https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html
While I have always been indifferent to Jimmy Buffett's music (probably due to overexposure - especially after a long experience at a Margaritaville restaurant) - I have always had respect and even admiration for this southern troubadour. His music was infectious to a huge legion of fans (aka Parrotheads) . Several of his songs, especially A Pirate Looks at Forty really touched me:
Yes I went to one of his sold out shows and batted the beach ball everytime it came by. And I got slapped rather hard by a woman next to me I didn't know.
Everyone was singing with Buffett "Let's Go Get Drunk And S****" and I just happened to look at her and I was smiling as I thought it was a funny period in the show and she smacked me hard enough to make my ear ring for a bit.
I just saw on Entertainment Tonight a few weeks ago that earlier this year Jimmy became the SECOND musician in the history of the world to become a BILLIONAIRE by playing and writing. The other is Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift is closing in to soon become the third.
There are various ways to measure success in the music business. By the money made metric, Jimmy Buffett blows Keith Richards away at just $500 million!
Another great singer songwriter , never be another one like him. Fins up !!
Sad Day for sure.....
Never been a fan of his music but sad to see another musician from my generation pass on.
RIP Jimmy
Cause of death was a rare form of skin cancer Jimmy discovered he had four years ago.
Usually strikes people over 50 with weak immune system and too much sun over the years.
very sad. his albums until the late 70's were top notch
@matt05 A very cool thing about Jimmy - he didn't really start playing guitar until he was in college. He came up with some catchy lyrics that weren't exactly Dylan-esque, but spoke to that large legion of fans. Just a regular guy with a guitar like so many of us. Maybe it was a matter of being in the right place at the right time? Maybe because those songs were just so relatable? Worth over a $billion! Even secretly donated several airplanes to a museum in Mobile, AL:
RIP Jimmy. Wasn't necessarily a fan of his but he was great friends with Steve Goodman one of my very favorite performers.
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
@oldcoot Steve Goodman wrote the perfect country music song. "I was drunk when my grandmother got run over by a damn old train"!
Late Eddie Van Halen said Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was a great producer and sounds great on record.
But everytime Eddie saw Jimmy Page live he was sloppy and played like he had a broken right arm and was two years old!!
Gosh I wonder ever listened to his own soundboards? Take away the two hand tapping BS, and Eddie didn't have much left.
https://www.wearethepit.com/2023/03/eddie-van-halen-thought-jimmy-page-was-a-very-sloppy-guitarist/
@robertdee You ain't hi-jackin' the Jimmy Buffett thread for a couple of metal shredders ... are ya? 😉
@rusty Yeah I guess I did. Wrong Jimmy. I'm sorry. I glanced at it and thought it was Jimmy Page but it's the late Jimmy Buffett.
My favorite JB song. Just about covers it all. Rock In Peace Jimmy 🌹 🍹
Posthumous release (new album) - Jimmy with Paul McCartney (and others) My Gummy Just Kicked In
