Jimmy Buffett : a good life all the way / by Ryan White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Ryan (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buffett, Jimmy.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Rock musicians--Biography.

Local Subjects:

Buffett, Jimmy.

Rock musicians--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Touchstone, [2017]

Summary:

"Music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffett's rise from singing songs for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his ... hit 'Margaritaville'"--Dust jacket flap.

Acclaimed music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffett's rise from singing songs for beer to his emergence as a tropical icon and CEO behind the Margaritaville industrial complex, a vast network of merchandise, chain restaurants, resorts, and lifestyle products all inspired by his sunny but disillusioned hit "Margaritaville." Filled with interviews from friends, musicians, Coral Reefer Band members past and present, and business partners who were there, this book is a top-down joyride with plenty of side trips and meanderings from Mobile and Pascagoula to New Orleans, Key West, down into the islands aboard the Euphoria and the Euphoria II, and into the studios and onto the stages where the foundation of Buffett's reputation was laid. Buffett wasn't always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late sixties, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who'd collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit, where Buffett, like Hemingway before him, found his voice and eventually brought to life the song that would launch Parrot Head nation. And just where is Margaritaville? It's wherever it's five o'clock; it's wherever there's a breeze and salt in the air; and it's wherever Buffett sets his bare feet, smiles, and sings his songs."--Jacket flap.

Contents:

Once upon a time in Key West

The mythical, mystical, poetic, romantic, and artistic history of Jimmy Buffett

The Nashville Telegraph

"I guess they'll get us started"

Regattas, regrettas, and adventures at the end of the road

There's no substitute for experience

There wasn't a name for it

He meets the bear, finally

Tire swings, hurricanes, and the Coral Reefer Band

Euphoria

Changes in ... Everything

To Bimini and beyond

Fool buttons

Almost over the edge

A ramshackle place

If you want to survive the tourist business

What would Jimmy Buffett do?

A salty piece of land

Searching for Margaritaville.

ISBN:

9781501132551

1501132555

9781501132568

1501132563

OCLC:

952980024