Jimmy Buffett, dead at 76

[Desperado]

The soundtrack of my early life, before I became landlocked, civilized, stuck in concrete, and otherwise lost.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Bummer. I saw him in Honolulu in 1979.

 

[Desperado]

 

[MWH1967]

Sad, I'm looking for my lost shaker of salt. RIP!!!!!

 

[Runwildboys]

R.I.P.

 

[CyberB0b]

Not a fan, but I respect his hustle. Marketing genius.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Come Monday is a great tune, RIP

 

[CowboyStar88]

From a fellow parrot head, Rest in Paradise, Jimmy.

Thank you for this gem that made me a fan.

“
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin', and I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends”

 

[Roadtrip635]

From a fellow parrot head, Rest in Paradise, Jimmy.

Thank you for this gem that made me a fan.

“
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smugglin', and I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends”

That's my favorite Buffett song.
Sad day, he will be missed........

 

[The Fonz]

Sad to hear such news
Respect and Rip

 

[triplets_93]

The Texas Quote of the Day:

"It's been a pretty good song. It was written in five minutes about a hot day in Austin, Texas with a margarita and a beautiful woman. I finished it in Key West. I had no idea."

----- Jimmy Buffett, who passed away yesterday, talks about how he wrote the most valuable song in history, "Margaritaville," one afternoon in 1976 after visiting a Mexican restaurant on Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas and then retreating to a friend's house in Northwest Hills. Buffett was touring at the time. When he landed back in Key West, he polished off the lead single to his 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, an unexpected hit for the largely unknown singer that peaked at No. 8 on Billboard charts and notched the 14th most popular song of the year.

I love this story. Not only is there a Texas connection but also there's the idea that, like so many other songwriters before him, Jimmy was struck by creative lightning and, unknowingly, released the song just at the moment the zeitgeist was ready for it. Other than the brief moments of inspiration, it was largely luck, a matter of so many things aligning in the cosmos. But it grew to the point that Jimmy's Margaritaville Holdings was employing 5,000 people.

Shown here: Jimmy Buffett with Willie Nelson in 1975.

 

[triplets_93]

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Never really listened to him but I remember my high school teacher was a parrot head. I’m surprised he was only in his 70s because he seemed so old to me back then.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Hurts

 

[nobody]

 

[SlammedZero]

Sad, I'm looking for my lost shaker of salt. RIP!!!!!

Back in my 20s we all had our favorite hole-in-the-wall bar we would always drink at. They had karaoke on and off throughout the nights. There was one regular that would always sing this song, and when that part came up, the entire bar would yell "Where's the salt?! Where's the G-- damn salt!??" Good times. I stil hear the crowd to this day when that song comes on.

RIP Jimmy. Thanks for the memories.

 

[lukin2006]

I saw him in Detroit a few years back. John Fogerty opened for him. It was a great night. He was a great entertainer…

 

[VaqueroTD]

Not a fan, but I respect his hustle. Marketing genius.

He really was. I knew his name before I even knew what he sang.

 

[Tabascocat]

Awesome tribute to him on the CMA’s tonight