Knew he had some health issues recently and looked gaunt last few photos, but that suck.
Jimmy Buffet has died
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We will all end up eating cheeseburgers in paradise. RIP in peace big Jim
Years ago (late 80s) saw him in a game/concert combination at Principal Park (then Sec Taylor Stadium).
Perfect act to watch after a game and the crowd was up and dancing. Another great game/concert duo was Huey Lewis.
Perfect act to watch after a game and the crowd was up and dancing. Another great game/concert duo was Huey Lewis.
To celebrate his life I heard Jimmy wants everyone to get drunk and screw.
Not sure how he died but some people say there's a woman to blame.
Living and dying in 3/4 time immediately came to mind for me.
Jimmy and I have spent a lot of time singing together on long car trips. This one hits hard.
Jimmy and I have spent a lot of time singing together on long car trips. This one hits hard.
He and Ed Podalak, who celebrated a birthday yesterday, were buddies.
Ed was an honorary Coral Reefer.
Cheeseburgers in heaven (joke for Iowans) are on the menu for the game today.
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Man- this one is hard. A lot of good memories with his music and at his shows over the years.
Rest easy Jimmy. Enjoy that one Particular Harbor.
I may turn the tailgate into a Buffett tailgate today. Will always remember Podolak up on stage with Buffett at a Des Moines show.
Rest easy Jimmy. Enjoy that one Particular Harbor.
I may turn the tailgate into a Buffett tailgate today. Will always remember Podolak up on stage with Buffett at a Des Moines show.
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I’m a Parrothead at heart. I knew this would come eventually and it’s tough. So many songs and memories. The man lived life on his own tide.
The body will lie in state at the flagship restaurant in Key West with a sign reading "Wasting Away in Margaritaville."
Went to my first JB concert when I was 8. My parents would always play his music when on our boat.
Sad day. Will drink to you today Jimmy 🍻
Sad day. Will drink to you today Jimmy 🍻
A very interesting career, one that most any successful act would be envious of.
He was the very last musician my father was interested in. My sister had bought "You Had To Be There" and one day at our cabin she played it - he heard "God's Own Drunk" once, and that was it.
He wore that album out. Hell, for awhile he switched from his usual diet of a 750 mil bottle of cheap bourbon to margaritas - yet it wound up being actual work to produce margs at that pace...but still.
In 2015 after he died, while going through his stuff I found that album stashed with all his 50's and 60's jazz albums...completely unplayable, with a mish mash of scratches where he'd drop the needle at his favorite song.
He was the very last musician my father was interested in. My sister had bought "You Had To Be There" and one day at our cabin she played it - he heard "God's Own Drunk" once, and that was it.
He wore that album out. Hell, for awhile he switched from his usual diet of a 750 mil bottle of cheap bourbon to margaritas - yet it wound up being actual work to produce margs at that pace...but still.
In 2015 after he died, while going through his stuff I found that album stashed with all his 50's and 60's jazz albums...completely unplayable, with a mish mash of scratches where he'd drop the needle at his favorite song.
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead. Jimmy may not have been a great singer but his concerts were beyond an event.
Sadly I never went to a concert. In recent years I kept saying we should go to one before its too late...
Lesser known to most people, but he actually wrote several books as well. Can't say I read many books as an adult, but I did read all of them that been released when I was I was in my early 20s. A Pirate Looks at Fifty, his non-fiction book made me want to move to the Caribbean so bad... Now that I'm 40 and thinking about it again I wonder what life would have been like had I made that plunge.
Lesser known to most people, but he actually wrote several books as well. Can't say I read many books as an adult, but I did read all of them that been released when I was I was in my early 20s. A Pirate Looks at Fifty, his non-fiction book made me want to move to the Caribbean so bad... Now that I'm 40 and thinking about it again I wonder what life would have been like had I made that plunge.
I always mutter "damn you Jimmy Buffett" for my constant desire to chuck it all and move to some oceanfront location and drink/fish/dive/drink/sail/fish some more/drink the remaining years away
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I had similar thoughts with that book. Almost did pack it all up. Wouldn’t trade my current life, but I still have owning a little place on a beach somewhere on my list.
His Christmas albums have also made me want to do a Christmas in the Caribbean
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Something told me that this was coming when he did his show in Key West earlier this year. Damn, this hits hard.
Back in the 90s I bid on a job at his place on Palm Beach. I knew I wouldn't get the job but I went hoping to meet him (I didn't) and see his place.
RIP
RIP
People showing their age here.
Y’all must be at least 60 years old.
Blue pill popping skanks.
Y’all must be at least 60 years old.
Blue pill popping skanks.
The highest altitude Jimmy Buffet sign in the world. In India, near the Himalayas.
Early 40’s bro.
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