Wasted away in Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffett’s laid back songs captured the feel of Lazy days in Paradise. Some called his signature sound Gulf and Western, *** mix of country and Caribbean music. I love the Caribbean through *** sort of *** strange way. My grandfather is *** sailing ship captain and he sang the Calypso songs. So all this sort of amalgamation of material came in and came back out and I learned to be *** performer and that gave me the vehicle to do it. Buffett was born Christmas Day, 1946 on the Gulf coast in southern Mississippi and raised in the port city of Mobile Alabama. He began his career making country music but only really found his musical voice after moving to Key West in the seventies to by his time among the colorful characters there helped inspire his tropical style and eventually led to his landmark 1977 album changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes and its famous hit song, Margaritaville. Some people now I think it could be. But Buffett’s greatest musical success was on the concert stage, not the charts. He made hundreds of millions of dollars touring over the decades supported by his legion of die hard fans known as Parrot heads. The audience is just so much fun for me to look at. I mean, they’re as entertaining to me as I hope I am to them, his music may have been laid back, but Buffett brought so much energy to his life. He piloted airplanes, wrote best selling books, raised funds for Democratic candidates and amassed *** fortune estimated at $1 billion through his Margaritaville lifestyle brand, which included restaurants, hotels, resorts, and casinos like his music. It was all geared toward capturing the magic of the tropical places. Buffet loved best from New Orleans to the gulf coast down into ST Barts and other places. I still can find magic in most of those places where people think there isn’t any left.
Soon, you may be able to cruise down a Florida highway named after singer Jimmy Buffett while listening to his A1A album named after the road.A Florida lawmaker filed a bill Friday to rename State Road A1A, a coastal highway that spans from Key West in the south to Fernandina Beach in the north, in honor of Buffett.The singer, who blended the sounds of the tropics with country, died a month ago from Merkel cell cancer. The 76-year-old entertained audiences for more than five decades with his tales of the people and places he encountered on the road.His audiences subscribed to his vision of a life filled with flip-flops, beaches, boats and booze.State Rep. Chuck Clemons, a Republican, filed House Bill 91 on Friday to give “honorary designation” of certain portions of State Road A1A in specified counties, according to the bill.If the bill gets passed, the state road will be renamed “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” in all Florida counties on the East Coast.“All of those portions of S.R. A1A located in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Duval, and Nassau Counties” would get the new highway name, if passed.The 2024 Florida legislative session begins in January.While Buffett was born in Mississippi and raised in Alabama, Florida was a special place for him.He took a “fateful” trip to Key West in 1971, which inspired him to combine his loves for music, travel and storytelling, according to his website. It was there that he found his voice as a songwriter.His A1A album was released in December 1974, including the song “Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season,” which mentions the coastal highway.
Soon, you may be able to cruise down a Florida highway named after singer Jimmy Buffett while listening to his A1A album named after the road.
A Florida lawmaker filed a bill Friday to rename State Road A1A, a coastal highway that spans from Key West in the south to Fernandina Beach in the north, in honor of Buffett.
The singer, who blended the sounds of the tropics with country, died a month ago from Merkel cell cancer. The 76-year-old entertained audiences for more than five decades with his tales of the people and places he encountered on the road.
His audiences subscribed to his vision of a life filled with flip-flops, beaches, boats and booze.
State Rep. Chuck Clemons, a Republican, filed House Bill 91 on Friday to give “honorary designation” of certain portions of State Road A1A in specified counties, according to the bill.
If the bill gets passed, the state road will be renamed “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” in all Florida counties on the East Coast.
“All of those portions of S.R. A1A located in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Duval, and Nassau Counties” would get the new highway name, if passed.
The 2024 Florida legislative session begins in January.
While Buffett was born in Mississippi and raised in Alabama, Florida was a special place for him.
He took a “fateful” trip to Key West in 1971, which inspired him to combine his loves for music, travel and storytelling, according to his website. It was there that he found his voice as a songwriter.
His A1A album was released in December 1974, including the song “Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season,” which mentions the coastal highway.
