This is a clip of Jimmy, Jerry Jeff Walker and Greg "Fingers" Taylor on The Texas Connection back in 1991. Jimmy talks a little bit about Phil Clark on whom the song "A Pirate Looks At Forty" was based.
Good for you. I lived aboard in Baltimore and intended to head down. Alas, I'm happily married with two sons I can't get enough of. I still stare South and dream, though
There are many that passed that made me cry but I am still so upset at his passing and want to defend the way of life by that I mean enjoying the beach, nature, and the few people you can call friends, and songs he sang stay alive and part of musical and southern states and island history for many years to come. Thank Jimmy and band.
"Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years to late, the cannons don't thunder there's nothing to plunder I'm an over forty victim of fate, ......life ain't to late" maybe the best line ever in a song! I think every guy has thought this at one time or another. Rest in peace you old pirate!!
I was able to meet Jimmy once, and as the pirate he was, I asked him where were his buccaneers? And he looked bewildered, and I asked again. He said he wasn’t sure, and I said they’re on your buckin’ head! He laughed and slapped my shoulder. A million dollar moment…RIP Mr Buffett ❤❤
During covid, i sold my house and moved my family to the NC coast. I bought a boat, and i've spent 2 summers now playing pirate with my kids every weekend. I found this song when Jimmy died.... just 2 weeks after i turned 40. New favorite song.
RIP- Rest Easy, Thank You for doing so much for our free spirits. You helped me through my career as a police officer. I never forgot my place thanks to you.
Yes Jimmy, this is my favorite too. So relieved you are no longer in your body afflicted with horrible pain. You are free to fly now. " Fly fly little wing, fly beyond imagining.". You will be greatly missed but we thankfully have your music to be blessed with for generations to come. Sleep in peace unless heaven has some good weed! If that is true, then party on my friend. I raise my glass to you because it is truly 5:00 somewhere!!!❤❤😢❤❤🎉❤❤🥳❤❤
R.I.P to a true legend! From one Parrothead to another,may you sail heavens oceans for eternity! Thank you sir for all the great music and great memories! I was blessed to have seen you live,!
His duet with Zac Brown "Knee Deep" there is a line that Jimmy says that really hit home with me and makes me tear up every time I hear it, "wrote a note, said be back in a minute, bought a boat and I sailed off in it, don't think anybody's gonna miss anyway". Sir you are so wrong....I miss you every day. RIP Jimmy, I hope that it is always 5 o'clock for you.
But it could be so fun and positive! “Hey “I’m gonna run out real quick! Don’t think anyone’s gonna miss me while I’m gone!” Doesn’t have to be negative!
I loved Jimmy Buffett and saw him many times over the years. We saw him at Gilley’s in Pasadena Texas. His album A1A had just come out, my friend Michael Betker bedazzled a shirt with A1A on the back. We were two tables away from the stage, Jimmy saw the shirt and insisted he had to have it. One of our other friends had a shirt on over a t-shirt so she gave it to Michael so he could give Jimmy the shirt. He was a phenomenally talented individual not only was he a great musician and songwriter, he was also a very successful author and a shrewd businessman. What a loss.
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Good to me but he definitely has my kindness confused with weakness so I hope everyone involved knows that I'm the same fella who was passed out drunk and set out on a mission to find a innocent man for your honor he doesn't want that
as a sailor...it is amazing that he created a musical sailing vessel in which millions of folks managed to climb aboard for a one lovely cruise...we here in the carribean are anchored up...mourning our late friend...kiwi loves you
I truly believe that too cause Bubba brought & gave JOY where ever he traveled. Plus that super attitude & HUGE smile. So easy to LIKE this man. Very humble. Never came off as pretentious but he off all people knew he had forever young ❤.
This is one of my favorites from Jimmy Buffett and I am so sad today learning of your passing. RIP Jimmy Buffett, so glad we got to see you and the parrot heads in the heyday in Phoenix. 😪🙏💜
So much of my early life was affected by Jimmy's music and the world he created for me. Jimmy is a huge contributor to the person I am today. Hope he's in the paradise he envisioned.
Christopher Nubel I've seen them both live several times but never together. I agree with you. They're old writing buddies, wrote Railroad Lady together for Willie. All 3 have recorded it themselves.
R.I.P Jimmy ❤ Thank you for the music and memories. I'm still in a little bit of shock as I write this because you kept things so private the most of us had no idea about your cancer. You left people with joy, songs from your heart, and moments in their life where they can remember where they were when they first heard a song like this. I will continue to wear my last mango boat works shirts and support the charities that you love dearly. Blessings to your family and friends.
“I’ve done a bit of smuggling, I’ve run my share of grass, I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast”. Damn time rolls by , back in the day running Apache boats out of little torch key and flying airplanes low in the dark, this old pilot thanks you Jimmy. See you in the other side
If Jerry only knew how much we miss him, He wrote so many great songs, he doesn't get the recognition he deserves, RIP JJW, we love ya, Jimmy got us through a lot of hard times
Rest in peace Jimmy. I grew up listening to your music in the '80's and saw you twice in Cincinnati. So many good times were had listening to your music.
