GREAT DRINKING SONG FOR THIS WEEKEND

Well, I'm no longer posting Jimmy Buffett everyday, but I do not want my fans to go without, so I'm going to try to post a favorite on Thursdays anyway.

"A Lot to Drink About" from Buffett Hotel  is an absolutely great song for the Cinco de Mayo weekend and the video is a great one of Jimmy and Mac MacAnaly doing an impromptu concert at the Margaritaville Cafe in Key West.  Why doesn't that happen when I walk into a Margaritaville Cafe????

So, listen, enjoy and I know you'll know all the words by the time you need a good drinking song. This one hits on everything that's happening now and just a bit more.  Thanks, Jimmy.  I need some RUM!!!

T is THE WEATHER IS HERE I WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL

Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation.


"The Weather is Here I Wish You Were Beautiful" (1980) from the Coconut Telegraph CD has been one of my favorite songs for two reasons.

The first one is that of course, it has all the Jimmy Buffett elements, love of the palm tress, escaping a bitchy girlfriend, finding new love and finally deciding to kick it all over and move to the islands.  In the song, I am assuming he is from NYC and not sure where the flight attendant is from (Jimmy used the politically incorrect "Stewardess" in the song).

The other thing I love about this song is that at the time he recorded it Jimmy was a big "All My Children" fan; that's right the soap opera.  I watched it off and on when I was home with kids, but my friend called one day and said "Jimmy Buffett is going to be on 'All My Children' today!"  and he was.  He walked into a bar sat down, I don't remember if he had any lines, but the juke box was playing one of his songs.

THIS song comes into this all (ah, you were waiting for a point, right) because of the line "Billy Clyde wasn't insane".  Billy Clyde Tuggle was a "All My Children"  character, so I've always gotten a kick out of that and remember Jimmy's brief soap opera cameo every time I hear this song. .

M is for MARGARITAVILLE (what else!)

Please note that the videos embedded with the songs were posted by some great Parrotheads on YouTube and not my creation


There was really no question what "M" would be, but for those new to Mr. Buffett, "Margaritaville" (1977) was the BIG hit for Jimmy and the one that led many of us to the rest of his music.  This song first appeared on the Changes in Lattitudes, Changes in Attitudes CD,

I first heard the song on the radio in 1977 when I was living on Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO, with my husband and  one year old daughter.  (see "Little Miss Magic").  I don't know why I remember this so well, but we lived in the shadow of Cheyenne Mountain and Pikes Peak and I swear I was looking at those mountains and was thinking how far away I was from my Atlantic Ocean roots and Jimmy brought me back there.  When did you first hear this?

I've posted the lyrics version this time in case this was your first time and in case you've been singing the words wrong for years and years.  A simple song that led to complex feelings for me and thousands of others, and that's what Jimmy's songs are all about.