Product Details

• Actors: Jimmy Buffett
• Format: Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: SOHT
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2006
• Run Time: 165 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GIWHCU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,346 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Wrigleyville is transformed into Margaritaville as Jimmy Buffett, his band, and many thousands of his dancing, beer-guzzling, Hawaiian shirt-wearing, lei-draped fans invade the venerable Chicago baseball stadium for Live at Wrigley Field Double Header. Held over Labor Day weekend, 2005, the concerts themselves (a daytime show occupies one disc, with a nighttime set on the second) are standard Buffett fare--i.e., another opportunity for the above-named "Parrotheads" to pah-tay--but as the singer-songwriter frequently observes, the venue is something special. Before Buffett arrived, concerts on the sacred ground known as "the friendly confines" were as rare as Cub victories in the World Series (the team's last world championship, in 1908, preceded the opening of Wrigley Field by some six years), and Buffett, a onetime Chicago resident and longtime Cubs fan, is clearly thrilled to be there. Musically, familiar titles like "Cheeseburger in Paradise," Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw," and, of course, "Margaritaville" pretty much sum it up; those looking for depth would be as likely to find it on, say, a Paris Hilton record as here. Simply put, Jimmy Buffett don't play no blues, or lament lost love, or bemoan the state of the world; this is sun-soaked party music, no more and no less, and the folks eat it up. But the band (some 15 musicians, singers, and dancers) is right on it, and several moments during the first set evoke the loose-but-tight, slide guitar-driven feel of one of the great American groups, Little Feat (whose keyboardist, Bill Payne, is sitting in). And while Buffett is no one's idea of a world-class vocalist, his songs almost invariably include catchy choruses that everyone loves to sing along with, and his choice of covers includes Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin'," Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl," Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Southern Cross," the Grateful Dead's "Scarlet Begonias," and Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" (found among the bonus materials). Film montages of Buffett living the good life help break up the visual monotony of a long (165 minutes) concert, and technically the shows look and sound terrific. And don't miss ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro's astonishing rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" (also found among the bonus stuff), which may be the highlight of the whole gig. --Sam Graham

Product Description

DISC ONE:
1. Piece of Work
2. The Pascagoula Run
3. Hey Good Lookin'
4. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
5. I Will Play for Gumbo
6. Come Monday
7. Last Mango in Paris
8. Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street
9. License to Chill
10. Son of a Son of a Sailor
11. Cheeseburger in Paradise
12. Volcano
13. Brown Eyed Girl

DISC TWO:
1. Go Cubs Go
2. Why Don't We Get Drunk
3. La Vie Dansante
4. Banana Republics
5. Southern Cross
6. School Boy Heart
7. A Pirate Looks at Forty
8. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
9. The City
10. It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
11. One Particular Harbour
12. Margaritaville
13. Fins
14. Scarlet Begonias
15. City of New Orleans

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, August 3, 2006

By	ji0005 (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

My box arrived and I tossed the 2nd disc in the player right away. I was lucky enough to have gone to the 1st of his two shows and reliving it was great (the sunday show footage is on the 2nd disc and monday is on the first). The video quality is generally very good and so is the audio quality. It seems like one of the cameras was a little grainy, but in general it is very crisp. I was going to wait to preview it first on netflix, but decided to dive right in. Im glad I did!

And dont worry. Even though Amazon has the wrong cover and only lists it as 1 disc, it is the same thing being sold everywhere else. It is 2 DVD's and says "Live At Wrigley Field" down the right side of the front.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Don't We Get Drunk and Buy This Guy a New DVD Player and TV with 5.1, August 9, 2006

By	Lou (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

For the dude who worries about grainy shots, a crew that doesn't test cameras, bad sound and kids in the audience...

The "grainy" shots are super 8 mm. It's an art thing. It's meant to give a home video (from days past home video) Saturday morning at the ball park feel. To capture a piece of that Wrigley history. You're seeing super 8 (park shots, audience), several show cameras and the blimp throughout. This is to give you a comprehensive view of the show. Again, to capture the moment. Not come off super slick. It's Jimmy, this great band, excited fans, a first-time show on hallowed ground and the overall unique experience of the venue with this band. Day time was intended to tie in the game/park history with the music. There were no accidents in the planning. In fact, a huge amount of work is put into each show, especially this show. To be over-produced was not the point.

5.1 and the sound in general. It's possible that you need a new system. It's there and much care was put into the full body as well as little touches of a live show.

Kids. Jimmy got famous for songs about binge-drinking, tattoos, rambling nights of random love, and all manner of debauchery. If mom and dad bring kids to the show, this is their decision. I think JB has actually remarked from the stage that he's surprised to see kids there but everyone is delighted that families come. It's up to people to do as they wish. No one is going to police fan behavior.

You're welcome to your opinion but the short sightededness of this review is amusing.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rejoyce Parrotheads for it has ARRIVED, August 2, 2006

By	David J. Heward "sauroman5" (, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The magic of a Buffett concert has finally after all these years of waiting has arrived....and my oh my was it worth the wait...For those of us in the know a Jimmy Buffett concert is pure magic... a 3 hour (or more depending on how long you tailgated lol) concert of incredible musicianship and a mini vacation from all the troubles of the world....now we can have this magic when ever we need it 24-7-365 and the way the world is going lord knows we need it...The music unites us as a people to have fun and to laugh and to remember at the same time....For those who dont know or who have never have had the "experience" now is the time to find out what the rest of us know..the Joy the happiness the TALENT the fun of a JB concert...The magic of Jimmy and his band that he can take us to the islands and back but he attracts the young, the old and everyone in between and spans races and we all come together as ONE as a people to celebrate the JOY of music....and in these trying times we should all be thankful for bands like the coral reefer band....and if this music does not move you then you TRUELY ARE DEAD.....DO NOT MISS THIS MISS THIS...a truly wonderful night of music GARUENTEED to lift your spirits.....As for the music all the hits are there every thing you could want...the band is SPOT on (as always...although I must admit I do miss "Fingers") and the sound and the dvd is supurb in every way the only thing i would have changed is Putting the Star Spangeled Banner at the Beginning Of the Concert not as bonus material...but none the less this is PURE JOY!!!!!