Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2021. In memory of Jimmy Buffett, who died on Sept. 2, we’re republishing it.
Author’s note: the names in the article have been changed, the memories have not.
According to Forbes, Jimmy Buffett is worth just north of half a billion dollars. All because he wrote a tune while getting shit-faced one afternoon in Austin, Texas.
It was 1976. Jimmy Buffett sat in Lung’s Cocina del Sur. He had just finished a series of gigs opening for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. At the time, it seemed like a smart move, but, mostly, Buffett played to a lot of
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