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Yeah, yeah...Jimmy Buffett. Me, too. But I was wondering if anyone had anything a little less "traveled" that puts them in a STJ State of Mind.

At the villa where we stayed a couple of years ago there was a CD by Eric Stone (who I had never heard of previously) that, due to lack of options, I played over the speakers the owner had installed in the pool area. It was perfect! The title of the CD is Boatsongs Vol. II and it's now the music of choice for those warmer evenings on the deck at home when I'm wishing I was somewhere beachier.

(No, I didn't steal the CD from the villa. I had my laptop and a blank CD, so I copied it. Please don't blow me in to the RIAA!)

The soundtrack from "The Thomas Crown Affair" the 1999 version with Pierce Brosnan has some awesome island music on it.
Love it!!

Hi RD,

A few months back we had a thread going with lots of forum members island playlists. You could look there for some ideas! Here is a link:

http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... =playlists

I've never heard of Eric Stone, and will have to check him out.

How about Bob Marley or Billy Ocean. I have a few island CD's. I'll look tonight to see what I have.

I like Eric Lindell's "Change In the Weather" - just a really laid back cd. Here is his website and you can sample some of the music: http://www.ericlindellband.com/

I also really like The Radiators - either "Law of the Fish" or "Ziggzagging Through Ghostland" are my favorites; although I do like "Total Evaportation" as well.

nothintolose

hey how about our own guys. INNER VISIONS!!! have all their cds. try to catch them at freds when we are on island.

My opinion is that anything that puts you in a island mood is island music. Paul Simon's Graceland is one of our favorites. Had this in our Liberty CD player as we drove down Calabash Boom with a view of Coral Bay. Life doesn't get any better than that.

For something different check these out on iTunes. Just great music.

Dogons Amadou & Mariam

Mali Sadio Toumani Diabete

Tapera & Raki Oliver Mtukudzi

Kukuvarira Mukati Thomas Mapfumo

Mali Dje Ali Farka Toure

Kaira Ali Farka Toure/Toumani Diabete

Two bands from St John are Cool Sessions Brass and Ah We Band.. Great Calypso, Soca, Zouk music. If you'er here and hear of them playing make a point of going to hear them, especially Cool Sessions. You Won't be able to stand still...GUARANTEED

Roberto - a client recently gave me a copy of an Ali Farka Toure cd. Had never heard of him before. Good stuff.

Graceland is also a really good cd and man does Paul Simon put on a good show at Jazz Fest...one of my all time favorite acts.

On another note, next time I am making a mixed cd or two for the rental car. This year I only brought my iPod and realized that I would have loved to have tunes in the car.

nothintolose

This is a great thread.
The only thing I can add is Bob Marley and the Wailers, Hammer. We first heard that in our Villa, and laugh when we hear it, reminds us of good times! We heard it from a 3-4 cd set in our Villa, RD mentioned Villa cd's. The set was a reggae mix that we listened to all the time (when we were in the villa-I was out snorleling too much ) There was a bunch of other great music on there, but never wrote them down I'll research the set someday.

Actually, this is it... haha.
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Also, I have a related question to all the 2005'ers. We were there during the St. John festival in late June/early July (can't remember exactly) Does anyone know the live bands who played at the festival in the evening? We loved it, but never found out who they were. I had audio from my camera of some of the music that night, but my computer ate it , and I never got it back. As Homer would say... "STUPID COMPUTER!"

We want to buy some of the bands cd's that played there, if we can find out who they were
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A couple of the bands that played in 2005 and usually every year are

Jam Band
Ah We
Cool Sessions

They did this year also.

"Black, Gold and Green" by Third World. A former St. John resident Nancy Liburd Fischer plays the oboe. Good music to get you in the island frame of mind.

Another great CD to pick up is Toots & the Maytals. A nice change from Bob Marley. Also a nice find that I came across (thanks to satellite radio) is Shaggy's "Reggae Vibes".

Another source for a STJ state of mind that would be authentic Virgin Island music Scratch Band (also known as Quelbe) , which was declared the “official” music of the Virgin Islands.

Jamsie and the All-Stars, or Lashing Dogs

And RD that music is definately less traveled!