"Volcano" by Kawaihae

 

Tokyo, Japan island band Kawaihae cover 1979 Gulf and Western country tune "Volcano" from Pascagoula, Mississippi entertainer Jimmy Buffett.

Though they don't know where they're a-gonna go when the volcano blow, chances are pretty good that they don't have to be overly concerned.  There have only been three volcanic eruptions in Japan over the past 25 years, with the only majorly destructive one in 2014.  That was the flare up of Mount Ontake, which is situated a couple hundred miles from Tokyo.

For a cover by Jimmy Buffett, his version of Crowded House's song "Weather With You" can be found here.

"A Pirate Looks at Forty" by Gypsy Stew

 

Shiver me timbers, landlubbers!

It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

What better way for bilge-sucking scurvy dogs to hoist the mizzen than with this Jimmy Buffett cover brought to ye by Sandusky, Ohio by way of Ventura, California outlaw country duo Gypsy Stew?

Oh, and here's a quick pirate joke (besides the Pittsburgh baseball team).

What does an octogenarian pirate say?

Aye, matey.

Don't worry... I'll see myself out.

"Weather With You" by Jimmy Buffett

 

"Weather With You" was Crowded House at their best.

Songs are open to interpretation, and where many find hope in the line about singing like a bird released, I've always felt the opposite. That no matter the weather outside, our humble narrator will always sing "Stormy Weather," stuck like a small boat made of china on his mantlepiece, with nothing cooking in his kitchen and minor chords as far as the ear can hear.

So, along comes Jimmy Buffett, who thinks to himself, "Wow. This tune is borderline mournful. You know what it needs? Some freakin' steel drums."