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Jimmy Buffet passes at 76
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Posted on 09/02/2023 12:27:21 AM PDT by MtnScout

He passed away peacefully Friday night surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs

1946 ~ 2023


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buffet; buffett; cheeseburger; comemonday; jimmybuffett; margaritaville; music; obtuary; rip; sonofasailor
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To: mewzilla

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2022/03/04/jimmy-buffett-amphitheater-concert-canceled-no-reason-given-present/9379509002/


21 posted on 09/02/2023 2:09:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Sure because no one died at 76


22 posted on 09/02/2023 2:14:59 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds g)
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To: MtnScout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLPK98N_En4

Live version of “He Went to Paris” from this past February.

“But he don’t care what most people say
Through 86 years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he’ll smile then he’ll say
Jimmy, some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic
But I had a good life all the way”


23 posted on 09/02/2023 2:16:28 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve

Its 5 o’clock somewhere


24 posted on 09/02/2023 2:23:34 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (P01135809)
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To: MtnScout

Deeply saddened, I saw him in concert four times.


25 posted on 09/02/2023 2:29:38 AM PDT by CtBigPat (There are people in this world who would kill you for a dollar, and the worst wear business suites. )
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To: 21twelve

I was never a big Buffett fan buy certainly liked “Fins”

That said, “He Went To Paris” personally connects with me and has a very special place in my heart.

My favorite version is his acoustic solo “concert” at the American Library in Paris - about 1 hour in length. 1080HD quality.

“He Went To Paris” is the final song and begins at 57:00 minutes

Jimmy Buffett @ The American Library in Paris | 23 September 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egS7hZlzcgM


26 posted on 09/02/2023 2:33:35 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: MtnScout

Oh no...

RIP, Mr. Buffet.


27 posted on 09/02/2023 2:50:51 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: newfreep

I was a fan for a few months in the 1978, Son of a son was played in every barracks room on every monster stereo continuously for months... I liked Jerry Jeff too until I saw him blotto’d on stage... waste of good money right there.

I was more into David Bromberg, Tom Waites, Professor Longhair, Leon Redbone, Leo Kottke... and of course old Jazz, big band and 50’s/60’s Jazz guitar stuff. Jimmy was fun music down at the Husky club or the Ptarmargin club, when the beer was flowin’ and squids and jarheads started “dancing” haha!


28 posted on 09/02/2023 2:59:21 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: MtnScout

He lived a pretty hard life during his younger years, I guess, so he did OK to make 76.

I saw him in Anchorage on the ‘80s. Really good show.


29 posted on 09/02/2023 3:14:38 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: 21twelve

“some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic
But I had a good life all the way”

That line is one of my favorites. Good song overall. Sad


30 posted on 09/02/2023 3:16:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Clutch Martin

The 70s was the pinnacle of the singer-songwriter...and Tom Waits was THE best.

His album “Small Change” is a a masterpiece.

“Small Change” also featured a young aspiring actress, Cassandra Peterson, on the cover who later created the iconic character “Elvira”.


31 posted on 09/02/2023 3:18:34 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: MtnScout

He was about to quit the music biz then wrote Come Monday and well the rest is history. He was broke before.


32 posted on 09/02/2023 3:42:53 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: MtnScout

I’ve seen him at least a dozen times going back to the mid 80s. I loved his music and could not care less about his politics. His music was not political and he never preached at you from the stage like so many do.

Someone once called him a “one man walking spring break” and his music brought you back to those days before “grown up” realities and pressures set it.

RIP Jimmy but your music and the feelings it produced will live on. Now who will be the next to carry the torch?


33 posted on 09/02/2023 3:50:10 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: MtnScout

Horrible news

He was well loved here in Cincinnati,

My late dad had a copy of his “Feeding Frenzy” live album from 1990 in his car when I cleaned it out after he passed.

I’ll be playing it today

Love “One Particular Harbor’ and “Fins”


34 posted on 09/02/2023 3:55:08 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: irishjuggler

I loved his music.

It must be said though he was a strong and determined adherent of the left.

He campaigned hard for all of them from Clinton on up.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jimmy-buffetts-trump-dis-supporting-florida-democrat-andrew-gillum-angers-fans-way-alienate-half-people-buying-music-155706517.html


35 posted on 09/02/2023 3:58:41 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: MtnScout

David Allen Coe
Jimmy Buffet Doesn’t Live in Key West Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0B4nNxG9Y


36 posted on 09/02/2023 4:02:38 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: MtnScout

For a few odd reasons he became the sound track of my life for a year in 1996. He was on my car and house stereo constantly and also on the boat. I think he sure did what he wanted to do as an entertainer. RIP


37 posted on 09/02/2023 4:04:15 AM PDT by KC Burke
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Mid to late ‘70s. Used to take road trips and hit 3 or 4 concerts up and down the east coast each summer. Pregaming in the parking lot was always a great time. He put out the concert album You Had to Be There and then he got really big and ticket prices, t-shirts, etc... started soaring. Concerts were more spread out and larger venues. With a couple notable exceptions, by the ‘90s, my Buffett concerts were then relegated to picking up his latest album and a case of Corona and spending the evening on the deck.

Never look back, this is my plan
Run my pony in the sand
Somewhere, somewhere...


38 posted on 09/02/2023 4:07:09 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Hatteras
Used to take road trips and hit 3 or 4 concerts up and down the east coast each summer.

A bona fide Parrot Head!

39 posted on 09/02/2023 4:12:40 AM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸 Selling out the U.S.A.: The Briben Brand™)
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To: MtnScout

Most concerts i ever attended by a single artist.

RIP...


40 posted on 09/02/2023 4:14:04 AM PDT by sit-rep
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