Jimmy Buffett RIP

[Vmass]

I certainly know of him, but never was a thing for me. Maybe he wasn't followed as much here in the Northeast. RIP.

[bonanzadave]

Had Jimmy surrounded himself with the likes of the guys in "The Band" you might start to make a comparison. Let alone the people that show up in "The Last Waltz"

but if you saw Jimmy perform in some tropical paradise somewhere, sipping on a ........Margarita...I guess, that would be memorable.

I vote Robbie, then Gordon Lightfoot and maybe Jimmy a distant 3rd.

[marvinsc]

I do not get the point of these recent posts, does it have to be "Either Or" We have lost some very talented Artists this year and I'm pretty sure none of them are running for Favorite dead artist!

[Vmass]

I do not get the point of these recent posts, does it have to be "Either Or" We have lost some very talented Artists this year and I'm pretty sure none of them are running for Favorite dead artist!

Having an opinion is human nature and used to be more acceptable. Remember " Kiss Marry Kill or the other versions?

[earlfor]

I do not get the point of these recent posts, does it have to be "Either Or" We have lost some very talented Artists this year and I'm pretty sure none of them are running for Favorite dead artist!

That's for certain. LOL As for comparison, Buffett and Robertson had nothing in common other than neither of them made any piano albums. eh

[Rob S.]

...Favorite dead artist!

Jerry Garcia! And John Lennon. Jimi Hendrix. Tom Petty. Paul Kantner...

Ron McKernon (Pigpen). Janis...Jim Morrison. Keith Moon, John Entwistle.

[trevor]

Jerry Garcia! And John Lennon. Jimi Hendrix. Tom Petty. Paul Kantner...

Ron McKernon (Pigpen). Janis...Jim Morrison. Keith Moon, John Entwistle.

For me it's Gord Downie...

[Suzukian]

I really liked his cover of "Southern Cross". It was really "real" sounding to me.

[Bert Patterson]

I like both for very different reasons. Along with John Prine, Tom Russell, Ben Bullington, Steve Earle, and a whole lot of others that I can’t necessarily think of right now.Like, say, Richard Thompson.

[GS1150Pilot]

He truly made a difference in the music world-and in the culture of beach bumming. I will miss him a great deal.

[trevor]

Ok I now have a bigger soft spot for him after reading this...
And I appreciate that he meant a lot to you guys here...so he must have been a good guy and a good influence...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-jimmy-buffet-death-lennie-gallant-1.6956210

Flying under the radar in Canada


"Canada holds a special place in my heart," Buffet told The Canadian Press in a 2004 interview. "I've got more family in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia than I do in the States."

When he came to the East Coast, visiting family and fishing topped his list of preferred activities.

He also spoke of his fondness for Canadian songwriters, saying he kept "a keen ear to the north," favouring the likes of Gordon Lightfoot and Lennie Gallant, among others. He performed several songs penned by Canadian legend Bruce Cockburn, with two of those tracks — Anything Anytime Anywhere and Someone I Used to Love — appearing on his 2004 album License to Chill.

Canadian comedian Mark Critch said Buffett frequently visited Newfoundland to research his family's history. He recalled "a very long time ago" running into Buffett at a bar in St. John's called The Republic.

"A guy was sitting at the end of the bar who had flown in and was researching his family history," Critch recalled in an interview. "And he walks out and then somebody says, 'I think that was Jimmy Buffett."'

• How Lennie Gallant almost brushed off Jimmy Buffett's request to write songs together

Buffett would make a point to travel to the province's far-flung rural communities, stumbling upon his grandfather's home community of Rose Blanche.

"When he found out where his ancestry is from, it connected and made sense to him," Critch said. "I guess we're pretty laid back. We like to drink, we like the ocean. Those are very Jimmy Buffett things."

Buffett could fly under the radar in Newfoundland, enjoying a sort of quiet anonymity away from the keen eye of "Parrotheads." He would sometimes take the stage at local bars and perform lengthy songs like Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

Critch said you'd never know Buffett was a famous musician unless you directly asked him.

"People respected that his family had come from here," he said. "They'd respectfully give him his space, but a warm Newfoundland welcome."

Buffett made multiple appearances on a local radio show hosted by Critch's brother Mike Campbell on 97.5 KROCK, and had performed at a local high school. Buffett had been planning to come back to the East Coast to promote his upcoming album, Campbell said.

Buffett is survived by his wife, Jane, along with daughters Savannah and Sarah and son Cameron.

[GS1150Pilot]

Trevor ... Buffett was important to music and the world regardless of whether he was interested in PEI or Canada. I hope you see that.

[trevor]

Trevor ... Buffett was important to music and the world regardless of whether he was interested in PEI or Canada. I hope you see that.

Lol....tongue firmly in cheek. I know it's not all about Canada...
Like I said...I have read here what he meant to others and that says a lot

[trevor]

Trevor ... Buffett was important to music and the world regardless of whether he was interested in PEI or Canada. I hope you see that.

I just thought it was interesting that he had a such a strong connection to the east coast of Canada...did you read it?

[dpep]

I just thought it was interesting that he had a such a strong connection to the east coast of Canada...did you read it?

Though a long time fan I was unaware of this connection until I read of it here. My knowledge of him began with his youth and early career along the northern Gulf Coast. I just assumed his family roots were in that area as well. He did often speak of coming from a mariner family background, but that it would be in the Maritimes was not what I had pictured.