The Toronto Star has an article on the upcoming show along with an interview with Jimmy: “Parrotheads keeping cool in Margaritaville North”
Not only is there no parking lot at the ACC, it’s probably going to be too chilly to dance outdoors in a grass skirt and coconut bra anyway. But Buffett, 62, has no doubt his loyal fans, dubbed Parrotheads, will be out in force.
“I remember going to Minnesota and seeing fans out in the street tailgating. You watch, they will figure it out,” Buffett says from an undisclosed east-coast location, the slight southern drawl of his Alabama roots coating his voice. “Our fans are a very resourceful bunch.”
“I think there’s a kind of misconceived notion that in order to be a fan you have to put on a coconut bra,” says Buffett. “A good number of people don’t come in costume and are just as rabid fans. It runs a much broader spectrum age-wise and you can get as crazy as you want. There are no rules.”
Buffett also includes Canada among those experiences. He traces his roots to Glace Bay, N.S., where his grandfather worked on ships. And he still has good friends in Toronto; pals he plans to join for an oyster roast featuring some of P.E.I.’s finest while he’s in town.
“We’ve got great fans there and I have my lineage … so I’m happy to be coming. Pray for an extended Indian summer and good weather,” Buffett says.