Jimmy Buffett's Stage Manager Remembers

[@otisgibbs]

This was originally published almost two years ago. I'm sharing it again today for new subscribers and/or those who might have missed it.

[@archolino]

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[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip James William Buffett, you will truly be missed

[@docjeffry]

Thanks, Otis. That man changed my life when I read a "Pirate Looks at Fifty" in 2005 on a surfing trip. Jimmy Buffet is the reason I am pilot and operate a GA aircraft. He is the reason I am a sailor, and skipper a Catalina 22, "Escapade". This is a ver sad day for me as I just found minutes before seeing Joel Woody's post. I love you, Jimmy!! Your are the inspiration for my adventure.

[@moonbeamchaos]

Thanks, this was great!🎉

[@peterjohnson1761]

Like a lot of others “ A pirate looks at Forty “ is my favourite but “ T he weather is here , wish you were beautiful “ is a great song too !

[@douglasswinford2598]

Havana Daydreamin’ was always a favorite song. That picture of Jimmy just made you want to drop everything and head for the coast. R.I.P. Captain May the sea breeze be at your back sir! 🌞🍹🍻

[@ericg303]

Last Mango in Paris and Tincup Chalice. Good memories of having a beer at Captain Tony's and watching the sunset in Mallory square.

[@tnrodgers]

Pirate looks at forty. Jimmy’s music gives us that mental vacation we all need when life stops serving Margaritas.

[@Caperhere]

West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown, He Went to Paris. I didn’t know he was sick. His passing was a shock. His music was an important part of my life for quite awhile. Fair winds and a following sea, Jimmy.

[@mtf347]

I've played "He went to Paris" for years and still love it"

[@TinpanAlly-tt9st]

It's sad that the older we get we see more and more people passing on that we listened to on the radio for years. I remember when margaritaville first got airplay. You couldn't be in any bar without hearing that song at least once or twice every hour on the jukebox. Great song. R.I.P Jimmy. Your music will live until the end of mankind.

[@dotvdmerwe7962]

Favorite song "Come Monday"

[@michaelsoucy7618]

RIP Jimmy.Havana daydreamin always takes me there

[@johnfern]

Jimmy was the best! I was blown away when I heard the news. 😢

[@scottstrain8388]

RIP Jimmy Buffett Thanks for all of the smiles and all of the songs, in the past, now and in the future. A legend never dies :)

[@rickbrockthedog8017]

Just crushed me when I heard Jimmy had passed on. I've got so many favorite songs of his I don't think I could name them all. RIP Jimmy. The world is a better place for having you but poorer with you leaving us.

[@bweaver760]

Thank you for bringing Jimmy’s music live to so many❤ He was a beautiful soul and will be missed dearly❤❤❤

[@SrFelouniusMonk]

As an event producer & stage manager -- it says everything about who Jimmy was -- he took care of the crew. He fed them and treated them with humanity. That came through the PA at every show and right into our hearts. Thanks for sharing this Otis & Tom.

[@JHargis68]

Buffett was a total American original. He did the music he wanted to do, the way he wanted to do it. Jimmy's music was many things - fun, funny, joyous, irreverent, often profound, sometimes silly and occasionally even sad. But it was never drab or negative. Ain't never gonna be the same without Jimmy.

[@JoeGator23]

Adventurous, always about the journey.

[@RobOndras]

My favorite Buffett song is whichever Buffett song I’m listening to at the moment. Buffett, Lightfoot and Croce’s music was the soundtrack of my life. Thanks for the insightful look into behind the scenes.

[@marcyfan-tz4wj]

a solid approach to listening. i took jimmy and gordon for granted which was beyond foolish. a bluegrass band i saw recently did a croce song a month shy of him being gone 50 years. i was 7 years old but still remember his death being announced the morning after it happened. thanks otis.

[@LorraineWoods-i8n]

Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy described perfectly what your island living adventure was like & made others want it. Gone way too soon @76.

[@brucetowell3432]

Thanks for sharing, Jimmy will be missed, wonderful tune-smith and writer.

[@maxanderson9187]

Nobody's favorite is any less important than my own, but for me, it's "That's What Living is to Me", "Travelin' Clean", or "Fruitcakes". But you can't pick just one. I guess we all have to go home sometime; and for Mr. Buffett, someone had put the candle in the window. Greetings from Australia.

