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. Website James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American musician, songwriter, author, actor, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an 'island escapism' lifestyle. Together with his, Buffett has recorded hit songs including ' (ranked 234th on the 's list of ') and '. He has a devoted base of known as '. Aside from his career in music, Buffett is also a best-selling writer and is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best-known songs; he owns the restaurant chain and co-developed the restaurant chain. Buffett performs at in 1977 During the 1980s, Buffett made far more money from his tours than his albums and became known as a popular concert draw.
He released a series of albums during the following 20 years, primarily to his devoted audience, and also branched into writing and merchandising. In 1985, Buffett opened a 'Margaritaville' retail store in Key West, and in 1987, he opened the Margaritaville Cafe. In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist to create a musical based on Wouk's novel,. Broadway showed little interest in the play (following the failure of Paul Simon's ), and it ran only for six weeks in Miami. He released an album of songs from the musical in 1998. In August 2000, Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played on the White House lawn for then-President Bill Clinton.
In 2003, he partnered in a partial with for the song ', a number-one hit on the country charts. This song won the 2003 Award for Vocal Event of the Year. This was Buffett's first award in his 30-year career. Buffett's album, released on July 13, 2004, sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to. With this, Buffett topped the U.S. Pop albums chart for the first time in his career. Buffett continues to tour throughout the year, although he has shifted recently to a more relaxed schedule of around 20–30 dates, with infrequent back-to-back nights, preferring to play only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
This schedule provided the title of his. In the summer of 2005, Buffett teamed up with and introduced. Until this point, Radio Margaritaville was solely an online channel. Radio Margaritaville has remained on the service through Sirius' merger with and currently appears as XM 24.
The channel broadcasts from the Margaritaville restaurant at in. In August 2006, he released the album.
The song 'Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On' on this album is in honor of the survivors of 2005's. Buffett's rendition of 'Silver Wings' on the same album was made as a tribute to. On August 30, 2007, he received his star on the Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame. On April 20, 2010, a double CD of performances recorded during the 2008 and 2009 tours called was released exclusively at Walmart, Walmart.com, and Margaritaville.com. Buffett partnered in a duet with the on the song ': released on Brown's 2010 album, it became a hit country and pop single in 2011.
Also in 2011, Buffett voiced on, which was released on. The project is a benefit for the and includes as, as the narrator, and songs by, and others. Of the over 30 albums Jimmy Buffett has released, as of October 2007, eight are Gold albums and nine are Platinum or Multiplatinum.
In 2003, Buffett won his first Country Music Award for his song 'It's 5 O'clock Somewhere' with Alan Jackson, and was nominated again in 2007 for the CMA Event of the Year Award for his song 'Hey Good Lookin' which featured Alan Jackson and George Strait. Buffett has performed at the amphitheater (formerly known as Great Woods) in Mansfield, Massachusetts, 58 times, the most of any venue in his career. The location Buffett has played in the most throughout his career is Atlanta, GA - a place he credits for much of his rise to stardom over the years. Musical style Buffett began calling his music 'drunken Caribbean rock 'n' roll' as he says on his 1978 live album You Had To Be There.
Later, Buffett himself and others have used the term 'Gulf and Western' to describe his and that of other similar-sounding performers. The name derives from elements in Buffett's early music including musical influence from, along with lyrical themes from the Coast. A music critic described Buffett's music as a combination of 'tropical languor with country funkiness into what some have called the Key West sound, or Gulf-and-western.' The term is a play on the form of 'Country & Western' and the name of the former. Other performers identified as Gulf and Western are often deliberately derivative of Buffett's musical style and some are, or in the case of, a former member of Buffett's. They can be heard on Buffett's Radio Margaritaville and on the compilation album series Thongs in the Key of Life.
Gulf and western performers include Norman 'the Caribbean Cowboy' Lee, Jim Bowley, and Jim Morris. Writing Buffett has written three number-one best sellers. And both spent over seven months on fiction list. His book, published in 1998, went straight to number one on the New York Times Best Seller nonfiction list, making him one of eight authors in that list's history to have reached number one on both the fiction and nonfiction lists.
The seven other authors who have accomplished this are,. Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett. The original hard-cover release of The Jolly Mon included a cassette tape recording of Savannah Jane and him reading the story accompanied by an original score written. Buffett's novel was released on November 30, 2004, and the first edition of the book included a CD single of the song 'A Salty Piece of Land', which was recorded for. The book was a New York Times best seller soon after its release. Buffett's latest title, Swine Not?, was released on May 13, 2008.
Jimmy Buffett quotation on Himank/BRO signboard in the, Northern India Buffett is one of several popular 'philosophers' whose quotations appear on the road signs of in the region of Northern India. Film and television Buffett wrote the soundtrack for, and co-produced and played a role in, the 2006 film, directed by and based on the book by, which focused on issues important to Buffett, such as conservation. The film was not a critical or commercial success. Among his other film music credits are the theme song to the short-lived 1993 television series; 'Turning Around' for the 1985 film starring; 'I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)' for the film; 'Hello, Texas' for the 1980 film; and 'If I Have To Eat Someone (It Might As Well Be You)' for the animated film, which was sung in the film by rap artist. In addition, Buffett has made several, including in,.
He also made cameo appearances as himself in (for which he also wrote the music) and in. He made a guest appearance in the season two of on in 2011. Buffett reportedly was offered a cameo role in, but declined the offer. In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist on a musical production based on Wouk's 1965 novel. In the episode ', an animated version of Buffett (but not voiced by Buffett) was seen singing 'AIDSburger in Paradise' and 'CureBurger in Paradise'. Jimmy has also appeared on the Sesame Street special, singing ' with the popular Muppet,.
