Jimmy Buffett

Son of a Son of a Sailor is one of those rare records that seek to capture the boisterous
fellowship of the endless party and the tingling brace of the sea. What it achieves is closer
to the atmosphere of one of those raw south Florida bars, where barefoot pot smugglers
and Perma-prest businessmen dine at rough-hewn tables coated with an inch of plastic,
while multicolored fish parade from one end of the tank to the other. But that's... More >

Buffett is very good at what he does, and it says a lot for his composing that the two changes of pace by Keith Sykes are the least memorable cuts on the album. But Buffett's band can't quite cut the funny, intelligent good-time music that is his forte. Anyone who gets up and boogies to rock and roll as routine as "Livingston Saturday Night" has been shaking ass to whatever came off the bandstand since he or she reached drinking age. On record, there happens to be better and more functional music available. (Grade: B)