Jimmy singing National Anthem for Steve Goodman

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Anyone know if a recording of this exists? Would be very cool to hear.

Steve and Jimmy Buffett have something else in common. Both are known for their love of Baseball. Buffett became a Cubs fan probably due to the fact that you can pick up the Cubs from WGN-TV all over the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly after Steve's death, Jimmy Buffett had an opportunity to sing the National Anthem For The Chicago Cubs. Later that Year The Chicago Sun Times ran an article about the occurrence:

Goodman was a huge Cubs fan. Buffett said Goodman knew the Cubs
were closing in on their 1984 National League Eastern Division title before he
slipped into a coma in a Seattle hospital. He died four days before the Cubs
clinched the division. Buffett sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for his friend
in the first game of the divisional playoffs at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won
13-0 on a clear sun-drenched afternoon.

"It may be my greatest baseball memory," Buffett said. "I believe his
spirit truly was at Wrigley Field that day. It's like Martin Mull wrote in the
('No Big Surprise') book. He was an elf.

"I was so serious that I was singing the National Anthem in the shower. You
have to know where to start on that song, because if you start too high, you'll
get lost down the road. I walk out of my room and I see this guy in the hall
with this look on his face, like, 'Who is this wacko, right-wing maniac who gets up
in the morning and sings the National Anthem for an hour?'

"Stevie Goodman would have loved that story.", said Buffett.

http://www.cobo.org/goodman/jbsg.html