RIP Jimmy Buffett

[Earl the Squirrel]

I usually let others handle the RIP notifications, but this one cuts deep. I just got home about 30 minutes ago, (relax, Grandma, I was at midnight bingo) and saw the news just as it appeared.

I really love Jimmy Buffett, even though I'm not into beaches or island type culture and I really can't stand Margaritaville. But I love just about everything else he's ever done and not a week or two goes bye that I don't randomly break out singing Pencil Thin Moustache at least once or twice.

I don't think he posts here anymore, but I recall that Snoopy (tanstaafl) was quite the Parrothead and I feel for him in this moment.

[kroxquo]

He must have been booked for the ultimate Labor Day week-end show.

I agrre totally with Earl. I know his music is not the deepest most intellectual stuff, but it was always just plain fun. And I love how he took the public image of a laid back beach bum and parlayed it into a huge business empire so he really could just hang out on the beach and always looked like he was having a ball doing it.

[silverscreenselect]

Just what I didn't need to wake up to on a holiday weekend. According to his obituary, he was 76, but I thought of him as perpetually middle-aged. A few years back, Mrs. SSS and I had dinner at his Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant. The chain was short-lived, and the food was standard bar food fare, but we got to hear an hour of his music on the PA system and had a lot of fun. You can't help but feel better when listening to Margaritaville.

RIP Jimmy.

[Earl the Squirrel]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwr-nxbgWHA/?hl=en


Not sure how to get an IG reel to embed (if a moderator does, feel free to edit this) but I promise it's worth the click

[Spock]

Yeah, this one hurts. Never saw him in person-but had it on the bucket list.

I remember reading in (one of?) his memoirs that a geography professor wanted to develop a course based on his songs.

A phrase from his book runs through my head quite often.

"Boys from the barrios of Bogota and Baranquilla where life is cheap."

[Bob Juch]

Damn! I had all his albums on cassettes and played them back-to-back on my cross-country trips. I saw him live three times. Once was in Sacramento when he had a cast on his leg; it was rumored a coke dealer broke it.

I feel a new song coming on.

[Spock]

Another anecdote from his memoir that I have chuckled at over the years was from when he ran into a couple named Hans and Helga(or something similar) that were running an inn in the central hills of some Caribbean island. He described as being straight out of central casting as Nazis in hiding after the war.

The phrase that I think of over the years is "So, what did you do in the War, Hans?" He didn't ask him-just mentally asked it.

[Bob Juch]

This may need some polishing, but here it is:

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[Verse 1]
G                       C
I'm sittin' by the sea, thinkin' 'bout days gone by
G                               D
When Jimmy sang of Margaritaville, under the sky
G                   C
He was a poet, a minstrel of the beach and sea
G                       D                     G
Oh, how I miss Jimmy, wishin' he was here with me

[Chorus]
    C                     G
I miss Jimmy, strummin' on his six-string
    C                        D
I miss Jimmy; oh, the joy that he'd bring
G                     C
From "Cheeseburger in Paradise" to every tale he'd tell
G                   D                     G
I miss Jimmy, I hope he's doing really well

[Verse 2]
G                       C
He sang of lost pirates and a shaker of salt
G                          D
He turned life's bitter lemons into a tequila waltz
G                        C
From Key West up to Maine, his songs were in the air
G                     D                     G
Oh, how I miss Jimmy, wishin' he was still right here

[Chorus]
    C                     G
I miss Jimmy, strummin' on his six-string
    C                        D
I miss Jimmy; oh, the joy that he'd bring
G                     C
From "Cheeseburger in Paradise" to every tale he'd tell
G                   D                     G
I miss Jimmy; I hope he's doing really well

[Bridge]
  Em                        C
Jimmy, you gave us stories, tales in chords and rhyme
  Em                        D
Made us all feel like it was always summer-time
G                           C
We'll keep the boat drinks flowin' as we sail into the night
G                          D                      G
Honoring your legacy by keeping the anchor light

[Chorus]
    C                     G
I miss Jimmy, strummin' on his six-string
    C                        D
I miss Jimmy; oh, the joy that he'd bring
G                     C
From "Cheeseburger in Paradise" to every tale he'd tell
G                   D                     G
I miss Jimmy; I hope he's doing really well

[Outro]
G                        C
Here's to you, Jimmy, wherever you now may be
G                          D
Your songs will live forever, like a ship out on the sea
G                       C
We'll keep your spirit sailing as we strum along this tune
G                         D                       G
And know you're still among us, underneath the same old moon

[Beebs52]

We could here him play at the Pavilion back in the day at our other house, outside in the hot tub. Also partied with Parrotheads at a local icehouse. Memmmories

[SportsFan68]

Cheeseburger in Paradise is one of those songs that will make me turn the radio up. Sorry to see you go, Jimmy.

[mellytu74]

"This Hotel Room" remains a favorite Buffett song.

Reminded me (and several other sportswriter pals) of covering road games.

RIP to a favorite of mine.

[Bob Juch]

"This Hotel Room" remains a favorite Buffett song.

Reminded me (and several other sportswriter pals) of covering road games.

RIP to a favorite of mine.

[Bob Juch]

He died from Merkel cell carcinoma. Long-term sun exposure increases the risk of getting it.

[Estonut]

I was only a casual fan until this classic appearance (including 2 songs) on Letterman:



Until then, I knew of the other songs, but I didn't realize he was the guy who wrote & sang "Come Monday." In the clip (about the halfway point), he talks about how that song saved his life.

A friend who was a big fan got a group of us together to see him at Irvine Meadows. Best tailgate party ever!

[Bob Juch]

Here's my song, just push play. (After you give it five stars!)

https://broadjam.com/songs/Bob_Juch/i-miss-jimmy