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Variety reports:

The album Jimmy Buffett was known to have worked on earlier this year has been announced for a fall release. The 14-song “Equal Strain on All Parts” will be out Nov. 3 via the Sun label, with guests including Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Angelique Kidjo and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Three advance tracks were released Friday morning onto DSPs: “Like My Dog,” “Bubbles Up” and “My Gummie Just Kicked In,” the last of which features McCartney on bass.

Buffett was active in the studio in 2023 and was reported to have completed the album before his cancer recently took a turn for the worse. He died Sept. 1 after battling Merkel cell cancer for years.

Read the full article. In his final interview, Buffett revealed that “My Gummie Just Kicked In” was said by McCartney’s wife after she stumbled at a dinner party at his home. Buffett then turned to McCartney and asked if he could use the line in a song. Buffett basically recounts that incident in the opening of the track.