ZACK BROWN and JIMMY BUFFETT - A pirate looks at 40 REACTION - First time hearing

[@philipschroeder410]

JImmy grew up on the Gulf Coast, near my home town of Biloxi. His music has always been a reflection of the coastal life. You could go down a big rabbit hole listening to JB, and discover people and places you've only imagined!

[@findingmyrootswoolmarketms]

I’m from Biloxi! Actually, Woolmarket. Love both Jimmy Buffett and Zac Brown who is from Georgia where I now live.

[@Randsurfer]

"Biloxi" is such a gorgeous song by JImmy.

[@philipschroeder410]

@@Randsurfer Love that song too. It was actually written by Jesse Winchester, a native Louisianan who fled to Canada for asylum during the Vietnam war. JB did it proud though, anyhow.

[@laurajack139]

He was born in Pascagoula but live inMobile Al and went to school there.

[@lensnart1303]

@@laurajack139 Also went to my alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.

[@samspurgeon4222]

My Dad got me into Jimmy Buffett and John Prine when I was 8 years old, that was 40 years ago....this was our song and it was my ring tone for him for years....i lost him 8 years ago this June very suddenly. My Father, best friend, confidant, and hero was gone and im still not over it. This is the 1st time in 8 years ive listened to this song, i think i needed your help to listen with me. So thank you my friend and brother. All the best to you.

[@judywalton9381]

Wishing you peace and comfort. Still miss my own dad, gone 40 years ago and far too young. 💝

[@samspurgeon4222]

@@judywalton9381 thank you, God bless you and I hope you're healing well.

[@akshelby33]

He Went to Paris is a good song of Jimmy’s to make you cry.

[@jona.874]

Jimmy's grandfather ran away from home in Nova Scotia to be a sailor at 13 - he ended up owner & captain of a ship based in New Orleans. Jimmy wrote about him in "The Captain and the Kid". Jimmy's father was also a sailor, well-known in Mobile Alabama. Jimmy's tribute to him is "False Echoes (Havana 1921)".

[@WishesofShelle]

As I write this, Jimmy has passed 2 days ago. You have done a fine reaction. This Parrothead 🦜 is very thankful 💔

[@dwhite849]

Buffett concerts outside were amazing. We all wore parrot heads or fins. Before they banned bottles and cans and thermos's to the concert we dragged it all in. When they banned bottles and cans we dragged kegs in. Palm trees planted in big pots came in. Everyone was a party animal.

[@ronbrown912]

His is my favorite JB song of all time.....

[@TheOldDirtyBachelor]

hadn't seen this performance, so thanks for sharing it . . . as a former, it's so great to see that they all made it to rehearsal 😁 it was tight.

[@juliewhite7469]

Lovely 💙

[@jamestaylor2920]

The third singer was not identified in the description. His name is Mac McAnally and is one of my favorite singer/song writers. All three deserve a deep dive.

[@TripletDad3]

So many great songs of his that are on my play list. He's a master songwriter.

[@jamestaylor2920]

​@kurtjansen7146 Too right! I've spent much of the last 50 years introducing people to my three favorite Mississippi Singer/Songwriters: : Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, and Paul Overstreet.

[@peterzimmer9140]

Jimmy Buffet got his start in Key West Florida. There is a bar bar there called “Margaritaville” (he now owns the whole chain)that was the inspiration for his biggest hit. All his songs reflect the lifestyle of the Florida keys which have a history of piracy from Spanish galleons to cocaine smuggling.

[@ChaddSullivan]

Jimmy actually started Margaritaville when he thought his career was winding down, the song was the inspiration for the bar. He actually started years before moving to Key West, but that was where he lived when he started to have his first real success with his own style of music. While there is a nautical theme to much of his work, it's not limited to the Keys. There is a lot of country, Caribbean and New Orleans influence as well.

[@bobbyweber2011]

Actually he's from Mobile, Alabama and started playing on the bar scene around Southern Bama until he had a monster hit, "Come Monday"

[@jamestaylor2920]

@bobbyweber2011 To be more accurate ... Jimmy Buffett was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and grew up in Mobil, Alabama.

