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
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!
Bit of trivia here … I believe Jimmy Buffett is the only person to have all three of these accomplishments to his name:
- a #1 hit on the Billboard charts
- a #1 New York Times bestselling book for fiction
- a #1 NYT bestseller for non-fiction
He certainly had a lot of talent and lived a colorful life.