Buffett appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 in November 2011. He played a helicopter pilot named Frank Bama, a character from his novel Where Is Joe Merchant?
Another character mentioned that he preferred 'margaritas'; Buffett's character replied, 'Can't argue with you there.' He reprised the role with a brief cameo visiting McGarret on the March 30, 2018 episode 'E Ho'oko Kuleana'. Buffett made a cameo in the 2015 film, where he is seen holding two margaritas while the dinosaurs are set loose in the park. In 2017, Buffett was the musical guest on the episode 'Rogue Nation', playing the song 'I Will Play for Gumbo' in Dwayne Pride's (Scott Bakula) newly rebuilt bar. In 2019, he had an extended cameo playing himself in the film. Business ventures Buffett has taken advantage of his name and the fan following for his music to launch several business ventures, usually with a theme. He opened the in, in 1985.
He owns or licenses the Margaritaville Cafe. As a baseball fan, he was part-owner of two teams: the and the.
Buffett has also licensed Margaritaville, Margaritaville Footwear, and a Margaritaville Foods, including chips, salsa, guacamole, shrimp, chicken, and more. Between his businesses, album sales, and tours, he was estimated by to earn US$50.5 million in 2017 and to have a net worth of $550 million. Record labels In 1993, he launched Margaritaville Records, with distribution through MCA Records.
His MCA record deal ended with the release of 1996's Christmas Island and he took Margaritaville Records over to Chris Blackwell's Island Records for a two-record deal, 1998's Don't Stop The Carnival and 1999's Beach House on the Moon. In the fall of 1999, he started Mailboat Records to release live albums. He entered into a partnership with RCA Records for distribution in 2005 and 2006 for the two studio albums License To Chill and Take The Weather With You.
Beer production In 2006, Buffett launched a cooperative project with the brewing company to produce beer under the Margaritaville Brewing label called. Casinos Margaritaville Casino opened at the in, in May 2013. The center features a restaurant, two bars, a coffee shop, a retail store, and a gaming area. Football From May 8, 2009, through January 5, 2010, (formerly Dolphin Stadium) in Miami, the home of the, was named LandShark Stadium pursuant to an eight-month naming rights deal. Buffett also wrote new lyrics for the team to his 1979 song ', which is played during Dolphins home games.
Despite Buffett's partnership with the Dolphins, Buffett is a diehard fan, having attended the team's first game at in 1967 and later had Saints head coach serve as an honorary member of the Coral Reefer Band at a concert in on April 1, 2012, in protest of Payton's suspension by the as a result of the Saints'. Video games In 2012, a 'Margaritaville Online' game was released by for. The game was discontinued less than two years later. In 2016, it was announced that Buffett had partnered with FunPlus to develop a new Margaritaville game. Real estate Latitude Margaritaville is a $1 billion planned in. The project is a between and Buffett's, with the development being built on land close to LPGA Boulevard and about a mile to the west from. Phase one of the community will have 400 homes with a potential of 6,900 homes, once the project is completed.
As of March 2018, 250 lots have been sold, with home prices projected to range between the low $200,000's to the mid-$300,000 range. Theater works In 1994, Buffett began developing a musical based on 's 1965 novel,. Buffett wrote the music and lyrics and Wouk wrote the book for the show. Don't Stop the Carnival debuted in in 1997 to negative reviews from critics.
In response, the producers approached Buffett and told him that Wouk needed to be fired and a more experienced playwright needed to rewrite Wouk's script. Buffett refused to remove Wouk from the project and any further productions of the show were canceled. Buffett turned the show into an that was released in 1998.
A new musical, opened at the in in May 2017 and ran until July. The show then performed limited runs in, and, and was well-received by critics. The show features a book by and and uses Buffett's classic songs, some of which he rewrote the lyrics to in order to better fit in the context of the story. The show began previews at the on on February 16, 2018 and officially opened on March 15 under the direction of winner.
The Broadway production received mixed reviews from New York critics. In June that same year, the producers announced that the production would close on July 1 after 29 previews and 124 regular performances. Along with the announcement of the show's Broadway closing, it was announced that a national tour will launch in in the fall of 2019.
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About Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett was a country rocker before 1977's aptly titled Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude cemented his image as a beachcombing sage. Although he hit his creative peak during this period, Key West, Fla.' S favorite son has continued to write amusing, often intelligent tunes. A wise businessman, he has become the hero of 'parrot heads' - blue and white-collar working stiffs who would love to lead the life about which he writes (music, novels, plays) and sings.
Jimmy Buffett is indeed a genre of one. Jimmy Buffett was a country rocker before 1977's aptly titled Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude cemented his image as a beachcombing sage. Although he hit his creative peak during this period, Key West, Fla.' S favorite son has continued to write amusing, often intelligent tunes. A wise businessman, he has become the hero of 'parrot heads' - blue and white-collar working stiffs who would love to lead the life about which he writes (music, novels, plays) and sings. Jimmy Buffett is indeed a genre of one.
Jimmy Buffett was a country rocker before 1977's aptly titled Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude cemented his image as a beachcombing sage. Although he hit his creative peak during this period, Key West, Fla.'
S favorite son has continued to write amusing, often intelligent tunes. A wise businessman, he has become the hero of 'parrot heads' - blue and white-collar working stiffs who would love to lead the life about which he writes (music, novels, plays) and sings. Jimmy Buffett is indeed a genre of one. About Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett was a country rocker before 1977's aptly titled Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude cemented his image as a beachcombing sage. Although he hit his creative peak during this period, Key West, Fla.' S favorite son has continued to write amusing, often intelligent tunes.
A wise businessman, he has become the hero of 'parrot heads' - blue and white-collar working stiffs who would love to lead the life about which he writes (music, novels, plays) and sings. Jimmy Buffett is indeed a genre of one.
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