RIP Jimmy Buffett

Cwing · 2023-09-02T11:59:46+00:00

The guy was huge in Cincinnati. Prayers to the family and Godspeed to Jimmy B.

darpar

Always liked his music.....hard to believe he was worth over a billion dollars.

garyt1957

darpar Always liked his music.....hard to believe he was worth over a billion dollars.

He has Margaritaville restaurants and now even Margaritaville themed senior living communities. I didn't know he was a billionaire but knew he was mega rich

colej

https://x.com/paulmccartney/status/1698053869656236125?s=46&t=mtrwu_pwNmF5xQ9LLb9cYg

Sneakylong

Read where the inspiration for Margaritaville came from a Mexican restaurant in Austin Texas before a friend dropped him off at the airport to go home to Key West. They ordered Margaritas.

He said to his friend this is just like Margaritaville. She laughed. He then wrote some on the plane and finished it driving down the Keys. The iconic song spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 8 in 1977.

johnnydoom

Love Margaritaville and enjoyed his associated cameo on Alan Jackson’s It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere. Never really sought any of his other music. Always admired the way he was successful at living and celebrating the Island life - he did it his own way. Hoping his soul is at peace.

garyt1957

DonM The most successful one hit wonder musician in our lifetimes? I say that as a compliment. He turned that song into a full career and business. Yeah, I know a couple of his other songs too, but the one was the story.

It's been so long but I think he had success before Margaritaville. You have me wondering now, I'll have to look it up. He definitely had his niche with the island flavored music that just shouts "summertime".
IMO Kenny Chesney is the new Jimmy Buffet. Lots of island flavored songs, with a kicked back relaxed personna. With Jimmy gone he owns that market. And like Buffet , it's a market you can grow old in because it's music that doesn't really have a shelf life.

garyt1957

Looked it up, he had "Come Monday" which peaked at #30 on the Top 100. Then of course "Margaritaville" which surprisingly peaked at #8. As much as I remember hearing that song I would have guessed it hit #1. Then another couple top 40ish hits including "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and that's it till he rode the coattails of other hot artists in the 2000's with compilation songs where he was a guest.

PA-PLAYA

Some people claim there was a woman to blame.

PA-PLAYA

So I’m currently on vacation in Slovenia.

This morning I was sitting on a bench in this little fishing village right next to the harbor and sipping a cup of coffee. A guy wearing a pair of flip flops is walking in front of me, and he trips over the uneven cobblestone walkway. He starts trying to walk again but can’t. He looks down and notices that he’s blown out the strap on one of his flip flops.

I just looked up to the heavens and said, “thank you, Jimmy. That was good.” 😁

True story.

Spartan

I saw today that he died from Merkel Cell Skin Cancer.

propman

Apparently back in the day, he had success as an author writing books.

sdandrea1

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Sneakylong

Bob Dylan said Jimmy Buffett was one of his favorite songwriters. Nice praise coming from Paul McCartney and Elton John among others as well.

Par4QC

He wasn't always 'in the money'. But, iirc, this was a good sum back then. REO got their start in that area, and would play for $60 for a couple hours set.

propman

Par4QC reading that contract made be reminisce about my days at Western illinois Univ in 1974. I was in heaven, being a freshman.

KCee

I was never a big fan, but many years ago while traveling for work we took a customer to one of his shows and I wound up really enjoying it. He definitely knew how to entertain a crowd. RIP.

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