Got to spend some time with Buffet back in 1979 over Christmas. Distant relatives of a young lady I was involved with.
Talented guy, but a tad arrogant. He jokes about how dumb the Cincinnati fans are.....he might have a point.....LOL!
And a bit of a temper, too. And I won't go into how I know that. ;-)
"Talented guy, but a tad arrogant"
He had a place at the Muitany Bay club in Coconut Grove back in late 70's. My friends were valets and on several occasions carried Buffet's groceries to his suite. He never tipped them, but they wern't the type to hold out their hands either.
To give him credith though, I read A Pirate after 50. Based on that read it seems to me that he has mellowed and changed tremendously since his early days.
They still love him here in Cincinnati though. A few years back, right before his concerts, I remember a local commercial (can't remember who it was for) have a middle aged woman character use the line: "Toss me a mango and call me a Parrot Head!"