'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76 https://abcnews.go.com/US/margaritaville-singer-jimmy-buffett-dies-76/story?id=102879851 Saw this guy 5-6 times, and he never disappointed...I first saw him on 7/4/77 at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando with The Eagles, Hall and Oates...The Eagles got top billing because, well they were The Eagles, and had just come out with Hotel California...but Jimmy stole the show and did a 10 minute version of "God's Own Drunk"...and when I got home I went out and bought every album of his. ("Son of a Son of a Sailor" is still my fav) And I was actually at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta on one of the nights he cut the live album "You Had to be There". The guy had a really tough life...go sailing all over the Gulf and central America, write a few songs, come back to the mainland, cut an album, and then back out to sea and start the whole cycle all over again...yeah, tough life. This one really hurts...Thank you Jimmy...RIP
I only saw Jimmy once, 1975 Cal State Long Beach Bluegrass Festival. Not really any "Bluegrass" played though. Lineup: Jimmy Buffett, followed by Leo Kottke, followed by the headliner, Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band. Real ironic timing too! I just dusted off my early Buffet LPs a couple of weeks ago. Been stuck for the last 2 weeks on- "A Pirate Looks at 40." Dang 59, sorry to hear this. I know you were as big of a Buffett fan as there is, sorry to hear time and age caught up with your hero! I never saw Hall & Oates, but would have loved too. I did see the Eagles at Anaheim Stadium in the Summer Festival. Toots and the Maytals reggae band opened followed by Jackson Browne followed by the Eagles, with Joe Walsh making his very first on stage performance with them. Ronstadt was the headliner, she playedher set; and then both Browne and the Eagles with Ronstadt played an hour plus to end it all. A ticket was only $10 back then. Unbelievable by todays standards.
