Review: Jimmy Buffett gives Parrothead Nation plenty to chirp aboutJim Harrington
But Buffett’s music has also inspired an altruistic reaction. Last year 33-year-old Scott Nickerson, who works in guest services for a major hotel chain, started the Atlanta Jimmy Buffett Parrot Head Club, which is not so much a traditional fan club as a gathering of Buffett buffs who vo...
Buffett's 1992 collection titled "Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads" became one of the best-selling box sets ever and his annual summer concert tours with his Coral Reefer Band became major events, drawing thousands of Parrotheads who would dress up in Hawaiian shirts, leis, funny hats and ...
The music world has lost another legend, asJimmy Buffetthas died at the age of 76. The singer-songwriter, best known for performing such songs as "Margaritaville," "Come Monday" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" with his Coral Reefer Band for an avid fanbase of "Parrotheads," passed away Fr...
Welcome to the New Hampshire Parrot Head Club Join the NHPHC on Saturday, March 8 at 2PM at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. Manchester, NH for Escape to Margaritaville. Tickets available through this link at the discounted rate of $42 per ticket....
This morning, Buffett had a CAT scan that came back normal. Margaritaville CAT scan t-shirts and koozies will be available online tomorrow. Here’s the video of Jimmy’s Margarita Spill: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPqgkkiBfy4&w=480&l=385] (Visited 58 times, 1 visits ...
Texas bar. Both drew the definitive picture of Parrothead bliss (though the term would not be coined for a few more years) and finding the key to a good life in cold drinks, warm sand, gentle breezes, a hammock and a shaker of salt. For Buffett, these were the cures to all ills,...
Wright, Ann
Music The commodification of Jimmy Buffett and the cultural resistance of his fans| An ethnography of the San Antonio Parrot Head Club THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO Jeffrey A. Halley HansenMary LubyJimmy Buffett's popular theme song "Margaritaville" debuted in 1977. Thirty-three years ...
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