RIP Jimmy Buffett

[jmacvols1]

 

[feathersax]

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First I've heard this sad news. Jimmy Buffet was a music icon. R.I.P.
"He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many."

 

[MG1968]

He’s finally found that long lost shaker of salt.

Rest In Peace, Parrothead.

 

[OneManGang]

I was sitting in Smokey's Palace in the old UT Student Center in the fall of 1975 when a friend of mine blew in with an album in his hand.

"You've got to buy this!"

The album was, of course, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.

I asked, "Who's this?"

My buddy said, "I went to see him last night in the Music Building. He's great."

I immediately went to the record shop in the Student Center, bought a copy, and was immediately hooked. I was a Parrothead before the term was even invented.

Vaya con Dios, Jimmy, and thanks for all the music and the memories.

To my mind this is the ultimate Buffett song. I may put it on a loop today:

 

[sonofUT62]

I grew up on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay where he is much beloved. I toted around my mom’s albums on my Fisher Price record player from the time I was 4. I’m devastated.

 

[volmanbill]

Very sad to hear the news of Jimmy’s passing. His music has touched me over the years, taking me to places I’d never been and giving me the motivation to visit others. Jimmy will be missed.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Legend, thanks for it all, Jimmy.

Last Mango in Paris is one of my all timers

 

[dillyo51]

Legend, thanks for it all, Jimmy.

Last Mango in Paris is one of my all timers

My girlfriend, now wife, turned me on to JB back in the mid seventies. Had never knew of him until then. Loved his music and the Coral Reefer Band.

 

[Toujours Pret]

It's really a shame that for most his work is 'Margaritaville' and 'Cheeseburger'.

He was really a high end songwriter

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Damn. I just read he died of skin cancer that turned in to lymphoma. And also Sir Paul McCartney came to sing to him in his final days in hospice. A nice gesture.

RIP.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

My first concert was Jimmy Buffett . I was 8. I’ve seen him 4 other times since then. I don’t know that anything will ever touch the first concert I went to.

 

[OffTackleVol]

I was sitting in Smokey's Palace in the old UT Student Center in the fall of 1975 when a friend of mine blew in with an album in his hand.

"You've got to buy this!"

The album was, of course, A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.

I asked, "Who's this?"

My buddy said, "I went to see him last night in the Music Building. He's great."

I immediately went to the record shop in the Student Center, bought a copy, and was immediately hooked. I was a Parrothead before the term was even invented.

Vaya con Dios, Jimmy, and thanks for all the music and the memories.

To my mind this is the ultimate Buffett song. I may put it on a loop today:

If I was forced to pick a favorite, I'd probably go with "A Pirate Looks at 40."

 

[Behr]

Eagles Cover Two Jimmy Buffett Songs During Opening Farewell Concert

On opening night of the Eagles' Farewell Tour, the band paid tribute to their longtime friend and collaborator, Jimmy Buffett.

americansongwriter.com

 

[jmacvols1]

A favorite track of mine....

 

[volmanjr]

"God's own drunk" is one of my favorites

 

[Orangeslice13]

Breathe in
Breathe out
Move on.

 

[n_huffhines]

Jimmy Buffet was the same age as my Dad, and I grew up hearing him play and sing Cheeseburger in Paradise, and the like. Like myself, my Dad can't sing for **** and he's not a great musician either, but he loves music and he'd just wail away on JB's stuff. A good deal of my Dad's musical taste rubbed off on me, but as an adult, I can't say I'm much of a parrot-head. I do vibe with the ballads, like Come Monday and If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me.

His death hit a little hard. My Dad's mortality has become much more real the last 10 years, and this is one of those nudges that makes you think.

 

[Volfan1000]

RIP Cheeseburger and Margarita Dude.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

Jimmy Buffet was the same age as my Dad, and I grew up hearing him play and sing Cheeseburger in Paradise, and the like. Like myself, my Dad can't sing for **** and he's not a great musician either, but he loves music and he'd just wail away on JB's stuff. A good deal of my Dad's musical taste rubbed off on me, but as an adult, I can't say I'm much of a parrot-head. I do vibe with the ballads, like Come Monday and If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me.

His death hit a little hard. My Dad's mortality has become much more real the last 10 years, and this is one of those nudges that makes you think.

Enjoy your dad as long as you are able. My dad died almost 13 years ago and it's been 5 years since my father-in-law died from a similar, fast-moving form of skin cancer that Jimmy died from.

Hopefully, Buffett has now found his Margaritaville and his One Particular Harbour. Sail On Sailor.

 

[n_huffhines]

Enjoy your dad as long as you are able. My dad died almost 13 years ago and it's been 5 years since my father-in-law died from a similar, fast-moving form of skin cancer that Jimmy died from.

Hopefully, Buffett has now found his Margaritaville and his One Particular Harbour. Sail On Sailor.

"You see your folks enough? How often you see them? What, two or three times a year? What have they got left? Maybe 20 years? That’s…60 more times you get to see ’em. That’s it. Sixty more times. Sixty more hangs. Are you making the most of these hangs? Are you creating cherished memories?" - Aziz Ansari

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Would Love to go to this. This is going to be pretty great. Hate that it’s in LA.