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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
12:21 PM
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(COURTESY OF TRANSIT DRIVE-IN) |
Call it Margaritaville-North, if you will. Or Margaritaville-Nation, more accurately.
The Transit Drive-In announced this afternoon that Jimmy Buffett will perform in a nationwide drive-in theater live-cast on June 19.
The first-of-it's-kind concert will be beamed via satellite from Coyote Drive-In in Fort Worth, Texas to dozens of select drive-in theaters across the country, including the Transit Drive-In.
With technological advancements in digital projection and satellite delivery, properly equipped drive-in theaters are now capable of presenting a live concert performance in high definition with ultra bright light output on outdoor screens a hundred feet wide, or larger. CD quality sound is delivered to each vehicle using high fidelity FM broadcast.
Transit Drive-In owner Rick Cohen said that those digital advancements were necessary to make a show like this happen.
"I met the people up at Coyote Drive-In Theater at the drive-in convention a couple years ago. And they talked about this idea of having big concerts that simulcast at all the drive-ins in the country," Cohen said.
At the time, though, not enough drive-ins had installed the digital projection necessary to allow for the numbers necessary to make a concert live-cast worthwhile for the artist. In the time that's passed since 2012, however, enough drive-ins have upgraded.
"They approached the Jimmy Buffet people last year and they've been in negotiations. And just last week, they closed the deal," Cohen said.
With popular hit songs such as "Margaritaville," "Cheeseburger In Paradise," and "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes," singer Jimmy Buffett has amassed legions of dedicated fans worldwide, commonly referred to as “Parrotheads.” His musical style, described as “gulf and western,” reflects a combination of Caribbean themed rock with country and western along with folk music influences.
Advance tickets for Jimmy Buffett Livecast go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. They will be $18 per person. Cohen expects that enough people will want to watch the show for all four of the drive-in's screens to be showing the concert.
"We're hoping that if it's successful enough, that it will attract other acts," Cohen said. "Could you imagine the Goo Goo Dolls live at the Transit Drive-in, broadcasting to 100,000 people at other drive-ins? Or you could have Bruce Springsteen broadcasting live from a drive-in in New Jersey."
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