Review: Jimmy Buffett and Jason Mraz turn Snapdragon Stadium into a giant beach party

Jimmy Buffett and Jason Mraz have each performed numerous times in San Diego over the years — Buffett since the early 1970s and native Virginian-turned-Oceanside resident Mraz since the late 1990s. But Saturday night was the first instance in memory at which either played second fiddle here to a large, new, outdoor concrete edifice.

“I don’t usually wear a suit, but this is such a special occasion I had to dapper it up a bit,” said Mraz, 45, prior to performing the buoyant, reggae-infused “Wise Woman,” the fourth song in his engaging, hour-long set. “I thought this day would never get here, but I’m glad it did.”Longtime Buffett collaborator Mac McAnally was, in fact, the first artist to perform at Saturday’s concert.

“We finally made it!” Buffett, clad in a track warm-up suit, told the cheering audience. “Thank you for waiting.” Buffett opened with the tropical-flavored “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” the title track of the 1977 album that propelled him from cult status to stardom. He concluded a bit more than 90 minutes later with an animated version of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s “Southern Cross.”

Buffett fondly recalled his first gigs here, 40 years ago, “at a coffee shop at SDSU” — the now-defunct Back Door — and sprinkled in a number of local references during his set. Bufffett’s enduring appeal was perhaps best summarized Saturday by Lauren Mackin, who flew in from Arizona with her husband, Brian, a 27-time Buffett-concertgoer, their 19-year-old son, Darren, and his girlfriend, Emily.

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