was funny to watch the messages from well-intended people flying around on the AZPHC Yahoo group, trying to pass on information and rumors about this upcoming show. It was funny because they believed they were on the cutting edge of the concert information superhighway, but our board of directors had the information days before the posters did. We had been all over it for a couple of weeks, but just couldn't pass a lot of information along.
So we have our show. A shortened one for sure, and not the best choice of day and time...but a show nonetheless! And it should be a little more intimate. We'll be there with somewhere around 5,000 of our best friends instead of the usual 20,000 we phlock with out at Desert Sky Pavilion.
Reminds me of the block party at Meeting of the Minds. Except with this one, we at least know for sure that Buffett will show up!
