Banana Wind
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| Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
| Released | 4 June 1996 | |||
| Recorded | at Shrimpboat Sound, Key West, Florida | |||
| Genre | Rock, Gulf and Western | |||
| Label | Margaritaville Records/MCA/ MCAD-11247 (U.S., CD) |
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| Producer | Russell Kunkel, Jimmy Buffett | |||
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Banana Wind is the twentieth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Released in June 1996, one year after Barometer Soup, released in August 1995.
Songs
"Jamaica Mistaica" is about an incident in Jamaica on January 16, 1996 in which local authorities mistook Jimmy's seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer, for a smuggling operation. The plane was shot at while carrying Buffett, U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell. No one was injured, though there were several bullet holes in the plane.[2] "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 the CSS Chickamauga.[3]
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) - Start 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
- Background Singers: Claudia Cummings, Tina Gullickson, Nadirah Shakoor
Guests
- James Taylor & Ben Taylor: Vocals
- Bobby O'Dononvan: Violin & penny whistle
- Teddy Mulet: Trombone
- Freddy Fishstick: Piano, trombone, mandolin, and vibes
