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Jimmy Buffett had offered to help Carter during his 1976 presidential race, and when Carter’s Oregon campaign events attracted few attendees, he asked Buffet to help him draw some crowds. The “Margaritaville” singer played a show for him in Portland, according to Rock & Roll President. “They didn’t have a sound system big enough for the band, so a couple of us got out acoustic guitars, [and] we probably drew 15,000 people out there,” Buffett said.
Jimmy Buffett performing at a concert to benefit Jimmy Carter’s campaign, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, September 27, 1980.
