Famous for laidback, Caribbean-tinged good-time music, Jimmy Buffett also makes character-driven songs that can be surprisingly sensitive to heavier issues. He relates Billy Voltaire's knifing of Shrimper Dan behind a Latin beat in "Cuban Crime of Passion" and teases out the pessimism lurking in Crowded House's "Weather with You." And "Biloxi" offers a downbeat take on Jesse Winchester's nostalgic ode to Southern roots.