PIRATES, PARROTS & A PENCIL THIN MOUSTACHE

The songs of Jimmy Buffett

 Performed by Darren Coggan.

 

VENUE:    THE OLD MANLY BOAT SHED
                  40 The Corso, Manly, NSW

DATE:       FRIDAY JUNE 22, 2012

TIME:        9:00PM

TICKETS: ph 02 9977 4443 • www.oldmanlyboatshed.com.au 

 

Jimmy Buffett – the name evokes a state of mind, his music a state of being. A combination of the romance of the ocean, a frivolous spirit and a good time in that laid back quasi-Caribbean style, all blended together like tequila, salt, and limes.

 

The Pascagoula singer-songwriter single handedly created the genre of tropical rock. Learning to play guitar in college to meet girls, Buffett parlayed his beach roots into a multimillion dollar enterprise consisting of restaurants, stores and hotels located throughout the world.

 

Darren Coggan’s ‘Pirates, Parrots & A Pencil Thin Moustache’ celebrates all things that are Jimmy Buffett. A two hour cruise on which Darren charts a course for Margaritaville - that perfect laid-back town by the ocean, where the air is always warm, the sea is crystal clear and the locals spend their days mixing up margaritas without a care in the world.

 

“Margaritaville is a place you have to keep looking for, a place designed for complete escapism. This is where we try to take our audience through the legendary characters and stories in Buffett’s songs.” Said Darren.

 

Known for his humorous chronicles of a laid-back seafaring life; Buffett’s philosophical outlook is encapsulated in tunes like Come Monday, Fins, Margaritaville, Cheeseburger In Paradise, Volcano, Five O’clock Somewhere, A Pirate Looks At Forty, Pencil Thin Moustache and many more. Darren has put a whole new set of sails on these great Buffett songs and drops anchor in a few familiar ports along the way to reunite the audience with these ‘old friends’.   

 

As any ‘parrot head’ will tell you, a night of Jimmy Buffett music is simply a whole lot of fun, grown men and women in grass skirts, loud shirts, coconut bikini’s, with rubber sharks and parrots in their straw hats, singing away their worries at the top of their lungs.

 

“I have had some great times performing in Manly over the last few years and The Old Manly Boat Shed is the perfect setting for a night of Buffett. I’m really looking forward to getting our fins up and feathers flashing.” Said Darren. 

 

Darren Coggan has toured extensively with stage shows Grease – The Mega Musical, Happy Days – The Arena Mega Musical, and Shout – The Musical Of The Wild One. His critically acclaimed show Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story played to standing ovations in the most prestigious venues across Australia including The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. He was awarded his second Golden Guitar at the 37th CMAA Country Music Awards for his moving album War Stories and is currently presenting for ‘Sydney Weekender’ on Network 7.

 

So let’s go down to the dock, throw off the bowlines and set sail….

 

 

 

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