Jimmy Buffett dying on Labor Day weekend is like Adams and Jefferson dying on July 4. It’s fitting, almost providential that the man who personified island living would sail off into the sunset for the last time as summer gave way to fall.
The Jimmy Buffett we came to know and love truly began 50 years ago. Buffett had released two country albums before dropping A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean in 1973. It was his first album with the Coral Reefer Band, was the first example of his signature “Gulf and Western” sound, and was the first appearance of Buffett’s “trademark mustache.”
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