[@ledaswan5990]

Totally right about the road scene. We ate well and were treated well even as the lowly opening band.

[@robertwynkoop7112]

My buddy Mario Friedel played bass, guitar and sang with him on the first album, after a few years with John Hiatt. Mario has nothing but great things to say about him, except the small amount of regret in deciding to be a teacher, principle, and football coach, ending up here in Chippewa Falls WI for the last 35 or so years. We still play music jams together here, always playing a John or Jimmy song….. my personal favorite Buffet song is Come Monday. RIP

[@keylearning5746]

“Headin out, to San Francisco, for a Labor Day weekend show….” 😢

[@floydstowe]

Gotta be come Monday

[@billmynatt2]

Favorite song is We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About" because we are. Also, He Went To Paris is a classic.

[@jaygatsby1]

Bill Monroe and Jimmy Buffett were true originals. RIP

[@fscottfscott5369]

Come Monday....

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Fair winds and following seas, Jimmy Buffet. Thank you for sharing your gift. You are missed. 🤍🙏🏻 I hope you enjoy that Cheeseburger in Paradise Thank you, Otis 🙏🏻

[@olebubby]

Gives me the feeling that Mr. Buffet was just the kind of guy you’d want him to be as a showman and a boss.. also makes me think about his loyalty to his crew and band who delivered his vision of style and entertainment night after night and provided for them and their families for decades.. I hope they are set up well as they are now out of one of the best jobs you could ever have in the music business.. RIP Jimmy Buffet

[@bradmiller9993]

Cool stuff. I can't pick a fave, but Come Monday was my start with him when I was in Florida going to college. Jimmy's music never left my side after that.

[@docjeffry]

Best advice ever there at the end! GO!!

[@paulausherman727]

Thanks, otis, I remember watching this a couple years ago When you posted it. Thanks for putting it back up. I'm totally crushed by Jimmy's Passing I can't believe it, He was the best. He was so gifted. Thank you, my friend, take care.😢

[@alro11]

❤Jimmy❤ RIP and thank you for all you shared with us we miss you 😢

[@mwpv11]

Son of A Sailor

[@johndeere8594]

If anybody ever lived it was jimmy. He was a connoisseur of all that is fine. He had a life that most dream of. I think he knew that and didn’t take it for granted.Good times and riches and sonofabitches I’ve seen more than I can recall.

[@KameaMedia]

Cheeseburger and Paradise. “…and a big kosher pickle.”

[@WHix-om4yo]

Thanks to Jimmy Buffett for all of your songs, poetry, and writing. Your music brought us levity and comfort. In my first years away from home your soft Gulf Coastal drawl made me feel comforted in my quest to make the world a little bit better place. As a faithful Catholic, I pray that you will be THE "Cheese Burger in Paradise." PAX!

[@Gratefulman1965]

“Death of an (un)popular poet” 🏝️🦜🏝️🦜

[@debrawilliams6487]

My favorite jimmy buffett song wow hard to say Gods own Drunk is pretty awesome

[@magicalpilgrim]

Thanks again Otis…your interviews, conversations, and videos are priceless

[@rickybyrd1426]

Thank you Otis. Appreciate everything you do brother !

[@ThePeteFace]

A Pirate Looks at Forty or Survive or Treat Her Like a Lady, I can't decide which one I like better

[@ShannonPassmore]

I can’t narrow it down to one song as my favorite, so I’m gonna break the rules. I think Jimmy would be ok with that. Today my favorites are “In The Shelter, and “Lovely Cruise”. So with that in mind, with wind in our sails, and water in our shoes I bid my farewell to Captain Buffet. I know he’s out there whispering his wisdom amongst the song lines. Let’s tune in to the cosmos and listen. We just might pick up on a wire from the cosmic coconut telegraph.

[@dennystag1]

I really like your videos brother.

[@billrose581]

Thanks for sharing this Otis. This is what makes you're channel unique, the years you've spent in grass roots music and the behind the scenes folk you've run into makes you a great story teller and interviewer. Keep going brother. RIP to a Son of a Son of a Sailor.

[@davidbogard229]

All of them

[@jamescarroll7359]

Thanks Otis for resharing. Like to think Jimmy got all his boats built.