[@keyrat1753]

Back in the 1970s, Jimmy Buffett spent a lot of time on the coast of Alabama, as well as some time in the Miami area and Key West.

[@donlawson3330]

Jimmy has written so many great songs!

[@davidtullis2810]

I love the sound of steel drums

[@hlawrencepowell]

Jimmy Buffet comes by his love of the sea via his family roots in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada. You reacted to Son of a |Son of a Sailor, a song inspired by his grandfather in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Buffett wrote the song about his grandfather, James Delaney Buffett, who was a huge influence on his life. Buffett's grandfather was a sailor born in the town of Rose Blanche in Newfoundland, Canada, later moving to Glace Bay in Nova Scotia and eventually settling in Mobile, Alabama.

[@ChuckHackney]

One of Buffet's best from a huge catalogue of laid back, feel good, tropical isle inspired music. For a very meaninful song, check out "He Went To Paris." Staggeringly beautiful tune and lyrics.

[@sheliaspringer7389]

Jimmy Buffett has been practically unknown to so many people in the world! He didn't sing for fame or money, he sang for the pure enjoyment of it for himself and his fans! Even though when he passed away, he was a veryveealthy man. He had acquired a hefty sum of $1 Billion Dollars! He is one of my favorite singers ever!

[@cynergy4]

Love both! Barefoot Jimmy with that sparkle in his eye, impish grin and ocean in his soul. Then there is the authenticity of Zac Brown Band. Whatta great combination! 👍

[@davidbanachek7966]

Buffett's song catalog is so deep and so wonderful. So enjoyable to listen to the hundreds of songs he has recorded even though only a couple even dented the charts. Zac Brown is the guy at the far right. He has some GREAT songs worth reacting to as well.

[@findingmyrootswoolmarketms]

Jimmy Buffett, pronounced Buff it. Thanks for the reaction. Always enjoy.

[@kilroygirl7347]

Also Zac Brown Band singing Chicken Fried, Toes, Jump Right In. You will enjoy them.

[@dsusan17]

Great request Blue Eyed Kansas. I will say this is my favorite Jimmy Buffet song. I am not a Parrot Head. I have to give credit where credit is due. Great song. Great reaction Harri

[@murph1329]

Mac McAnally, Jimmy Buffett, and Zack Brown...damn

[@taxiscratcher5935]

I used to bartend at a commercial fishermen's bar and they wore that song out. Awesome Song!

[@TJ-Dives]

I wish I could write songs like this.

[@chaunielynn]

I subscribed to you on the basis of this song alone!!! Thank you!!!

[@Trampus002]

He was an icon. Always will be. I will always love Jimmy Buffet.

[@RailFanningMama]

Check out James McMurtry’s Carlisle’s Haul. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@marybaillie8907]

My Old Man Colder Weather Toes on the Sand Knee Deep Zac Brown has a wonderful collection of country songs. His voice blends beautifully in this song with Jimmy Buffet, the Margarita King. Great reaction.Thanks Harri and Blue Eyed Kansan. Great pick. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@The5thGen]

I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast. I can relate.

[@fourhorseman7081]

RIP

[@84rebz]

from the gulf coast of Florida. The ocean is ever present in our lives. Dad was a fishing guide. Even if you were just a waiter it was in a seafood restaurant overlooking the water. I think part of Buffett's limited appeal is you kind of had to have lived in a coastal town to truly appreciate Buffett

[@Otakur42]

Love the video. Not a big parrot head, but my father is. A couple notes. Jimmy does pronounce at least one of the t’s at the end of his name. (Buff-it). His backup group are called the Coral Reefers. Lots of nautical influence in his music, and maybe some slight references to the grass he used to smuggle. He was a ‘Treetop Flyer’ (also the name of one of his songs). He did do some drug running in his youth. He was a pirate. These are the things he sings of in his songs.

[@brucekislow1690]

Jimmy tells of his inspiration for all his music in the lyrics to this song, "Mother, mother ocean, I have heard your call. I wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all." This is my favorite Jimmy Buffett song.

