Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night is the name of a series of three compilation albums by singers and bands that performed at various
Margaritaville Cafes, commercial ventures of American singer-songwriter
Jimmy Buffett. The first two albums, Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu and Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Gumbo feature studio recordings including three and two songs respectively by Buffett. The third album, Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Live, was recorded live at Margaritaville Cafe
New Orleans and is credited to
Club Trini, a duo of
Michael Utley and
Robert Greenidge, two members of Buffett's
Coral Reefer Band, with other Coral Reefers such as
Nadirah Shakoor. Buffett also appears on the album.
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu features studio recordings by singers and bands that performed at Margaritaville Cafe in
Key West, Florida. It was released in 1993 on
MCA 10824 and has a running time of 71:23.
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Gumbo features studio recordings by singers and bands that performed at Margaritaville Cafe in
New Orleans, Louisiana. The two songs performed by Jimmy Buffett on this release, "Sea Cruise" and "Goodnight Irene", include backing musicians Mike Utley,
Tim Krekel, and
Michael Organ. It was released in 1995 on
Margaritaville 535012 and has a running time of 54:55.
"Popeye's A Hubigs" – Jumpin'
Johnny Sansone (Ricky Oliverez, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone) – 2:37
"Got You On My Mind" – The Iguanas (Howard Biggs, Joe "Cornbread" Thomas) – 4:30
"Blue Co." – Bluerunners (Mark Meaux) – 3:07
"
Goodnight Irene" – Jimmy Buffett (Leadbelly, John A. Lomax) – 4:30
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Live
Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Live was recorded live at Margaritaville Cafe in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was released in 2000 on
Mailboat 2001 with a running time of 64:28. It is credited to Club Trini which includes Robert Greenridge (steel drums) and Michael Utley (keyboards) as well as Peter Mayer (vocals, guitar),
Nadirah Shakoor (vocals), Jim Mayer (bass, background vocals), Roger Guth (drums),
Ralph MacDonald (percussion), all members of Jimmy Buffett's
Coral Reefer Band. Buffett himself sang and played guitar on some tracks as well. The album was produced by Utley and Greenridge.
Track listing
"Viajero" (Michael Utley) – 6:15
"Club Trini (Back in Town)" (Robert Greenidge) – 6:51
"Soltar" (Michael Utley) – 6:06
"Paradise Garden" (Robert Greenidge) – 4:11
"Party Time" (Robert Greenidge) – 5:50
"African Friend" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:19
"Jimmy's Intro" – 1:20
"Come on In" (Jimmy Buffett,
Ralph MacDonald, Bill Salter) – 5:04
"Cairo" (Johnny Candoso) – 3:55
"New Orleans Medley: Storyville Parade/Ya Ya Yumbo/Shango" (Michael Utley) – 3:52