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TropicalTroubador wrote:I'd guess there are probably too many influences to name, over the years.

But let's not forget Lord Buckley, Conway Twitty, and the likes of the Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener.

Hey, Jimmy Buffett was influenced by the mighty, Mighty Sparrow?

Skibo wrote:There were two things that influenced his career - Margaritaville and the cash register.

Hey, there's always women!


The guy who taught JB was Johnny Youngblood. He got into music to get into girls' knickers.

I think...the artist that made all the difference and made JB from a Folkie who dug the stuff coming out of New Orleans to who he is--was Harry Belafonte. In large part. When you think about JB took what Harry Belafonte was doing and incorporated a LOT of that sound into his signature style. I have ...

What artist do you think influenced JB's sound the most? I have been thinking about the Jimmy Buffett we know today... influenced by some great artists... Who is someone that you think, if this artist had not existed....the sound we know was Jimmy Buffett would not exist?? I know it's a philosophica...

Jack Johnson is a great writer, and I think the chances of JB and he playing together is great...maybe not in 2008.

But it's definitely going to happen. Jack Johnson to me is Jimmy Buffett with more hair.

I will be there, and I'm a sick individual.

When did he play in Savannah on St. Patrick's Day????

I can't believe I missed that one.

I actually think this is a damn good idea.

It's just they picked the WRONG songs.

Good lullabye songs of JB would be Dreamsicle, Stars Fell on Alabama (by Mitchell & Parrish), Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants, Jolly Mon, Island, Happily Ever After (Every Now and Then).

They got the wrong songs!

Garth Brooks has a good song called "Two Pina Coladas", it actually sounds more like a JB song then a Garth Brooks song. I wouldn't mind hearing a cover of that. Actually I felt that should have been a Buffett song all along. That would be a kicker for him to remake :D :D It was originall...

Not sure if he has ever done so but what about Jimmy covering or remaking some Allman Brothers songs? Statesboro Blues, Ramblin Man and Blue Sky seem like songs that would be good coming from Jimmy. WOW! Now that is a great choice....I would LOVE to hear him do Blue Sky. He would do that well. He a...

I can't wait until there is a "The Jimmy Buffett Scrapbook" thread!

Hello. I have the notion that JB used Eng's book to recollect facts and conjure up memories for his autobiography/travelogue A Pirate Looks at Fifty. There are a few business ideas that I believe JB may have glommed from the book. Can't blame him. C'mon, if someone wrote a book about you--you'd read...

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Shameless self-promotion is the American way Recently I was asked by DJ Jeff Allen to do a live interview, for his show also on Radio JimmyDreamz. I accepted and he asked some good questions. Well if you missed it, you can listen to it 24/7 on the TAIT MySpace page which is operated by my biz partne...

I love, love, love Dreamsicle.

BUT...I think "Creola" fits the theme too.

LIPH wrote:

maufro wrote:How many shows do you feel Jimmy will put on this year?

37, because it's an odd number

I'm 37??????

If you like poetry, I highly recommend Steve Eng's book Yellow Rider and Other Fantasy Poems. Very gothic, a bit spooky, but good stuff.

Eng was also a songwriter.

Anybody know where Savannah Jane was born?

I am very fascinated in "behind the scenes" type stuff. The stories in the book about JB's former manager Irving Azoff are PRICELESS. I really think that it was Azoff (with JB) that got him going. Then I think the merchandising The Coconut Telegraph , Margaritaville Stores, circa 1985-Pres...

Biography reveals a serious Buffett Singer known for wild side is successful entrepreneur, concerned environmentalist By Liz Doup The Miami Herald Here's the problem with writing a book about Jimmy Buffett, South Florida's forever-young troubadour of bars and beaches: People know ``so'' much about h...

In my humble opinion the book is wonderfully written and EXTREMELY thoroughly researched. I know this is not the popular opinion, but I view Steve Eng as a man who was doing his job. As a journalist, he is great. As a Poet, Eng is also quite gifted. He began working on a book about Nashville, which ...