Parrottheads

Last night Eli, Bob, Brad and I went to see Jimmy Buffett at DTE Music Theatre, thanks to Bob for hooking us up with fantastic and untouchable seats to a show that sold out in 10 minutes. The place was amazing to see. There were Parrottheads everywhere. This thing is really like a yuppie Grateful Dead Concert. People had giant setups including full tiki huts and bars and decorated their mobile homes and buses with fins, sharks and hula skirts. People were dressed in the most amazing grass skirts, coconut tops, hats and full shark suits.


The forecast had been rain all week and we knew it going in, so we were prepared. We got there early, setup a tent and got the grill fired up. We kicked back and grilled out as the rain started to come down... and come down.. and come down. The tent we'd setup was 20 feet away from the giant bus/motor home above. As the rain came down harder, we kept moving further from the edges of the tent and quarters got tighter and tighter. As we stood there under the tent, the people in the giant motor home waved for us join them inside. We came into their palatial bus, which was huge and decked out with everything you would need. They invited us to join them for drinks and food and we ended up hanging out with them for a while talking. This is the hospitality of the Parrottheads.

DTE is on a giant hill with a big pavilion. The hill was a mudslide and the rain just kept coming down harder and harder. Thankfully we were in the pavilion. The concert was fantastic. Jimmy played for 2 1/2 hours straight and the rain didn't damper the fans spirit.

It took us about 2 1/2+ hours to get home once we got home, with 1 1/2 hours of that coming from getting out of the parking lot.

Here's some video footage from the concert last night:

Tags: Jimmy Buffett, Parrottheads, DTE