Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way

Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way

A candid, compelling, and rollicking portrait of the pirate captain of Margaritavilleâ€”Jimmy Buffett.

In Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, acclaimed music critic Ryan White has crafted the first definitive account of Buffettâ€™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 â€œMargaritaville.â€

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 Buffettâ€™s reputation was laid.

Buffett wasnâ€™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 whoâ€™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? Itâ€™s wherever itâ€™s five oâ€™clock; itâ€™s wherever thereâ€™s a breeze and salt in the air; and itâ€™s wherever Buffett sets his bare feet, smiles, and sings his songs.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-05-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-05-09
Format	Kindle eBook

Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way

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