My Letter to Jimmy

HebertNecessity · Post by **HebertNecessity** » January 22, 2008 8:28 pm

Dear Jimmy,
I’m sure that you receive millions of fan letters but I’ve never written one to anyone. I’m certainly a fan of yours but I’d like to think of this as more of a thank you note. Thank you for the input you’ve had in our lives. My husband and I are native Floridians. I am one of seven children from an Irish Catholic family and my husband is a descendent of Louisiana and alumni of Alabama. We grew up Relating to your music and lifestyle! I just couldn’t let today go by without expressing our gratitude for the way you brought us together and how we are now raising our children as “parakeets!”…
On the night we met, we danced to A Pirate Looks at Forty and on the night that we got married we danced to our wedding song, Bigger Than The Both of Us. My brother now jokes that the only other man in my life is you! We just want you to know that during all of our favorite memories, you were always there-
In our daily lives, you are our sedative and our stimulant! If we’re stressed, you give us a “license to chill” and if we’re excited you help us push “the fool button” on many a “Livingston Saturday night!”
We enjoy entertaining on our boat and on our back patio especially because our friends and family become our captive audience for sharing some of our favorite Buffett songs. We love to give Beaches, Ballads, Bars & Boats as a gift because it is a great way to share a variety from over the years. We are frequent Margaritaville patrons and we just want you to know that we are doing our part! We will happily spread the word about Cheeseburger in Paradise in our home town of Plantation.
I will try to keep this part brief but I’m afraid this is where I ramble in detail…My first recollection was hearing Little Miss Magic when my friend’s parents had a baby. Later they took us to the Keys and introduced us to Boat Drinks. When I went to school in the mountains of North Carolina I met & became The People Our Parents Warned us about!...(My son’s middle name is Mackay—like the gardener; it is a family name). I grew up loving Come Monday and still do no matter how many times I hear it! I remember one weekend with friends when we had Riddles in the Sand on the stereo and it was on automatic repeat

throughout the entire night. I’ve been to your concerts in Ft. Laud, Miami, Tampa & Gainesville. Sometimes my husband & I see you twice a year. I pop your CDs in the car stereo especially when the kids & the traffic get annoying! I love I heard I was in Town, If it all Falls Down & When the Coast is Clear because they are introspective on your part. I love Steamer, I Wish Lunch Would Last Forever and Survive because they are romantic. And of coarse, One Particular Harbor seems to have both! We had the pleasure of meeting Captain Tony last year while attending the “Meeting of the Minds” (which we are again looking forward to ). I love so many other songs which are too numerous to mention because I have always appreciated your lyrical story telling ability. We love Floridays and being Cajun, of course, Creola. We, like you, were early in the crazy ways but we too Love the Now!

Enclosed is a photo of our family at Margaritaville where we always end up after a day at Universal Studios. Prior to this our sons (then 1 & 3 yrs. Of age) got on stage at a karaoke sports bar & sang Volcano! Their favorite lyrics refer to “Mr. Ugly/Utley, the Batman on the dock –Frankie & Lola & meha poopa-Fruitcakes!” In our family is a boat named Floridays a pet named Savannah and much “Parrotphanalia!”
So, in conclusion, once again, thank you for not becoming a priest or a Naval Academy grad. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world & please don’t ever stop performing & making that “homemade music!

Fondly,
Linda & Hugh Hebert & sons, Hugh & Eric

Bfan53 · Post by **Bfan53** » January 22, 2008 8:32 pm

I'll be sure that Jimmy gets your letter personally when we get together for lunch tomorrow......

Seriously, what a great letter. Thanks for sharing!!!!

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » January 22, 2008 8:36 pm

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » January 22, 2008 8:37 pm

nice

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » January 22, 2008 8:45 pm

Nicely said.
I bet he reads it and gets a smile.

Mottola-Buffett · Post by **Mottola-Buffett** » January 22, 2008 9:04 pm

Great letter. I really really really really hope he gets it and reads it!

MKats31 · Post by **MKats31** » January 22, 2008 9:36 pm

Great Letter

horseyparrot · Post by **horseyparrot** » January 22, 2008 10:37 pm

Fabulous

I especially like the part about "Thank you for not becoming a priest or a Naval Academy grad"!!!

ParrotHeadInThe Making · January 22, 2008 10:59 pm

That is a very nice letter, and it is written from the heart. I hope that Jimmy will get the chance to read this letter.

keynorthwestprthd · Post by **keynorthwestprthd** » January 22, 2008 11:32 pm

Well done!!

seanr · Post by **seanr** » January 23, 2008 12:15 am

Great letter makes you think about our own experiences and what all this means to us.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » January 23, 2008 12:17 am

Great letter. Hope JB gets to read it.

MrTwain · Post by **MrTwain** » January 23, 2008 9:18 am

It's so cool how one Parrothead's life experiences seem to mirror those of so many others. Thanks for sharing that. We need more stuff like that.

johnath2o · Post by **johnath2o** » January 23, 2008 12:11 pm

My eyes are a little glassy, written from the heart to a man we all enjoy and envy.

I thought my kids were the only ones that refer to him as "Mr. Ugly"!!!

Grams · Post by **Grams** » January 24, 2008 12:23 am

MrTwain wrote:It's so cool how one Parrothead's life experiences seem to mirror those of so many others. Thanks for sharing that. We need more stuff like that.

Isn't that the truth!! Great letter!!

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » January 24, 2008 12:33 am

HebertNecessity wrote:(My son’s middle name is Mackay—like the gardener; it is a family name).

Great letter, like everyone else has said, I hope Buffett gets to read it. I would like to politely point out that Gardner McKay, as mentioned in We Are the People... is a reference to an actor from the TV series Adventures in Paradise and not an actual "gardener".

B.I.G. DAWG · Post by **B.I.G. DAWG** » January 24, 2008 1:10 am

my kids refer to him as "Mr Ugly also"..

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » January 24, 2008 1:16 am

B.I.G. DAWG wrote:my kids refer to him as "Mr Ugly also"..

Any bets Jimmy CAN NOT pass on calling him, "Mr. Ugly," this season

parrotcuda · Post by **parrotcuda** » January 26, 2008 10:47 am

Misty eyes here too.I could almost sub my name in there,and be right there.Your mention of Come Monday strikes a chord with me.That was a pretty big hit, especially on A.M. radio around here.I was high school age and frying my brain on Hendrix and Neil Young (still do sometimes) So I never really paid much attention to it till later when I really listened to it.Now that thing is in the deepest part of my soul.I just wished I had a dollar for every time I've sung it in karoke bars (with feeling!) backyard partys and cruising down the freeway.Great song,Great letter-------

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