RIP Jimmy Buffet.
Loved him. 💜 pic.twitter.com/npFPVPh9db— Dr Monica 💙💙💙 🇺🇸 🌈 (@DrMonic39867490) September 2, 2023
I’ll confess, I always was and will probably always be an Autumn child… but I admit that this particular turn of the seasonal wheel always comes with a tinge, an acknowledgement that mortality is as much a part of The Eternal as birth.
Headin’ out to San Francisco / For the Labor Day weekend show…
Gift link from the Washington Post — “Jimmy Buffett, musical ‘mayor of Margaritaville,’ dies at 76”:
… “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” a statement posted on his website and social media accounts said, adding: “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.” No cause of death was disclosed.
Mr. Buffett, a frustrated Nashville country artist, found his muse when he moved to Key West, Fla., in spring 1972, leaving behind a failed marriage and stalled career. Surrounded by blue water, he donned Hawaiian shirts, cutoff shorts and flip-flops, grabbed an old blender, and embraced the quirky beach community with his musical soul…
Saturday Morning Open Thread: RIP Jimmy Buffett (And Other Summer Pleasures)Post + Comments (154)