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As most devoted Parrotheads are well aware, Jimmy Buffett is no stranger to country music. Before he developed his trademark brand of Caribbean-influenced good-time pop, the sun-loving singer paid his dues on the Nashville circuit, eventually recording two albums of accomplished, if not particularly commercially successful, country rock (the best tracks from which were collected on 1994's BACK TO THE BEACH). With LICENSE TO CHILL, Buffett brings the cowboys to the beach, employing the talents of Music City's first-call studio musicians and superstar performers. Buffett's music is so comfortable that duet contributions from artists as diverse as Toby Keith, Nanci Griffith, and Bill Withers all sound perfectly at home. By applying island rhythms to country classics and combining steel of the pedal and drum varieties in a single song, Buffett has once again developed a new hybrid style that could perhaps be called "all-American world music."
New W/Guests:A.Jackson,C.Black ,K.Chesney,T.Keith,N.Griffith+
Personnel: Jimmy Buffett (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Buffett; J.L. Jamison (vocals, drums, percussion); Clint Black, Tim Bender, Chris Walsh , George Strait, Stan Kellam, Buddy Owen, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Michael Ramos, Mike Utley, Nanci Griffith, Toby Keith, Bill Withers (vocals); Doug Breidenbach (guitar); Doyle Grisham (pedal steel guitar); Tony Brown , Tony Brown (keyboards); Harry Stinson, Rachel Wilson, Jim Photoglo, Nadirah Shakoor, Wes Hightower, Bekka Bramlett (background vocals); Mac McAnally (vocals, guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Al Anderson, Sonny Landreth, Will Kimbrough (guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Buster Somar (harmonica); Michael Utley, Bill Payne (keyboards); Glenn Worf (bass guitar); Roger Guth (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum, timbales); Eric Darken, Ralph MacDonald (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Alan Schulman; Chris Stone.
Rolling Stone (p.116) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "The reassuring message is that getting older isn't all bad once you learn how to roll with the swell and, most important of all, chill out." Rolling Stone (p.141) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[T]he laid-back shuffle of songs such as the honky-tonk title track has earned him his first-ever Number One album." Entertainment Weekly (p.79) - "Buffett's smart - he knows the country demo is his as well, and clever genre mash-ups like 'Conky Tonkin'' and the oldie 'Sea of Heartbreak' make this experiment work." - Grade: B
Jimmy Buffett, License to Chill Buffett still has it!!! What a fun guy to listen to and enjoy!! Keep up the great work! Submitted by aicdj (Fort Worth, TX) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Very cool Very cool. I enjoyed and enjoying it much. A very upbeat sound Submitted by Crddnk (Worthington MN) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Different but still great. It's true that this one is not for diehard Parrotheads. While there are some great "island" selections, this album shows Buffett's true versatility as an artist. His arrangements of traditional country hits are outstanding, and the talent that he shares his duets with really makes this a special album. Even he is entitled to try something new, I guess, and he really pulled it off with this one. Submitted by doliveira (Providence, RI, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
best cd from jimmy in the last 3 years wonderful cd, it's the best Jimmy made in the last three years. Submitted by hansjklein (Wingst, Germany) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Out of Ten - 10 We just like the CD contents, the music, the songs are all put well together. Would recommend it to anyone
10/10. We are sure it would be well received. Submitted by countrydjrod (Windermere, Cumbria, United Kingdom) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Jimmy Buffett, License to Chill
Different but still great.
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