[@lotsoffun4716]

Ive done my share of smuggling, run my share of grass, made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast.

[@poiballs425]

best buffet song imo...check out jason isbell sometime...best singersongwriter out there right now..multiple grammy award winner

[@JeannieBeanie]

Zac Brown band are so talented. My favorite collaboration of theirs is with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters). It's a live performance of "Day for the Dead" an country music awards show. Awesome musicians.

[@bobbyweber2011]

He's from Mobile, Alabama. On the gulf coast. Many Caribbean type nuances in this video. He lives in Key West, also on the gulf coast in Monroe county, Florida

[@bethhowton2719]

I've been going to concerts for over 50 years and Jimmy Buffett's is the only one that has a tailgate party before the concert. Enjoy

[@weirdload58]

They harmonized like CS&N.

[@katherinehite1635]

Really should do Jimmy Buffet’s Jolly Mon, Coconut Telegraph, Or Gypsies in the Palace for more upbeat stuff…. Lots of steel drums in his music

[@hedonista7593]

Jimmy sails. Native of the gulf coast. He's also a pilot, and has a seaplane, which I believe he once successfully crash-landed and had to be rescued. Legend. 😄

[@rockyelon5759]

Buffett is definitely an ocean guy

[@EtaPravda]

Hey Harri, I have got a recommendation for Zac Brown Band that I think you'll enjoy. "On this train". It's a mellow song like this, but I love it and hope you do too.

[@jimduddleston9845]

Jimmy buffett's grandfather was a sea captain on a ship!

[@SusanHeaton]

If you wanna understand Jimmy's attraction, try "The Weather Is Here (I Wish You Were Beautiful". It says it all. Flush it all, go for the simple life...

[@kimbigelow4987]

Jimmy has a vast catalog of music, you should investigate, start early.

[@angelamurphy775]

We’re Southern Gulf Coast people. We make a living off the water.

[@mikey7046]

This was for a show called CMT Storytellers where the paired up different singers or groups. This is a Buffett song and this show was around the time Jimmy and Zac did Zac’s song Knee Deep. The guy on screen left is Mac McNally a member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band

[@corawilhelm4968]

It is a Jimmy Buffett song. I have loved it since he wrote it

[@ginamarandino6451]

Jimmy created his own genre of music which he calls Caribbean soul which explains the constant water referencing you're seeing. His concerts are a big party and he loves relaxed kick back music which his fans really love. I highly recommend you listen to fruit cakes, he went to Paris, and Jamaica mistaka, which is a true story of when he was in Jamaica with Bono from U2

[@susanpeterson9947]

Lovely song, thanks for your reaction. Just fyi, he doesn’t pronounce his name “buff a” like the furniture piece, but “buff it”.

[@Keeba7790]

Jimmy Buffet is a Legend in a league of his own. I don't think he really fits into any specific genre. He has a large following of Parrot Heads that spans generations. Some good ones to check out are: Margaritaville Cheeseburger in Paradise Fins Fruitcakes There are so many more to choose from as well.

[@khoohockleong7585]

Water is signified by the Moon. Sea is signified by Rahu but it has the salty taste meaning salt water has salt, so the sea has connection with Venus as well (Venus signifies water with so called sediments) and the Moon (Moon signifies salt). Moon, Venus and Rahu these are the three legs of a tripod that gives you the basic minimum requirements to manifest an ecosystem - signs of life or the term 'civilisation" as we know it. By the way Rahu gives visualisation so that civilisation can advance. If you only just have Moon and Venus, it is only just a stable ecosystem. Rahu gives the impetus for the ecosystem to grow. Yes, these three planets give you full enjoyment of life eithout the dire necessity of things. Talk about cosmic influence (of the singer).

[@mikemaricle9941]

"I passed out, and I rallied, and I sprung a few leaks?

[@douglondoner7360]

heh

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Not a judgement, but if you don't know why (2:35), then you're not a surfer or sailor.

[@coocoocachooglin]

Harri needs to get out on some sailboats to get a feel for it. If I still had my boat I’d take him out, sadly I had to sell it and got health issues so I’m grounded now, but it’s still in me blood.