Live by the Bay

Live by the Bay is a live video by the American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band. It was released in 1986 by MCA Entertainment. The 87-minute video was recorded from back to back concerts in Miami on August 16 and 17, 1985, at Miami Marine Stadium and is the first concert video released by Buffett. Miami Vice star Don Johnson introduced Buffett to the crowd. A brief rain shower during the middle of the Friday night show prompted Buffett to retreat to his sailboat (docked by the stage) and caused a majority of the final video release to feature the Saturday night show. After the rain cleared on Friday, the band played Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken" to demonstrate the equipment still functioned before Buffett returned to the stage.

The stadium was originally built for powerboat racing. It used a floating stage in front of the grandstand that allowed additional concertgoers to listen from their boats in the water behind the stage, as seen in video. The video introduction includes extended footage of "parrothead" fans on boats and in the water with "Gypsies in the Palace" playing in the background. Miami Marine Stadium was condemned after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and remains an abandoned hulk to this day. In 2009, Buffett recorded a short video supporting efforts to restore the stadium.

Live By The Bay was directed by Jack Cole, produced by Tammara Wells, and recorded and mixed by Elliot Scheiner. It was released on VHS and LaserDisc. As of 2015, the video is out of print and has not been released on DVD. It is occasionally shown on television by VH1 Classic as part of its Classic In Concert series.

Track list

Live by the Bay opening titles

Following are the tracks on the video:

1. Introduction / "Gypsies in the Palace"
2. "Door Number Three"
3. "Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit"
4. "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About"
5. "Stars on the Water"
6. "Coconut Telegraph"
7. "Come Monday"
8. "Ragtop Day"
9. "Who's the Blonde Stranger"
10. "Volcano"
11. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
12. Intermission / Interview
13. "One Particular Harbour"
14. "If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
15. "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw"
16. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
17. "Fins"
18. "Last Mango in Paris"
19. "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
20. "Margaritaville"
21. End titles / "Son of a Son of a Sailor"

Actual set list

There were several songs deleted from the film.

1. "The Great Filling Station Holdup"*
2. "Son of a Son of a Sailor"**
3. "Door Number Three"
4. "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit"
5. "Pencil Thin Mustache"*
6. "We Are the People our Parents Warned us About"
   Main Set
7. Stars on the Water
8. Coconut Telegraph
9. Come Monday
10. Ragtop Day
11. Who’s the Blonde Stranger?
12. Volcano
13. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Intermission
14. One Particular Harbour
15. If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me
16. Why Don’t We Get Drunk
17. Let it Ride (Josh Leo)*
18. Dixie Chicken (Josh Leo)*
19. I Can’t Tell You Why (Timothy B. Schmidt)*
20. Medley:*
    1. "Nautical Wheelers"*
    2. "Tin Cup Chalice"*
    3. "Boat Drinks"*
    4. "Banana Republics"*
    5. "The Captain and the Kid"*
    6. "Somewhere Over China"*
    7. "He Went to Paris"*
    8. "Cowboy in the Jungle"*
21. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
22. "Fins"
23. "Last Mango in Paris"
24. "A Pirate looks at Forty"
25. "Margaritaville"
    Encore
26. "Gypsies in the Palace"**
27. "Brown Eyed Girl"*

* = Not included on Live By the Bay
** = Abridged version appeared on Live By the Bay, not included on the track list and out of order

External links

• Video information at BuffettWorld.com
• Live by the Bay at Youtube.com