Jimmy in his prime ... well, maybe not. He's still "in his prime"! I love this video. Takes me back to the days of his live album, which still runs through my head in idle times. I forget about work, and play a Jimmy Buffet song in my mind. Makes me happy. I'll see Jimmy Buffet in heaven some day. He is the man
Hah, remember the “good ol days” when tickets weren’t $100+ a pop? More power to him if he can command those prices and still fill the venues. I still like his songs, just long for the simpler times as an old man is want to do. I first saw Jimmy and Jerry Jeff in Tuscaloosa, AL back it the 70s. I think “Fingers” was there too, but that was about it and you know what? That was all they needed back then. Just an old man reminiscing...
It's kind of funny that you say "in his prime". I always thought that his prime was the mid-seventies. That's when he started trying to shed his country reputation and pretend that he was a sailor. It made him a whole lot of money.
I've been watching Jimmy Buffett's music. Love Them! I'm getting different varieties if his songs. Love the live versions where you can hear him talking prior to the song. So many variations!! All the more to enjoy listening! Rest In Peace Jimmy!! You Are Sadly Missed!! Love to hear Jimmy's music and to have them jog memories back then. **sigh**
Grew up listening to Jimmy's music and it was fun to listen to him grow older right along with us. Have had multiple conversations with friends about who we thought would, or even could, pick up the mantle when Jimmy finally put the guitar down. I guess we'll get to find out sooner rather than later. Thanks for the great memories Jimmy. You will be missed.
Dave performed this in honor of Jimmy on 09/02/2023, and I was fortunate enough to be there for it, and it was a beautiful tribute opener in love and respect for this ol’ pirate.
I just turned 40. My friends threw me a small party. We are all hardcore parrotheads. So everyone sang this while my wife played the ukulele instead of happy birthday.
I always loved this song. Being a fan since I was a tween in the mid-70s, as we lived and sailed on the bay across the street from our house, I loved this song! But the over 40 victim of fate seemed like to infinity! Now I am that over 40 victim of fate many times over. Love you, Jimmy!
This was a common idea on a friends sailboat on the Great Lakes in the same time period. I was in college and would spend the weekend on his boat in the summer.
The one , the only, the great, started at 19 almost 50, now enjoying this music. Nothing beat being there in person when I was 40! And then for those who like to read he’s quite the author. Will really make ya wanna sell everything and move to Caribbean!
My uncle's favorite song. They played this song on the beach at a beautiful ceremony as a tribute to him. Margarita next to his ashes and all. Heres to you; Miss you Lee. I hope you are in your sloop somewhere in the sky.
His music and stories have been with me since I was an 18 year old kid staring through a telescope in high school. Thanks to you I got out of Indiana and have a wonderful life in Idaho and spend a lot of time off the coast of Belize. Fins up.
Great song, by a Great singer and songwriter that is, and will be missed forever! R.I.P. Jimmy, I hope your enjoying a cheeseburger in paradise and signing your songs on a beach, smiling and laughing!
Saw a deer walking through my city neighborhood the minute I clicked this so had to subscribe. That means we are getting enough food the deer aren’t hunted to extinction and it was just walking along listening to the music. History stories are great and his music is some of my favorite music history to study. My music appreciation teacher featured his music. Some of us parrotheads that never got to see a live show but are fans, watched many online, and buy the merch and eat at Lulu’s every chance we get and would love to retire to margaritaville or somewhere sunny are appreciative of you and Mac and the band’s contribution to great music and good times. This is one of the best ones he sang but they are all great! We won’t wear a frown as much as we can in memory of his music.
@Isaac Engelage I was a DJ back in 1977 in Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi. I was back stage at the Superdome in new Orleans for the "Fourth-of-July Kicker" that had the following artists performing: John Sebastion Emily Lou Harris Charlie Daniels Jerry Jeff Walker Jimmy Buffett AND,... the whole thing was emceed by Cheech & Chong !!! I had met/nterviewed Charlie Daniels a few months earlier when I worked at KAAY in Little Rock (8-11pm, 1975-77) We hooked-up when he came off stage & he got me into the artists break-room ! Shared a couple of big ole doobies with Charlie, Jimmy & Cheech & Chong. What a concert ! Everybody got up on stage & jammed with everybody at some time during the show. And what a show it was ! 40,000 folks in the SuperDome ! It didn't get any better than that !!! Steve Scott/W5BIB (KAAY Little Rock, WZKX-Rock 107, Gulfport/Biloxi, Miss. & WABB-97Rock in Mobile, Alabama. Those were some damn good times.............. hard to believe it was 43 years ago...
I was at the Full Moon Saloon the night they closed down in about 1992. No idea what they did with Phil but I'm sure he's in good hands. Salute to both Phil and Jimmy. I've not seen Jimmy in 30 plus years but wherever you are thank you lots. Peace Jerry Jeff left us in 2020 but he'll always live on through his music and friends.
Man, dude did it his own way. Not the best picker, not the best singer, but could make you FEEL something. Lord, what a blessing he was to us. Thank you, Jimmy!
Thanks for posting for us to wind back the clock and drink to living the best of times..Words escape me now, but hell I’ve written a book about this dream coming true🏝🦈⛵️