[@raywood4223]

Still processing 😢

[@oldguy1528]

For some reason "A Pirate looks at 40" always felt special to me ??? RIP Jimmy !

[@davidnyro19]

"A Pirate Looks at 40"

[@WildwoodSon]

Great interview! I really appreciate Buffet's support of Jesse Winchester.

[@GregSRX7]

I'm in a Buffett style band, so we do a lot of Jimmy's songs. When I first heard 'Don't Chu Know' off the album 'Barometer Soup' (Lots of great songs on that album!). I had to sing that song. Like a lot of Jimmy's songs, full of humor and wisdom....I wish I had written something that good!....Robert Frost wrote this....A poem, “begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”....Jimmy wrote, and lived his life like that.....Loved the guy, wish I could have met him....Jimmy you will be missed, thank god we've got your music!!

[@tomscience274]

He Went to Paris.

[@kjisnot]

I've met wealthy people that were down to earth and never forgot where they came from and others that were complete aholes. I always said rich/famous people that were still humble truly had class, not the others. It's nice to hear Buffett had that class.

[@kimberlywolcott5506]

So sad. …76 seems too young these days..😢

[@garysmith9823]

One of my closer friends was a Parrothead back in the day. He brought her and a lot of other people a lot of joy.

[@Silentpub]

Life is Just A Tire Swing Brahma Fear Tin Cup Chalice Ringlin Ringlin There are just too many...

[@kevindye1340]

Otis I follow you and love all your videos. The recent one you did on Robbie Robinson was great. I have not felt like this since B B King passed away and this is much worse. My entire family, my wife, daughters, sister, brother in law, sister-in-law……every summer begins with when is Jimmy Buffett. We are in Columbus Ohio but we travel to Finscinnati to see our son of a son of a sailor. The last few years we all joined the Cincinnati Parrotheads Club and joined in their shenanigans! Jimmy Buffett is a huge loss. There is no greater summer fun than a Buffett show. My prayers to the family and his band mates. Again, thank you, I respect what you do. Bubba RIP Also what a cruel summer to lose Dead and Company and Jimmy Buffett. I need a boat drink

[@davidlace6020]

One Particular Harbour

[@otisgibbs]

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[@MarkKramKarmVI]

❤Jimmy

[@InDoLence13]

Of course we love em all, dont we, but the one that reliably pops in my head at random is Nautical Wheeler. Tire Swing is another favorite; great message and so Buffett. Thanks for your work, Otis!

[@BluesboyJagCigarBoxGuitar]

Jimmy was a pro, thanks for this!

[@terryanderson5038]

Come Monday all the way!!!!!!!!

[@lloydtrueblood8030]

There are just to many Buffett songs to pick just one! He went to Paris, Last Mango in Paris, Death of an unpopular poet, the stories and music reach into your soul.

[@jonhelmer8591]

My preferred Jimmy Buffett song is now his rendition of the Stones ""You can't always get what you want"

[@h0wdie]

Vaya Con Dios Jimmy. See you in "One Particular Harbor".

[@mikethuresson3706]

I was in key west 71. Jimmy was strumming at the dive bar called the bul and the whistle. This bar. Would sell you a 6 pack to go. Couple was later I heard Music coming from my house walked in Jimmy Buffett’s house his birthday I was opening a restaurant

[@PatienceMelissa]

You can't always get what you want...

[@Kickstart500]

“Life is just a tire swing”… man we are getting old..

[@mikethuresson3706]

We took Our beach chairs down to the ocean, plopped them in the water and watched water, spouts and lightning. Those were the days.

[@stevebracher6998]

Just gutted.

[@juliewilliams2674]

Creola

[@joblo6394]

don’t care for these “ends of an era” 😔🙏🏼🏝

[@petersheely7246]

👌😞🙏😎

[@richb313]

Jimmy and I have one thing in common we were both at the Saints first game in the NFL at Tulane stadium I was selling soft drinks in the nose bleed section he famously attended the same game there is a miniscule chance I sold him a soft drink.

[@ocn29rsc62]

Changes Rip jimmy!

[@kurtzFPV]

My top 3 are cowboy in the jungle, cuban crime of passion and there's a woman going crazy on caroline street

[@BST501]

❤

[@PeterLaFrance]

Seven mile bridge.

[@dougthompson9596]

Death Of An Unpopular Poet