Banana Wind
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Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
Studio | Shrimpboat Sound (Key West) | |||
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Length | 67:44 | |||
Label | Margaritaville Records/MCA/ MCAD-11451 (US, CD) | |||
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Banana Wind is the twentieth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on MCA and Margaritaville Records on June 4, 1996, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.
Songs
"Jamaica Mistaica" is about an incident in Jamaica on January 16, 1996, in which local authorities mistook Buffett's seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer, for a smuggling operation. The plane was shot; shortly before, Buffett, U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell had been aboard. No one was injured, though there were several bullet holes in the plane.[3] (The plane itself is now on display at Universal CityWalk, across from Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant.) "Desdemona's Building a Rocketship" concerns the character Desdemona from Buffett's 1992 novel Where Is Joe Merchant? The song "False Echoes" (Havana 1921) references the ship captained by Jimmy's grandfather, the five-masted barkentine Chickamauga, named after the civil war vessel CSS Chickamauga.[4]
Track listing
All songs by Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer and Jim Mayer, except where noted.
- "Only Time Will Tell" – 4:12
- "Jamaica Mistaica" – 5:54
- "School Boy Heart" (Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton) – 4:35
- "Banana Wind" (Instrumental) – 3:57
- "Holiday" (Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Eaton, William Salter) – 5:05
- "Bob Robert's Society Band" (Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee) – 3:44
- "Overkill" – 4:55
- "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship" – 7:10
- "Mental Floss" – 4:02
- "Cultural Infidel" – 3:58
- "Happily Ever After (Now And Then)" (Jimmy Buffett, Dave Loggins) – 4:18
- "False Echoes (Havana 1921)" (Jimmy Buffett) – 15:54
- "Treetop Flyer" (Hidden Track) (Stephen Stills) – Starts around 20 seconds after "False Echoes" ends
Personnel
The Coral Reefer Band
- Jimmy Buffett – guitar and vocals
- Michael Utley – keyboards,
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor – harmonica
- Robert Greenidge – steel drums, percussion
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Roger Guth – drums
- Peter Mayer – guitars, vocals
- Jim Mayer – bass, vocals
- Amy Lee – saxophone
- John Lovell – trumpet
- Thom Mitchell – saxophone
- Claudia Cummings – background vocals
- Tina Gullickson – background vocals
- Nadirah Shakoor – background vocals
Guest musicians
- James Taylor – vocals
- Ben Taylor – vocals
- Bobby O'Dononvan – violin, penny whistle
- Teddy Mulet – trombone
- Freddy Fishstick (aka Jimmy Buffett)[5] – piano, trombone, mandolin, and vibes
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r236236
- ^ Hochman, Steve (June 2, 1996). "Banana Wind". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jimmy Buffett's Grumman Albatross – "The Hemisphere Dancer" – N928J » Jimmy Buffett World".
- ^ http://www.saltcay.org/history.htm, Archived November 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Freddie & the Fishsticks".
- ^ "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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- Michael Utley
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor
- Mac McAnally
- Robert Greenidge
- Deborah McColl
- Jim Mayer
- Peter Mayer
- Roger Guth
- Ralph MacDonald
- Down to Earth
- High Cumberland Jubilee
- A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
- Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
- A1A
- Havana Daydreamin'
- Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
- Son of a Son of a Sailor
- Volcano
- Coconut Telegraph
- Somewhere over China
- One Particular Harbour
- Riddles in the Sand
- Last Mango in Paris
- Floridays
- Hot Water
- Off to See the Lizard
- Fruitcakes
- Barometer Soup
- Banana Wind
- Beach House on the Moon
- Far Side of the World
- License to Chill
- Take the Weather with You
- Buffet Hotel
- Songs from St. Somewhere
- Life on the Flip Side
- Songs You Don't Know by Heart
- Equal Strain on All Parts
- You Had to Be There
- Feeding Frenzy
- Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
- Live at Texas Stadium
- encores
- Down to Earth/High Cumberland Jubilee compilations
- Greatest hits compilations: Songs You Know by Heart
- Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads (box set)
- A Pirate's Treasure
- All the Great Hits
- The Great Jimmy Buffett
- Biloxi
- Great American Summer Fun with Jimmy Buffett (EP)
- Calaloo (EP)
- Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection
and musical albums
- Rancho Deluxe soundtrack
- Christmas Island
- Don't Stop the Carnival (musical)
- 'Tis the SeaSon
- "Margaritaville"
- "Come Monday"
- "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
- "Volcano"
- "Fins"
- "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
- "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere"
- "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
- "One Particular Harbour"
- "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
- "Southern Cross"
- "Brown Eyed Girl"
- "Son of a Son of a Sailor"
- "God's Own Drunk"
- "Pencil Thin Mustache"
- "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"
- "Boat Drinks"
- "Gypsies in the Palace"
- "Jamaica Mistaica"
- "He Went to Paris"
- "Knee Deep"
- "The Great Filling Station Holdup"
- "Hey, Good Lookin'"
- "Surfing in a Hurricane"
- "Trip Around the Sun"
- "Math Suks"
- "Same Boat"
- Live by the Bay
- Music for Montserrat
- Live at Wrigley Field
- Live at Fenway Park
- Live in Anguilla
- Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
- Margaritaville merchandising
- Mailboat Records
- Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant
- Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant
- Land Shark Lager
- Jimmy Buffett discography
- Radio Margaritaville
- Hemisphere Dancer
- Savannah Buffett
- Save the Manatee Club
- Tonsil Trouble
- "Margaritaville" (South Park)
- Escape to Margaritaville