Thongs In The Key Of Life

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 15, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004KD6Z
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,355 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Postcard (St. Somewhere-Tennessee)

2. Life In The Laid Back Lane (James White-Cayman Islands)

3. Bocanuts (Jim Morris-Florida)

4. Beach People, Beach Music (Key West, The Band-Texas)

5. Little Blue Boat (Scott Kirby-Florida)

6. Salsa Dance (Living Soul-Michigan)

7. Ain't Life Grand (Danny Morgan-Florida)

8. Coastin' (Larry Joe Taylor-Texas)

9. Vacation (Brent Burns-Alabama)

10. Overheated (Sonny Russell & The Tropics-Florida)

11. Parrothead Holiday (Mango, Mango-Arizona)

12. No Shanty Town (Michael Sea & Island Fever-California)

13. You Make A Difference In My Life (Michael Drake-Wisconsin)

14. WEDO (John Reno-Alabama)

15. Humanity Night On The Redneck Riviera (Jim Hoehn-Wisconsin)

16. The Original Parrothead (Kevin Mulvenna-Wisconsin)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared to do some shopping!, January 13, 2001

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Douglas A. Johnson Sr. (Weedsport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thongs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)

I bought "Thongs" last summer on the advice of other Amazon reviewers, played it once and put it away until our trip to the Keys this Christmas. It sounded great down in Florida, and fortunately now it's just what the doctor ordered in snowy Central New York. Such an unbelievable CD!

The sixteen songs here couldn't be more pleasantly diverse in their styles, yet every one takes you back to the beach, to Key West or to a Buffett concert. In fact, some of the artists here have either opened for Buffett or played at Parrothead gatherings like the Meeting of the Minds. The more I listen to it, my favorites change, although right now three songs get my vote - "Beach People, Beach Music" by Key West, "Postcard" by St. Somewhere, and "Life in the Laid Back Lane" by Sunny Jim White. The latter is a modern-day "Margaritaville", sung by a self-described poolside strummer from the Cayman Islands whose CD by the same name I just ordered from sunnyjim.com (pay attention, Amazon!).

Anyway - each of these artists have other stuff for you to buy, and the liner notes tell you where to find it. No doubt I'll also buy one or more CD's from Key West (the band) and several others. (Can I control myself and maybe only buy one per month? Doubtful.)

Guaranteed - if you buy this CD you'll be buying much more and branching out to great music you never knew existed!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great news for Buffett fans, March 8, 2000

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Ted Wilson (Redondo Beach, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thongs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)

I have great news for Jimmy Buffett fans after listening to this album: there is music like he used to make out there! In fact, since I purchased this album, I haven't taken it out of my cd player. I think every cut on here is good, but my favorite is "Beach People, Beach Music", by Key West. I ordered 2 of their other albums off of amazon, after I heard them on this album, and they are great! I also like the opening cut, "Postcard" from the band St. Somewhere, and the song "WEDO" by John Reno. I think this was a great idea, and I hope that Jim Hoehn decides to put out a second volume of "Thongs in the Key of Life". I think that it could be just as good as this first effort.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you for buying this album!, March 23, 2000

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Key West -the Band (Nederland, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thongs In The Key Of Life (Audio CD)

Greetings from the band Key West! We appreciate evryone who has purchased this album, and gone on to buy one (or more) of ours, as a result. And thanks to Jim Hoehn, for such a great idea in the first place. Jim, we think it is time to start working ona second one! What do you think? Now, a quick review: we think that this album is an excellent showcase of some of the best undiscovered music in America. We especially like the tunes by St. Somewhere, James White, John Reno, Brent Burns, Living Soul, Jim Morris, Scott Kirby, Jim Hoehn, ah hell, all of 'em! Anyway, thanks again to everyone who has sent kind reviews to us. If you'd like to get on our mailing list, see our website at keywesttheband.com, or call us at 1-800-836-4554. Thanks! Arthur Ford, Mark Hammond, Jerry Diaz, Tod Stark, Matt Bell, & Frank Randazzo KEY WEST-the Band