:-(



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No more cheeseburgers in Margaritaville?

Bummer…WP says he’s worth 550 million. His will should be interesting.

“I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead” - JB

This one hurts

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76 years old.

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Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

Fair winds and following seas, cap'n.

Oh!... Not a fan but I admired him. Very sad news.

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High on a threshold yearning to sing
Down with the dancers having one last fling

+/- 1988, on my birthday, I was driving past Chico Hot Springs, MT (a little south of Livingston) and decided to have a birthday beer.

I was surprised to find the bar completely packed, and had to stand out front.

I quickly realized that Jimmy Buffett and one of his band members was sitting in with a popular Montana band.

I heard Buffett do three of his songs with the band, I guess they did five.

I later heard that he did a second set, don’t know if that is correct.



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Sad indeed. I'm far from a Parrothead, but I did like most of his hits. A particular favorite is "Come Monday"

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…I'm far from a Parrothead, but I did like most of his hits. A particular favorite is "Come Monday"

Ditto on all points.

Along with many fans there are people on my FB feed who knew him. Universally loved. The good, fun guy image was not faked.

Just last week I had mentioned to one of my guitar students that I thought Margaritaville would be a fun tune for him to work on.

RIP

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Aww. That's sad news.

Happy sailing, Jimmy.

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This guy genuinely was passionate about making people feel happy. Bringing "good vibe" people together. He never just took anybody's money either. His projects provided tremendous value. We need people like him.

I'll have to have an extra Margarita for him.

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San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


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:-( <heavy sigh> May he rest in peace.

I'm at the age where I think, "but he was ONLY 76..."

In addition to be ing part of the soundtrack of my youth, he participated in one of my favorite Songs Around the World a few years ago:
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Aw heck! R.I.P.

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Come Monday it won't be all right ....

Rest In Peace!

76 is too young. they didn't say cause of death, but the suddenness of this would indicate an advanced stage of cancer or something similar...

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Come Monday it won't be all right ....

Rest In Peace!

76 is too young. they didn't say cause of death, but the suddenness of this would indicate an advanced stage of cancer or something similar...

TMZ updated its report with information supposedly from those with direct knowledge that a skin cancer he was treated for 4 years ago turned into lymphoma.

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Fk’n skin cancer….. burns me up seeing my light skinned brothers and sisters roasting themselves in the sun using no protection! As dark skinned as I am, I still wear sunblock during any outdoor activity…..been doing that since my teen years when I was going to college in Florida.



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RIP Mr Buffet.

I met him twice... He was really nice to everyone, both times when he was shooting photos for an album cover on, or around, one of the boats I was working on at the time.
{One Particular Harbor & Son Of A Son Of A Sailor}

Late 70's early 80's at Buccaneer Cruises, in Ports O' Call Village, in San Pedro California.

Here he is stepping off the dock steps onto the Buccaneer Queen.

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I only knew one of his songs, and when it came on the radio, I changed stations to find some Led Zep, or Hendrix, etc.

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I only knew one of his songs, and when it came on the radio, I changed stations to find some Led Zep, or Hendrix, etc.

Give his first live album a try. Buffett's studio stuff was all too often hampered by schmaltzy Seventies production, but he was a consistent concert sellout for decades for a reason: His material is generally a lot better when pared down to a sharp five-piece rock band with a harmonica and/or steel drum added in.

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I only knew one of his songs, and when it came on the radio, I changed stations to find some Led Zep, or Hendrix, etc.

I know what you mean, I would do the same for the latter.

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... he was a consistent concert sellout for decades...

So are Barry Manilow and Celine Dion.

Found this almost by accident last night. I get so used to attributing good recording to the expertise of high-end producers and studios. This was Buffet and his guitar in the guest seat with Letterman, and his performance was stellar. Yeah, i guess some credit goes to Letterman's sound crew, but still...

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Will Collier
... he was a consistent concert sellout for decades...

So are Barry Manilow and Celine Dion.

And Taylor Swift...

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Found this almost by accident last night. I get so used to attributing good recording to the expertise of high-end producers and studios. This was Buffet and his guitar in the guest seat with Letterman, and his performance was stellar. Yeah, i guess some credit goes to Letterman's sound crew, but still...

That's fantastic, thank you.

From so long ago, Letterman was still funny!