Jimmy Buffett -- Son of a Son of a Sailor [REACTION/GIFT REQUEST]

[@kap5160]

I’m pretty sure the 2.4 hits would be Margaritaville and Come Monday as 100% his and 5o’clock somewhere as the 0.4 since he really only does a small cameo at the end. Jimmy has said that when Come Monday hit it changed everything for him and “saved his life”. He was living in a Howard Johnson motel, playing dive bars, depressed, and near to giving up. He tells the story on a David letterman appearance where he performed the song solo with just his guitar sitting right in the guest chair. It’s a magical performance.

[@margaretk.302]

Thank you Jacob and Don. Now I have known Jimmy was something special since the 70's, but now that he has moved on. Never have I seen so many posts on Facebook for someone like there has been for Jimmy. From people from every walk of life. Even my Turkish friend, who knows no english, knows of Jimmy. Then again, you just know what a special, talented dear man he was by the announcement of his death. It states he was surrounded by family, friends and his dogs. "His dogs" to me that part says it all about what a true wonderful person he was. RIP Jimmy

[@carolinasbeauty]

Read his books and loved this song. Thanks again Jacob for another Jimmy favorite. Don, you're so awesome to do this for us grieving Parrot Heads. It gives us a chance to get through the grief and helps us to remember all the happy times we lived ours lives with Jimmy's music as the score. Great, poignant song. I never went to the many concerts of his where anyone got out of hand or caused a ruckus. You might have a joint passed along to you and you could partake (or not) and pass it to the next in line, but that was the only "misconduct" - and there were cops all around who had a poor sense of smell 🙂 I have to request one, but I'm waiting to see which ones are requested before I do, so I don't double up. Fins up!

[@mikebarnett9012]

@Carolinasbeauty very well stated my friend. It still really hasn't sunk in. Even on the channel he is getting his 'flowers' and it is good to hear.---#UTRCM

[@carolinasbeauty]

@@mikebarnett9012 We've lost so many in the last decade or so, but I don't think any of them hit me as hard as this one. Always so good to hear from you, my dear friend. You know, I never really considered Jimmy as Country - maybe more Americana? I have a playlist for Jimmy alone - from the 70's forward. He always put me in a good frame of mind, especially if I was doing some mundane household chore I didn't particularly want to do. I'd just sing along and the chores got done without me even minding. #UTRCM.

[@pattricklewis]

We really did lose our own generation's Mark Twain, didn't we? Bubba just seemed (to me) like the kind of guy who actually had life all figured out. He came along at a time when I really needed to mentally escape... and I was taken to a world of stories, characters, adventures, music, food, and exotic places. As Jimmy wrote in his autobiography, as a boy he would see the lowland bayous of the backwater areas around his house and dream of all the places he could travel to if only he had a boat. His stories, whether in books or in song, did the same for me two decades ago, when I was an otherwise cynical adult and needed to regain my sense of childhood wonder. I owe many, many years of joy to the man, and I'll be thankful to him forever. Fins up! 😥

[@momD612]

Something about the ocean & boats & water life.... just can't beat it. I grew up on boats & water life & I can't imagine otherwise. He will be strongly & painfully missed 😢❤❤❤

[@michaelhayes7471]

Five o'clock somewhere was later in his life come monday was mid 70s

[@pattricklewis]

Aaaaaaan I'm subscribed. Should be mentioned that Jimmy continued to write those singer-songwriter type of songs much later into his career as well as the novelty/tropical/party songs that ended up getting more traction with the advent of the Parrothead phenomenon. Absolutely beautifully-written pensive songs like "Barefoot Children In The Rain" (I really recommend that one), "Savannah Fare You Well", "Tonight I Just Need My Guitar", "That's What Livin' Is To Me", "Love In The Library" and just so many more. The man's true talent was in storytelling and he never left us wanting for much more than he gave us. Great reaction video.

[@RockN2Country]

@pattricklewis Welcome aboard the channel! And I'm definitely noticing that Jimmy continued writing poignant songs well into the latter stages of his career. Heck, "Margaritaville" was a much deeper song than I'd realized until I reacted to it. Thanks for the wonderful post.

[@notabot3375]

Read his book "A Pirate Looks at Fifty", seriously life changing. Makes you think about what's important.

[@CraigFine]

You would really enrich your life by listening to more of Jimmy's discography. I've been listening to Buffett for 45+ years, been to 15 concerts and have all of his 30+ studio albums. Jimmy and Groce were very close friends...so much to explore... The harp you hear in the song is from one of the greatest harmonica players in the world, Greg "Fingers" Taylor.

[@757optim]

I hope my brother from another mother and Jimmy have met. RIP.

[@TracyfromNC]

Thanks Jacob!

