Even he’ll admit he’s not the greatest vocalist, but he’s a heck of an entertainer. My father in law likes to recount the time in the ‘70’s when he walked into the lounge at the Holiday Inn in Jackson MS and they had a guy with a guitar singing. He went to the pay phone and called a buddy to come over & they sat there listening to him all evening.
Buffet’s an American success story. A kid from Mississippi (my home state) that created his own musical genre and doesn’t take himself too seriously. He made a lot of people happy along the way and despite what the grumpier people on this forum say, there are a LOT of people that love his music.