R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett. Thanks for years of music.

[WinterBorn]

This is one of my favorites by him.

Love this and "God's Own Drunk".

 

[airplanemechanic]

That'd be Gordon Lightfoot, not Jimmy Buffett.

I was about to say I didn't know Buffett sang that, I thought that was Lightfoot.

I grew up on the water with my family. We loved all boating songs and I admired his love of the ocean and boats. I also love Alan Jackson, and his recent coming out of his medical condition that has rendered him unable to perform, it's sad. Man as I kid I sang "It's 5 oclock somewhere." What would Jimmy Buffett do? I'd say pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane, before I go insane...."

I was like 12 but didn't know what a hurricane was but proudly sang that song. I also like Kenny chesney for the same reason.

 

[candycorn]

That one is assumed to be about his dad, but he had a strained relationship with him and was close to his sea captain grandfather.

The song does say “Jimmy” near the end.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

All of these guys are dying off now. Hardly seems like a week or so goes by, another one from my young days passes on. RIP to Jimmy, and all of them.

 

[candycorn]

"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."

Pure poetry.

Yep.

 

[Synthaholic]

The song does say “Jimmy” near the end.

His dad was also Jim. I just wonder if he combined his father and grandfather's lives in that song. There are lines about the war but that could apply to either WWI or WWII. The last verse is about fishing the pylons, which sounds more like his grandfather.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Buffett... rich enough ($billionaire) to own one of these...




But preferred this instead...

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

I never liked him because the sonofabitch was a big Democrat supporter. Especially the Clintons and Obamas.

Kinda like that Bruce Springsteen asshole.

What a pussy you are

 

[BS Filter]

Very talented guy. He was a party. RIP.

 

[katsteve2012]

Never been a fan of any kind of country music, but his Margaritaville song had a universal appeal.
RIP.

 

[two_iron]

He was a big fan of serial killers.... he just adored this one...

 

[PeterPilot]

I hope it wasn't the shot that got him. I met him in person before he was famous. 1967 in Mobile.

 

[katsteve2012]

I hope it wasn't the shot that got him. I met him in person before he was famous. 1967 in Mobile.

According to updated reports, it was a rare form of skin cancer.

Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)

www.jimmybuffett.com

 

[PeterPilot]

According to updated reports, it was a rare form of skin cancer.

Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)

www.jimmybuffett.com

Rare forms of cancer have exploded since the shots were administered. RIP Jimmy Buffett.

His staff will remain silent as to whether he took the shots or not, following the lead of many other stricken entertainers like Celine Dion.

 

[katsteve2012]

Rare forms of cancer have exploded since the shots were administered. RIP Jimmy Buffett.

His staff will remain silent as to whether he took the shots or not, following the lead of many other stricken entertainers like Celine Dion.

OK. From what I have read, he suffered quietly from that condition for almost 5 years.

Which was prior to the pandemic and the shots that followed.

Either way, may he RIP.

 

[Concerned American]

I hope it wasn't the shot that got him. I met him in person before he was famous. 1967 in Mobile.

I never met him, but I saw him in a small venue and by the time the show was over, I felt like we were old friends. He was a hell of an entertainer.

 

[WinterBorn]

Rare forms of cancer have exploded since the shots were administered. RIP Jimmy Buffett.

His staff will remain silent as to whether he took the shots or not, following the lead of many other stricken entertainers like Celine Dion.

Have they? Have rare forms of cancer exploded since the shots were administered? Got a link showing that to be a fact and not just paranoia?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Died of skin cancer. That makes sense.

 

[AZrailwhale]

I’m not criticizing anyone who likes Buffett

But other than one song he’s not on my radar

You might want to listen to his stuff, he was good. Not just as a performer, but a songwriter as well. It's rare to be both, Dylan was a great songwriter, but a horrible performer, I can't listen to that nasal voice of his, it takes all the enjoyment out of his songs and lyrics.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Neither have most legendary rock artists. His live shows were incredible.

The only one I went to was in Vegas. I learned NOT of see him at an indoor venue, the sound was turned up so high my teeth hurt. I actually had to leave.