welve members of the Coral Reefer Band pose together in a room with tan walls. Five people sit on a navy blue velvet sofa, while seven others stand behind them. The group is dressed in a variety of styles, including colorful patterned shirts, casual hoodies, and a wide-brimmed hat. Two framed posters hang on the wall in the background."
The Coral Reefer Band Credit: Hard Rock Hollywood

Last August, roughly 700 days after the death of its leader, The Coral Reefer Band embarked on its first national tour without Jimmy Buffett.

Led by Mac McAnally, a Reefer since 1994, the 13-member band including Will Kimbrough, Scotty Emerick and Nadirah Shakoor brings the party and family reunion for a night of songs by the “Son Of A Sailor,” plus covers of bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Van Morrison.

Tickets to see The Coral Reefer Band play Duke Energy Center for the Arts at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Thursday, Jan. 15 are still available and start at $100.

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This article appears in Jan. 01 – 07, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...