Eric Darken called Jimmy Buffett fearless.

“He would walk into any situation and just go at it 110%,” Darken said during a telephone interview Tuesday. “Nothing really got in his way. Not that he was careless, but he just had this let’s-go-after-this, we-can-do-this (mentality).

“One show in particular when I first joined the band, we were playing a soccer stadium in Chicago, probably 30,000 people, and the sound went out, the entire sound system went out. I thought to myself, ‘OK, let’s see how this is gonna roll.’ He went to the front of the stage and played guitar for 15 minutes acoustic. I don’t know too many artists who have the kind of confidence to walk out there like that. He didn’t sit there and freak out or yell at the crew. ‘All right, y’all fix this,’ and he went to the front of the stage and started playing. Let’s get the job done.”

Darken, who played percussion in Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band for 13 years, has plenty of memories of the singer-songwriter turned author and business mogul, who died last September.

Tina Gullickson has even more. She started singing in the Coral Reefer Band in 1995.

Both shared some of their recollections and future plans for the band in separate interviews in advance of their July 13 performance with the local Buffett tribute band Fins to the Left at the Warren Community Amphitheatre.

The band reunited in April for a memorial concert at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Coral Reefers were joined by a star-studded lineup that included Paul McCartney, The Eagles, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Jon Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg and Pitbull.

“That event was absolutely overwhelmingly supportive and surprisingly wonderful, all of the guest artists who donated their time and energies and stories were just over-the-top sweet and pleasant and appreciative, and it couldn’t have gone better,” Gullickson said. “It was just nice to see that many people join in and feel a sense of connection to Jimmy and share their experiences.”

That night Darken played a drum solo with Warren native Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana on “Brown-Eyed Girl,” sung by Zac Brown.

“He’s quite a talent,” Darken said of Grohl. “We had a great time. I don’t know if he and Jimmy knew each other — they probably did — but I know Jimmy would have loved his energy. Jimmy loved music, and Dave is that way too. He wakes up and just eats and breathes music. Sharing the stage with him and sharing a drum solo with him was awesome, and I think the fans enjoyed it as well.”

A few weeks later, the band performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where there were far fewer guests and the focus was on the core band.

“Again, it was overwhelming, just the massive amount of people there,” Gullickson said. “It was kind of the first time we really played as a band without Jimmy with Mac McAnally carrying most of the lead vocals. It was emotional, but it was a step into hopefully the future for us. We had been wondering if things would just stop, what would happen, but the success was enough that we’ll be doing three shows in August backed by Live Nation, and it sounds like the fans are ready. They want it.”

For those concerts, they will be spreading out the vocal chores more. Gullickson has been rehearsing to sing lead on such beloved ballads as “He Went to Paris” and “A Pirate Looks at Forty.” As a backup singer, Gullickson said her focus was on her parts and what the band was doing. Singing lead on his songs has given her a new appreciation for Buffett’s gifts as a songwriter.

“Both of those, because of studying them to sing, meant a lot more on a personal level and knowing Jimmy’s history and where he might have been coming from when writing them,” she said. “When I actually put it together and started singing it, ‘Oh, wow, this is really something.’ It’s touching me and I know it’s touched so many people for so long. Now that he’s gone, I hear those songs in a different light. They’re still what he wrote, but I view them differently now.”

Darken said one of the qualities he respected most about Buffett was his relationship with his audience.

“Every audience, every show was important to him,” he said. “As someone who stood behind him, every show he performed he took seriously. It was never, ‘Oh, I’ve got to go play this.’ And I have worked with artists who just show up, do their thing and leave. Every setlist meant something to him. Every city we went into, he was always changing things up. He never wanted anything to be the same.”

On Tuesday Darken and McAnally performed together in Portsmouth, R.I., at the same venue where Buffett had joined them on stage exactly one year ago. It was his final public performance.

“Doing a show at the same place, it will be a very special time and a potentially emotional time,” Darken said that morning. “It will be a wonderful celebration of what Jimmy did for all these years.”