[@dathorndike4908]

The .5 song he was talking about was "Come Monday", his first minor hit song

[@rebeccas79]

Another really wonderful Buffet song. A series of reactions in tribute would be so good. Thank you for honoring this poet songwriter.

[@mikey7046]

One of the greatest storytellers….

[@kevinerose]

I like the comparison to Rodney Dangerfield. These were 2 guys we don't know personally but would seem would have made some of the best friends you could have.

[@davidbanachek7966]

Throughout his career he's always written and recorded a large number of ballads and slower songs. Never tried to count them, but probably his slower songs and ballads out-number the more upbeat songs. I was a huge fan. I wore out all the songs he recorded from the 70s, 80s, and 90s and fell off following his new releases. In that 70s, 80, and 90s era, we are talking about hundreds of songs and I can honestly say there are only a handful that I don't particularly care for. I can't think of another artist that comes close to writing so many truly enjoyable songs ... even if they never made it to the charts. Just to suggest a few for reactions: A Pirate Looks at Forty, Volcano, Changes in Latitudes, Pencil Thin Mustache, He Went to Paris, Trying to Reason with a Hurricane Season, Little Miss Magic, The Captain and the Kid, On Particular Harbor, Twelve Volt Man, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About, Cliches, Knees of my Heart, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Biloxi, Coconut Telegraph, Havana Daydreamin, I Have Found Me a Home, If the Phone Doesn't Ring It's Me, Nautical Wheelers, African Friend, Grapefruit Juicy Fruit, In the Shelter, Mañana, Woman Going Crazy on Caroline Street, Why Don't We Get Drunk, This Hotel Room, Treat Her Like a Lady, They Don't Dance Like Carman No More, The Great Filling Station Holdup, The Wino and I Know, Wonder Why We Ever Go Home, 12 Volt Man, It's My Job, Tin Cup Chalice, Growing Older But Not Up, The Weather Is Here - Wish You Were Beautiful, and In the Shelter. That's a good start, but still far from a complete list of all his great songs.

[@terrywoodyyc]

Jacob -- I want to extend my very sincere thanks for the selection of Jimmy songs you've requested. They've been terrific choices from a huge catalogue of great ones. This one is extra super to me, just a personal thing. Thanks Don for the excellent reaction, and for the shout-out!

[@CraigFine]

Jimmy isn't country, he is his own genre.

[@ken12603]

I'm really enjoying you doing quite a few songs by the same artist in a shorter period of time because we get to see your reactions to different styles within an artist's catalog. I think it would be nice for you to have an "Artist of the Month" and you put a poll up on your community page and let all your subscribers vote on who they want the "Artist of the Month" to be. It would make all your subscribers feel even more important to your content.

[@RockN2Country]

@ken12603 Fantastic post, Ken--thank you! I'll consider doing that and will have to figure out how I could work it into the channel and my schedule.

[@davaodon4160]

Seen him many times in concert most notable Fenway Park Sept 2014 .To me AIA IS by far his best album with Changes in Latitudes a close 2nd ... Oh jersey guy here too !!

[@richb313]

This song is very autobiographical Jimmy is the Son of a Son of a Sailor and he is writing about his early life in the Keys.

[@ChicagoDB]

I don't know about bars nowadays...but at least up until about 10 years ago, you would have been hard pressed to find a jukebox in most parts of the USA without at least one Buffett song on it ❤️ Just about every college jukebox had "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw" 😉

[@jacobherricks6951]

Every bar or restaurant that has a touch tunes I load up with Jimmy buffet

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

Another great sailing song is Barometer Soup from the the album named Barometer Soup. Once again not a bad song on the whole thing

[@kevinscheer6267]

You do realize that this song is about smuggling bales. One step ahead of the jailer. 😂 check out a Pirate Looks at forty

[@ChicagoDB]

Two of my all time favorites gone within a few months of each other :/ Gordon Lightfoot was one of Jimmy's major musical influences...and now we lose Jimmy 😢 I'll have his 4 disc boxed set "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads" on repeat all week, I'm sure. My favorite is perhaps "One Particular Harbor"... Thanks for the music Jimmy! Fair winds and following seas... 🙏🏻

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

Don't forget Harry Bellefonte too

[@dathorndike4908]

I prefer Jimmy's Nashville influenced music in the 70's where he incorporated more country music into his music

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

You need to listen to the whole album. There's not one bad song one. That was my very first Buffett album And I have 45 more to go with it

[@jacobherricks6951]

Grain harvesting not hauling. I'm a parrothead raised by parrotheads and will be until o die I may not like working for the farmers down on the coast, cause they're better than you and everyone you know and if you don't believe me just ask them, but I love being on the coast

[@savageman2194]

Come Monday... wrote for his not yet wife.